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By that logic, Eldritch Interactive and Millenium Games (yes, who?), respectively the developer and publisher of The Scroll (1992), should have sued Bethesda when it released TES: Arena in 1994. I've worked in pharma trademark testing and spent much time in the USPTO trademark database. Unless it already registered Scrolls on its own, I doubt Bethesda has much of a case. Consider two proprietary insulin pens from different manufacturers: Flexpen and Kwikpen. They share a suffix, and co-exist. Does Bethesda also own Elder? How about The, or Roman numerals? There are myriad game titles that share words (e.g., War, Dark, Red, Home, Total, Tycoon, etc.). That's the great thing about words: when you put two or more together, you modify their meaning.

Yeah, supporting musicians in any way is for stupid noobs. Look, Notch and co. does not = C418. C418 is just a guy, asking 3 or 4 bucks for an album with additional tracks compared to what you'll find in your Minecraft folder. But I dunno man, maybe that's just a corporate lie perpetrated by the man.

The tone here reminds me of the T-shirt: "I listen to bands that don't even exist yet."

I'm a PC guy all day every day. My last console was a Super Nintendo, because I don't personally feel the need to buy a box every six years that duplicates the functionality of an all-purpose box I'm already building every four. Yes, console has become the bane of the PC gamer's existence over that last half-decade due to its negative influence on PC games, but Minecraft coming to Xbox isn't going to ruin Minecraft. PC games being ported to console is a good thing. It bucks the trend of developers making mush to better slide down the throats of console gamers with low expectations, and then delivering that same console mush to PC. The ongoing matter-of-course PC vs. console (vs. Wii) war of fanboys is getting tired. There's not much innovation going on in your mind if you find these kinds of black-and-white debates interesting. People choose different things, end of story.

I also highly doubt dedicated console players are going to have much of a presence on this forum. People who stick to consoles usually do so because they're after a simple, streamlined gaming experience. The way console has shaped games in the last several years is a pretty clear indication of that. Modding, servers, etc.--I don't think much of that will apply to them.

Mojang deserves every amount of success that comes its way. Keep in mind that Notch is a big fan of indie games. A console port being developed by a separate team is not going to change his sensibility.

Everyone loves Minecraft, and everyone should be able to play it. Let's not **** on something just because we like to think of ourselves as special little indie turds who like to keep everything pure and for ourselves.