Comments on: Interview with Minecraft's creator http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 07:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897812 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897812 Not mine (heh). But wow, mind blown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug Not mine (heh). But wow, mind blown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug

]]> By: jmullan http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897046 jmullan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897046 The sudden success of this game is like digging upwards into an underground river and being flushed back to a lava flow. With every block I break I tunnel more deeply into my childhood. My girlfriend made a tree fort with a hot tub. I made a lava moat with a lavafall and a waterslide. I am doing everything I can not to type this in all caps and with a dozen exclamation points. Ahem. !!!11!11elevens!!!elevens!! The sudden success of this game is like digging upwards into an underground river and being flushed back to a lava flow. With every block I break I tunnel more deeply into my childhood. My girlfriend made a tree fort with a hot tub. I made a lava moat with a lavafall and a waterslide. I am doing everything I can not to type this in all caps and with a dozen exclamation points. Ahem.

!!!11!11elevens!!!elevens!!

]]> By: JimEJim http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897051 JimEJim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897051 You know, I really have no time for games right now, but after reading his about page and his plans to eventually make it open source and maybe even public domain once sales have run their course, I can't help but feel like buying it. You know, I really have no time for games right now, but after reading his about page and his plans to eventually make it open source and maybe even public domain once sales have run their course, I can’t help but feel like buying it.

]]> By: bob d http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897054 bob d Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897054 Calling it a "zombie defense game" is like calling the internet a porn delivery system. True, but slightly incomplete and misleading. Calling it "Lego D&D" might be more accurate. Calling it a “zombie defense game” is like calling the internet a porn delivery system. True, but slightly incomplete and misleading. Calling it “Lego D&D” might be more accurate.

]]> By: W. James Au http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897069 W. James Au Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897069 Earlier today I did a little interview with Notch about his favorite fan levels, the idea of a Minecraft MMO, etc: http://bit.ly/90DmYl The economics of this are amazing too -- he's sold it 253K times at around $13.50, so nearly $3.5 million. From a team of FOUR. It's almost certainly the biggest indie game ever. Earlier today I did a little interview with Notch about his favorite fan levels, the idea of a Minecraft MMO, etc:

http://bit.ly/90DmYl

The economics of this are amazing too — he’s sold it 253K times at around $13.50, so nearly $3.5 million. From a team of FOUR. It’s almost certainly the biggest indie game ever.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897071 bcsizemo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897071 My friend on Facebook told me I needed to play this. So I popped over to youtube and looked at it. I don't get it. No I get the idea and game play, but I've played open ended things like this before and the same thing always happens: I get bored. For me at least, it's like crack for the first couple of days/weeks/months. Then slowly it looses it's grip and I just stop playing it. Without something to accomplish I've given up playing many games like this. My friend on Facebook told me I needed to play this. So I popped over to youtube and looked at it. I don’t get it.

No I get the idea and game play, but I’ve played open ended things like this before and the same thing always happens: I get bored.

For me at least, it’s like crack for the first couple of days/weeks/months. Then slowly it looses it’s grip and I just stop playing it. Without something to accomplish I’ve given up playing many games like this.

]]> By: 110rdr33f4 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897080 110rdr33f4 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897080 As an actual widower, I found your flippant use of the word to be offensive and disrespectful. As an actual widower, I found your flippant use of the word to be offensive and disrespectful.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-988222 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-988222 Put survivors in and make your dude start with a wife and make an empire with them and make them have jobs and things that would give it a good rating!!!! Put survivors in and make your dude start with a wife and make an empire with them and make them have jobs and things that would give it a good rating!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-912981 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-912981 I love this game, i play it on my friends laptop and I am addicted to it. I am building a big house in the sky and in another level making a huge mine. I love this game, i play it on my friends laptop and I am addicted to it. I am building a big house in the sky and in another level making a huge mine.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897110 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897110 I love love love this game. It's so simple and beautiful at the same time. Exploration plus digging plus building. And zombies! I love love love this game. It’s so simple and beautiful at the same time. Exploration plus digging plus building. And zombies!

