#December2015
Watch: Cell Phone built in ‘Minecraft’ can make and receive calls.
Man, I really don’t fucking understand Minecraft. Nor do I really understand the wizardry that can be accomplished within it. But, despite my complete lack of comprehension, or maybe in part due to this lack, I am consistently fucking stunned at the sort of endeavors people pull off in the game.
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‘Minecraft’ movie being directed by Rob McElhenney (Mac from ‘Always Sunny’)
So, there’s going to be a Minecraft movie. Weird. And it’s being directed by Mac from Always Sunny. Double weird.
‘Minecraft’ Sales: 20 Million on PC, 70 Million Total
Minecraft seems wonderful. Beyond my ADD-addled brain, but wonderful. Seems to encourage creativity in the youth and beyond, and I respect the fuck out of that. So I continue to cheer on its rampant, rampaging success.
Oh: Telltale Games making ‘Minecraft: Story Mode.”
So Telltale Games is working on a, uh, Minecraft story-driven game? I want to balk, but I shouldn’t. Folks made a dope LEGO movie. And this is Telltale Games. So, yeah.
Official: Microsoft buys ‘Minecraft’ for $2.5 Billion
What was spoken of is now confirmed. Microsoft has bought one of Gaming and Pop Culture’s Biggest Phenomenons for $2.5 billion.
Microsoft looking to buy ‘Minecraft’ developer for $2 Billi
Microsoft is looking to get into the fucking Minecraft game even harder. To the tune of $2 billion dollars. I say goddamn!, that’s a lot of mines being crafted. (What does that mean, Caff? Absolutely nothing!)
‘MINECRAFT’ creator Notch drops new game, ‘CLIFFHORSE.’
The mind behind Minecraft has dropped his latest game. Cliffhorse. In which you’re a horse, and you run around near cliffs and shit? The entire thing feels like Notch having a bit of fun with the gaming community. ‘Cause like. You gotta buy it with Dogecoin. And like. Cliffs. Horses.
Notch was like NAH, TURNED DOWN JOB AT VALVE to make ‘Minecraft.’
Notch has got himself quite the life. Not that he ain’t earned it. How many people can look down the barrel of a job at Valve. Decline. Then turn around and pump out one of gaming’s cultural phenomenons?
At least one.
Press Start: It’s Tough Being A Kid
It probably goes without saying (but I will anyway) that most of our formative experiences with video games stem from childhood. Whether it was skipping school to hike to the nearest Street Fighter II cabinet, or locking yourself in your room to explore the vast kingdom of Hyrule, most of us will have some key memory that comes to define what games are to us and they would have been formed at a pretty young age. For me, they were worlds of wonder; simple though they may have been, they unlocked my imagination more than any teacher-fed book could ever hope to do. And though I find myself fawning over the ability to now play as a fully fledged criminal in the online space, I still think the contemporary world of video games is incredibly limited, at least for children.
MINECRAFT CREATOR gets GOLDEN PSONE from Sony. MICROSOFT sends box of tacks to Team Meatboy.
Sony has sent the creator of Minecraft an invitation to an E3 Event in the form of a fucking golden PSOne. It’s awesome seeing Sony rolling out the red (golden? ha!) carpet for indie developers. Meanwhile, Microsoft is ripping the carpet out from underneath their indie creators’ feet. You know. Blowing smoke in their eyes, getting rid of their dedicated XBL channel, and telling them to be grateful to even be able to find a third-party publisher to push their pretentious swill.
Definitely different vibes from the two camps.
