The philosophical case for feeling guilty about your Minecraft dog
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March 9, 2026
A philosophy professor has killed three dogs in Minecraft and can't stop feeling bad about it. In an essay excerpted from his book How You Play the Game (2013), Huenemann describes the deaths with a bleak sense of comedy. The first two drowned after he built a bridge flush with the waterline — the dog got trapped underneath and let out "a single plaintive yelp before dying and sinking." — Read the rest
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