]]> By: Scaramanga9 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897372 Scaramanga9 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897372 As an actual widower myself I think perhaps you should get off your high horse. Unless you were being sarcastic. In which case, carry on. As an actual widower myself I think perhaps you should get off your high horse. Unless you were being sarcastic. In which case, carry on.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-942694 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-942694 blah this game is awesome but I just accidentially dumped a bucket of lava in the main room of my house and lost all my stuff. sigh. blah this game is awesome but I just accidentially dumped a bucket of lava in the main room of my house and lost all my stuff. sigh.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-1008237 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1008237 This is one of those games that will still be fun when people are playing crisis on their Iphone 7's. Shitty graphics, worse sound, yea, it doesn't matter. Where else can I create a skyscraper with a lava fountain and a room made of pure diamond? This is one of those games that will still be fun when people are playing crisis on their Iphone 7′s. Shitty graphics, worse sound, yea, it doesn’t matter. Where else can I create a skyscraper with a lava fountain and a room made of pure diamond?

]]> By: anansi133 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897400 anansi133 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897400 Even as I'm caught in this game's spell, I wonder what it is that makes it so compelling. The physics engine seems bulletproof: much more ambitious projects have left me cold because of the weird glitches. There's such a gentle learning curve: before I can get frustrated for not knowing how to make armor, I'll get caught up in the topiary or tower building. It's the perfect puzzle garden. And I notice that although the physics are simple, the lighting is quite nuanced. There's a crisp sense of reality to what I can build, that was never there with the Lego games. If this thing becomes open sourced, I predict it will become the default format for MUD and MOO and MUSH. Even as I’m caught in this game’s spell, I wonder what it is that makes it so compelling. The physics engine seems bulletproof: much more ambitious projects have left me cold because of the weird glitches.

There’s such a gentle learning curve: before I can get frustrated for not knowing how to make armor, I’ll get caught up in the topiary or tower building. It’s the perfect puzzle garden.

And I notice that although the physics are simple, the lighting is quite nuanced. There’s a crisp sense of reality to what I can build, that was never there with the Lego games.

If this thing becomes open sourced, I predict it will become the default format for MUD and MOO and MUSH.

]]> By: Guysmiley http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897413 Guysmiley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897413 Ssssssssssssss BOOOM! Ssssssssssssss BOOOM!

]]> By: Rayonic http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897167 Rayonic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897167 Stop giving interviews and start earning my $13, Notch!!! (Just kidding, though I do hope that development picks up once he hires people.) Stop giving interviews and start earning my $13, Notch!!!

(Just kidding, though I do hope that development picks up once he hires people.)

]]> By: anansi133 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897423 anansi133 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897423 Even as I'm caught in this game's spell, I wonder what it is that makes it so compelling. The physics engine seems bulletproof: much more ambitious projects have left me cold because of the weird glitches. There's such a gentle learning curve: before I can get frustrated for not knowing how to make armor, I'll get caught up in the topiary or tower building. It's the perfect puzzle garden. And I notice that although the physics are simple, the lighting is quite nuanced. There's a crisp sense of reality to what I can build, that was never there with the Lego games. If this thing becomes open sourced, I predict it will become the default format for MUD and MOO and MUSH. Even as I’m caught in this game’s spell, I wonder what it is that makes it so compelling. The physics engine seems bulletproof: much more ambitious projects have left me cold because of the weird glitches.

There’s such a gentle learning curve: before I can get frustrated for not knowing how to make armor, I’ll get caught up in the topiary or tower building. It’s the perfect puzzle garden.

And I notice that although the physics are simple, the lighting is quite nuanced. There’s a crisp sense of reality to what I can build, that was never there with the Lego games.

If this thing becomes open sourced, I predict it will become the default format for MUD and MOO and MUSH.

]]> By: Erkison http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897171 Erkison Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897171 Welcome to the internet. Please check your thin skin at the door. Welcome to the internet. Please check your thin skin at the door.

