The creator of hit video game franchise Minecraft has been erased from Minecraft's splash screens after posting a series of offensive tweets.
The update removes references to Notch from the yellow text that pops on the game's opening screen. That text would display random messages, some of which read"Made by Notch!" or"The Work Of Notch!"Here is why 'Minecraft' — the game Microsoft paid $2.5 billion for — is so incredible
Microsoft, which owns Minecraft, has yet to explain its decision. But the update coincides with the 39-year-old Swede posting a series of questionable remarks on social media in recent weeks. On March 19, Persson tweeted"I'd rather be a fascist c*** than have a feminine dick, so gladly!" . In another tweet, which has also been deleted, Persson reportedlyMany of Persson's 3.7 million followers took issue with the tweets. One suggested that Persson take a break from Twitter"for [his] own health," .
In 2017, another controversial Persson tweet read"", thereby appearing to endorse an online conspiracy theory of the same name. The"Pizzagate" conspiracy theory — which came to prominence during the 2016 US presidential election cycle —that Comet Ping Pong pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C. hosts a child sex abuse ring intertwined with various members of the Democratic Party.
More recently, Persson appeared to endorse"QAnon", a bizarre and incoherent conspiracy theory that top Hollywood and political figures are involved in pedophile rings and other conspiracies."Q is legit," he
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