The Shaft 71: AntVenom

Brent couldn't join us this week, but we are joined by AntVenom! In this episode, we discuss the annoyance of crafting in creative mode, the gangwar between the Mojanglers & the Mojangsters, the noobishness of NPC villages, and Notch tells us all to calm down the hype. Specifically us, quite honestly.

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• [LINK] Minecraft LEGOS: a creeper head, some landscape, landscape and figures, A poster
• Minecraft LEGOS are soon to be available from Jinx
• [LINK] Snapshot 12w07b
• [LINK] Notch tells the internet to stop hyping Psychonauts 2
• [MOD] Minions Mod... A Video
• [SONG] In Search of Diamonds covers:
  
  • Ukelele Cover by 79shiv79
  • Buscando Diamantes by Cheve
  • Rock cover by Sub Par All Star
• [VID] Creeper's Gonna Creep (You Blew My Mind)
• [VID] Secret Doors Tutorial by Tyken132
• [LINK] Pop a portal in Minecraft
• [VID] Tropicraft mod trailer
• [MOD] Camera Studio Mod
• [VID] Redstone Lamps in 12w07b

The Shaft 70: 2 Girls 1 Minecraft

This week we welcome Niea and Misconduct of 2 Girls 1 Minecraft! In this episode we discuss the travails of headset mic buttons, we answer the eternal question of "How High is the Sky?", we bicker over the necessity of minecraft soundproofing, and we somehow get onto a Double Fine discussion that lasts WAY too long. But we do manage to carefully avoid how our guests got their name. So there's that.

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• [VID] Nova Bombs in Slow Motion
• [VID] Shaftlands News
• [LINK] Snapshot 12w06a
• [LINK] Map height to get a raise
• [LINK] Zombie Villiage Sieges
• [LINK] Notch offers to help make Psychonauts 2
• [LINK] Double Fine's adventure game kickstarter
• [VID] Minecraft: Day One a live action short
• [VID] Hatventures: A Beginning
• [VID] My Favorite Things: A Minecraft Music Video
• [VID] Hungry Hungry Hippos by Sethbling
• [VID] Vechs' Test World - Enchant Anything Hard, Easy, and the Cleophian Digging Feesh
• [MOD] Lion king Mod
• [VID] Sethbling People Mover
• [VID] The Duel: A Minecraft Story

The Shaft 69: Shawn V Martin

This week we are joined by Shawn V Martin, the energetic host of Five Things and Minecraft: Survive or Die. Topics this week include drivable blocks, the baffling decline of Bomberman, and whether clone cats should be tossed into alligator pits. We still can't be completely sure that the Shawn we got isn't a clone, though... so we might have been duped.

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• [LINK] Upcoming update for Minecraft Pocket Edition
• [LINK] Minecraft Snapshot 12w05b
• [LINK] Jeb declares, "Jon the Savior"
• [LINK] Message to Valve
• [LINK] But Seriously, Where is Half-Life 3?
• [LINK] Adventure Lobbies
• [VID] Minecraft Bomberman
• [MOD] Sphax Lights Mod
• [MOD] Minecraft Comes Alive
• [VID] Minecraft + Skyrim = Minerim
• [VID] Sheep Love
• [LINK] Minecraft Physics from Rhett Allain, Associate Professor of Physics
• [VID] Four Seasons
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• [VID] The Shaft Snapshot Preview: Feline-O-Phobia

The Shaft 68: AKSpartanKiller

This week we welcome the one... the only... AKSpartanKiiier! In this episode, cats, Cats, CATS! Also, servers! And, recipes! But mostly AKSpartanKiiier. We'd like to tell you more, but we only share that information with our moderators... and you wouldn't like how you become one of those.

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• [LINK] LEGO approves Minecraft LEGO sets!
• [VID] Minecraft Snapshot 12w04a
• [LINK] Jeb needs help to protest ACTA
• [VID] The Blockheads pilot is online
• [VID] Epic Build Season 1 Episode 1
• [LINK] Interesting seeds in 12w04a from The Crystal Crow
• [VID] Vechs' Test World: Variable Power Enchant Station
• [VID] Birth of a Creeper
• [VID] 45 More Bugs in Minecraft 1.1.0
• [MOD] The Mod of Gallell!
• [MOD] Minecraft World Downloader
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• [VIDS] Room after Room: A Minecraft Puzzle Map

The Shaft 67: Tyken132

This week we welcome Tyken132 onto the show! Maker of the Cubeworld video, creator of a functioning Death Star and serious competitor in Redstone Wars, Tyken classes up The Shaft by talking about all the creative things he's done in the game. We also learn that we are all terrible people... and that's just pineapples.

