You Won’t Believe How Nice Notch’s Office Is

12 years ago

October 3, 2012 at 8:00 am

Well, maybe you will. Mojang, the folks behind Minecraft, is a success story. Great news for them! That not only means Mojang honcho Notch (aka Markus Persson) can afford nicer hats, it also means the studio can afford nicer digs. And boy, look a these digs.

The studio recently moved to a bigger pad, MCV reports. And now is up for the best looking office in Sweden as it’s been nominated for the “Sveriges Snyggaste Kontor 2012”. Congrats on that! Always nice to see people do well.

Here, have a look at Mojang’s leather-wrapped and wood-covered workplace.

Mojang [Sveriges Snyggaste Kontor via MCV]

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Zap

October 3, 2012 at 8:10 am

Workplace? More like YetAnotherVacationPlace.

Oh Ho ho ho ho.

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1. strange
  
  October 3, 2012 at 8:17 am
  
  Hi Zap! 😀
  
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  1. zap
    
    October 3, 2012 at 8:43 am
    
    Hi Strange!
    
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2. bish
  
  October 3, 2012 at 8:48 am
  
  His Vegas away from Vegas!
  
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  1. strange
    
    October 3, 2012 at 9:06 am
    
    Hi Bish! 😛
    
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    1. bish
      
      October 3, 2012 at 11:47 am
      
      Hi Strange!
      o/
      
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rize

October 3, 2012 at 8:27 am

The roof makes it look like a TV/movie set. Other than that, pretty swanky.

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Mr Unicorn

October 3, 2012 at 8:36 am

How much do I have to pay to work for these guys?

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puppylicks

October 3, 2012 at 8:54 am

Of course the ottomans are cubes 🙂

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1. firaenix
  
  October 3, 2012 at 9:28 am
  
  aren’t most?
  
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  1. effluvium-boy
    
    October 3, 2012 at 11:20 am
    
    There are round ottomans, rectangular ottomans…
    There’s a whole world of ottomans out there to discover!
    
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    1. firaenix
      
      October 4, 2012 at 12:11 pm
      
      God I’ve been such a fool!
      ALL THIS WASTED LIFE
      
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phlaiman

October 3, 2012 at 9:05 am

Notch (or whatever interior decorator he paid) has pretty good taste.

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stevorooni

October 3, 2012 at 9:19 am

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yrrnn

October 3, 2012 at 9:29 am

Wow, that’s impressive. But it kind of leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Sure, it’s nice to have a nice office if you can afford it, so you’re more comfortable in your workplace, but this smacks a little of excess.

Plus, where are all the video-game related posters and toys?

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1. That Teemo
  
  October 3, 2012 at 9:38 am
  
  Kind of a “look what I’ve done with all your mobey” thing?
  
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  1. zap
    
    October 3, 2012 at 9:43 am
    
    I don’t like Notch at all, but to be fair, it is *his* money.
    
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  2. Gabbleduck
    
    October 3, 2012 at 9:47 am
    
    Yeah, look what he did with all of your €19.95. How dare he enjoy his success and reward those who work for him on a daily basis.
    
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grandmasterb-funk

October 3, 2012 at 9:42 am

CUE NOTCH HATE IN 3,2,1…

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1. danmazkin
  
  October 3, 2012 at 9:45 am
  
  GOD DAMN I HATE NOTCH. Wait, no, sorry, that’s Nacho’s, not Notch.
  Also, I LOVE Nachos.
  
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thom

October 3, 2012 at 9:45 am

Its not to my taste, but to those of you who are complaining about excess: its his money, and he chose to spend it on his offices, where his employees can enjoy it too. Seems pretty cool to me.

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1. grandmasterb-funk
  
  October 3, 2012 at 9:47 am
  
  NO NOTCH IS THE DEVIL, REMEMBER THE TIME HE MADE THAT REALLY GREAT GAME THAT EVERYONE LOVED, BUT THEN HE WENT AND MADE MONEY OFF IT? THAT ASSHOLE!
  
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  1. thom
    
    October 3, 2012 at 11:25 am
    
    Lol.
    
    I don’t get the Notch hate at all. He made money by making something people love, like Walt Disney.
    
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    1. Data-Cain
      
      October 4, 2012 at 12:35 am
      
      I’d say it comes from the fact that he can be a bit of a douche at times.
      
      I hate how people rave about him being an amazing game developer – he made a sandbox.
      I also hate how people listen to his opinions on programming and take it for fact, even though he takes about 3 months to write a line of code.
      
