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    Minecraft

    Game » consists of 33 releases. Released May 17, 2009

    A 3D procedurally-generated game of world exploration, resource harvesting, and freeform construction, featuring a unique block-based art style and online multiplayer. It received numerous ports and updates for nearly a decade after its initial release.

    Minecraft Adds Beds And More In Latest Update

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    Edited By BradNicholson

    Notch and his crew over at Mojang have released yet another huge update to Minecraft, this time smoothing out one of the more boring aspects of the game: waiting out the night. In addition to introducing new half-size slabs, a HUD toggle, curved edges on ice, lowered mine time on Sandstone, and a new Mojang logo, the crew behind the game have busted out beds that, when used, allow players to skip the night completely. Awesome! 

    It’s a small addition, but also a welcome one. Think of all the times you've tapped your feet until dawn just so you could finish what you were doing outside of a cavern. On his blog, Notch notes that beds will also work in cooperative mode, provided that every player crawls into a bed.  
     

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    Of course, this update also incorporates bug fixes on top of several other notable additions. You can check out Notch’s blog for a small list, or hit up the sprawling Minecraft Wiki for a comprehensive breakdown.

    Oh! And a new launcher has been released that’ll finally give you all the patch details you’ll need, making posts like this useless from now on. You can grab the new launcher on the game’s official Web site. Now, excuse me while I go sleep.
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    #1  Edited By BradNicholson

    Notch and his crew over at Mojang have released yet another huge update to Minecraft, this time smoothing out one of the more boring aspects of the game: waiting out the night. In addition to introducing new half-size slabs, a HUD toggle, curved edges on ice, lowered mine time on Sandstone, and a new Mojang logo, the crew behind the game have busted out beds that, when used, allow players to skip the night completely. Awesome! 

    It’s a small addition, but also a welcome one. Think of all the times you've tapped your feet until dawn just so you could finish what you were doing outside of a cavern. On his blog, Notch notes that beds will also work in cooperative mode, provided that every player crawls into a bed.  
     

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    Of course, this update also incorporates bug fixes on top of several other notable additions. You can check out Notch’s blog for a small list, or hit up the sprawling Minecraft Wiki for a comprehensive breakdown.

    Oh! And a new launcher has been released that’ll finally give you all the patch details you’ll need, making posts like this useless from now on. You can grab the new launcher on the game’s official Web site. Now, excuse me while I go sleep.
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    #2  Edited By JJWeatherman

    Looks a bit stiff to me. I like my bed squishy.

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    #3  Edited By ColinWright

    Closest I will ever be :(

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    #4  Edited By hinderk

    cool

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    #5  Edited By Kyle

    That's pretty sweet.

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    #6  Edited By buft
    @JJWeatherman said:
    " Looks a bit stiff to me. I like my bed squishy. "
    agreed its definitely a junior suite 
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    #7  Edited By ShadowVirus

    Beds are overpowered.

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    #8  Edited By BraveToaster

    nice

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    #9  Edited By eroticfishcake

    New seed generator and a bunch of other stuff makes this one of the better updates.

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    hmmm i want a four poster kthxbai

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    #11  Edited By MarkWahlberg

    finally. 

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    #12  Edited By Jiggaboojeeves

    giantbomb minecraft server? 

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    #13  Edited By TehJedicake

    RYAN DAVIS, MINECRAFT IS INDEED A GAME!!!

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    #14  Edited By jorbear
    @JJWeatherman said:
    " Looks a bit stiff to me. I like my bed squishy. "
    Kinky.
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    #15  Edited By heat

    Why is this an article?

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    #16  Edited By zkillz
    @heat said:
    " Why is this an article? "
    Seriously, what makes this game worthy of a news post while dozens of at least equally good, usually better, indie games or 'games'  are completely ignored.
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    #17  Edited By napalm
    @zkillz said:
    " @heat said:
    " Why is this an article? "
    Seriously, what makes this game worthy of a news post while dozens of at least equally good, usually better, indie games or 'games'  are completely ignored. "
    Cry more.
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    #18  Edited By SomeDeliCook
    @zkillz said:
    " @heat said:
    " Why is this an article? "
    Seriously, what makes this game worthy of a news post while dozens of at least equally good, usually better, indie games or 'games'  are completely ignored. "
    Not to put down anything, but because more people care about this one.
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    #19  Edited By Moonshadow101

    Beds = Great 
    New Lighting Model = Great

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    #20  Edited By McDunkin

    Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage.

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    #21  Edited By benpicko
    @ShadowVirus said:
    " Beds are overpowered. "
    They're not overpowered when zombies and such can wake you up at night.
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    #22  Edited By CptBedlam
    @McDunkin said:
    " Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage. "
    My thoughts exactly.
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    #23  Edited By WEGGLES
    @McDunkin: Wat. How has the game "gone downhill"? :|
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    #24  Edited By spekingur
    @McDunkin said:
    " Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage. "
    I like how you know what everyone thinks... 
    I feel like you have some unresolved issues with Notch.
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    #25  Edited By time allen
    @McDunkin said:
    " Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage. "
    code for = creeper blew up my house and now i'm going to dress up my butthurt as common criticism.
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    #26  Edited By ajamafalous
    @heat said:
    " Why is this an article? "
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    #27  Edited By Brackynews

    I like my four-poster better. It's doesn't have the function for naptime, but it don't need it baby.

