{"id":63115,"date":"2014-04-07T12:15:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T10:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=63115"},"modified":"2014-04-07T12:19:57","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T10:19:57","slug":"the-simpsons-does-a-minecraft-couch-gag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/63115-the-simpsons-does-a-minecraft-couch-gag","title":{"rendered":"The Simpsons does a Minecraft couch gag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Simpsons&#8217; intro sequence couch gag is a veritable cultural phenomenon, much like the astoundingly successful little sandbox game Minecraft.<\/p>\n<p>And so, The Simpsons creators paid homage to game in the latest episode (broadcast on 6 April 2014) with a Minecraft inspired couch gag.<\/p>\n<p>Minecraft creator, Markus &#8220;Notch&#8221; Persson found out about it via Twitter, and expressed his surprise:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Simpsons did a Minecraft couch gag. I&#8217;m not sure how I feel about it.<\/p>\n<p>I STILL feel a bit like it&#8217;s just this small game I made at home. It&#8217;s so weird to have all these things happen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Catch this recording of the couch gag below before the Fox sharks catch wind of it and ruin everyone&#8217;s fun.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ywlKN02G-go?rel=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a title=\"Eurogamer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2014-04-07-watch-the-simpsons-minecraft-themed-intro\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/63105-watch-dogs-recommended-pc-specs-will-make-you-cry.html\">Watch Dogs recommended PC specs will make you cry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/63098-dota-2-international-tickets-sell-out-in-under-an-hour.html\">Dota 2 International tickets sell out in under an hour<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/63096-giant-game-of-tetris-played-on-skyscraper.html\">Giant game of Tetris played on skyscraper<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/63077-former-silent-hill-the-witcher-devs-announce-horror-game.html\">Former Silent Hill, The Witcher devs announce horror game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cultural landmark The Simpsons pays homage to one of gaming&#8217;s greatest success stories with a Minecraft-themed couch gag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":63119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,881,333,12261],"class_list":["post-63115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-markus-persson","tag-minecraft","tag-the-simpsons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63122,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63115\/revisions\/63122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}