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• Yeah. This is why gaming is in decline. : rtricoche
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  Look, I love notch as much as the next guy, but why in gods name are we still reporting on this? Why is t : JohnnyRey
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    Slow news day? I guess I am still amazed the game continues to sell. : Keefinator
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      he's trololololling : Dave-A
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        I'm not trolling : JohnnyRey
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          You talking about Notch or Minecraft is an automatic troll even if you don't mean it to be. : BeowolfSchaefer
          • ok well, I can accept that. : JohnnyRey
    • Don't feed the trolls Keefy. : snot3353
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  With the world size as small as it is MCX is not really "a direct port of the PC version". : SlamDunk
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    I said "almost" a direct port. I know there are differences. : Keefinator
    • Sorry, I was really tired when I posted that. Brainfarts rule. : SlamDunk
  • yah 1024 x 1024 is kinda small... that's fine for just 1-2 players I guess. But half the fun of Minecra... : Shadowdane
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    Not only that, but with all the mods available on the PC version it capable of being a radically differen... : Zatric
    • Yeah, I - for reasons that escape me - bought the iPhone version of Minecraft and it's kinda like playing... : Schnapple
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  AITOO that has never played Minecraft? : Head Rush
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    I tried it for 10 minutes and said, nope not for me, but my son has been playing it non-stop since July : tunis5000
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      Same. I played for 10-20 minutes thinking "I don't get it" the whole time. : Ellissd
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        A large number of people do the same thing but then they have this experience: http://penny-arcade.com... : Schnapple
        • Lol, so true. Minecraft is one of those games that requires the creativity and design of it's user. The... : phillyguitar
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    Me neither. I want the scale and other benefits of the PC version, but I want to play with a controller l... : Nat King Cobra
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      Never understood why they haven't extended controller support over to the PC version. : Creepin_Jeezus
      • There's probably not much demand for it. I just like playing on the couch, and a controller helps me avoi... : Nat King Cobra
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    it's fun and i really respect it as a product but i need more structure in my games. i end up starting a... : EvilDolemite
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      This is why I've avoided it. I'm alright with the fact that I need linear games these days. I come home f... : Head Rush
      • i used to love open-world games a decade ago, but lately i just want a directed experience where i can ha... : EvilDolemite
  • Never felt the need to try it yet. : kagath
  • You should try it, it's quite fun. When it came out it was a pretty unique experience, although there are... : OverloadUT
  • Nope, never tried it either. : master_disaster_17
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    it's fun till you get bored because it's one of those games where the point of it is to create your own c... : dantastic
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      As opposed to wasting time shooting digital men in the face? All gaming (well, most of it) is time wastin... : rottdcorpse
      • can you prestige in minecraft, BROSEF?! : dantastic
    • Building a 60ft penis tower is never time wasted : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • I haven't either. : Mr. Goodwrench
  • Nope, I assume there's lots of us. : abrasion
  • I've never tried it, it looks like a lot of fun but I'm afraid of the time commitment it could require. S... : MikkleThePickle
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  Minecraft is a great game and has had a lot of positive influence on the indie game scene as a whole. I'l... : Zek
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    a) Some people take issue with the fact that it bears a strong resemblance to a previous game called Infi... : Schnapple
    • I think the fact they have only added a very few meaningful changes/additions to the gameplay is also an ... : JohnnyRey
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      Even with all of those things combined the hate Notch gets on the shack alone is absurd and unwarranted. ... : Zek
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        I would agree that the whole dad thing was way over the line. : JohnnyRey
        • That was pretty much me who did that and it was made as joke like Schnapple pointed out. I don't think pe : rick
      • Not familiar with the dad suicide thing but to be fair, some number of people on the Shack whose entire p... : Schnapple
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        Oh shit man, I didn't know his dad committed suicide. The impact of losing someone under such circumst... : NickDelios
        • Er. Overstated. Fuck me running. : NickDelios
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      Oh man a) is a doozy I've never heard that line of reasoning from anyone before. : bradleyrr
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        Yeah I may have phrased it like people are accusing him of plagiarism but that's not what I meant. Notch ... : Schnapple
        • Man, I am not sure if you just reverse trolled me or what. : bradleyrr
  • No idea. It is so much fun to play on our server with my 2 boys. We are having a blast building our ca... : .frame
  • Because it's a toolset more than a game. A cool toolset, though. : HockeyJohnston
• O_o : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Minecraft on PC is obviously the superior experience, but having both, and playing the XBLA version with ... : AroundTheFur1380
  • the small worlds in the 360 are a big minus for me... i enjoy exploring in this game and with 1024x1024... : Shadowdane
• So almost 14 million copies then, and that's not counting iOS/Android sales. Maybe another 3-4 millionthe... : GreatGooglyMoogly