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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Minecraft is the kind of videogame that can seem repetitive and mindless. The player builds three-dimensional virtual worlds with blocks - grass blocks, sandstone blocks, dark prismarine. But Minecraft gets high praise for its ed

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