Today, the new NPC town's borders are giving Mojang headaches, to the point where they're publicly weighing "succumbing to the put-it-in-the-HUD gods"! #minecraft
15 Years Ago in Minecraft
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Chronicling the iterative development of Minecraft, as it was a decade and a half ago. Run by @femboyaerospace.bsky.social
Today, a new sneak peak of Beta 1.8 shows a few changes to the Endermen: green eyes and an indifference to pumpkin eye contact. Arrows now also appear to stick in mobs. #minecraft
Today, it is confirmed that none of the Enderman videos that have been circulating around are official, as anticipation builds for this "creepy" new mob. #minecraft
Today, user TheFalloutDude1 shares what their Minecraft server looks like. #minecraft
Minecraft - Our World 1
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Today, user SSLithuania posts a mockup of how the Enderman could work. This interpretation features a more "Weeping Angel" style of Enderman, where they only move when offscreen, and whisper when onscreen. #minecraft
Minecraft 1.8 Enderman Fanmade
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Today, Mojang announces a collab with fellow Stockholm game studio Dice/Easy, in the form of in-game Minecraft T-shirts for Battlefield Heroes. #minecraft
Today, the mechanics and name of the new mob are divulged in a dev blog post. The "Endermen" (a pun based on the Slenderman creepypasta) won't attack the player unless harmed - or if eye contact is made. Once aggravated, it can run and teleport towards the player, dealing massive damage. #minecraft
Today, Minecraft is bundled in with the 3rd Humble Indie Bundle, a pay-what-you-want deal from HumbleBundle of 5 indie games, plus 2.5 weeks of access to Minecraft for free. #minecraft.
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Today, user BlahBlahBlahGAMING uploads "I Hate Creepers". The song is not a parody, though the opening strongly resembles "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (or, by extension, "Dani California"). #minecraft
Minecraft Song: "I Hate Creepers" Song and Music Video
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Today, a new mob is revealed in a screenshot shared on Google+! The picture shows several tall, pitch-black entities with unnaturally long limbs. They appear to have a unique ability among mobs to pick up blocks. #minecraft
Today, user CaptainCloudz makes a tutorial on creating Aether Portals. All that's needed is glowstone, water, and (crucially) an installation of the Aether mod. The tutorial inspires many Minecrafters to attempt to make their own Aether portals, with or without the latter ingredient. #minecraft
Minecraft How to Make An Aether Portal
YouTube video by CaptainCloudz
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Today, The Yogscast spotlight the new Aether Mod. #minecraft
Minecraft - Aether Mod Spotlight Part 1: First Steps
YouTube video by The Yogscast
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Today, user toasttify makes a video showcasing the new Clay Soldiers mod by KodaichiZero. #Minecraft
Minecraft Mod: Clay Soldiers, Control your own army and rule the world!
YouTube video by toasttify
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Today, Mojang announces a sale of J!NX's Minecraft Merchandise #minecraft
Today, TeamEvilMojang takes the light green camouflage of the Creeper to its logical conclusion by giving them chameleon-like color changing abilities. #minecraft
Camouflage creepers!
YouTube video by TeamEvilMojang
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Today, the latest 1.8 screenshot is of glass panes, thinner versions of glass blocks. Jeb assures Minecrafters that the existing glass blocks will remain the same. #minecraft
Today, C418 releases his first proper album since Volume Alpha, "72 Minutes of Fame". Unlike the ambient music of Minecraft, this work is full of experimental house music, an attempt by Daniel to learn the genre and start his career as a full freelancer after quitting his day job. #minecraft
Today, C418 releases "I forgot something, didn't I." This album is a 'Side B' to the one he presumably "forgot". It mostly contains rejected songs,and Daniel himself doesn't consider it very good, but hey, isn't that the point of a B-Side? #minecraft
Today, Joshua Mutter uploads "A Pirate's Life in Minecraft". #minecraft
A Pirate's Life in Minecraft
YouTube video by Joshua Mutter
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Today, user dioptreproductions creates Portal 2's ending sequence in Minecraft, complete with a noteblock turret song. #minecraft
Cara Minecraft—the Turret Opera in Minecraft (Note Blocks)
YouTube video by dioptreproductions
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Today, Daniel Kaplan attempts to stream Minecraft Pocket Edition on bambuser.com, but the stream goes down after less than half an hour. He'll try to post something next week as an alternative. #minecraft
Today, another Adventure Update teaser has come in the form of an image of a list of servers. In Beta 1.7.3, players have to type in the exact IP of a server to connect to it, with no way to save servers. #minecraft
Today, the bow is being redesigned as part of the Adventure Update. A new achievement will be in the game for killing a skeleton with an arrow loosed from 50m away, a currently impossible shot. Another achievement under consideration is one for shooting the moon, a reference to Portal 2 #minecraft
Today, an office photo tour shows how Mojang has continued to spruce up their space since the housewarming party. In other news, the Adventure Update will be playable at Mojang's PAX Prime 2011 booth in August! #minecraft
Today, a new Adventure Update teaser image is dropped, showing what to be the intersection of a ravine with the new structure previously shown. #minecraft
Today, user SSLithuania uploads "How to train your creeper", the title a parody of a recent Dreamworks movie. The video uses 3D animation over in-game footage as opposed to a mod. #minecraft
How to train your creeper
YouTube video by SSLithuania
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Today, user TaviRider obtains and distributes top-secret information about the Adventure Update: #minecraft
Exclusive leaked footage of Adventure Update!!
YouTube video by TaviRider
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Today, Beta 1.7.3 is released, a fairly standard bugfixing update that, among other things, removes the very popular piston block duplication glitch over a week after it popped up. This would be the last update before the Adventure Update brought major changes to Minecraft. #minecraft
Today, TeamEvilMojang mods in carnivorous pigs, resembling feral hogs in appearance and behavior. #minecraft
Carnivorous Pigs!
YouTube video by TeamEvilMojang
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Today, Minecraft is nominated for 5 categories for this August's European Games Award, including Best European Game. Mojang is also nominated for the Best European Studio award. web.archive.org/web/20110721... #minecraft