
The Spawn Chunks 344: A Minecraft Movie Sets Records
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Jonny, and Joel cover the new Bedrock Edition Preview with players’ first look at the happy ghast, and vibrant visuals, then share a spoiler free review of A Minecraft Movie, and an unfortunate trend in theatre audience behaviour parents should be aware of.

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Joel
- The Citadel | Westhill
- Spent some time replacing the tables, and chairs around the west side of Westhill.
- Taking a bit of time since it’s the fancy part of town, and the buildings are a bit larger, including shops with lots of detail, and The Spruce River Inn.
- Tables & Chairs 2 (Modrinth.com) is also improving through the beta process:
- Easier placement of items on tables.
- Shift-placing chairs to avoid connections.
- Smarter chair movement.
- The Citadel – Updating Tables & Chairs – Part 3 (Twitch.tv/JoelDuggan)
- Spent some time replacing the tables, and chairs around the west side of Westhill.



Jonny
- The Minecraft Survival Guide, Season 3
- On a hiatus this week because the April Fools snapshot, The CraftMine Update has its hooks in me.
- The CraftMine Update?! – Minecraft April Fools 2025 (Twitch.tv/Pixlriffs)
- Will be tracking down the cold and warm variant animals next week, and probably chatting about goats, and llamas along the way.
- On a hiatus this week because the April Fools snapshot, The CraftMine Update has its hooks in me.
- Misadventures SMP
- Episode 2 is out now! Exploring a dungeon designed by MythicalSausage, with lots of Empires easter eggs.
- First build on the server is a ‘Sky Pirate Roost’ on a mountain with a great view – and an observatory telescope!
- Choppin’ Tuesday On Misadventures – Minecraft 1.20 RPG SMP (Twitch.tv/Pixlriffs)
- Building On Misadventures – Minecraft 1.20 RPG SMP (Twitch.tv/Pixlriffs)




Minecraft News
- Take A Vibrant Test Flight (Minecraft.net)

- Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Edition Preview 1.21.80.25 (Minecraft.net)

- A Minecraft Movie: Out Now (Minecraft.net)
- ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Shatters Box Office Expectations With Record-Breaking $157 Million Opening Weekend (Variety.com)
- A Minecraft Movie (RottonTomatoes.com)

- The Craftmine Update (Minecraft.net)
- The CraftMineUpdate Trailer (YouTube.com/Minecraft)
Chunk Mail
FROM: Snuggly Boo Bear
SUBJECT: Vibrant Visuals Lighting
Hi Joel, and Pix!
I watched your stream of the Minecraft Live event, and loved it. During the “Vibrant Visuals” segment I immediately wondered if this feature could be the first step to blocks that cast (Instead of emit?) light in Minecraft. It seems like having a more modern, but consistent way of handling light, and shadows across platforms would be a necessary first step, and might open the way for blocks to cast light, and color like in RTX. The visuals they showed varied a fair amount in “glow” provided by things like torches, but they also said it was the start of a long journey. What are your thoughts?
Love the podcast, and the various things you both do. Thanks for being your delightful selves!
The snuggliest of the boo bears was slain trying to hug an Iron Golem after he heard they were “big softies”.
FROM: Jon K.
SUBJECT: A Minecraft Movie Family Review
Hi Pix, and Joel,
My wife, and I just saw A Minecraft movie with our two kids who are 8, and 4. Here is our review. I tried to be brief.
Our 8 year old probably enjoyed it the most which wasn’t unexpected because he is the target demographic for this movie. We watch a lot of movies together as a family. At the end of each one we all say what our favorite part was. He couldn’t pick just one. He loved it all.
Our 4 year old liked it as well. It held her attention through the whole thing which is all we could ask for as parents. There were a few parts when it was maybe a little scary for her but there weren’t any issues. She’s just starting to play the game herself, and has seen all the mobs in Creative gameplay, but the animation style of the movie made it a little more intense. Her favorite part was “The whole thing…” as well, “But not the scary parts.”, and the second end-credit scene.
My wife, and I started playing Minecraft a year ago when our son started playing, so our perspective may be different than someone who has been playing a lot longer. Overall, we enjoyed the movie. We didn’t expect to see a cinematic marvel. We laughed throughout. (As well as other adults in the theater.) Personally I thought the flying scene between Black, and Momoa was hysterical. There were some things we could have done without, such as the villager/ Jennifer Coolidge bit. It didn’t seem to add anything to the movie. If it did it was lost on me. Although the very quick, subtle cameo by Jeb was nice.
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A Spoiler Free Review Of A Minecraft Movie
Joel went to see A Minecraft Movie on opening night, and shares his spoiler free thoughts on the film, from the story, and the quirky characters, to the weird, and intense yet consistent visuals of the Overworld, and the Nether. A Minecraft Movie is getting attention for breaking opening weekend box office records for a video game movie, but also for the unruly behaviour of several groups of audience members disrupting the theatre experience for others.
- Chicken Jockey! A Minecraft Movie is causing chaos in cinemas and debate over audience etiquette (CBC.ca)
- Cinema issues Minecraft warning as police are called to ‘disruptive’ screenings (Independent.co.uk)
- A Minecraft Movie: Police Intervene as Viral TikTok Trend Causes Mayhem in Theatres (Yahoo.com)