Minecraft is the most important game of the decade

Few games have had the sort of cultural impact that Minecraft has. We're looking back at three ways Minecraft changed the landscape of media - and streaming - as we know it.
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[@polygon]

A few years ago, Mr Squishy gave us an in-depth guided tour through his Pokémon masterpiece in Minecraft. It is very very cool and you should watch it too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fl64ammNbZ6Nb5I

[@MichZilla90]

Can you make more peace craft with randy please ee all miss you

[@Dronita42]

I'd also like to recommend the videos RTgames has where he and his mods tour his minecraft server, where you can both see some builds from the streams, as well as what his fans build in their freetime. there's some really amazing stuff there!

[@daluven]

SketchWolf watch the video

[@NatetheNintendofan]

@@Dronita42 I also watch rtgame he is awesome I love him watching playing in Minecraft and playing City skylines and torturing Sims

[@RTGame]

Thanks for having me on for the interview, it was great craic!

[@dwarvenmoray]

Look, it is the man who made me lose my sanity. Thank you for that, you crazy Irishman.

[@timothyvanwiggeren460]

Second reply to rt (I think)

[@timothyvanwiggeren460]

Ami I famous now?

[@beardedglowsquid1875]

RTGames what’re your thoughts about milk on pizza?

[@timothyvanwiggeren460]

@@beardedglowsquid1875 I'm not RT, but I put the pizza first, then pour the milk

[@gremlinfriend6956]

Another great thing is how Minecraft handles mods. It actively encourages them, being open and supportive. And that’s really admirable. It’s something a lot of devs will try and discourage. Hatsune Miku really did the world a favor.

[@Dr_Andracca]

No one ever mentions that Hatsune Miku just blatantly ripped off Zachtronics.

[@evancarey-mcgibney548]

@@Dr_Andracca agreed

[@Zaire82]

Minecraft still doesn't cater to mods. Modders have to learn how to manually install them, unlike how it is with Garry's Mod.

[@evancarey-mcgibney548]

@@Zaire82 I think thats because Garry's mod is a mod

[@Zaire82]

@@evancarey-mcgibney548 Technically speaking, it is, but it's really just a game using the same engine as another. It would be a mod if it added to a pre-existing game, but Gmod is stand-alone. If it's stand-alone, then it's an individual game. I've never installed nor played the half life duology, so the simple fact of me having Gmod and enjoying it by itself is testament to that. But none of that really matters. Mods making the install of other mods easier are rarer than games that support mods openly. Just because Garry's Mod originated as a half life mod, doesn't make the fact of it's support for other mods any less true. And My overall point is "I've played games that support mods, and while Minecraft has thousands, I can tell they aren't supported, just tolerated. They have never once made modding easier."

[@brennanruiz1803]

*sees RT’s last name* “Something’s not right, I can feel it.”

[@GingeryGurf]

first name Rumble, last name Tumble

[@superapplesauce5218]

could've sworn he wanted us to call him Kevin, same guy right? ;D

[@alli-gator-forest]

Sad he’s too shy to show his face, I wish he did a face reveal :(

[@justtime3027]

@@alli-gator-forest he did

[@flodgey]

@@alli-gator-forest lol what, he's been showing his face for a long time, mostly during streams but you still got a few videos with his facecam on

[@Nickyy64]

Shadow of Israphel was such an important series for so many people. It made me want Minecraft. Been chasing that high ever since

[@oddacity5883]

I feel like i missed out so much nostalgia just for being born later

[@acrimonyy]

Their yoglabs series is what really made me want the game. The endless possibilities with not just the base game but also the ever growing mods and modding community was absolutely enticing to me

[@Sag3brush]

I wish I watched more shadow of israphel when I was younger

[@RobbyGAMEZ]

Whenever I read "Shadow of Israphel" it makes me wish I could play Minecraft for the first time all over again

[@Lucarioguild7]

TheGr8Gry Same, ngl I’m still low key mad they never finished it lol

[@baguettegott3409]

With all that technical talk, I want to add a bit of the emotional side: Firstly, the music. It's quite unique and fits the game really well in a super weird way. Secondly, I think Minecraft is beautiful. Even without all the shaders and texture packs. And yeah people complain about the terrain generation, and maybe rightfully so, but watching a sunset from your cosy little starter hut with the furnace crackling next to you... And yes, most of that is nostalgia. We grew up with it and it reminds us of simpler times, so it's not as much a factor of why Minecraft became this big. But it definitely plays into why it STAYED this big for this long.

[@GoetiaTV]

I love the music. I'm new to the game and just went to the nether for the first time. The music there really sets the atmosphere. Freaking terrifying and strange.

