Dayshot: It also doesn’t have a world download, which is criminal. Instead, it has a rather well-put-together video.
The map was built by PlanetMinecrafter RubicCubeMan. If you look at his submissions page, none of his builds have a download attached, except for that one unicorn, which is a darn shame seeing how good this guy’s building style is. I’d love to check these out up close. Anyway, here’s the Alice in Minecraft video:
Really cool. And the screenshots:
Dayshot showcases some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find.
Live-streaming service Twitch has pretty much the perfect business model. Twitch provides the tools to let broadcasters stream their gameplay, and streamers provide the content that brings millions of viewers to Twitch. Everybody wins. Well, everybody except music publishers who aren’t happy with their copyrighted music being used by streamers without compensation. While sites like YouTube have more-or-less found a way to make peace with the music industry, Twitch has been having a hard time finding a solution that will keep labels happy without severely curtailing the activity of streamers.
Now Twitch might have found a way to make everyone happy. The platform has introduced the Twitch Music Library, an archive that collects all the tracks that have been approved by the labels for use in live streams and archived videos. Twitch is hoping that it can convince streamers to draw their background music from this growing database of songs rather than playing potentially copyrighted tunes in the background.
Presently the library contains around 500 tracks, mostly from independent music labels whose artists will benefit from the exposure they’ll receive on Twitch’s live streams. Beyond providing creators with a resources for songs that won’t get Twitch sued, the library is also part of Twitch’s gradual expansion into music. The site, which was born as a “life streaming” platform and gradually grew into its role as a gaming juggernaut, would like to expand its territory into the lucrative world of streaming music. The move was foreshadowed last year when Twitch suddenly cracked down on copyrighted music, a move that was interpreted by many as a hint that the company would soon be acquired by YouTube. Ultimately Twitch went to Amazon, but Twitch’s musical ambitions remain in play.
Twitch has already dabbled in live streaming concerts and live performances and has been working to build partnerships with independent artists and record labels. For artists who aren’t in a position to tour, Twitch’s millions-strong streaming audiences could provide an attractive alternative. Still, Twitch’s primary hustle is still gaming, which is why the Music Library is being rolled out first and foremost as a resource for live streamers with its potential as a source of streaming music for audiences in the background.
Games, music and children’s channels ruled the roost on YouTube in 2014, with its most popular channel PewDiePie’s videos watched more than 4.1bn times last year.
The UK-based gamer – aka Felix Kjellberg – ended the year with more than 33.5 million people subscribing to his YouTube channel, which focuses on “Let’s Play” footage of him playing games and providing a running commentary.
PewDiePie was YouTube’s biggest star in 2014 according to the Guardian’s analysis of monthly charts published by online video industry site Tubefilter, based on data from video analytics firm OpenSlate.
Kjellberg’s channel had the most views for 2014 overall, but second-placed children’s channel DC Toys Collector was more popular in the last three months of the year, boosting its overall total to 3.3bn views.
Musician Katy Perry had the third most popular YouTube channel in 2014 with nearly 2.4bn views, fuelled by the popularity of the videos for singles including This Is How We Do, Birthday and Dark Horse.
The Guardian’s analysis of the data reinforces the sense of YouTube as a melting pot of old and new media stars.
Shakira (just under 2bn views) and US chat-show host Jimmy Fallon (1.7bn) rub shoulders with Minecraft channels Stampy (2.2bn) and The Diamond Minecart (1.6bn) in the upper reaches of the chart, for example.
Other YouTube kingpins in 2014 included Dutch dance-music channel Spinnin’ Records (2bn); pop-culture focused WatchMojo (1.7bn); musician Enrique Iglesias (1.7bn); wrestling brand WWE (1.6bn); Russian family channel GetMovies (1.7bn); and the channels for record labels in Thailand (GMM Grammy’s 1.6bn views) and India (T-Series’ 1.6bn). A montage of PewDiePie’s recent videos (language NSFW in places).