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• [LINK] Wollay will not be moving to Sweden and working with Mojang
• [LINK] Minecraft: Pocket Edition on Android has sold 700,000 copies
• [LINK] Changes in the latest Minecraft snapshot
• [VID] Snapshot 12w03a brings us jungles! 
• [LINK] Jeb posts a picture of the new jungle biome
• [VID] Tyken's Cube World
• [VID] Minecraft 1.1 Volcano Mod
• [VID] More World Types Mod
• [LINK] The Weekly Pickaxe
• [VID] Animal Breeding Machine
• [LINK] Minecraft Guild creates massive world to help educate children
• [VID] Thank You, Notch - A Minecraft Timeline
• [LINK] Making a case for video games as learning tools in school
• [LINK] Minecraft, intellectual property, and the future of copyright
• [VID] The Shaft Mod update week 9
• [LINK] Tweet for us to win a Shorty!
• [VIDS] Kurast: A Minecraft Adventure

The Shaft 66: Luclin Returns

Welcome back, Luclin! We are proud to have our a return visit from our Minecraft workbench brother. He is our BROTHAH! BROTHAH!

Or... something to that effect. In this episode we discuss the 1.1 patch, the ills of SOPA, and the statistics Notch tweeted about 20 million liquefied people. It was a weird news week.

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• [VID] Minecraft 1.1 released!
• [LINK] 1.1 complete update listing
• [LINK] Notch: "No sane person can support SOPA"
• [LINK] Minecraft.net passes 20 million registered users
• [LINK] GameSpy awards a special award to Minecraft: The Most Mincraftian Game of the Year
• [LINK] Ending an Endless Game: an interview with Julian Gough, author of Minecraft's epic finale
• [SEED] Special Seed: walruswalruswalrus from SudoRossy
• [VID] ArtWorkbench-Episode 01 (Avatar)
• [LINK] AchievementGet.Net
• [VID] The Shaft Mod gets Segways
• [VID] Minecraft 1.1 in 2 Minutes from IntheLittleWood
• [LINK] Nominate The Shaft for a Shorty under "Radio"
• [VID] Quest for Gallell (a DWP Minecraft adventure)

The Shaft 65: RSmalec

This week we're joined by one of our favorite adventure map creators, RSmalec! In this episode we discuss the challenges of map creation, the latest updates from Mojang, and the incessant cries that we missed the wall at Handi's House! Episode for Pillow?!?!

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• [VID] Steve appears in Choplifter HD from Minecraftchick
• [LINK] Changes coming to Minecraft: Pocket Edition
• [MAP] Rise of the Rebellion: a Star Wars adventure map
• [LINK] Latest Minecraft updates in the works
• [VID] RSMalec Vlog: Cheating in Minecraft
• [VID] A Mildly Festive Tale from The Half Bakes
• [VID] 42 Ways to Die in Minecraft
• [LINK] WorldPainter World Creation Tool
• [LINK] 3D print your Minecraft creations with Mineways
• [COMIC] "OMG, It's Full of Chunks!"
• [VID] The Shaft Mod Video Update
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• [VID] You Just Got Schooled! (a DWP Minecraft adventure)

The Shaft 64: CilantroGamer & Joe Hills

We have a double-dose of guestitude this week! And they are even in the studio for recording! Give a hearty welcome to Cilantro Gamer and returning guest Joe Hills! In this episode we talk about love nests, the incomprehensible number of awards Notch is winning, and how players should illuminate their environment when they burn. Happy New Year!

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• [LINK] 365 Day in Sweden from Minecraftchick
• [LINK] SamCube brings home his baby boy, Noël
• [LINK] The Crystal Crow is trying to raise money to buy a camper to live in
• [VID] Questworld Shipwrecked (Dead Workers Party adventure!)
• [VID] Airship Battle Launch Trailer from Dewtroid
• [VID] A Mildly Festive Tale from The Half Bakes
• [VID] Down Diggy Down Down from Hojjosh
• [VID] Bashcraft Server New Year's Party
• [VID] Minecraft Leaking into Real Life: a stop-motion animation
• [VID] RSmalec's Jupiter Teaser
• [LINK] Pillow Mints

The Shaft 63: Another Great Shaftmas

Welcome to our second annual Shaftmas! The celebration of the season and all things Minecraft! We hope you enjoy this holly, jolly episode!

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• [SONG] Down Diggy Down Down: Minecraft Parody of Mike Posner's "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" by Hojjosh
• [MOD] Minecraft Christmas Village Mod
• [MAP] Christmas Eve Adventure Map
• [VID] 12 Days of Minecraft
• [VID] The Outsiders Christmas Episode
• [VID] Minecraft Monday Christmas Episode

The Shaft 62: Capp00

This week we're joined by Capp00, the Everyday Gamer. He was kind enough to join us on a Saturday night, after we had played on the Minethon server to raise some money for charity. Considering Brent offered us a round of shots for every $10 that got donated, it should be no surprise that things got pretty wacky. For all intents and purposes, you should consider Capp00 to be our designated driver.

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• [LINK] Minethon raising money for Child's Play
• [LINK] Cobalt now available
• [LINK] @Notch and @SudoRossy are both doing Ludum Dare
• [MOD] Invasion Mod
• [VID] Captain Sparklez demos Invasion Mod
• [VID] "Damn, Minecraft! You Scary!"
• [VID] Minecraft: A Piggy Christmas by Captain Seriouz