Today shall forever be remembered - scrawled on ancient scrolls, passed down from generation to generation, standing the ravishes of time - as Beta Day! (well, remembered until the full game is released, at least.) That's right, Minecraft takes its next big step towards completion as it breaks free from the shackles of Alpha! "So WHEN", I hear you cry, "When will we be able to feast our e... more.

Another week rolls over with few updates to speak of. Nothing of real importance has happened this week. Well, except for one small thing... MINECRAFT IS MOVING INTO BETA!! I've been talking about the looming beta for weeks now, as it's been mentioned repeatedly over the past few months without any hints as to when it'll come about - until 12/11/10 when Notch said on his blog: The next epoc... more.

Another week goes by, another sea of multiplayer fixes flood our way. Since last week, Notch (as stated in his blog) has made the following fixes: 11/30/10 Bug fix #3 * Swords and other weapons now deal damage properly * Added proper hurt animations and sounds to mobs and players * Fixed dead players logging in as invisible ghosts * Made arrows visible and deal damage * Hoes now produc... more.

Another week goes by hooked up to the I.V. drip of Minecraft. So, what significant changes have been made in the Minecraft world? Well first off, the long await SMP health update has been released, which means players can finally experience the joys of death an dismemberment online! The updates include: * Send attack network data * Add the ability to attack other entities * Implement falli... more.

So, what's been happening in the world of Minecraft this week? Well... Not all that much, really. It seems Notch has been focusing a lot of his time trying to fix the health status in multiplayer (SMP) and planning to release the fixes later this week in a new update. Here's what he had to say on his blog: Here’s the status: * Send attack network data: DONE * Add the ability to attack ot... more.

A whole week has passed, which means another whole week of sleepless nights playing Minecraft for (what I like to believe) the entire world. As always, the all-powerful Notch has released a plethora of updates to the ingenious, yet amazingly still in alpha, game - this time focusing primarily on multiplayer: General fixes: * players and mobs in lava or fire no longer spam sound effects * gett... more.

Yes, that's right, here on the pages of That Gamer Podcast we'd like to pledge that every Monday we will bring you a multitude of meaningful Minecraft media! Painful attempts at alliteration aside (see what I did there?) we'd like to keep you up to date with one of the greatest games to have popped up this year, Minecraft. Every Monday we'll bring you some news, articles and other Minecraft rel... more.