     Why yes I do only date  ladies named Sophia...
     Why yes I do only date  ladies named Sophia...
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    #28  Edited By coaxmetal

    Not that I mind or have been following minecraft closely, but I am just curious at to what about beds made it significant enough to warrant a news item. Not enough other news? I would certainly buy that, that is a fair enough reason.

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    #29  Edited By Taklulas
    @McDunkin said:
    " Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage. "
    Umadbro? stop being all butthurt over nothing.
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    #30  Edited By captain_clayman

    liking the new lighting engine. 
     
    notch needs to get his stuff going though if he wants to put out a final product of this game.

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    #31  Edited By MiniPato
    @CptBedlam said:
    " @McDunkin said:
    " Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage. "
    My thoughts exactly. "
    More like "Minecraft was cool but then everyone started liking it and it got too successful and populatr and so anything successful or anything that makes a lot of money is now automatically bad because Activision." Go to hell you indie hipster hippie morons.
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    #32  Edited By eezo
    @MiniPato: +1 dear old chap
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    #33  Edited By Mr_Skeleton
    @McDunkin said:
    "Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage. "

    Yeah I mean it's so easy to make a game all by yourself, and to program something like this takes seconds and I know that for a fact because I watch a lot of movies.
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    #34  Edited By Makoma

    "  Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill." 
    Wait, if he was always incompetent and lazy, how does that detract from the gameplay experience over time? If it started out great and he was incompetent from the start, wouldn't it remain just as good/bad as it began, regardless of anyone's perception of the creator? 

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    #35  Edited By McDunkin

    Minecraft is steadily getting worse.  If you have not realized this yet, well... have fun with your block game i guess.

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    #36  Edited By MisterMouse

    these change too much and I am not sure if I can ever play minecraft again.

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    #37  Edited By august
    @McDunkin said:

    " Minecraft is steadily getting worse.  If you have not realized this yet, well... have fun with your block game i guess. "

    I have a feeling they probably will.
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    #38  Edited By Driadon

    The fuck is with the commenters on this article? Calm down guys.

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    #39  Edited By CptBedlam
    @MiniPato said:
    " @CptBedlam said:
    " @McDunkin said:
    " Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage. "
    My thoughts exactly. "
    More like "Minecraft was cool but then everyone started liking it and it got too successful and populatr and so anything successful or anything that makes a lot of money is now automatically bad because Activision." Go to hell you indie hipster hippie morons. "
    Wrong. Minecraft was never cool in my book.
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    #40  Edited By august
    @CptBedlam said:
    " @MiniPato said:
    " @CptBedlam said:
    " @McDunkin said:
    " Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage. "
    My thoughts exactly. "
    More like "Minecraft was cool but then everyone started liking it and it got too successful and populatr and so anything successful or anything that makes a lot of money is now automatically bad because Activision." Go to hell you indie hipster hippie morons. "
    Wrong. Minecraft was never cool in my book. "
    Then maybe you shouldn't have agreed with the guy who said it was cool.
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    #41  Edited By MrKlorox

    All survival games with challenging or super dark nights absolutely need to have a wait/sleep mechanism. STALKER, for example, is no fun without dark nights, and dark nights are no good if you can't skip them.

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    #42  Edited By CptBedlam
    @august said:
    " @CptBedlam said:
    " @MiniPato said:
    " @CptBedlam said:
    " @McDunkin said:
    " Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage. "
    My thoughts exactly. "
    More like "Minecraft was cool but then everyone started liking it and it got too successful and populatr and so anything successful or anything that makes a lot of money is now automatically bad because Activision." Go to hell you indie hipster hippie morons. "
    Wrong. Minecraft was never cool in my book. "
    Then maybe you shouldn't have agreed with the guy who said it was cool. "
    I mainly agreed to the "imcompetent and lazy" part.
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    #43  Edited By babylonian
    @MiniPato said:
    " @CptBedlam said:
    " @McDunkin said:
    " Minecraft was cool but then everyone slowly realized how incompetent and lazy Notch is and it has gone WAAAAAY downhill.  I can't believe that guy has a million dollars for this garbage. "
    My thoughts exactly. "
    More like "Minecraft was cool but then everyone started liking it and it got too successful and populatr and so anything successful or anything that makes a lot of money is now automatically bad because Activision." Go to hell you indie hipster hippie morons. "
    Pretty much exactly this. I don't play Minecraft, but I also haven't heard a single, non-arbitrary reason to hate Notch. It feels like people trying to justify their rage at missing the bandwagon or something, and that's just gross.
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    #44  Edited By SunkenState

    Great, an article about an update two days ago that people who already play Minecraft are aware of.

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    #45  Edited By Kontrapunkt

    What? Why??

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    #46  Edited By Milkman

    Haha, I love the internet.  
    A few months ago..."OMG MINECRAFT IS AMAZING THIS IS THE FUTURE OF VIDEO GAMES OOOMMMGGG" 
     
    Now..."Fucking thing sucks. Who cares?" 

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    #47  Edited By McDunkin
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    #48  Edited By kratier

    weekly updates, actual progress,
     
    gets success? no longer updating regularly, no progress in months. claims his alpha version of the game is actually beta, while other people have managed to program complete clones of his game in the time it takes him to actually update 1x
     
    lets not forget that he stole the entire concept of this game from another person

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    #49  Edited By babylonian
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    #50  Edited By jeffk38uk

    And here I thought the GB community wouldnt sprout the same idiocy that ppl are saying on the minecraft forums about Notch being lazy and greedty. 
     
    Cause you know, he can totally do everything in a day while forming an entire development studio for said game. There's this weird expectation that because he ahs the money, he should be working faster. Bwuh??

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