[@toodlesyes9687]

Yeah, I'd blow up the solar system to go back to those times

[@Minihood31770]

I recently joined a server and started playing again for the first time in years. That music is just amazing. Calming. Soft. Nostalgic and melancholic. It encourages you to step back from whatever you're doing and just take in the scenery.

[@3k_rkuib320]

When ever I now play Minecraft with the music on, and those notes start playing, I'm instantly feeling the nostalgia. Minecraft was my childhood; I played on a server my dad made with my mom and him, along with my uncle and cousins. It shaped my interests and what I love, and it will forever hold a special place in my heart.

[@hoopsiclemcgee4244]

This makes me feel ancient.

[@wixspartan6584]

I love how they got people like Lewis and Simon, Mr Squishy, RT, Sparklez. It makes it much more interesting and is such a good idea

[@stanmonkey9406]

Wixspartan they shoulda had other powerhouse like (maybe) Jeromeasf, Ssundee and Skydoesminecraft. I doubt the latter would have said much, but it still woulda been cool

[@Jowenator]

What episode is their chatting parts sourced from?

[@shadowslam947]

@@Jowenator they did the interviews and talked with them

[@Jetstream_Sams_Burgeria]

simon and lewis look a lot older now, years went by so fast

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

Shreyas Misra oh shut up. you’re just being nostoligic. there’s still tons of amazing content creators out there in the minecraft world, the larger gaming world, and all of KZbin.

[@jillianlampman8639]

I DID NOT EXPECT LEWIS AND SIMON! my 12-year-old and 20-year-old self both squealed simultaneously lol

[@EinDose]

I wasn't looking at the screen when they first came on, which made it very weird. "Wait, I recognize that voiceOH HELLO WHAT"

[@benandrews7944]

They're looking a lot older now. It's crazy

[@Kirill-rc5ng]

Hahaha same but I'm only a teen i watched them when i was like 8 idk

[@munchingapple1373]

I'm only found this video cause I'm still subscribed to them and they shared it

[@Kirill-rc5ng]

Munching Apple haha sameee

[@unknownuser2897]

I’m just happy to see RTGame get so much appreciation here.

[@HazeEmry]

Exactly. Dad deserves all the love 💕

[@I_like_pi_]

That's what happens when it's presented by Twitch xD. But really, seeing the Captain and RT in the same video is kind of crazy.

[@ninjaamber]

Dan is the best

[@imdyingfromhype6037]

Strange timing on this video as I have recently re-discovered the magic of Minecraft through playing the hell out of it with some friends as a way to stay connected during this period of social distancing. I think the nostalgia is what really hit us as Minecraft is essentially what our childhoods are made of. The game just takes me back to a simpler time, it's really amazing.

[@zman350x]

Hello fellow Nick Robinson viewer!

[@imdyingfromhype6037]

@@zman350x I see you're a man(?) of culture as well

[@zman350x]

@@imdyingfromhype6037 Correct, man

[@geshusbakagen]

Huzzah a man of quality! I see you're a Nick Robinson fan...

[@a_good_burger9244]

@@zman350x indeed you are a man of culture

[@L-Mop]

So glad Miku decided to take a break from her music career to make this masterpiece. She truly is so talented.

[@zacvarg3530]

Can't believe she's the next president of the United States as well! She's so talented.

[@xxsknnylgndx1357]

Zac Varg just waiting for her to cure corona now 😖

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

she needs to stop trying to be funny tho

[@DarthMakroth]

The hatsune miku "meme" isn't even funny, whether you like notch or not he *did* make minecraft. And he *did* put a lot of effort into it

[@MRKITTY-yi5iw]

Bruh I hate this stupid inside joke

[@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

simone: minecraft fans and their talent push the game to its limits me, remembering that time two days ago during social distancing when my friends and i tried to exploit a glitch to swim through the nether and into the overworld: ah,

[@inkyjax415]

.......... how

[@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

@@inkyjax415 so my friend was using bonemeal to grow a tree except i was under it, so my character went into the swimming animation even though i was on dirt. then later in the nether we used a piston to push someone through the bedrock of the nether, forcing him into the swimming animation. we then used double pistons to push someone else up, and she actually ended up clipping into the overworld.

