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by Michael Peter Edson
“Calculated in number of Google searches, Minecraft briefly surpassed Jesus in popularity in early 2011.”
— Minecraft, Second Edition: The Unlikely Tale of Markus "Notch" Persson and the Game That Changed Everything by Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson, translated by Jennifer Hawkins, 2015. Page 141
scale, gaming, play
Posted January 27, 2020 ~ Permalink

Four thousand per second

by Michael Peter Edson
“At that moment, a technician behind the stage tells us, four thousand people are logging in to play Minecraft. Four thousand per second, that is.”
— Description of the launch party for Minecraft 1.0, from  Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus “Notch” Persson and the Game That Changed Everything.
scale, speed, gaming
Posted March 19, 2015 ~ Permalink

JSNES: A JavaScript NES emulator – Ben Firshman

by Michael Peter Edson
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This appears to be a page dedicated to game system emulators written in javascript. 

gaming, javascript, code, play
Posted July 13, 2011 ~ Permalink

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