How time flies. We’ve been having MineCons, the official convention of Minecraft ($6.99), since 2010, and the convention has been growing year by year. However, as Mojang and Microsoft announced today, MineCon has become something that doesn’t really represent the Minecraft community anymore, so it will be changing quite dramatically. As the developers pointed out, Minecraft is about inclusivity and creativity, but MineCon had become expensive and exclusive, since only a tiny portion of the community could attend. The new MineCon will consist of two main events, MineCon Earth and official Minecraft community events.
MineCon Earth will be a global interactive livestream event broadcasting out of two continents on November 18th at 12 PM EST. It will be 90-minutes long and will feature a lot of the content you’d expect from a MineCon, but it will engage the whole community. The Minecraft events will be the product of cooperation with Minefaire, MineVention, and BLOCKFEST and will allow players to meet their favorite personalities, compete in tournaments and costume contests, and much more. More details about these events will be revealed in the near future. What do you think about this changes?
Ah Silver. I played that back in the day. Loved it!
As usual, great write-up/history lesson (I never knew there was a sequel to Beyond Oasis!) Brings back a lot of memories from my college days. On a side note, I really, really appreciate your grammar. You make occasional mistakes (as most of us do), but they're so few I can't even think of one offhand. Thanks again, Shaun! Glad to be a Patreon supporter!
It falls smack in between the last Glossary article and this one, but King's Field on PlayStation (originally released as part 2 in Japan) left an impression on me back in '96. I'd consider it an ARPG. I was quite absorbed in that world for a good length of time.
If Phantasy Star Online doesn't get a mention then it's a travesty!
Great article though Shaun, great to read through the history!
I loved playing Silver on the PC. Great game. I always remember the first boss, the Incubus.