Minecraft'A Cinderella story for the digital age' Observer Just a few years ago, Markus Persson was a bored IT developer in Stockholm. In the evenings, he toiled away on a labour of love a game with a tiny but dedicated online following. It was called Minecraft and Markus released it to the world in early 2009. The game itself looks deceptively simple. It resembles a digital version of Lego bricks stacked on top of each other, giving players a world where they