The Spawn Chunks 054: To Bee Or Not To Bee
Joel and Jonny are buzzing about the new bees in the latest Minecraft snapshot, a swarm of news happening around Minecraft: Dungeons at Gamescom, and speculation on how Mojang will pollinate the next update.
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Minecraft News
- Minecraft 1.15 Snapshot 19W43A (Minecraft.net)
- Minecraft News: Bees in Minecraft (Ilmango on YouTube)
- Minecraft 1.15 Snapshot 19w34a Bees In Minecraft (Xisumavoid on YouTube)
- Playback queued to asset showcase
- 13 Minutes of Minecraft: Dungeons Gameplay – Gamescom 2019 (IGN on YouTube)
- Gameplay footage only. No commentary.
- Exclusive Minecraft Dungeons Gameplay (SeaPeeKay on YouTube)
- With commentary.
Chunk Mail
No Chunk Mail this week.
“Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
Monthly Round Table
To Bee Or Not To Bee
What’s all the buzz about? Pros and cons of the new Minecraft passive aggressive bee. Could it be more than meets the eye? Can we expect more nature loving additions to Minecraft in the 1.15 update?
Today, Java Snapshots return, with an exciting new bug! Wait, come back, it's not that type of bug! Meet Minecraft’s latest mob: the bee!
↣ https://t.co/aVZLW8Ai3f ↢ pic.twitter.com/2rAW3aT1or
— Minecraft (@Minecraft) August 22, 2019
What’s Done is Done
We often talk about aspects of the game we feel have room for growth, but is there anything that feels done about Minecraft? Are there any features, large or small, that we can think of as ‘complete’, and rely upon to remain the same forever? Or do we play Minecraft not only because it has virtually endless creativity but also because it has near-infinite capacity for change?