The Shaft 09: The Road Ahead

There is more Minecraft machinima in the works, but this week you’ll hear about Hardcore Mode, a Notch interview, gasses, classes and passes!

• Interview with Notch on Rock Paper Shotgun
• [MAP] Ultima 6 Minecraft Conversion by Ian Albert
• [MAP] Amusement Park by mextremel
• [VIDEO] Hatter’s Ultimate Minecraft Subway 2
• [VIDEO] Get your Minecraft fix 24/7
• [SITE] Minecrap All the crap you need for Minecraft
• [SITE] Minecraft Skins The BEST Free Minecraft Skins
• [UTIL] MB3D Cinema Toolkit
• Notch calls into the Desert Bus for Hope marathon (we recorded the interview!)
• [SONG] This is Minecraft by Talk_Acanthi

The Shaft 08: In Search of Diamonds

The Shaftlands moves servers, a new world awaits! Follow the epic journey of a man searching for diamonds. It’s an explosion of happiness!

• [VIDEO] In Search of Diamonds (music video)
• [MP3] In Search of Diamonds (download the song)
• mysticviperx’s Icarus Wings
• [VIDEO] Check out MinecraftChick on YouTube
• [VIDEO] Tales of Mel-Lenxia (a roleplay server)
• Awesome Oriental Castle by mysticviperx
• [UTIL] Minecraft Canary (iPhone & Android App)
• [UTIL] Minecraft Armory (Home of the Minecraft skingenerator and source for SkinEdit parts)
• [SITE] MINECULT (Minecraft videos, rated by you)
• [VIDEO] Oh, I guess you CAN make a cart track switcher! by ridgedog
• [VIDEO] Do not trust this guy. Seriously. (the bit about driving a cart into lava!)
• Nominate us for best gaming podcast, if you want to. (hey, why not?)

The Shaft 07: Forward Momentum

Is Minecraft really a sandbox game? Also, scuba gear, grappling hooks, LARPing, and tapestries!

• Version 1.2.2 update
• [VIDEO] Minecraft LARP (Gary Bigham; Pro-LARPer)
• [MOD] Cheesyx’s Hookshot
• Planet Minecraft – A great way to plan your projects and collaborate.
• [UTIL] Baezon’s Redstone Simulator v2.2!
• Episode graphic by Andrey-S

The Shaft 06: Awesome!

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There’s lots going on this week. The Halloween update in depth, skeletons riding spiders, a birthday celebration, fire extinguishers, ambient occlusion, and a monkey! AWESOME!

• [UPDATE] Halloween Patch Notes
• [UPDATE] Big patch happening tomorrow (Nov 10th)
• Texture pack-competition by Webhallen
• [VIDEO] Programmable lock that self destructs after three incorrect tries.
• [GAME] 2DCraft
• [GAME] Cubelands
• [GAME] Doodle God (this game is AWESOME!)
• [MOD] MrMessiah’s Minecraft Mods v1.0
• [UTIL] Autosizer for Windows (use it to auto-resize the Minecraft window)
• [UTIL] Miners Need Cool Shoes (online skin editor)
• [UTIL] Converting 3D models for building in minecraft – tutorial
• Standford Bunny – 3D Models in Minecraft

The Shaft 05: Toasty Ghosty

Welcome, boils and ghouls, to the spooooky episode. The Halloween update is now live, and it’s a real scream. Minecraft also gets a little lore.

• Interview from Develop
• Minecraft on the iPhone
• [VIDEO] Real-Life Minecraft Trailer
• [RESOURCE] Isometric Graph Paper
• [RESOURCE] Sphere Guide
• [UTIL] MineDraft – Creating blueprints
• Episode graphic by TurnThePhage