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  Summary: Minecraft creator Markus Persson has revealed that about 1.8 million people have bought Minecraf... : SporkyReeve
  • Summary summary: Notch is RIICH BITCH. : icedcool
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    What's up with these summaries? Are they random entries or a new thing you guys have started doing? : Anastomosis
    • They're for real Shackers who can't be bothered to leave the chatty long enough to read the article. : Sapiens
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  Stories like this that always make me ask the question: "What the hell have I done with my life???" It'... : daggot
  • I know what I have done with my life, played the games these rich guys make ;D : Zerbyte
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    Think of all the independent game developers that have produced commercial games since the inception of t... : silent prophet
    • a thousand to 1 maybe? plenty of indy games have sold this amount at this price, this guy's just doing a ... : kiddygrinder
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    Just imagine how the guy who created Infiniminer feels : nootron
    • Ouch. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  I think the chances of this game becoming a finished product are getting slimmer and slimmer. : Kub666
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    Why? He's still updating it regularly. I keep seeing posts like this. Just because he's not progressin... : rubicant
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      I think a lot of people are making those posts because he isn't doing updates as often as he used to. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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        well, hookers and blow doesn't do itself. : Dolemite
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          Vacations aren't going to take themselves either: http://i53.tinypic.com/r73yps.png : Haxim
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            So he has more money than he could ever need and he spends half his time after years of development still... : ramshot
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              The people that work only so they can retire young typically aren't the ones who end up becoming multi-mi... : Marrbe
              • Indeed. I don't believe many of the complainers are multi-millionaires. :) : ramshot
              • was the goal to become a multi-millionaire or to make enough to have an amazing life? : JINKY
          • Wow, this just seems stalkerish. I bought the game, had some fun with it, haven't touched it in a few ... : hoov1185
          • wtf, so he can build something better than you can even start *even when he takes 33% of his time off* is... : kiddygrinder
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    I agree. There is no end to Minecraft. They'll keep adding random features forever. Or, they will finally... : lyme
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      Really, there are two paths. He can go Angry Birds, where everything is about Minecraft, the franchise, ... : jake
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        This is what I don't get, why the fuck is Notch making a card game? I'm not even saying it's bad - but he... : even4
        • Notch isn't working on Scrolls at all. : Zek
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          It's not like he needs money. The dude is flush with cash. Not only does it make complete business sense ... : Fredrik S
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            How does it make any business sense at all? You have an IP, you need to build the brand. Look at Rovio wi... : even4
            • Who says he wants to build an empire, though? Hell, I don't know why he even started a company. Seems ... : PlayfulPuppy
    • They are already trying to embrace the modding community. Soon there will be a new mod interface so imple... : bighirst
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    Has anyone defined what finished is? Is there some master list that Notch has posted that he said would b... : jake
    • When its done. : Lukiopimp
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      http://www.minecraftwiki.net/images/thumb/7/7c/Boo.png/400px-Boo.png Does he even have The Nether in SMP... : Nixx2004
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        I wouldn't mind if the Nether was removed completely. As it stands right now, it's just a failed experime... : GreatGooglyMoogly
        • Well if there was a game, the end-game would probably be there. Some big boss to kill or special gem to f... : Nixx2004
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          And don't get me started on Biomes. : guigr
          • What about biomes? : Haxim
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  Good for him. Works hard on a game, people buy the game, gets rich, takes some time off. I find it humoro... : ramshot
  • im pretty sure a large portion of the more insane whiners simply have aspergers and/or zero perspective. : PlanetPerfecto
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  Still an utter mystery to me what so many people find so alluring about this game. : terylene
  • Same reason people like Legos. : aaarrrgh
  • I really think its more like a combination of legos and an erector set. You aren't just stacking blocks, ... : bighirst
• If I enter the white house address, do you think the CIA will come and rape me? : Utopia