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  "textContent": "\n\nA 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 \n\nThe post The philosophical case for feeling guilty about your Minecraft dog appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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