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Edge: Valve, Mojang "Greatest Developers"

[Jan 14, 2013, 10:10 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Edge Online teases how issue 250 of Edge Magazine lists the 50 greatest videogame developers in their estimation. They don't offer the list online (you have to pay for this sort of opinion), but notch spills the beans that Valve is number one as part of his incredulity that Mojang is number two, tweeting: "#2? Really? One released game and almost no proven track record. Great honor, of course, but no. ;)"

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Re: Edge: Valve, Mojang

Jan 15, 2013, 14:00

Sepharo

Verno wrote on Jan 15, 2013, 11:48:
Spektr wrote on Jan 15, 2013, 08:11:
Fibrocyte wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 18:44:
Mojang even being mentioned is a joke.

Why? I don't think we have seen the end of what Notch achieved with Minecraft. This game was developed by one single person and is followed by fans of all ages. From eight to forty. No other developer can brag about that.

I don't know, I think the mass appeal is interesting but it's essentially digit[url=][/url]al lego so it's not hard to understand. If you look at everything Notch has done, it's been fairly derivative and he seems to fall apart when it comes to adding original design to the product. Minecraft is the perfect example of that, it's a series of half finished ideas and clumsily executed designs.

So while I enjoyed Minecraft for what it was, it's not exactly the kind of design I want others to necessarily aspire to.

This gets thrown around way too often... One aspect of Minecraft
is digital lego, it's not essentially that.
Also this thing about half finished ideas.. which ones are half finished?




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

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Comment [quote="Sepharo"Jan 15, 2013, 14:00][quote="Verno"Jan 15, 2013, 11:48][quote="Spektr"Jan 15, 2013, 08:11][quote="Fibrocyte"Jan 14, 2013, 18:44]Mojang even being mentioned is a joke. [/quote] Why? I don't think we have seen the end of what Notch achieved with Minecraft. This game was developed by one single person and is followed by fans of all ages. From eight to forty. No other developer can brag about that. [/quote] I don't know, I think the mass appeal is interesting but it's essentially digit[url=][/url]al lego so it's not hard to understand. If you look at everything Notch has done, it's been fairly derivative and he seems to fall apart when it comes to adding original design to the product. Minecraft is the perfect example of that, it's a series of half finished ideas and clumsily executed designs. So while I enjoyed Minecraft for what it was, it's not exactly the kind of design I want others to necessarily aspire to. [/quote] This gets thrown around way too often... One aspect of Minecraft is digital lego, it's not i[essentially]i that. Also this thing about half finished ideas.. which ones are half finished? [/quote]

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