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Minecraft Documentary Making TV Debut This Weekend

"The Story of Mojang" will make its TV debut March 22 on Fusion; "Talking Minecraft" episode to air immediately after.

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Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, the well-received documentary about the popular game and its origins, will make its TV debut this weekend. The Fusion network has announced that it will air the documentary on Sunday, March 22 at 8 PM EDT.

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Immediately following the documentary at 10 PM, Fusion will broadcast a Talking Bad-style show called "Talking Minecraft" that digs deeper into the sandbox superhit.

This show will be hosted by YouTube personalities including Jordan "Captain Sparklez" Maron along with “JeromeASF" Aceti.

Talking Minecraft aims to continue the conversation around Minecraft and its impact and influence on the gaming world, featuring interviews with the movie's key producers and some video game industry experts.

More information about Talking Minecraft is available at the show's website.

Minecraft: The Story of Mojang was produced by 2Player Productions. The film, funded on Kickstarter, was originally released in 2012. It tells the story of how the game rose to prominence from its humble origins.

The story of Minecraft is an ongoing one, which likely explains why Fusion is airing the documentary and creating its own exclusive content around the game. While other indie games have come and gone, Minecraft didn't fade away--instead, it's growing.

In September 2014, technology giant Microsoft paid $2.5 billion to buy Mojang and the Minecraft franchise. A movie based on the series is in the works, the next MineCon is taking place this summer, and the game recently added content based on The Simpsons. Just last month, the PC version of the game had 1 million people playing at the same time.

Creator Markus "Notch" Persson has since left Mojang. He outbid Beyonce and Jay-Z for a $70 million mansion in Beverly Hills and threw one heck of a housewarming party. Persson has since discussed his decision to sell Minecraft to Microsoft, saying he sometimes feels like a "sellout."

Minecraft has also been controversial of late, as Turkey is considering banning the game over its depictions of violence.

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