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Minecraft

Minecraft

The Unlikely Tale of Markus 'Notch' Persson and the Game that Changed Everything

by Linus Larsson and Daniel Goldberg
Paperback
Publication Date: 03/02/2014

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'A Cinderella story for the digital age' Observer

In 2011, Markus Persson was a bored IT-developer in Stockholm. In the evenings, he toiled away on a labour of love- a game with a tiny but dedicated online following. It was called Minecraft and Markus released it to the world in early 2009. The game itself looks deceptively simple. It resembles a digital version of Lego - bricks stacked on top of each other, giving players a world where they build whatever structures their mind can conjure. A breath of fresh air compared to the industry giants' shooter games. In the space of a few years, Minecraft has become one of the most astonishing success stories of the internet age, attracting millions of players and proving how a single great idea can topple empires in the digital, post-industrial world.This is the story of the man behind the game. Here Markus opens up for the first time about his life. About his old Lego-filled desk at school, the first computer his father brought home one day and also about growing up in a family marked by drug abuse and conflict. But above all it is the story of the fine line between seeming misfit and creative madman, and the birth of a tech visionary.
ISBN:
9780753555750
9780753555750
Category:
Popular culture
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03-02-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
216x135x19mm
Weight:
0.27kg

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