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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Games Minecraft Fans Have Way Too Much Free Time

Posted by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:39 PM

Evidence? The below video. Have a look:

So what, right? It's footage from the NES classic Punch-Out!!. We've all played the game, and we all know what it looks like, so what the hell does this have to do with Minecraft?

Everything. See, that's not exactly footage of Punch-Out!!. Well, it is, but instead of capturing live gameplay from the game (or its arcade predecessor), that clip was made by Minecraft players in a stop-motion recreation of the same process the NES used to create its graphics. Every one of the pixels on that screen is a single block, and all the motion you see there was created by meticulously moving the blocks one by one, snapping an image, then meticulously moving the blocks again. All told, the project took six weeks to complete.

I know it sounds like I'm being dismissive of the effort, but the truth is that I'm just incredibly jealous of the focus and effort that went into this thing. God, if I had that kind of industrious spirit I could build a house or fix a car or hold down a job that requires me to actually wear pants.

Oh, and as a bonus, here's a video explaining the entire arduous process that went into that first clip's creation. It will totally make you feel lazy and shiftless.

 

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1
watching this video makes me want to play punch-out. time to dust off the old nintendo
Posted by ebag on January 12, 2012 at 6:36 PM · Report
2
thanks merc. i just wasted an hour of my life. on the plus side, i made it all the way to the sandman
Posted by ebag on January 12, 2012 at 7:33 PM · Report
3
*polite applause* Well done sir.
Posted by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli on January 12, 2012 at 8:11 PM · Report
4
"too much free time" is such a shit comment when people get creative. You never hear that when people talk about watching TV.
Posted by blah on January 13, 2012 at 7:25 AM · Report

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