]]> By: Ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897445 Ocker3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897445 There is a Wiki, here is a link to the Crafting page (http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting) if you don't want to have to re-invent the wheel (the wheel being all the quite complicated stuff you can make) There is a Wiki, here is a link to the Crafting page (http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting) if you don’t want to have to re-invent the wheel (the wheel being all the quite complicated stuff you can make)

]]> By: Beelzebuddy http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897710 Beelzebuddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897710 <i><b>Then<b> my focus is to finish up survival mode multiplayer, with working enemies and health</i> No. Damn it. Bad Notch! Bad! Fix multiplayer, make it playable as more than a godmode sandbox, THEN restructure your company. Damage and rails, that's all it needs. Crank that out first, and then you can take as long as you want to count your millions of indie moneys. Then my focus is to finish up survival mode multiplayer, with working enemies and health

No. Damn it. Bad Notch! Bad!

Fix multiplayer, make it playable as more than a godmode sandbox, THEN restructure your company. Damage and rails, that’s all it needs. Crank that out first, and then you can take as long as you want to count your millions of indie moneys.

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897967 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897967 What is there "not to get" about a game that keeps you entertained for a couple of weeks or more? What is there “not to get” about a game that keeps you entertained for a couple of weeks or more?

]]> By: dw_funk http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897985 dw_funk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897985 I just really, really want Notch and the Dwarf Fortress guys to get together and make a unified game. Pull that camera out, make the mobs dwarfs and orcs, add a sensible UI... On the other hand, Notch is making some serious money doing what he's doing, and Minecraft is incredible on its own. I just really, really want Notch and the Dwarf Fortress guys to get together and make a unified game. Pull that camera out, make the mobs dwarfs and orcs, add a sensible UI…

On the other hand, Notch is making some serious money doing what he’s doing, and Minecraft is incredible on its own.

]]> By: AirPillo http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897730 AirPillo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897730 Yes! Especially because people who buy the game while it is in alpha get a 50% discount off of the price it will be when the game goes final. Notch is a really nice guy, and he's got a lot of talent. Yes!

Especially because people who buy the game while it is in alpha get a 50% discount off of the price it will be when the game goes final.

Notch is a really nice guy, and he’s got a lot of talent.

]]> By: Laroquod http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897737 Laroquod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897737 As someone who has actually found physical objects dear to those who have lost them, I feel that your use of the word 'found' is misleading and disrespectful. As someone who has actually found physical objects dear to those who have lost them, I feel that your use of the word ‘found’ is misleading and disrespectful.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-913105 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-913105 i wanto to buy it , i can buy it but i just cant use paypal...... if it had paysafecard payment method .... i would be so happy .............. many ppl probably would buy it .... adding more payment services = more ppl i wanto to buy it , i can buy it but i just cant use paypal…… if it had paysafecard payment method …. i would be so happy ………….. many ppl probably would buy it …. adding more payment services = more ppl

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897240 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897240 Yeah I can never understand why other people like games that I only play for several months. The only really good games are the ones I play for 10, maybe 15 years. Yeah I can never understand why other people like games that I only play for several months.

The only really good games are the ones I play for 10, maybe 15 years.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897001 Rob Beschizza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897001 This game is amazing and you should all buy it right now. This game is amazing and you should all buy it right now.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897003 Rob Beschizza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897003 Of the many things I love about it, I love how it cultivates that part of human nature that wants to create something in harmony with the natural environment, then ruins you with temptation. You find yourself inside your little treehouse or whatever, becoming once again dimly aware of a hunger, a hunger that can be sated only by embarking on a major civil engineering project. Of the many things I love about it, I love how it cultivates that part of human nature that wants to create something in harmony with the natural environment, then ruins you with temptation. You find yourself inside your little treehouse or whatever, becoming once again dimly aware of a hunger, a hunger that can be sated only by embarking on a major civil engineering project.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897274 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897274 But completely consistent with how the word is widely used. But completely consistent with how the word is widely used.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/27/interview-with-minec.html#comment-897279 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-897279 DF is pretty amazing and initially impenetrable. It's sucking up my evenings currently. Some BB readers might like it, but it's impossible unless you do a tutorial first. And I recommend a tileset, I can't do the ascii, but to some using the ascii is a mark of win. DF is pretty amazing and initially impenetrable. It’s sucking up my evenings currently. Some BB readers might like it, but it’s impossible unless you do a tutorial first. And I recommend a tileset, I can’t do the ascii, but to some using the ascii is a mark of win.

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