[@inkyjax415]

@@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy WOW. Do you know if anyone has made a video about this? :o

[@tigamaki1345]

@@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy As in it triggers the teleport? Because the overworld isn't physically above the nether

[@deweyhinni6055]

That's just getting above the bedrock roof it's often done by alot of people to make farms

[@TheHunterTheory]

They got my boys Xephos and Honeydew to speak truth in this. The mad lads that learned Minecraft in videos alongside me, before spinning a yarn so tangled and creative it blew my god damned mind. #SaveDaisy

[@I_THE_ME]

RIP Granny Bacon

[@horseenthusiast1250]

Another thing I think is relevant to note is that for a lot of members of generation Z, Minecraft was essentially our first mainstream game. Before Minecraft, the only video games I had ever played were Horse Life Adventures 2, Super Scribblenauts, and Brain Games (all on the DS). When Minecraft first came out, I watched let's plays on KZbin on the TV sometimes, and thought it looked neat. When I started middle school, I was allowed to get a tablet. First thing I wanted to install? Minecraft PE. I'm a senior in high school now, and while I've definitely played a lot more games since then (the Zelda series quickly became my favourite!), I still have that old tablet with Minecraft on it (partly because I'm broke and can't get a faster device, partly because it hasn't broken yet so why replace it). Minecraft is the game that taught me about video games and how they influence popular culture.

[@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

minecraft was basically my introduction to gaming. i'm a senior in hs too and in 4th and 5th grade it was THE way to make friends. even if you didn't own the game you could still be a part of the community by watching mc youtubers.

[@7211_]

me in a comment

[@bossmansal67]

Bro I'm gen z and my first console was a snes lol. Donkey Kong has been my favorite franchise but Minecraft easily has my most play time. Played java first in 2012 before the horse update and then I switched to 360 edition (now called legacy console edition). I have had that 360 for 7 years and Minecraft still works plus I still go back to those old worlds of mine. I also have it on my phone, Switch, and Xbox One S. And I'll soon be getting Java on my new laptop. Once back when I was 13 I played the game for 13 hours straight when I was building a giant 400+ block long ship. Surprised my 360 never overheated and red ring'd lol.

[@awabqureshi814]

Same, without MC, I would be a very different person

[@mayaosaka4076]

Completely agree. I'm a junior in hs and Minecraft was definitely one of the first mainstream games I got to play, and the game that got me into video games in the first place. I started playing it when I was 7 right when it launched, and even now that I'm 17 I re-visit it every once in a while.

[@y.og.i]

Polygon / Yogscast is the crossover I didn't know I needed

[@wilsthelimit]

RT really seems like a cool guy, having fun with his job and the community following him

[@axeldornelles5292]

He IS. Check his channel, he is always participating with the community. I suggest one of his recent videos in which he gave a small plot of land to hundreds of players.

[@JohnCenaRektU]

yeah, the parts with enslaving are the best

[@trav9550]

i love the man, his videos are entertaining as hell

[@axeldornelles5292]

Or the time they built a Starbucks while denouncing them for their horrible working conditions.

[@abilegit4453]

he’s legitimately my favorite gaming KZbinr at the moment, his content is fantastic

[@starsandsuch7778]

And she didn’t even mention the massive servers like the Hive and Hypixel with thousands of players on them, or the mega builder groups like fyreuk

[@nelsonhoover8462]

God I remember fyreuk. 13 year old me loved that stuff.

[@starsandsuch7778]

Nelson Hoover i always wanted to build stuff like that

[@nakenmil]

@@nelsonhoover8462 Aw man, FyreUK and Approaching Nirvana.

[@ExplodingJellyfish]

You cant talk about Redstone without mentioning my boy SethBling, or the legendary disco's redstone game maps

[@aloeera]

Or the Scicraft server

[@rclone1916]

*cough* ilmango *cough*

[@monotonehell]

DISCO tho. He did amazing stuff before command blocks.

[@quadrupleheart]

That's what I was thinking!

[@dkpsyhog]

They interviewed the damn yogscast, hell yeah Where’re my fellow “still watch the yogscast because their content still rocks” people? “Simon and Lewis’ love affair with minecraft is over” they still play it, to be fair, just not as much and not on the main channel.

[@mrdrunkuk4907]

Hell yeah, loving the new ai dungeon stuff

[@Articwolfgirl6786]

Watched every jinglejam and always will

[@ethan-loves]

Represent!

[@wixspartan6584]

hell yeah

[@alluviumboar]

I’m just rewatching their shit from 2012

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Not only was Minecraft such a groundbreaking game, but it also offered players years of non stop entertainment, whether it's through updates or new features and they always try to fix the game with any bugs and glitches the best they can.

