The Spawn Chunks - A Minecraft Podcast

Joel and Jonny stack up the new packed ice blocks in this week's Minecraft snapshot, then answer listener email about brittle ice, speculation on blocks from The Sift, and how to play Minecraft so it’s always fun.

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Jonny, and Joel run down their experience with ice caves, icicles, and the frostbite in the latest Minecraft snapshot for the winter drop, and hammer out their final thoughts on Minecraft Dungeons II.

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Joel, and Jonny breakdown their hands on gameplay experience chasing down the Illager High Council in Minecraft Dungeons II. Plus, the ice caves, and related features are in the new Minecraft snapshot.

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Jonny, and Joel break down all the news coming out of Minecraft Live over the weekend with an in depth discussion about the new ice caves, and the new Sift dimension coming in 2027.

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Joel, and Jonny share features, and first impressions of Minecraft 26.3 Wilderness Bound, then answer listener email about grabbing, sorting, storing, and renewing new blocks.

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Jonny, and Joel break down their plans for the pending release of Minecraft 26.3 Wilderness Bound, coming September 15! Plus, listener email about tethering in game pets.

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Joel and Jonny run through the latest bug fixes in the latest snapshot pre-releases for Minecraft 26.3 – now named Wilderness Bound – and discuss what armour attributes might look like in vanilla Minecraft.

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Jonny, and Joel cover the latest bug fixes in Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 10, discuss new gameplay footage for Minecraft Dungeons II coming out of GamesCom, and break down how they approach translating concept art into Minecraft builds.

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Joel, and Jonny review changes to Minecraft Realms, break down the new gameplay trailer for Minecraft Dungeons II, and discuss The Twisted Warden, redstone golems and more from listener email.

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Jonny, and Joel review a host of tweaks and bug fixes in the latest Minecraft snapshot, and answer email about crystals, and lighting that expands into a broader heads up display conversation.

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