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Markus Persson, aka “Notch”—the legendary creator of “Minecraft”—has revealed in a recent blog post that all characters in his game occupy a genderless space.Persson writes that despite the main character being named “Steve,” “the Human model is intended to represent a Human Being. Not a male Human Being or a female Human Being, but simply a Human Being.”
A short, yet eloquent and insightful post, Persson concludes with, “also, as a fun side fact, it means every character and animal in Minecraft is homosexual because there’s only one gender to choose from.”
Read Persson’s full post below.
Photo: Screenshot / The Word of Notch
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