From the linked article: <i>&quot;...when Facebook acquired Oculus in July 2014, Notch “blew up about it,” as Carmack puts it. Notch referred to the social media company as “creepy” and publicly stated that it wasn’t the partner he was envisioning when he backed the original Oculus Rift when it was just a Kickstarter project.&quot;</i><p>The more I read about Notch, the more I&#x27;m convinced that Microsoft&#x27;s acquisition of Mojang and getting him out of the scene was the best thing for Minecraft.  He strikes me as an incredibly fortunate but oddly emotional individual who was way over his head once his creation took off.