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  1. Notch Cancels Oculus Rift for Minecraft because of Facebook

    March 25, 2014 by Chris

    Minecraft’s inventor, our beloved Notch, does not like Facebook. So what? Lots of people are “creeped out” by Facebook.13769247725158fwm87low29_1380485159797

    Well, it sounded awesome that Minecraft was talking to Oculus Rift with the idea of adding Virtual Reality gaming hardware support to Minecraft but unfortunately that deal is now over.

    It turns out Facebook has just recently announced it bought the Oculus Rift company for $2 billion. Facebook has been buying all sorts of things for billions recently. It started with Instagram, then What’s App, now Oculus Rift. What is Mark Zuckerberg planning over there?

    We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out.

    — Markus Persson (@notch) March 25, 2014

    Kotaku was good enough to point out there is a Minecraft mod that can support Oculus Rift unofficially if you’re lucky enough to have one of the cool headsets.

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  2. How to Blow up Bedrock!

    November 27, 2013 by Ninja

    I have always thought its impossible to blow up bedrock (and obsidian) until I saw this youtube clip! Check it out! this guy, JL2579,  blows up bedrock!

    He also makes an explanation video about how it works:

    Did you know about this? If you did let me know in the comments!!

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  3. My minecraft feature wishlist. What’s yours?

    November 26, 2013 by Nozomi

    I already love lots of the features of minecraft. Three of my favourites are:

    1. quests like going to The End and defeating the dragon or defeating a wither to make a beacon,

    2. being able to use tactics to make mining diamond easier and

    3. farming things.

    But there is always room for improvement! Here are the current top 4 on my features wishlist. What are yours?

    Minecraft features I’d love to see:

    1. I would like more inventory space because you always get a full inventory and you can never mine for very long. You have to set up a base of operations. You could probably have an expandable inventory or a scrollable inventory, but I think the best way would be to have just a bigger inventory screen.

    2. I’d also like redstone that can be placed next to other redstone without connecting. Maybe redstone could be insulated somehow so you have to set the connection instead of it happening automatically. Or you could have differently coloured redstone. I guess you could have bluestone, greenstone etc which could sit next to each other without interacting.

    3. Another feature which would be great is more animation to make the game more interesting. I know some animals move a bit. Sheep bend down to eat, but maybe pigs can snuffle in the grass and stuff. And possibly if you’re getting hungry, there could be some grumbly tummy noises, or the meat bar could pop and eventually explode or something.

    4. More ores would also be a good new feature. Not useless ores like lapis. Lapis is useless and boring especially since now there are flowers that make blue dye. I’d like to see a completely new ore which does some new cool thing.

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  4. Stained Glass in Minecraft and News about Minecon

    November 5, 2013 by Chris

    David and Toby always keep things entertaining and they cover some interesting items from the latest Minecraft snapshot, including stained glass. It really looks great.

    If you want to buy the Minecraft Annual 2014 mentioned in the video, click here:

     

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  5. Video Interview with Minecraft Musician Daniel Rosenfeld C418

    November 3, 2013 by Chris

    C418 a.k.a. Daniel Rosenfeld

    C418 a.k.a. Daniel Rosenfeld

    Daniel Rosenfeld was interviewed for a Minecraft Monday show by Bebop Vox back in 2011. This is an interesting discussion about:

    • How C418 met Notch
    • How much does C418 play Minecraft
    • What C418 thinks of musical inspiration
    • His involvement in the 2 Player Productions Minecraft Documentary
    • C418’s releases after Alpha and Minecraft
    • The challenge of fitting more music into Minecraft
    • What it’s like making a living from music in this age

    Daniel is obviously very talented but also a very humble guy and he takes the massive success of his work along with Minecraft and he considers himself very lucky, downplaying the role of his talent in this success.

    Is C418 the most successful musician of video game music?

     

     

    What’s funny is the way he keeps referring to Notch as Markus. I keep forgetting Notch is Markus!

    Check out C418’s Site Also, if you want the sheet music or MIDI music for some of this, check out Minecraft Sheet Music And MIDI Files

     

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  6. Pocket Edition Redstone and Minecarts

    November 3, 2013 by Chris

    How soon will it be before Minecraft Pocket Edition gets updated to include minecarts, redstone etc. It is going to happen soon!

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  7. Gifts for Minecraft-obsessed Kids

    November 1, 2013 by Nozomi

    Need a gift for a Minecraft-obsessed kid?

    They spend all their time on it, all their conversations are about it. It’s the new Spiderman, Superman and Barbie combined. You’ve already forked out the $20 for the game. So what do you give to your Minecraft-obsessed offspring that’s not going to be relegated to the status of clothes or that dusty, award-winning board game? (disclaimer: I love boardgames. I’ve bought the kids dozens. Just wish I had someone to play them with.)

    If your household is like my household, you know that the trump gifts under the tree this year are Minecraft gifts. You know this, I know this. Face it. So I hunted around for the ones I thought were the best. Then I interviewed my kids and found out their top 5.

    All that’s left to do is buy and wrap.

    Here they are:

    10 year old girl:
           

     

    12 year old boy:

           

     

    14 year old girl:

           

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  8. Minecraft Sheet Music and MIDI Files

    April 23, 2013 by Chris

    The wonderful soundtrack by C418 which plays in Minecraft has been available for sale for a while. You can get the whole album for a great price, but do shop around. People who don’t like video games enough to even try Minecraft may even love this music!

    But what if you want to play it yourself on your own piano or keyboard? Did you know that sheet music arranger Sebastian Wolff has created MIDI and Sheet Music for many of the tracks in Minecraft?

    Check out Sebastian Wolff’s Minecraft Music page for the downloads. Thanks Sebastian!

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  9. Minecraft Books

    March 19, 2013 by Chris

    There is so much information about Minecraft online, you might not be surprised to discover there are also a number of books written about it. There are strategy guides, building and architecture guids, creative furniture making books, the list goes on.

    There are a huge number of kindle electronic books (e-books) but there are also a lot of hardcover books and paperbacks, coffee table books and others that seem like text books! Well you know Minecraft is used in the classroom!

    The main areas that these books cover are:

    Here’s what a little digging has found:

    • Tips and tricks
    • Cheats
    • Mods – finding and installing
    • Tekkit – the advanced system of high tech mods
    • Making Mods – being a total programmer like Notch
    • Redstone – the mystical mechanical magic of minecraft
    • Potions
    • Design – architecture and interior decorating
    • Total guides for Pocket Edition, survival or Minecraft in general
    • Traps
    • Servers – finding good ones, even setting one up your own

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  10. Minecraft Halloween Costume

    September 8, 2012 by Chris

    Have you ever thought as dressing up as something from Minecraft for Halloween?

    Meet little Nels Hogaboom. Like all humans with good taste in video games, Nels loves Minecraft,  so what better Halloween costume than a Gast!

    Let’s go to The Nether together!

     

    image copyright Kelly Hogaboom, used under creative commons

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