GHOST IN THE MACHINE

HEROBRINE: a decade-old Minecraft legend both exposed and made real

Rich Stanton

Herobrine is a legend in Minecraft, the star of a creepypasta not dissimilar to Slender Man. The character appears in singleplayer games, so the story went, where he does weird things like carving 2 x 2 tunnels in the rocks or cutting all the leaves off of trees; he looks identical to the default Minecraft skin, but with white, empty eyes. First reported in a 2010 4chan post, Herobrine went unnoticed until a streamer named Copeland shared several images ‘proving’ the odd character’s existence. Stories of the spooky ghost miner began to rise to prominence alongside Minecraftitself in the early 2010s. BRICKING IT LIKE ALL GOOD LEGENDS, THIS ONE HAD A HOOK IN THE REAL WORLD Like all good legends, this one had a hook in the real world: Herobrine…

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PC Gamer United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2021

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