Documentary of Mojang Available!

Mojang has a documentary, covering their first year as a company (from 2010), and the explosive growth of everyone's favorite sandbox game, and it's available right now! Players who have Gold Accounts on XBox Live can see the movie straight away. If you would prefer to get the movie outside of Xbox, 2 Player Productions is offering the documentary DRM-free; click here to get your copy right now!

Minecraft: The Story of Mojang is a feature-length documentary that follows the young company over the course of its first year as their profile expanded across the world stage, and into the homes of millions of gamers. Featuring insights from industry icons (Peter Molyneux, Tim Schafer), journalists (Geoff Keighley, Stephen Totilo), taste-makers (Gabe & Tycho of Penny Arcade), and players profoundly impacted by the game (Yogscast, The Shaft, Minecraft Teacher), the film serves as a time capsule for one of this generation's most unorthodox success stories.

Minecraft is the second feature from game culture archivists 2 Player Productions (Reformat the Planet, Penny Arcade: The Series - Season 1, Double Fine Adventure!). Funded through crowd-sourcing site Kickstarter.com, the production spanned nearly two years in locations across North America and Europe.

Congratulations to everyone at Mojang for making an incredible game, and being an inspiration for us all! Be sure to check out this amazing film, and enjoy.

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Posted Dec 23, 2012
So happy this is finally out, I heard about it about a year ago and ever since I've been waiting for it. Notch is practically my role model as I'm also a programmer and love to develop games. I just look at his success and hope that someday I'll be at least marginally as successful as him!

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Posted Dec 23, 2012
Quote from opiop65

So happy this is finally out, I heard about it about a year ago and ever since I've been waiting for it. Notch is practically my role model as I'm also a programmer and love to develop games. I just look at his success and hope that someday I'll be at least marginally as successful as him!

Yes! I was waiting all year to watch this doc & I must say it was awe inspiring! Great flick guys!

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Posted Dec 23, 2012
It's not free...

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I've got to pay $8 to watch a documentary? :/

if you are not interested in mineraft or documentaries, you could also not watching it. I mean, you seem to think documentaries don't worth anything, and unless you're a 10yo kid, that's a little bit childish.

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Posted Dec 23, 2012
I was waiting for the movie to come out just sitting there for 5 minutes waiting for it to start. At First I only thought it was going to be like 10 15 minutes or so and then it became 1 hour and 44 minute movie.

4/5

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Before anyone tries to remove this...They put on the pirate bay. So the mods can't really take it down if they put it on the PIRATE BAY

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Before anyone tries to remove this...They put on the pirate bay. So the mods can't really take it down if they put it on the PIRATE BAY

If 2PP wanted the documentary to be on Youtube they would upload it to Youtube.

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If 2PP wanted the documentary to be on Youtube they would upload it to Youtube.

Mojang and 2PP still probably wants money
they didnt make a whole movie for no reason

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Posted Dec 23, 2012
They also uploaded the movie to pirate bay.

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if you are not interested in mineraft or documentaries, you could also not watching it. I mean, you seem to think documentaries don't worth anything, and unless you're a 10yo kid, that's a little bit childish.

That English, it gave me Cancer.

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If 2PP wanted the documentary to be on Youtube they would upload it to Youtube.

its on my favorite videos on yt. nice try

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Posted Dec 23, 2012
hi opiop65 nice one, I am so interested about this.

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Posted Dec 23, 2012
I have played Minecraft for a long time and watched lots of things about it. However there were parts in this documentary that even I had never seen or known.. Great job to the makers!

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Posted Dec 23, 2012
My boys and I love Minecraft, but paying to watch a documentary is just stupid. It would be much more advantageous to Mojang to offer this to some televised network and then free to all. For a company that has made the right moves on its limited capitalization of this very enjoyable product, now's not the time to get stupid greedy. This is my opinion, I do not fault anyone who is willing to pay for this. The documentary was most likely made without monetary compensation in mind, I just don't think it is worth it. It also lessens its worth by selling it in my eyes. Anyhoo I wish you all well and HAPPY HOLLIDAYS

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Posted Dec 24, 2012
It's 8.18pm. Christmas Eve. Y U NO Melbourne, Australia. I spammed every key word into the movie searhc bar and nothing came up on XBL...

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Nope, Read this -> http://www.theverge....ay-by-producers

This.

They actually put a free version of this video on torrents, the only difference is that the pirated version reminds the viewer that it's pirated once every 20-40 minutes, via a small scrolling text bar on the bottom.
I've watched it, and I can say: it's worth it. That fee feels like a charity now.

Pay for quality, people, if and only if you wish. It's fair.

P.S.: EXPLODING ARROWS DO WANT!11

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Posted Dec 24, 2012
I need a snapshot please mojang.

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Posted Dec 24, 2012
I wish that Mojang would have a televised network (like Chancebozey said) and have top 10 worlds/servers.

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This.

They actually put a free version of this video on torrents, the only difference is that the pirated version reminds the viewer that it's pirated once every 20-40 minutes, via a small scrolling text bar on the bottom.
I've watched it, and I can say: it's worth it. That fee feels like a charity now.

Pay for quality, people, if and only if you wish. It's fair.

P.S.: EXPLODING ARROWS DO WANT!11

If THEY released it on thepiratebay, then it isn't pirated. If someone else did, then it is.

It's a bit of a kick in the face (and a lie) to be accused of pirating it. All the message had to say was if you wanted a version that doesn't have a scrolling reminder, just buy a copy that has it removed.

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Posted Dec 24, 2012
Mojang, thank you, I love the chest Easter egg you so cleverly hid in the game!

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