Minecraft version 1.6 adds horsies

Minecraft is updating to 1.6 on July 1. The so-called "Horse Update" will include horses, donkeys, mules, and yes, horse armor.

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Minecraft is preparing to update to version 1.6, lovingly dubbed the "Horse Update" for obvious reasons. Of course, the patch includes a few other features as well. The official release is scheduled for July 1.

The update notes detail the changes and bug fixes. It adds a horse (of course, of course), along with donkeys, mules. It also lets you use leads for your horses, and "horse armor" for fans of Internet humor circa 2006. Other additions include carpets, hardened and stained clay, blocks of coal, name tags, and hay bales. Texture packs are now "resource" packs so they can also hold sound, and the food meter will be drained if you get healed by a full food meter.

Finally, the notes detail a number of bug fixes as well, like game crashing with a single-frame compass, and being unable to hit mobs while jumping on horses. That last one seems especially important, because if you can't smack mobs around from your mighty steed, what's the point?

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    June 25, 2013 11:00 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Minecraft version 1.6 adds horsies.

    Minecraft is updating to 1.6 on July 1. The so-called "Horse Update" will include horses, donkeys, mules, and yes, horse armor.

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      June 25, 2013 11:14 AM

      It has dawned on me that Minecraft + Attack on Titan would be scary as fuck.

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        June 25, 2013 12:20 PM

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        June 25, 2013 2:19 PM

        I'm thinking more of an action-based Shadow of the Colossus with Demon's Souls difficulty for an Attack on Titan game. Demon's Souls difficulty because in Attack on Titan humans get their ass kicked.

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      June 25, 2013 11:42 AM

      That's actually pretty cool. I really haven't touched this game in almost a year now. I'm afraid to even get back into it, considering how much time I put in for over a year there.

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        June 25, 2013 1:09 PM

        I'm pretty excited to get back into it once my Oculus Rift shows up but I'm holding off until then.

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          June 25, 2013 1:43 PM

          god I wonder what the caves are like. they scare the shit out of me on a regular monitor and headphones.

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            June 25, 2013 4:09 PM

            I'm actually not sure i could do it. The feeling of claustrophobia would be incredible.

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              June 25, 2013 4:47 PM

              I'm really looking forward to it if they'd just ship me the damn thing!

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