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While the Jurassic Park movie was a pretty good movie from what I can remember, I’m not sure I can justify paying to watch it again just because it’s in 3D. However if you’re into a different type of 3D, namely the computer game take on 3D, then perhaps this Minecraft recreation of Jurassic Park might be worth taking a look at – not to mention that it’s free since it is on YouTube after all! Put together by Josh Collin, this project took Collin four months mapping out the entire Jurassic Park and digitally recreating every brick from what you might remember from the movie. It is a pretty impressive feat, and oh did we forget to mention that there are dinosaurs too?! If you have a few minutes to spare, be sure to check it out in the video above! So, anyone inspired to go watch the movie again after seeing this recreation?

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Welcome to Friday evening everyone. First up, it seems HTC will be releasing a variation of the HTC First without Facebook Home, and we’ve a piece on whether you should wait for this handset. Speaking of HTC, it is also rolling out the HTC One Live Experience tour in the US. T-Mobile’s iPhone 5 is now up for pre-order (and an update is rolling out), and the iPad’s prices have been slashed, hinting that a new model could be on the way.

The wonderful Google April Fool’s joke – a pink Tesla Batmobile – is rolling around California right now, and EA has responded to the “Worst Company in America” poll with a statement that it can do better. It looks like the folks in Austin, Texas could be seeing super fast Internet thanks to Google Fiber in the future, and the cube-shaped Android gaming console OUYA has started shipping.

Microsoft has been vocal about Facebook Home, and also has new Microsoft Stores opening up this month. Samsung has rolled out the Galaxy Note 8.0 in the United Kingdom, and BlackBerry’s R10 and Q10 handsets will be hitting shelves soon. Alienware unveiled an Ubuntu version of its previously Windows-only X51 laptop. Improved contacts and a passcode lock have been rolled out for Evernote Hello for iPhone, and the ever-popular Minecraft for PC has exceeded 10 million in sales.

Speaking of games, Black Ops II Uprising DLC will be available on April 16, and GameStop has expanded its trade-in program for electronics. Netflix has added 720p HD for Windows Phone 8/7.8, and Arthur Frommer, not willing to see the popular Frommer’s travel guides go out of print, bought them back from Google. On the automotive front, T-Mobile’s data plan for Audi will start at $15 per month, while the science story of the day involves the Hubble telescope finding the most distant supernova to date. That does it for tonight’s Evening Wrap-Up, we hope you enjoy the rest of the night folks!

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: April 5, 2013 is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Minecraft on the Xbox 360 has sold over six million units making it one of those games that can officially be considered a success for both 4J Studios and Microsoft. 4J Studios has been updating the game regularly, and Title update 9 has passed certification and is scheduled to be released at the end of the week on April 5.

Title update 9 will add a ton of new content as well as fixes that will add “The End” to the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft as well as a new Enderdragon behavior. In addition to that, you can expect to be treated to climbable vines, stackable buckets and signs, sheep being able to regrow their wool and a ton of other improvements to the game you could check out for yourself in after the break.

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Fans of Minecraft, the digital version of a brick building exercise, you will be pleased to hear that the Minecraft 1.5 Redstone update is now made available from the game launcher. Mojang’s latest update release is a major one, where it will be accompanied by a slew of new redstone blocks, where among them include the Comparator, Hopper, Dropper, Daylight Sensor, Trapped Chest, Weighted Pressure Plates and Block of Redstone.

Of course, there will also be other changes including a spanking new Scoreboard system, lighting engine optimization as well as a new Texture Pack format. It would be too long to list down all changes in the Minecraft 1.5 Redstone update, but just in case you were wondering, the video that you see above will document all 120 changes in a five minute plus take. Hey, if you are not the kind who likes to read stuff, perhaps watching it would register in your brain easier, no? Heck, most folks would just update their Minecraft version anyways without going through to see what’s new. By the way, you do know that Minecraft will arrive on the Xbox 360 in a disc, right?

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Minecraft has already been plenty successful on the Xbox 360 as a downloadable game (and on other platforms, of course), but there will soon be another way for players to find their way into the world-building environment. Microsoft announced today that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will be available as a disc-based game at all the usual US retail outlets on April 30th, where it’ll set you back $19.99. The game will be otherwise identical to the downloadable version, and come complete with all the features and content that will be included in the forthcoming ninth update to the game. Gamers in Australia, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan will have to wait a bit longer to get it, though, with release dates in those countries set for early June (other countries haven’t been specified).

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