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Notch Shows Minecraft Adventure Update
jjp9999 writes "Markus 'Notch' Persson, the creator of Minecraft, showed off some features of the upcoming v1.8 at PAX, which includes the long-awaited adventure update. The video shows off villages, which Notch says can usually be found near the player's spawn point, as well as improved graphics and a few other gameplay tweaks. Notch says he and his team plan to release the update soon, but may release it in increments, since 'there's so much we need to clean up.' Regardless, the next version of Minecraft looks stunning, with some much-needed direction to the gameplay that could rekindle interest."
Yeah, I really wish Notch would port Minecraft to a real programming language/environment and away from Java. Every single crash I have with Minecraft is Java-related (you can tell because it generates a "HotSpot" error files - those hs_err_pid files).
They're already porting it to Xbox 360, I can only hope this means we'll get a real XNA port sometime soon and stop having to worry about Java and all the slowness, bloat, and bugginess that comes with it. Java is simply not meant for games, and Minecraft really helps prove that point.