MineCraft

Computer Game

alpha released 2009, official release 2011

https://minecraft.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft:_The_Story_of_Mojang

Apr'2013: Since the game’s release, in 2009, Minecraft has sold in excess of twenty million copies, earned armfuls of prestigious awards, and secured merchandising deals with LEGO and other toymakers. Last year, Markus Persson earned over a hundred million dollars from the game and its merchandise. Persson—better known to his global army of teen-age followers by his Internet handle, Notch—has a raggedy, un-marketed charm. He is, by his own admission, only a workmanlike coder, not a ruthless businessman. “I’ve never run a company before and I don’t want to feel like a boss,” he said. “I just want to turn up and do my work.”

Can drive it with Python.

Sept'2014: sold to Microsoft! Notch is leaving immediately.