I forked out the 8 dollars and downloaded it this morning and watched it. Sure, the non-paid is good. I enjoyed that. I enjoyed it enough I felt the 8 dollars was worth it. Not all may feel so, it is not a fast paced high flying road racing kind of movie.
So, to talk about the documentary rather than the economics of it; It is a very slow paced story and didn't catch my 11 year old's attention to the end, but the half she watched she did enjoy. I would say a single sit down viewing of essentially soft music and conversation for kids may be a tad much at an hour and forty-four minutes in length. A few transitional scenes I would have edited down or out completely but I am not the editor on this. I would have liked to know a few things not covered in this like; what did Notch and Jeb do as kids, what did they play and what do they play still today. Or, why did they chose to do this game in Java and not say C# or a dozen other nuts-n-bolts kinds of things.
I did observe and wonder about one thing, that became clear by the end of the show. Notch had the look more and more of a man on tired legs. Like a person in the deep end of the pool and running out of energy. It was not until he handed the role of lead developer to Jeb that he perked up and looked rested and refreshed and enthusiastic again. Over this past year when my kids would tell me "Notch made it but he doesn't do it any more it is Jeb that took over" I would wondered "how come?", now I don't wonder. A beautiful life a beautiful wife and I am sure in time he may come to understand us parents and kids
What's with all the hate on documentaries? You'd pay more than $8 to watch the latest crap from Hollywood, why not help out the guys who put together a documentary about one of your favorites games?
I don't even understand the point of this. Minecraft became successful because Notch made a little time-waster of a game that scratched an itch people didn't even know they had. It's not like the game is successful because he's a talented programmer (he isn't), or that Mojang AB is some kind of nexus of game developer talent (it's alright.)
Now, I've been impressed with some of the things some of the better-known modders have come up with (including but not limited to TerraFirmaCraft, Better Than Wolves, the various shader mods, and several Forge mods) and I'm interested in seeing if the general Minecraft concept ever makes its way into AAA games, but I don't necessarily see its success as being directly as a result of competence or incompetence on Notch/Mojang's part.
I mean, Notch and the rest of the Mojang people all seem like pretty nice people, and I'm glad they've found success, but they would not be on the list of big names in game development, and probably not even close to the top.
I'd be far more interested in a documentary on game developers which have had a definite, lasting impact on gaming as a whole - Looking Glass Studios, Black Isle Studios, Ion Storm, Blizzard, freaking Valve, and so many others that I'd wager many Minecraft players haven't even heard of.
I watched it, it was fantastic. Money well spent for anyone who has been here since the beginning and loves to know everything they can about Minecraft.
So, to talk about the documentary rather than the economics of it; It is a very slow paced story and didn't catch my 11 year old's attention to the end, but the half she watched she did enjoy. I would say a single sit down viewing of essentially soft music and conversation for kids may be a tad much at an hour and forty-four minutes in length. A few transitional scenes I would have edited down or out completely but I am not the editor on this. I would have liked to know a few things not covered in this like; what did Notch and Jeb do as kids, what did they play and what do they play still today. Or, why did they chose to do this game in Java and not say C# or a dozen other nuts-n-bolts kinds of things.
I did observe and wonder about one thing, that became clear by the end of the show. Notch had the look more and more of a man on tired legs. Like a person in the deep end of the pool and running out of energy. It was not until he handed the role of lead developer to Jeb that he perked up and looked rested and refreshed and enthusiastic again. Over this past year when my kids would tell me "Notch made it but he doesn't do it any more it is Jeb that took over" I would wondered "how come?", now I don't wonder. A beautiful life a beautiful wife and I am sure in time he may come to understand us parents and kids
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Mojang didn't 2 Player Productions did.
Oh thats right XD :facepalm:
Now, I've been impressed with some of the things some of the better-known modders have come up with (including but not limited to TerraFirmaCraft, Better Than Wolves, the various shader mods, and several Forge mods) and I'm interested in seeing if the general Minecraft concept ever makes its way into AAA games, but I don't necessarily see its success as being directly as a result of competence or incompetence on Notch/Mojang's part.
I mean, Notch and the rest of the Mojang people all seem like pretty nice people, and I'm glad they've found success, but they would not be on the list of big names in game development, and probably not even close to the top.
I'd be far more interested in a documentary on game developers which have had a definite, lasting impact on gaming as a whole - Looking Glass Studios, Black Isle Studios, Ion Storm, Blizzard, freaking Valve, and so many others that I'd wager many Minecraft players haven't even heard of.