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Minecraft Player Spends two Years Building Virtual City

Minecraft player works for two years building a virtual city by Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter, BBC News



17 October 2014



A student from Delaware has spent two years creating an imaginary world that he named Titan City in the video game Minecraft.



Titan City is made up of 4.5 million Minecraft building blocks. It also contains 96 buildings.



Duncan Parcells says it has taken the project two years to complete his project, working an average of five hours a week on the project.



The first building he built was a replica of the World Trade Center. It took 18 months to build.



The 19-year-old believes Titan City is not a realistic New York model.
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He said to the BBC, "It's inspired New York."



"A lot of people think it's a recreation but it's not."



He first built the city using the Xbox 360 version, but the game has since been transferred to the PC version that he claims has more construction possibilities.



Mr Parcells plans to build an airport and the construction of a sports stadium.



He said, "I suppose it's an outlet for architecture and energy."



"I've always been a fan of architecture. I'm most proud of the more traditional designs, and the more art deco, Victorian-style constructions.



"A lot of people walk by and want to stroll around and explore or help with the build. A lot of them help with roads."



Although Titan City has been welcomed online with open arms, Mr Parcells declared that he's kept his virtual world apart from his actual life.



"I've kept it under wraps It's sort of an additional life that I'm not talking about, but people are beginning to find out," he said.



"My parents think it's cool. I'm sure they're happy that I don't do it all the time."



Microsoft recently announced that it will purchase Minecraft studio Mojang for $2.5bn (PS1.5bn).



The game registered its 100 millionth user in February 2014, its inventor Markus Persson, aka Notch, announced on Twitter.



After making an initial purchase, Minecraft is free to download and play. However you can purchase in-game items.



The game takes place in a virtual universe composed of cubes of various materials. Almost all of these are able to be used as building blocks, and a few of them can be transformed into usable raw materials (wood diamond, iron, etc.).



The game requires players to survive building shelters with blocks and transform raw materials and combinations thereof into useful items (swords and bows, armour, etc.) to beat the various monsters in the game.



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