      While I have no issue with people earning money from things they make, I do feel somewhat ripped of by Notch. While I spent plenty of time digging holes and exploring caves, it never really became more of a game, which I was led to believe it would by Notch. Instead it made butt tonne of money and then just calls it done. >.<
      
      *shrug* I’ll probably keep digging up Minecraft to play from time to time, and I’ll just have to be happy with Terraria to fill the ‘game’ factor! 🙂
      The Terraria Dev’s are almost done with their next game! gonna be sick! 😀
      
      TL DR;
      Notch = Asshat
      Minecraft = Sandbox, with no real ‘game’ content.
      Terraria = Awesome Game
      Starbound gonna be sick!
      
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dyslexic_dev

October 3, 2012 at 9:57 am

I was expecting to see at least one hat rack

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thef7

October 3, 2012 at 9:57 am

As nice as it is, it seems like it belongs to someone in the NRA. Or someone that does a lot of hunting.

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1. effluvium-boy
  
  October 3, 2012 at 11:22 am
  
  Someone who does a lot of hunting would probably have more than one set of antlers on their wall.
  
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Ethan

October 3, 2012 at 10:28 am

Considering Minecraft is the only noteworthy thing Mojang has released, I wonder when the money’s going to run out.

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mrtaco

October 3, 2012 at 10:32 am

Feels like there should be a guy at the door greeting everyone with “Welcome to Club Mojang!”

Pretty cool-lookin place.

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braaains

October 3, 2012 at 10:48 am

Where’s the humidor?

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Joe

October 3, 2012 at 11:09 am

I was expecting things to be a little more… square

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braaains

October 3, 2012 at 11:16 am

I wonder if that’s actually their corporate dress code, or if they just dressed themselves up for the photo shoot. I can’t remember ever seeing a game development studio where people wear ties!

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TheCinnamonBun

October 3, 2012 at 11:51 am

Why do I get the feeling that Notch is running a mafia family on the side :L

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Kolreth

October 3, 2012 at 11:55 am

My only thought is, why would you dramatically change the environment you’ve enjoyed so much success in, esp when it is loaded with a pile of extra distractions?

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stu

October 3, 2012 at 11:56 am

I’m not sold on it. Any place of business that still relies on a wooden globe is clearly behind the times. Haven’t they heard of Google Maps? Maybe that’s why Minecraft looks so bad.

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1. HotDamn!
  
  October 3, 2012 at 12:35 pm
  
  Nice try stu, nice try….
  
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Franz

October 3, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Now THAT’S like a boss.
Judging by the difference in the painted, low walls and the roof, I guess this nice interior was built in some nondescript warehouse so people won’t hassle them. Good idea.

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Dr_Stef

October 3, 2012 at 12:39 pm

Dudes got style that’s for sure

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negativezero

October 3, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Reminds me of pics of the Ion Storm offices. Remember how they spent all their money on their amazing digs and not on actually producing decent games?

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1. Vapor
  
  October 3, 2012 at 4:59 pm
  
  Read Masters Of Doom if you can. There’s a part in it that explains Ion Storms office design choices, and the many problems it caused…
  
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  1. ashuramgs2sub
    
    October 4, 2012 at 12:25 am
    
    Hell, even if you’re not interested in Ion Storm’s office design, everyone should read Masters of Doom. A fantastic read, IMHO.
    
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light487

October 3, 2012 at 1:34 pm

To be fair, other than a few splashes of leather here and there.. the rest of it looks like it came direct from the IKEA catalogue.. Kudos to the interior decorator for pulling off this much style with so little.

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DrCool69

October 3, 2012 at 2:34 pm

Notch sucks but has good taste in office. And he ruined MC. Went downhill, starting with 1.8.

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cordigle

October 3, 2012 at 4:54 pm

Opulent!

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apocalypsing

October 4, 2012 at 2:41 am

Impressive. Compared to their previous office this is a lot nicer. I don’t understand why people hate Notch. To me he seems to be a pretty cool guy. He isn’t hoarding all of his personal assets just for himself, he’s spent some of it on a nice office for all of the employees. There was even a case where he gave a sum of his earnings to other Mojang employees alongside their salaries if I recall correctly, last year. Plus the case where he replied to a question about pirating Minecraft on Twitter, stating that “pirating the game is OK, if you earn enough money, consider buying it”.

The only thing I don’t really like about this office is the television studio appearance the ceiling has.

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