In Quaranteen University graduates donned digital caps and gowns, drank virtual gin and tonics, and crossed the stage in an online world. But getting there was almost as hard as planning a ceremony…
it had sold 200 million copies since its 2009 release, and tens of millions of players still jump intogames every month. A kind of virtual Lego-like game that allows players to work alone or collaborate with friends,lets players build massive virtual worlds out of the game’s hundreds of different blocks by having their player avatar place one block on top of another, an arduous task for a complicated building.
For two months, volunteer builders had sculpted the island that the ceremony would be hosted inside. Using modifications to copy and paste rows of blocks, builders had flown around the island individually placing down walls and columns. Now, it looked like a mix of Hogwarts and Harvard, though it also contained a White Castle, a photo booth, and two bartenders who offered graduates gin and tonics and sparkling or still water.
At 2 p.m., the second phase started and was quickly delayed, with “Pomp and Circumstance” looping in the background.
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