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He [mocked Microsoft’s acquisition ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At325BJ-xQ4)of its maker Mojang in the format of the game and, in a 2012 mock review of Minecraft for Xbox 360, described players as “young people \[who\] really can’t see well…people who have never seen what a real house looks like, and \[who\] like depressing climates.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3686106/conan-obrien-minecraft/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3686106/conan-obrien-minecraft/"},"headline":"Here's What Conan's Show Would Look Like in Minecraft","datePublished":"2015-01-28T18:14:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:20.173Z","description":"Game on","url":"https://time.com/3686106/conan-obrien-minecraft/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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