[@AM-ow3gn]

Heh... "groundbreaking"

[@edwardmiles9718]

I swear to god we’re subbed to the same channels

[@bestdad1333]

Audio Buddy being the most sold game makes it pretty groundbreaking

[@AM-ow3gn]

@@bestdad1333 agreed! I saw a pun in the word choice, because, you know... Minecraft :)

[@nojars4199]

@@bestdad1333 wooosh, the joke was that you can break the ground in minecraft :v

[@wenscael2166]

RT defeats the whole world with a shiny wooloo and is in a Polygon-video on the same week! Legend.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Minecraft is a game that gave a lot of KZbinrs a chance to create content and make a living off of playing it. Not only was its creation groundbreaking, but it also inspired a lot of games and pop culture even makes a lot of references to it due to its popularity. It's truly a work of art.

[@wonk123]

“minecraft is the most important game of the decade” *tell me something I didn’t know*

[@linkplays95]

Ikr.

[@JARGUN145]

I just saw you on markiplier's customer video

[@wonk123]

JARGUN lol

[@redchiprenegade]

@@BryanM86 Brian and Simone give me life, and I'm pretty sure Griffin and Justin still do Monster Factory on occasion.

[@davidgumazon]

pastebin.com/JAM1gEWV *Minecraft vs Zombies 2 (fan game crossover of Minecraft, Plants vs Zombies and Touhou, with minor crossover of Slenderman, Hearthstone and Guitar Hero, minor crossovers are bonus/bosses levels)*

[@TRquiet]

Day 1 of Minecraft: I won’t go nuts, I’ll just play around and enjoy the relaxing music. Day 5 of Minecraft: Yeah, I live on a lighthouse-castle in the ocean called Fort Ballerton so I can swan-dive into an End Portal whenever I like.

[@davidgumazon]

Also: You play mods

[@sadeggboy7452]

Can I just say I appreciate that as soon as these video’s are uploaded polygon already has it properly subtitled. Thank you for making your videos more assessable, many channels don’t.

[@fern5505]

“Milkshake ducked” is such a good phrase

[@nyxnox2135]

Oh please explain what this means, I have literally no idea

[@gorjorm4050]

@@nyxnox2135 Notch is openly right wing. And when left wing people cant shut someone down or get them fired they like to use physical violence to try and silence them. One of their methods is throwing milkshakes at people, sometimes mixing it with cement.

[@crunchytoast4993]

@@gorjorm4050 "mixing it with cement" Please explain how cement is allowed to form in sugar

[@Lollyholly99]

@@gorjorm4050 lmao no it's a reference to a tweet by pixelatedboat that I'm fairly surprised you haven't seen "The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the duck is racist"

[@nyxnox2135]

After reading these replies, I am very displeased to find it's political. But, then again, what do you expect from Polygon?

[@twobats]

I just got so happy hearing RT's voice idky

[@ninjaamber]

RTGame is an absolutely legendary gamer, having such a wonderful impact on so many people

[@samuelturner6076]

Wait, Notch milkshake ducked!? Oh no. 5 mins of internet later. OH NO, but I really appreciate all the hard work Isabelle from animal crossing did to make Minecraft.

[@FeintMotion]

Have you not noticed his reactionary output since he got bought out?

[@samuelturner6076]

Dualshock Destroyer Tbh, I’ve never kept up with Minecraft much outside of playing it and seeing it get updates.

[@evinisradical]

My sweet Yogs boys being recognized by Polygon? I can't believe it. This really must be the End of Days.

[@newgit]

hearing simone mention seananners threw me into a new dimension

[@ratsalad1]

It honestly felt like hearing a grandparent swear for the first time. Both jarring and amusing

[@FebruaryGhost]

I’ve watched HOURS of that man play gmod...

[@Mjkhh]

I didn’t expect RT here, can’t say I’m upset about it though.

[@princelykei]

Personally I love doing something on a smaller scale: I love refurbishing, rebuilding, and renovating villages in creative ♡ Fixing up moss covered guard towers, expanding villager's houses so they have more space, ensuring the animals have enough grazing area, things like that (◡‿◡✿)

[@aliseotmane6112]

I am your 100th like and am THRILLED to find that you, me and 98 others enjoy this simple pastime! It always ends up being the first thing I do in a new world, look for that quaint village somewhere out there, it will get fixer uppers, improvements, an infrastructure, a whole vision. And then I go nuts and start scouting neighboring villages, mark them on maps, give them lore, connect them by railways, a mining village is after all essential to a fisher hamlet and vice versa. Minecrafts world gen lays it all out before me and my imagination just can't help but go wild with what it finds!

[@MintdowsOnYT]

Do you make videos based on that activity you described on YT?

[@princelykei]

I don't, actually! But if someone would be interested in it I might try? LOL But I bet someone else already does :)

[@unknownerror8799]

I personally blow them up.

[@IndianChad2005]

@@unknownerror8799 oh that's a lot of damage "

[@shellyhill474]

good to know I've been mispronouncing mojang for like a decade

[@taakotuesdays]

glad I wasn't the only one

[@zacharywebb3071]

Moe Jang

[@cassandramay8496]

m'ojang

[@fenhen]

People pronounce it different ways, no worries.

