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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 1:29AM Knives Chau said

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i always read the name as MINECRAFT lol

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 1:36AM DarkTwisted said

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Speaking of Android, please take adverts out of the notification bar Joystiq, that's a tad too intrusive for me.

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 12:20PM mspiels said

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@DarkTwisted
I have never see an ad pop up in my notification bar, sure it's not another application?
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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 1:02PM Jawnuhthun said

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@DarkTwisted It's most likely a different app and not Joystiq. Try downloading AirPush Detector from the market and it should show you which app is giving you those AirPush (notification bar) ads.
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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 1:43AM (Unverified) said

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Thought it wasn't called "Minicraft" anymore because too many people were confusing it with "Minecraft"...

Notch renamed it to "MiniTale": https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/153519292846055424

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 1:48AM geeksunny said

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Did this guy get permissions to do this? The source code was made public as per LD48 rules, but he did not license it for any public usage.
https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/154211782548922368

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 2:05AM Faenix said

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@geeksunny

Doubt notch will care, unless the dude tried to get money for it - which he isnt
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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 3:42PM frog said

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@Faenix Lets be honest. This guy is getting free advertising for his company by doing this. This is what I despise most about the mobile game industry, many don't care about copyright, and are in it for a quick buck.
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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 2:06AM liquidsoap89 said

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" If you need some crafting on the go, you can download Minicraft for free from the Android Market."

Or be awesome and play Minecraft Pocket Edition.

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 2:20AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said

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Or do both!
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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 2:42AM joer22784 said

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@liquidsoap89 there's no mining or crafting in minecraft pe............
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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 3:16AM liquidsoap89 said

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Touché!

Although personally I enjoy building more than mining/adventuring, hence why I would rather play P E.
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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 2:56AM SergioAM said

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It's sad that this game has more content that the Minecraft app itself :[

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 4:44AM WolVenom said

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This is amazing on a Xperia Play, I love it!

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 6:34AM squareballref said

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Brilliant! Now I'm off to convince my brother to give me his Android.

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 8:19AM VolcomStone32x said

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Runs beautifully on my HTC Wildfire S!

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 12:11PM Jennacide said

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Uh, 'ported?'

All he did was dump it on the Android Store, as Android Apps are already based in Java primarily (with some Ruby I believe), and the game was already in Java. It would take no more than 20 minutes to opt in the touch screen controls, since there are legions of libraries to use for just that purpose.

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 4:56PM DarkTwisted said

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It's definitely Joystiq, its the first thing I opened upon starting up my phone. Although it did seem to be a one-of, so I don't mind.
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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 1:16PM Accessgranted said

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Halp! I downloaded it and it launches fine on the LG Optimus but I can't start the game. I can move the invisible arrows at the start menu but can't press the x or c on my touch screen... o.o someone port to iOS too please I would love to try this out on my ipad 2. =)

Posted: Jan 6th 2012 2:05PM kcswanko said

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I love me some Minecraft I must say. I have no idea why. I'll play for a hour, notice I didn't actually do anything but I had fun.

just saying.

Posted: Jan 8th 2012 7:02AM GCountach said

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Wait, this game has lanterns but minecraft, the game that was suppose to have lanterns during the Halloween patch that added nether portals 14 months ago, still doesn't? What the...

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