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Minecraft: The Story of Mojang

submitted by Kevlar

1 decade 3 years 12 months ago

Description via Kickstarter:

Over the past year, the computer game Minecraft has become a cultural phenomenon, drawing millions of players into the unique, low-res world created solely by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson. When Persson announced that he would invest his Minecraft earnings in founding his own development house, Mojang Specifications, 2 Player Productions seized upon the rare opportunity to fly to Sweden and document the first week in the life of the new studio.

During the editing process of what was only supposed to be a twenty-minute short, it became clear that an important chapter of gaming history was still being written, and that a feature-length documentary about Mojang's first year would make a powerful statement about what it means to create, release, and play games in the twenty-first century.

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HD version: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/documentary-hd-minecraft/710788

ant

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Hope this gets Siftspect - yes, by now we all know the story but this is an interesting close-up look into the past and the future of the "founders" of Mojang.

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A great story that should be inspiring to indie developers.

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First learned about 2 Player Productions from Penny-Arcade and I really like what they're doing. Minecraft is interesting and a good find for them to make a doc about it.

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I'm amazed at how proficient they are in English.

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