[@RQLexi]

It's a Swedish word that basically means "thingamajig", "gizmo" or "thingie" :p

[@TwinklingMysticShot]

And don’t forget Minecraft music videos, memes, animations, skin making and so on!

[@AxeSoul]

They managed to get RTGame! I love his contest and like how he’s getting the recognition he’s deserves.

[@ocloud7389]

It’s more impressive they got Simon and lewis

[@zabdielrodriguez98]

I love how Simon's eyes light up talking about the starship Enterprise

[@jmcb0089]

"Minecraft was the first game" - Lewis Brindley 2020 Jokes aside, you can't talk about Minecraft's success without talking about the Yogscast. Good work :)

[@user-cu4ru1om5t]

*"most important game of the decade"* IT WILL BE 2300 AND THIS GAME WILL BE THERE

[@micahschmitz859]

And Herobrine will just barely be being removed.

[@fenhen]

That is possible but ridiculously unlikely.

[@sqronce]

Thanks for the immediate acknowledgement of Notch going a bit hyper racist without derailing the video with that. :)

[@zacvarg3530]

Not just racist. Openly transphobic, and probably anti-LGBT too. Thank goodness Hatsune Miku took over in development!

[@geemcspankinson]

@@zacvarg3530 Miku says trans rights??

[@audrey7908]

@@zacvarg3530 its really wild, cos one early blogpost in minecrafts development has notch actively pissing on homophobes and transphobes with the fact that gender isnt mechanically implemented despite breeding being a major thing.So idk whether he got radicalised into being such a shithead, or he always was and just thought it was a funny joke?

[@fudgecake4633]

@@geemcspankinson absolutely

[@Cr3zant]

@@fudgecake4633 Miku is Japanese, so I kinda doubt that

[@VSamosuchus]

Mentioning Seananners takes me back. I really wonder how's he doing now

[@uvbe]

RT: Appears on Polygon Kevin: *angry irish noises*

[@finnche9555]

And now there's stuff like HermitCraft, a server of mad lads and lasses who strive for the biggest grind and projects of goofy and aesthetic proportions.

[@psychogerbil64]

I am a simple man, I see RTgame, I click like.

[@ionarevamp]

Sorcery! Book 2 when

[@micahholt8619]

Minecraft has been living it up for 11 years and still is praised for what it does. It is evolving in many ways, making it more immersive every time you log in again. And, with the ability of servers, you can enjoy building together and playing mini games. And with mods, you can make it specific to what you enjoy. Minecraft also has perfected the sandbox games, opening up a door for many more to create better games. I have just realized that by the time I am posting this comment, no one has been able to watch this video fully yet. Huh.

[@josephdavis1704]

Micah Holt make that like 20 man

[@micahholt8619]

@@josephdavis1704 You mean like how long it will last in total?

[@fjr4205]

really delighted to see RT in Polygon content! ❤️ Faves colliding

[@unwritten_zephyr]

Lewis and Simon were a real big part of my childhood, and it still makes me happy that they make content still, even if its not on Minecraft. And if I do feel in the mood for some vids on Minecraft, I’ve discovered people like RT who keep me from forgetting how great of a game it truly is.

[@ocloud7389]

Duncan is doing mc eternal with pedguin and ben

[@sarahboser1780]

Yes RT!! His videos and streams are the main reason my friends and I have gotten back into playing minecraft recently.

[@spacecasejay]

moe-yang? wait is that how you really say it? have i been saying it wrong this whole time?

[@PixelRockett]

Joshy Jay we all have, and I refuse to say it correctly ever lol

[@seiretzym]

Yes, they're Swedish so the letter J makes a Y sound

[@anderpanders6210]

In Sweden you'd be Yoshy Yay

[@robertskitch]

The basic explanation is that the way Simone's saying it is the original Swedish pronunciation. The other way, the one which you probably use, is the official English pronunciation... which I guess is the one that we're supposed to use? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@strbourne]

When will Brian make an unravelled about Minecraft?

[@zachariahjose5622]

Kirby is Minecraft confirmed

[@micahschmitz859]

Would Minecraft villagers benefit from communism

[@spelcheak]

never.

[@LightOfHands]

"Minecraft is a doctor without borders" -Laura of Penny Arcade

[@ladyviolu3924]

Hatsune miku did such a great job making minecraft, I'm so proud of her

[@jeiku5314]

IS THAT RTGAME I HEAR?!

