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Articles in Issue 12 include an interview with Humble Indie Bundle creator Jeffrey Rosen, an article on why Minecraft is so popular and what we can learn from it, reviews of the winning PunkWeek entries, and the new "Developer Spotlight" section.

Interview with Humble Bundle's Jeffrey Rosen

Bret: How did you get the news out about the Humble Indie Bundle so well? I would of expected that you would of only gotten a few hundred people to buy it, not over 300,000 downloads!
Jeffrey: It boils down to "make something people want". People really liked the Humble Bundle and told their friends about it. :) It's easier to look at what made the bundle different: Mac and Linux support, DRM-free, pay what you want, support charity, no account needed, etc. The combination of all those things put the bundle over the elusive threshold of "newsworthiness"...

Minecraft: What Makes It Stick

Picking away, block after block, seems like an enormous waste of time when seen from outside Minecraft. You're going to hold down your mouse button for hours watching the same crack animation overlay appear on block after block, just to find a one-in-a-million diamond ore pit (which will just make you more pickaxes with which to dig more?) The answer for most people who play, however, is an almost begrudging "yes." Because Minecraft, even though it is built on very few core elements, has a sense of majestic discovery to it-on the other side of any block could lie an enormous and expansive cave filled with lava, water, coal, redstone, iron, diamond...

HeliRescue Review

HeliRescue is a game of extreme simplicity. Helplessly trying to avoid the dangers of the skies, a helicopter rescue team starts their engines to save people left on islands of dirt raised into the air by a madman. Three days is the time limit for the rescue operation, and deadly birds flying into the rotors of the helicopter become the ultimate threat...