The figures are also a reminder that some of the most recognisable “stars” of YouTube aren’t among the biggest channels by views. Advertisement
Prominent American YouTubers like Michelle Phan, Grace Helbig, Tyler Oakley, Connor Franta and Bethany Mota rarely appeared in Tubefilter’s monthly charts of the 100 most popular channels, even though they continued to build solid audiences of subscribers.
Meanwhile British vlogger Zoella’s main channel grew steadily throughout 2014 from 10.9m views in January to 22.4m in December, but its 214m views for the year as a whole were less than a tenth of the biggest British star Stampy’s – PewDiePie is Swedish, although he now lives and works in Brighton.
YouTube remains an incubator for new production companies and online media firms, though. Successes in 2014 included BuzzFeed Video (1.3bn views), The Fine Brothers (1.3bn) and Smosh (1.1bn).
Meanwhile, children’s nursery rhymes channel Little Baby Bum notched up more than 869m views in the last four months of the year alone, having not previously appeared in Tubefilter and OpenSlate’s chart.
It was the fourth most popular YouTube channel in December, behind only DC Toys Collector, PewDiePie and Taylor Swift, whose channel totalled 1.4bn views for the year despite a quiet first few months when she was recording her album ‘1989’.
The charts also reveal the wider growth of YouTube – or at least its most successful channels.
Tubefilter and OpenSlate’s rankings for December 2013 revealed more than 6.9bn views that month for the service’s top 100 channels, but by December 2014 that figure had grown 91% to more than 13.2bn.
Do you like “Bad Kitty” books? Well if you do, check out “Bad Kitty Vs. Uncle Murray”! Trust me it’s great! You have to read the book to find out the rest!
This story reminds me of when my mom told me a story about her younger brother when they had baby hamsters. Her brother let them out. She found all of them in different places all over the house, just like when Uncle Murray found Bad Kitty all over the place!
When my mom and dad are doing something I blend into things and try to scare them, just like Bad kitty. Bad Kitty is just like my sister Isabel. They are both so silly. Uncle Murray is just like my dad Richard. He gets so frustrated over something that HE did! If all of the cats were humans, they would be great friends because they will always stick up for me.
I think the main idea of the story is “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” The most important part of the story is when Uncle Murray came over to their house. The funniest part of the story to me was when all of the cats started chasing Uncle Murray!
This book makes me want to read more of the series. I think the author wrote this book to make kids laugh and have fun reading. This book makes me think of my happy place.
The New Nintendo 3DS (yes, that’s really the name), includes a long list of new features, including an analog nub, additional ZL and ZR shoulder buttons, improved 3D, integrated NFC support for Amiibo, a faster CPU, and replaceable cover plates.
For lots more on the New Nintendo 3DS, check out the video above.
Today’s New Nintendo 3DS release date rumor comes less than a day before Nintendo is scheduled to hold its latest Nintendo Direct video briefing. In announcing the event last night, Nintendo said the focus of the event would be spring 2015 Wii U and 3DS games, though of course this doesn’t rule out discussion of other topics, likely potentially the New Nintendo 3DS launch date.
Tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct kicks off at 6 AM Pacific / 9 AM Eastern / 2 PM UK. We’ll post the livestream info tomorrow, and we’ll have all the news for you as it’s announced.
The new policy states that Microsoft allows users to create derivative works based on its games strictly for personal, noncommercial use, as long as they follow a set of rules. Some of these rules prohibit users from reverse engineering games to “access the assets or otherwise do things that the games don’t normally permit,” or creating content that is “pornographic, lewd, obscene, vulgar, discriminatory (on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.), illegal, hate speech, promoting violence, drug use or any illegal activity, promoting crimes against humanity, genocide or torture, or is otherwise objectionable.”
“Whether an Item is ‘objectionable; is up to us, but you can expect us to be concerned if a significant number of people in the game’s community or the public at large report the content as offensive,” Microsoft said.
You also can’t earn compensation with derivative works by selling it or through advertisements, unless you’re posting it to YouTube and Twitch.
The new rules apply to all of Microsoft’s products except Minecraft, which retains its own guidelines. The rules are not that different (mostly common sense in both cases), but Minecraft is a bit more lax, allowing users to create and sell whatever content they want as long as its clear that it’s not an official Minecraft product.