[@SoftSpott]

I just re-bought minecraft to entertain myself during the quarantines. Perfect timing to make this video

[@ocloud7389]

Get some mod packs off twitch, Mc eternal is a fun one

[@josephluther6747]

Always keep your Minecraft login info. You can and will come back, again and again

[@jonm4883]

Just like many, I am still playing Minecraft all these years later.

[@spelcheak]

Weird that RTGame is featured so heavily here, when I first heard someone mention Minecraft in (2010?) I looked it up on KZbin and found Kevin's channel and really only followed him for a while. (Rip Paul)

[@swiftlymurmurs]

Kevin is CallmeKevin. RTGame is called Dan

[@spelcheak]

@@swiftlymurmurs potato patato

[@Krish0916]

Rip paul? Sykes?

[@MrKyRoNn]

@@Krish0916 [Redacted]

[@CrazyWeeMonkey]

I think RTGame is a good example of a relatively new KZbinr that became successful after being inspired by watching people play Minecraft.

[@Draukagrissah]

I can't believe Hatsune Miku gave us such an important cultural touchstone!

[@DarthMakroth]

The hatsune miku "meme" isn't even funny, whether you like notch or not he *did* make minecraft. And he *did* put a lot of effort into it

[@Margles349]

"What is... Milkshake duck?" I whisper to myself, opening google to absorb a new meme

[@ashoka9306]

we regret to inform you...

[@pikajade]

@@ashoka9306 the duck is racist

[@MagicMason1000]

@rando01 Wait... what did Notch do that was a "cancellable offense"?

[@pimposki6232]

@@MagicMason1000 use many many slurs on twitter, and generally be questionably right wing

[@Zavendea]

Magicmason1000 He was like “well, Nazis weren’t THAT bad.” Like, no, Nazis WERE that bad lmao

[@Mr_Mimestamp]

Didn’t expect to watch a documentary about Minecraft today, but I’m so happy that I did.

[@ryleighrichards1040]

My brother played Minecraft since the first build. I was in kindergarten and I would watch him play it for hours. Then he bought me an account when it was only like $10. It brought us closer together. Everyone in my family has an account. My brothers, my sister, my nieces, and me had a realm that we would all play on. Me and friends would call each other and play with each other on servers like mineplex. I had it on my phone when it was still called pocket edition, and it was free. I would spend hours making skins on skindex for me and my friends. I rarely play it anymore but I will always have a soft spot in my heart for this square game that brought me closer to my family and friends. Thank you Minecraft!

[@mermaidfinn]

the inclusion of yogscast took me back to being 12 and binge watching all their videos

[@thetramp123]

"Am I winking now?" ... "How about now?"

[@DapperJazz]

Dude I’m so happy you continued to mention Daniel and his fans, like, he’s such a welcoming dude for creativity and I love it..

[@ChristopherMoom]

Minecraft is the decade's most important game because it inspired the glorious *_minecraft; the way home_*

[@Mr_Mimestamp]

Don’t forget these! minecraft; defeating the kidnaper. minecraft; trip to liberty minecraft; find the button minecraft; the way home2

[@hcox5595]

Hi

[@kaleidoslug7777]

Ayyyy

[@zone0ftruth]

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[@TheGalagae]

hello plussie

[@esWhistler]

love Simone's videos love RT a lot too, one of my three favourite channels is KZbin

[@sugarrookie52]

Thank you for mentioning how much notch sucks while still cherishing minecraft, it's tran/cis solidarity in the gaming community I havent seen anywhere else 💕

[@m__y-t-s]

more like botch

[@sugarrookie52]

@@m__y-t-s lmaoooooo

[@ActuallyRocatex]

Gamer rights are trans rights are human rights We all live in a society and we can always help each other

[@ActuallyRocatex]

Transphobic? Sweden?

[@HannibalHanslaughter]

@@Chrome2105 They're probably still transphobic

[@Riku-Leela]

Minecraft is a masterpiece of videogaming. I still go in and out of playing it once in a while and it's one of the few games I see stuff get released on it and get STILL get excited for and hop back on with my friends (after setting up our 19th server). It's just incredible and most of the content which is released on KZbin around it is original and innovative, from crazy PVP battles to huge builds, crazy redstone contraptions and one of my favourite, people who find exploits in the game to make some of the most amazing things, like an ender pearl stasis chamber and automatic farms for almost any item in the game... Just an incredible sandbox which never ceases to amaze me

[@happy_mask_salesman]

Simone ill watch anything you release

[@maddyt288]

As soon as I saw Lewis and Simon I went 🥺🥺🥺 I gotta go watch their old playthroughs now

[@PopeMical]

The Yogscast have defined so much of my life and I owe them so much for the years of entertainment they have made. I hope they know how much of a difference they have made and how many hardships they've helped people get through by just being entertaining.

