Peter Bishop thinks Notch is a bit of a Diva.

Recently, the final version of Minecraft was made available for sale. This final version, aside from some minor new features, is fundamentally very similar to previous incarnations of the game, with many features that were originally promised not making the final cut. This didn’t deter reviewers from showering the game with praise however. After all, to criticise a game as successful and resonant as Minecraft would be ludicrous despite it’s somewhat questionable development.

What the final version does demonstrate is the attitude of Minecraft’s chief architect Markus ‘Notch’ Persson. Rather than the state of the final version, the largest controversy of the release came from the games launch event MineCon. Held in Las Vegas, MineCon tickets cost as much as £90 and featured presentations from members of the community as well as demonstrations of future products such as the Xbox version of the game and the developer’s next project, Scrolls.

A key part of the Minecraft community is the ‘Yogscast’, a British team of YouTubers who make regular videos about their antics in the game. During their presentation they happened to swear which upset the people who were broadcasting the event, what followed was a very public chastising of them from Notch himself.

TOf Notch’s many inflammatory tweets of one read “Yogscast repeatedly insulted people, talked behind their backs, refused to cooperate, and acted like total spoiled divas nonstop.” Not many people were on Notch’s side, however, with the majority of the community backing Yogscast.

This is because Notch is himself, something of a diva. Having sky-rocketed into public adoration with the success of Minecraft, Notch has developed a somewhat inflated ego.

Previous antics include his legal dispute with Bethesda, who apparently are one of his favourite developers. Notch’s company, Mojang, attempted to place a trademark on the title of their new game Scrolls which would override Bethesda’s trademark of the title The Elder Scrolls and as such the Bethesda sued to protect their brand, and Notch then appealed to his fans over twitter rather than take the lawsuit seriously. He even went as far as to challenge Bethesda to a Quake tournament to settle the issue.

Regardless of whether or not Notch is genuinely brilliant, he is still quickly becoming one of the most controversial people in the games industry today and it’s only fitting that his fate is linked with one of this generation's most iconic games.