Molyneux: 'Minecraft's the best thing I've played in the last ten years'

by Griffin McElroy on Mar 19th 2011 6:30PM

Is Markus Persson's blocky world-builder pretty much your favorite thing on the earth, right up there with blue cotton candy and baby laughter? You're among some pretty prestigious company -- in a recent interview with IGN, gaming industry titan Peter Molyneux sung the praises of Minecraft, even going so far as to say, "I think Minecraft's the best thing I've played in the last ten years."

Molyneux added that he appreciated the solo efforts of Persson, saying, "he did everything on his own, and I think how brilliant and inspirational that is, to not need the full force of publishers and marketing people." That's not all -- we hear Persson developed the entire game while astride the back of a gallant steed while holding an eagle in each hand. Now that's inspirational.

Source: IGN

Tags: lionhead, markus-persson, Minecraft, Mojang-Specifications, notch, pc, peter-molyneux

Reader Comments (92)

What was the game 10 years ago? Half Life?

But honestly I praise Notch. The new addition of wolves will be amazing and will be so much fun! I adore how Notch made this with little help and now is chilling back with his thick stacks of millions and STILL supporting the community. I eagerly await the new game he is releasing.

@Wazzup4567 Praise Notch!

I love the work he did as Jeb!

@TJF It's about time that the rest of Mojang got the credit they deserve. It's obviously not Notch's fault, but a lot of places make him out to be the ONLY person working on Minecraft, which is just not true.

@Wazzup4567 Molyneux doted quite heavily upon ICO a few years ago.

@Ad134 I know hes not the only one at Mojang but he did most of the work. I adore the rest too but Notch is the main man. The head honcho. The big cheese. But they do get recognition.

@Epoque

It's too bad that in a few years he'll be decrying Minecraft while telling us Minecraft 2 will be the greatest game ever made.

@Haizeus
I fear for Minecraft 2, lord knows some big publishers are looking to take advantage of the interest in Minecraft and a buyout could be possible in the future. If said buyout does happen before a Minecraft 2 then it would just be a cash-cow and probably suck, leading to a cult of people sticking with the original. Eventually will discontinue support for Minecraft 1 servers leading to that cult hacking their own servers until the game eventually reaches all levels of obscurity, with maybe a few loyal fans still hanging around for the lols.

But I'm just scare mongering, this probably wont happen AT ALL. Right?

@Haizeus
I remember there was an interview with Notch and he said there will never be a Minecraft 2. I would provide the source, but I'm too lazy.

@PastaGabe

Guys, guys, I was just trying to tell a joke. But then when I'm serious everyone thinks I'm joking, so I guess I'm the one with the problem :D

@Wazzup4567 As I understand it, Notch hasn't done *any* work on minecraft since December, except for the new loading screen. The rest has been mostly Jeb.

@Ad134 Unless I'm mistaken, Notch did ALL of the work up until a couple months ago when he officially bought an office and hired some people. So yes, the company is doing a lot of work now and should be praised for it, but Notch already made millions of dollars way before the company was even formed off of what he had already done with Minecraft. It's not that people are forgetting that there is a company. It's more like people aren't forgetting that it was only Notch until recently. :P

I agree. He managed to make this game sell a million copies without any advertising. And it's not even finished yet. If that doesn't show that it's a good game I don't know what will.

@TraceurRyuk Part III

Fun, fun, think about fun. You know what it is.

@TraceurRyuk Part III:

"...you know what it is."

Blackandyellowblackandyellowblackandyellow.

Of course, I'm talking about the respective first and fifth gen Pokemon entries.

@MGTrey

This is the reference I was making. The lyrics are laughably bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

@TraceurRyuk Part III

I knew that was the reference. Friday, friday gotta get down on friday.

Its the most generic pop song ever. I'm just wondering who is the only black guy in that music video?

@TraceurRyuk Part III We are all looking forward to the weekend

@TaintedKane fun fun fun fun fun fun fun

@TraceurRyuk Part III

I still have yet to make it past the first 30 seconds of that video. I just...can't.

@TraceurRyuk Part III - Gotta have my bowl!