[@biggobbo3364]

Seeing Simon and Lewis in the beginning had me so shocked I thought I was watching a peculiar portions

[@Baal3033]

Great video! Minecraft's success and impact is really fascinating. Just one thing i'd like to add: IMO another reason for why people got so hooked by Minecraft is its adventure and progression aspect. Of course there is a lot more of it today than there was in the early stages. But still a lot of playing Survival Mode, which basically everyone did back in the day, consisted of gathering resources, crafting better stuff, exploring and so on. And many people probably got a lot of motivation from searching and finding diamonds, finally getting to the nether or finding a cool new cave system to explore or of course a cool new place to build at. Multiplayer played a role in motivating people too I think. The part about MC and videos also kinda reminded me of a Lets Play series the KZbinr Gronkh did here in Germany. It basically ran continiously for ~1500 parts from the alpha stages of MC to the full version and helped to make the game popular here. Today of course we have tons of MC KZbin projects and Lets plays. I think there aren't many other games which work that well with videos

[@swiftwolf2950]

You interviewed the Yogscast?!

[@jekanyika]

Chauncey and the Bristol pusher

[@Lowgarr]

"Simon and Lewis's love affair with Minecraft is over" You wot m8?

[@hannahzarnstorff4797]

The fact that they included RT- hell yeah. Two of my favorite worlds colliding

[@melskunk]

Man I remember playing the classic , having fun, punching trees, then coming back a couple of years later shocked that an indie game got that big. It might not be the first big indie game that made it big but it certainly was the first on my radar

[@illtardisyourdoctor]

"Notch started building it in his free time is a funny way to say "Notch stole the code from someone else and just slightly changed things until people spent money on it"

[@henrycgs]

Notch didn't steal any code. He made everything from scratch. If you mean the whole deal with Infiniminer, the only thing he could have "stolen" was the idea of mining and building in a blocky world. Ok, it's a pretty big deal but no code was stolen.

[@MagicMason1000]

Wow I wasn't expecting RTGame in here. I had just watched his video then went to this one and for a second I thought I my computer glitched back. XD

[@ambercchen]

i’m so glad rt was included, he didn’t create the idea of minecraft gaming but his build streams were a completely new idea that created a resurgence in the gaming community to then fall back into a newer, niche streaming system.

[@Thearuxes]

Simon and lewis are so chaotic compared to everyone else in this video

[@sofmimis3848]

I didn’t realize how much of an impact Hatsune Miki’s creation made! What a queen~

[@Light-fi1mj]

Daniel is such a positive influence and has always been a very inspiring and interesting personality to watch. If anyone hasn't watched him you should really go check him out because he's so good!

[@gametron3210]

much love to this cha nel keeping my vibes high during lock down

[@shy2688]

LOVed the bloopers at the end. pure simone. adore it

[@wenscael2166]

Me: "WHO DARES!???!?!?!?" Simone: "... Minecraft was..." Me: "Oh, okay. Minecraft is the most important game of the decade."

[@davidgumazon]

Also: pastebin.com/JAM1gEWV *Minecraft vs Zombies 2 (fan game crossover of Minecraft, Plants vs Zombies and Touhou, with minor crossover of Slenderman, Hearthstone and Guitar Hero, minor crossovers are bonus/bosses levels)*

[@shoofle]

Can't believe after all these years they finally removed herobrine. I'm proud of them

[@meowltdown]

i think the biggest thing about minecraft is that there's no singular way to play. you can do almost ANYTHING, even more so with just how much modded support goes into the game. For hecks sake, datapacks, shaders, texture packs, all of that, that's something you'd have to go quite a length for in a lot of other games. But for minecraft? it's just. A part of the game. There's series like hermitcraft (a series which was instrumental to the re-rise of minecraft content), which gathers all manner of creators, be it redstoners, builders, and anyone in between. There's scicraft, a series + server which has not only pushed minecraft to its limits, but then BEYOND those limits. There's ALL those roleplay series, all however many there are now (all i know is that theres a lot), that brought so much fun into the games. There's the creative servers, the pvp servers, the servers you make on aternos with your friends and then complain about the lag. There's realms, and there's so many server hosts. Minecraft, at it's core, i think, is a game about inspiration and the bonds you form with others. The community IS a core aspect of the game, rather than something alongside it. Everything about minecraft is just like the end poem. Inspiring and hopeful and its telling you that it's YOUR CHOICE how you experience not only the game, but life itself. Minecraft, to me, is a game about the fact that if you don't have a home, you can make one. You're never alone. There's people beside you. We might be growing up, but Minecraft's always there to fall back on, to look through your old builds and old worlds and know that you have done something unique simply by opening this silly little block game and having fun. And I think that's why minecraft is so successful. Because minecraft is a home in more ways than just building a house. ...and now im crying about the block game again. Anyway, humans really fucking love cubes and i think thats great

