As someone who has spent some time playing Minecraft (and has kids who have spent even more time doing so), I'm really happy to see this effort. FTA: "Most of

As someone who has spent some time playing Minecraft (and has kids who have spent even more time doing so), I'm really happy to see this effort. FTA: "Most of what Mojang has added since beta 1.7.3 is fluff, life support for a game that was “done” years ago." I don't know if Minecraft really has ever been done, but I couldn't agree more with the statement that Mojang has just added fluff. I'm amazed at what they accomplished in 2012 and most of 2013, but things seemed to come to a near-halt in 2014...with a major release taking ~8 months that resulted in flags, a handful of new blocks, and still no sign of the oft-requested, oft-promised Mod API. If there was one feature that would greatly expand the lifespan of the game, it would be a consistent modding interface. Anybody who has been begged by their kids to install a mod knows what a nightmare it can be, just from an end-user standpoint. Why the development team didn't make this top priority remains a mystery. I can't help but think that once Mojang finished counting their money, they decided to sit on their laurels...Alexander weeping and all that. The Microsoft purchase, while appearing disastrous at first, may be the best thing for the game at this point as the remaining Mojang staff don't appear to be very interested in doing much other than bringing the Xbox version up to PC capabilities. At least Microsoft will want to get their money's worth out of the franchise.