Links for 2011-02-04

Gamasutra – News – Opinion: Minecraft And The Question Of Luck : ‘Notch’s luck was that he came across the idea of doing a first-person fortress building game. His alignment was that the game that he wanted to make was culturally connected to [he PC gamer] tribe. While the game may appear ugly, and its purchase process etc seem naive to many a gaming professional, all of those decisions that Notch made along the road to releasing his game were from the point of view of a particular perspective of what games are, what matters and what were the things that he could trust the tribe to figure out for themselves.’
(tags: tribes viral minecraft gaming analysis games culture gamasutra via:nelson future software marketing)