[@jay-nz2cl]

the timing of this video is insane. bought Minecraft for the pc 2 days ago after not playing it in years since I had a tablet (5,6 years?? maybe more??) and it's really brought back everything. been playing on a server with a couple friends and just building and playing the game properly for the first time, and it's such a strange and yet welcoming feeling. and on that note, back to Minecraft I go

[@sebandrews4395]

Well, this will be something to distract me from Boris Johnson’s latest announcement. RIP my A-Level Education

[@mateogaviria4654]

What happened?

[@sansnom5269]

Well, you are better than us. In Brazil the president compared COVID to a pregnancy that " just happens,". While calling security measures "mass hysteria" .

[@thekidssystemwork9050]

The UK government has shut schools and exams are not taking place when they normally are we don't know if they will happen at all

[@milliehughes9391]

If we go off predicted then I sure am getting an E in maths :D

[@oliverseddon7950]

Same man. What the fuuuuuuuuck.

[@Lynch2507]

All these minecraft youtubers like "And we've been stuck their ever since"

[@IceMetalPunk]

I'm a redstoner. I'm a software dev IRL, and what I enjoy most about both my job and redstone is taking bits and pieces, each with very specific behaviors, and combining them to make complex functional things. Redstone really nails the way you combine individual bits that don't do very much on their own to make something amazing. Ever seen ilmango's massive contraptions? Yeah, I can't do that kind of thing, but the fact that it's even possible is AMAZING. That's the main thing, for me at least, that other sandbox games lack. They try to guide the player too much, not explicitly but inherent in their design. For instance, they give you an item that's made to perform a very specific task, which is great, but it's so specific that you can't combine it with much else. You can't combine things creatively. Even Minecraft's crafting system captures this difference: every other game with crafting, you craft stuff by tossing a bunch of items into a UI and selecting what you want to craft, and then boom, out comes your product. In Minecraft, that's not really a thing (the recent Recipe Book excepted... I'll get to that in a second). You instead choose what you want to craft by... crafting it. The same ingredients can make very different things, but not just because you told the game "I want this"; it's because you combined the ingredients in a way that makes some sense and then got the reward of a product you expected. I've seen videos of people teaching new players how to play and just being like, "OK, now craft a pickaxe. It's three iron and two sticks." And when the newbie asks how, they just go, "Well, what does a pickaxe look like? Make that." They're always so proud when they get it right, as they start to realize the power they have over the Minecraft world comes from understanding how things fit together. So... that's why I love Minecraft, personally, and that's why no other sandbox games have quite the same appeal to me. I'm cautiously anticipating Hytale, because it looks amazing and has great mod support from the start, but so far they have yet to reveal anything redstone-y or automation-focused, so... I'm not sure I'm going to end up enjoying that, either, despite the massive work of art it clearly will be.

[@issiemerry]

this video had no business hitting me with so much nostalgia,, thanks i love it

[@AStandsForFrench]

I'm really glad they went IMMEDIATELY into the "notch sucks so much that people say hatsune miku made minecraft so as not to talk about him" bit, just erase notch from history, he's the walking personification of that seinfeld leaving the audience gif

[@AquaAtia]

AStandsForFrench agreed. Instead of talking about Notch, let’s talk about Mojang and some of the influential individuals such as jeb_ and Dinnerbone that allowed Minecraft to continue

[@yoshithebear7630]

Remember that polar bears are still useless

[@ronycommitment]

RT's in the video pog

[@victoriapennington4604]

Honestly this video was great. It was a great little mini-documentary about Minecraft and it's community and its impact on video games themselves. The people at Polygon do great work.

[@austinknight5881]

I love the documentary style, plz more

[@shaneallison8111]

"You can punch blocks, punch chickens and eat chickens"

[@polygon]

That's it. That's the whole game.

[@UsotheMarshmallow]

was not expecting to hear rumble tumble game on here, thought I accidentally clicked the next video in my autoplay for a second lol

[@foxtrotdelta225]

“OH GOD NOT THE BEES NOT THE BEEEEEEEEEEESSSS” Lewis and Simon’s Minecraft series mean so much to me, and many many others, and I’ll never stop thanking them and I’ll never forget it! All the hard work they put in helped make my childhood that’s something I’ll forever be grateful for

[@avelicious]

I love simone's videos very much, and the whole video producing team at polygon is amazing. It's such good writing