{"id":37561,"date":"2011-12-07T15:12:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T15:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/lego-has-shuttered-its-own-lego-universe-mmo-and\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T14:33:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T21:33:13","slug":"lego-has-shuttered-its-own-lego-universe-mmo-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/lego-has-shuttered-its-own-lego-universe-mmo-and\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-37561 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/lego-has-shuttered-its-own-lego-universe-mmo-and\/attachment\/37562\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_lvu9frBzVd1qescwho1_250-1-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_lvu9frBzVd1qescwho1_250-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_lvu9frBzVd1qescwho1_250-1.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>LEGO has shuttered it&rsquo;s own Lego Universe MMO and layed off the 100+ person development team. It did not enjoy the break-away success that did it&rsquo;s single-player games with movie licensed themes. I wonder if there is sufficient synergy for Minecraft and LEGO to have a productive, official relationship. One also wonders if Notch&rsquo;s admission will awaken the lawyers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/humanegames.tumblr.com\/post\/13873643967\/minecraft-creator-lego-inspired-me-by-lewis\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">humanegames<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>Minecraft creator: \u2018Lego inspired me\u2019<\/b><br \/>\nby Lewis Tyler<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Markus Persson says Lego may have subconsciously inspired the video game.<\/p>\n<p>The man behind Minecraft believes a partnership between his game and Lego would be a \u201cperfect match\u201d for a range of toys.<br \/>\nSpeaking to ToyNews, Minecraft creator Markus Persson, aka \u2018Notch\u2019, said: \u201cHaving grown up with Lego and it probably having subconsciously affected the design of Minecraft &#8211; I\u2019d say it\u2019s a perfect match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both fans of toys and video games have been gripped by the prospect of a Lego set based on the increasingly valuable Minecraft brand.<\/p>\n<p>Although Persson is \u201cnot involved in the discussions\u201d himself, he remains hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I personally think would be ridiculously awesome in the long-term would be to get Minecraft character shaped Minifigures,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The idea for the Lego Minecraft line originated on Cuusoo \u2013 a community initiative which gives Lego fans the opportunity to see their ideas become real products.<\/p>\n<p>If a submission gets 10,000 votes of support then Lego will consider making the product.<\/p>\n<p>In just one day, Lego Minecraft has amassed over 8,000 votes of support. Minecraft\u2019s iconic dirt block, in Lego form.<br \/>\nYesterday, Paal Smith-Meyer, head of the Lego new business group said he was \u201creally excited to see the fantastic enthusiasm of the Minecraft community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Minecraft hasn\u2019t been released at retail, the independently developed game has sold millions of copies digitally and has a fanatical community, with over 16 million users registered on its website.<\/p>\n<p>With the project looking certain to hit the magic number, an official Lego Minecraft set could indeed become a reality.<br \/>\nSmith-Meyer said: \u201cThis is what Lego Cuusoo is all about, connecting people\u2019s passion to the Lego brick.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toynews-online.biz\/news\/35024\/Notch-Lego-collaboration-a-perfect-match\">Minecraft creator: \u2018Lego inspired me\u2019 | Toy Industry | News by ToyNews<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGO has shuttered it&rsquo;s own Lego Universe MMO and layed off the 100+ person development team. It did not enjoy the break-away success that did it&rsquo;s single-player games with movie licensed themes. I wonder if there is sufficient synergy for Minecraft and LEGO to have a productive, official relationship. One also wonders if Notch&rsquo;s admission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[1539],"class_list":["post-37561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","tag-emergent-digital-practices","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6PWot-9LP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37563,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37561\/revisions\/37563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}