On our new site, One Third Off Gaming, I have written an article about Minecraft, and my thoughts about the game and why I believe it is a success.

An oil refinery in a modified game of Minecraft

For those of you who doesn’t know already Minecraft is a hugely successful indie game created by a Swedish company called Mojang. It was started by Notch, or Markus Persson if we are to call him by his real name. Originally it was created as a single person project inspired by games like Dwarf Fortress.

Notch thought that an open world with full freedom for the player was a compelling setting where you could let your imagination run free.

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I’ve finally got a Technic LetsPlay going, the first videos are already up and can be found on my YouTube Channel.

So far, I have managed to build a makeshift house, with an awesome pool underneath. My farm is almost up and running and we will be getting into the technic stuff very soon. (more…)

Apparently I’m having trouble finding time during the week to collect enough material to write about. Does this mean that the Friday-update is supposed to be a Sunday update? It’s always easier to find time on Friday evenings and Saturdays to scour some forums and search for interesting news.
Then again (more…)