2012
Xbox 360 edition finally arrives
It seems Minecraft isn’t done piling up those success figures. I stumbled upon this cool map showing Minecraft server connections as they happen! Each dot represents a server with the lines being active connections. I can’t help but wonder [...]
Minecraft: Delivering lessons
Minecraft: Delivering lessons With over four million purchases and estimate generated revenue of over US$80 million and more than a quarter of initial sales made without the backing of any commercial advertisement, it’s safe to say that the game is [...]
2012
A bit of mud-slinging from Notch
Marcus Persson better know as Notch slung mud EA’s direction for calling a recent release of games on Steam an “Indie Bundle” – or Independent developer bundle for the not-so adept. Notch is quoted on his twitter feed @notch saying, [...]
2012
Mine wars Texture pack available for Minecraft 1.2.5
Minecraft players, followers, fanatics and lovers – lend me your ears! You can now download the Minewars Texture Pack 1.2.5. Not sure what this texture pack has to offer? Well, if you’re into Star Wars then you are in for [...]
2012
Jeepers Creepers
We can all agree minecraft is a pretty rad game. Imagine being in a world with an endless supply of cubes and a model of gravitation that seems to have borrowed a leaf from Road runner cartoons. The integral game [...]
2012
Minecraft is the Lego of our Generation
There is an interesting new project going on right now between Mojang and Lego. Minecraft Lego sets are in development. Mojang spokesman Daniel Kaplan tweeted “we are working directly with Lego to make this happen”. Mojang will make a one [...]
2012
Rock’em Sock’em!
Do you guys remember those toys that let kids play as robots beating each other up that resurface into population every few years? You know, Rock’em Sock’em Robots? Oh, I’m sure you’ve heard of it. In fact, I’m sure you [...]
Minecraft Myth Busters
A few days ago someone posted a picture on the Minecraft Reditt page. True story. It consisted of two circles that interjected. One circle was water and the other was lava. In the middle there was obsidian. They called it [...]
2012
The Sky Dimension
Well that sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it? For those of you that are familiar with the earlier versions of the game, you will recognize the sky dimension as the floating islands map generation option. The Sky Dimension is an upcoming [...]
2012
Learn by Playing Minecraft
Minecraft was not made for any specific age group, but it seems to attract young people more than old people – or at least, those young at heart. You see, part of the magic of Minecraft is that we are [...]