[wccrawford]

There was recently a big furor over Notch's statement that he refuses to let Microsoft certify his games for Win8. Many people felt he was being childish and throwing a tantrum, while others think he's a visionary and working to prevent MS from walling off Windows like the 360.

Personally, I think it's a fight worth fighting, since they really could go that route if they got enough buy-in on it. And I don't doubt they would, if they thought it was in their best interests. That's what corporations do.

Luckily, Linux has recently gotten a lot of support from indie developers via Kickstarter (and the players' demands for a Linux version) and it's starting to look more viable as a platform for commercial games. We can hope.

[cooldeal]

The problem with Notch was that it was impossible to find out exactly what he was ranting about when he is fine with accelerating the demise of the PC by having his game run on the locked down iOS but not releasing it in the Windows 8 desktop store which is open.

Read this three part article about the confusion. http://www.withinwindows.com/2012/09/28/notch-doesnt-hate-wi...