Not surprising, seems like the kind of thing that'd be right up his alley.

"Persson developed the entire game while astride the back of a gallant steed while holding an eagle in each hand."
Someone photoshop this right now.

@MEMgrizzlies7

I'm pretty sure someone actually took a picture of that happening. And you know it did.

@MEMgrizzlies7
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Cga8pE6H9rQ/TYWRcGzqQ4I/AAAAAAAAACk/Wxd9xELApPE/s1600/notch.jpg

Coincidentaly this is probably the only thing Molyneaux has said in the last 10 years that isn't a gross exaggeration.

I think Minecraft made Molyneux remember the time when he was young and designed Populous :P

@Ashitaka

Are you saying Notch will be like Peter Molyneux when he gets older? I think you're onto something

@TraceurRyuk Part III

Notch will only be like Molyneux if a marketing demon from the 634th layer takes up residence in his body and forces him to spout ludicrous comments such as "This game will change how you look at life" and "This is unlike anything you have EVER experienced!".

Praise to Molyneux for Populous but he needs a big heavy roll of duct tape for his mouth when he is designing/developing a game. Also, he should concentrate more on gameplay and fun instead of fart gags and chicken killing achievements in his games.

Y'know, I always thought Minecraft was exactly the kind of thing Molyneux would want to make. Now it's official.

@Shadsy
Oh snap!

As much as I like Minecraft, if it's the best thing he's played in the last 10 years, I really wonder what he's been playing.

Best thing in the last year and a half? Sure, I can see that.

I wonder if it's the games he's played that have made the things he's said seem so grossly out of sync with gaming.

@Credge

He's lucky that Ocarina of Time didn't fall into that time period... Because that would've made me very, very angry.

For like 3 minutes, then I would've read another post. Those 3 minutes would've been full of voodoo and praying to satanic gods.

Nobody hates on Ocarina of Time.

@Credge

For me there are 2 games that fill this. Portal and Braid. Both of these games made me use my brain in a new way.

@FNG

That's because now, you think with portals.

@Xiegfried

Just the other day I devised a clever way to get a girlfriend in 12 steps and 7 portals... It's a shame they don't exist though.

@Apsac D

PC gamers hate it for some reason, but who cares. The vocal community of PC gaming are all huge dicks.

@Apsac D
Ocarina of time isn't the best game ever made. Deal with it.

@Marshillboy

Was waiting for a troll with nothing better to do to come through.
He couldn't be out doing something creative, you know, like playing Minecraft, nope, he just trolls it up on the internets, trying to piss people off. One post at a time.

You're not a human being, deal with it.

Hi, troll!

@Tiptup300
"PC gamers hate it for some reason, but who cares."
Um, no. Where did you get that from?

Am I the only one not on the Minecraft bandwagon? Its just fun for me. I think I might be doing it wrong.

@Apakal

*not fun, I mean.

@Apakal

You have to realise....theres no objective....no story. In my opinion its the definetive Roleplaying experiance. Here you are on this island full of fluffy sheep and pigs with no home, no food and no water. At night monsters come out!

@Apakal
I'm not a fan of Minecraft either. It's just as boring as legos for me.

@Apakal
No worries. It's similar for me. I follow every post I see about minecraft to admire what amazing stuff people build in this game (like that 16Bit computer), but personally I can't seem to get into it. I mean, it's a sweet world building tool, but the game outside of the creative part doesn't work for me. I call this phenomenon the "little big planet" syndrome.

@The Aquacharger

I see what you did there.

@The Aquacharger

I LOVE Legos! But this? Not so much. Oh well. Carry on doing cool stuff. I like to see it.

@Lucky48
Perhaps one of the smartest comments I've read.

@Apakal

Some people just don't understand the joy of Legos. I for one find Minecraft the first game that has ever given purpose to mindless Lego building. I spend countless hours in the game alone or with a friend (I host a server most nights).

@Lucky48

Dear America,

The plural of Lego is Lego.

Yours faithfully,
Jack Stone

@Apakal

personally, i don't think i'd find it very fun if i played by myself. but i've been having a good time with multiplayer.

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