My son is 9 years old and has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He was granted a wish from Make A Wish and I’ve been talking with him to try to help him come up with a wish. He’s been playing Minecraft more than half of his life and it’s his favorite thing in the world. His wish is to see the headquarters where his favorite game is made. First he asked to go to Mojang in Sweden but from what I read online, it’s just a bunch of offices and maybe not as magical as he thinks. I don’t know much about the US Mojang headquarters in Redmond, WA but maybe that would be a better destination for his wish?
Maybe there is a better idea for a Minecraft related wish? Maybe attend the movie premiere for the Minecraft movie? Or is there some other Minecraft destination that should be on our radar?
I just want his wish to be truly magical and I’m worried that visiting an office building might not be the right ask. What ideas do you have?
by HakSawJak
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I did Make A Wish as a child, this was 20 years ago. They did not do international wishes at that time.
Maybe wish to meet Jack Black and tell the coordinators about his love for Minecraft.
I loved video games and Xbox, i ended up in Seattle at Xbox studios and got to have a meal with Bill Gates.
Don’t make him see the movie… The community agreed it sucked
As a 21 year old man, I would absolutely go crazy if I got to meet Jack Black (Minecraft Movie Steve), and I’m sure your kid would feel the same way.. especially if y’all watched a few more Jack Black movies like Kung Fu Panda. Just a thought!
I highly recommend you reach out to Mojang (Make A Wish can probably help with that) and explain your situation to them. The people there will know what possibilities there are, and chances are they’ll be able to arrange things that we wouldn’t even think of. Given how popular this game is, it wouldn’t surprise me if they’ve done this sort of thing for lots of other children.
> First he asked to go to Mojang in Sweden but from what I read online, it’s just a bunch of offices and maybe not as magical as he thinks.
It is indeed just an office building, but he might still enjoy it depending on his interests. A lot of well-known Minecraft developers work there, so chances are he might get to meet some of the people he looks up to. They might also be able to show him some of the behind-the-scenes stuff that happens during development, which can be super interesting as well. Bet they’ve got some cool prototypes and other work-in-progress stuff laying around that they might be able to show off as well.
Maybe take him to the Minecraft movie set to see the movie in making and talk to the actors you don’t know maybe he could even put his own sentence in the movie like “he’s a friend from work” in thor Ragnarok
To see the mojang Studios could be very cool. To see how the game is made and so on, maybe it is possible to meet Jeb because he is one of the lead persons which created minecraft and is still the lead Designer and chief creative officer at mojang