The Block Update Podcast

In this episode, Foxy and Slack discuss the DUCK situation in the Minecraft Monthly video as well as getting heated about Mending!

In this episode, Foxy and Slack predict what they think will be in the Minecraft 1.21 update. They both have to predict the overall theme, one new block, one new mob and two wild card features that they think will be included in the game either before or when the next major update releases.

In this episode, Foxy and Slack talk about the upcoming Minecraft Live event, looking through the announcement trailer for spoilers, dissecting the announcement post wording and then discussing why the Mob Vote should not be back this year.

In this episode, Foxy and Slack talk about the Villager Trade Rebalancing Part 2, discussing whether it's a good idea to remove features in the name of balancing the game, or if new features should be added instead.

In this episode, Foxy and Slack go through the usual Feedback, News, Bugdate, Wishlist and Questions. Foxy's microphone starts making strange noises and Slack drinks a real Root Beer!

In this episode, Foxy drinks Root Beer while discussing the first title update for Minecraft Legends. Slack talks about struggling with motivation for Truly Bedrock which leads to a discussion about the state of Minecraft and what needs to be done to save it.

In this episode, Foxy and Slack rant about the New not shaders for bedrock, changes to the EULA and why they want parity for both versions.

In this episode, Foxy and Slack discuss the latest Java snapshot with changes to Librarians and updates to the wandering trader.
As usual they also respond to a whole bunch of feedback, wishes, bug reports and questions!

In this episode, Foxy goes on a mega rant about business costs, VAT and why Tax Write Off's don't really exist.
Slack and Foxy also talk about the upcoming features in 1.20.20 which include crawling, cameras and some custom biome features coming out of experimental. 
As usual they also respond to a whole bunch of feedback, wishes, bug reports and questions!

Foxy questions if he should have spent all of his time making Vanilla Parity add-ons as Mojang keep adding these features to the game. Foxy and Slack also wonder why the Recipe Unlocking has come out of Experimental already when it's still missing significant parity features.

Foxy questions if he should have spent all of his time making Vanilla Parity add-ons as Mojang keep adding these features to the game. Foxy and Slack also wonder why the Recipe Unlocking has come out of Experimental already when it's still missing significant parity features.

In this episode Foxy and Slack answer a lot of questions due to the severe lack of news from Minecraft and Mojang.
It's like they've dissapeared over night!

In this episode Foxy and Slack get annoyed with changes to how add-ons work in the latest Minecraft Bedrock Preview, while also being happy with the changes to how add-ons work in the latest Minecraft Bedrock Preview!

In this episode Foxy gets upset that Twitter deleted his carefully created lists that he uses for gathering Minecraft News for the Podcast. Foxy and Slack discuss the Minecraft Bedrock 1.20.1 Hotfix release that seems totally pointless on the surface, but maybe there's more to it that Mojang aren't telling us about!

In this episode Foxy and Slack get very excited about the possibility of being able to transfer your inventory between servers and Foxy thinks it's possible using the Beta API system.
Foxy also rants about recipe unlocking which has been added to the latest preview of Bedrock Edition.
They also discuss the strange decisions made by Twitch over the last week.
Foxy also rants about how Trail Ruins are a stressful experience.

In this episode Foxy and Slack share their thoughts on the 1.20 release as well as a bunch of issues each update causes with updating worlds, add-ons and packs. Foxy complains about the rarity of Armor Trims, Suspicios Sand and Suspicious Gravel. 
Foxy also rants about recipe unlocking which has been added to the latest preview of Bedrock Edition.
They also discuss the strange decisions made by Twitch over the last week.

In this episode Foxy and Slack talk about what's coming after Minecraft 1.20 and the new JAVA parity features coming in 1.20.10 for Bedrock Edition. They also talk about bugs, answer questions and go through a bunch of feedback and wishes sent in from the listeners.

In this episode Foxy and Slack talk about the lack of information in the 1.20 update changelogs, signifying Minecraft 1.20 is due to release very soon. We also talk about how we love Minecraft, but why neither of us would choose to play it in our spare time anymore.

In this episode Foxy and Slack talk about how close Minecraft 1.20 must be to release including discussing the three recent Minecraft Bedrock and Java edition changelogs. They also discuss the new Better RTX pack made by Madlad and how they've even managed to fix a lot of RTX bugs with the pack and provide glowing entities too.

In this episode Foxy and Slack talk about the new features coming in Minecraft 1.20 as well as the 1.19.80 update for Minecraft Bedrock Edition. They also talk about the lack of accessibility features in Bedrock Edition and why it might be more important to have subtitles than text to speech.

In this episode Foxy and Slack talk about the Minecraft 1.20 previews and betas, what they've done in Minecraft and of course there's quite a long discussion about Minecraft Legends. Minecraft Legends is a really promising game, but it's so lacking in depth, Foxy things it should be free-to-play and monetized by the Marketplace.

In this episode Foxy and Slack talk about changing the podcast name, what they've done in Minecraft and of course there's quite a long discussion about Minecraft's April Fool's update, The Vote Update. The Vote Update has so many of the ideas out of our Good Ideas bin, it seems Jeff has finally managed to start getting them into the game!

In this episode Foxy and Slack change things up a bit by doing our first video version of the podcast where we shared our face cams for the live discord show. We also discussed the feedback about removing the "Our Week" section and added another section to the show called "Our week in Minecraft". As usual we answered a bunch of questions, threw some great ideas into the Good Ideas Bin and talked about the new Dungeons and Dragons DLC for Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

In this episode Foxy and Slack discuss our thoughts on Calibrated Sculk Sensors and Vibrational Resonance. Two new features added into the 1.20 update mix. 
Foxy and Slack also get very exited about the addition of editable signs along with the ability to write on both signs of signs. We also get a glimpse of the Sniffer Egg and how ridiculously big it is as well as the new Pitcher Plant which was one of the last things spoiled by Roger Badgerman who has resigned as a Minecraft leaker.

In this episode Foxy and Slack discuss our thoughts on suspicious gravel and sand as well as debating the regularity of Bedrock Edition's monthly stable release update trend. Foxy gets excited about a new command in Bedrock Edition and we talk in depth about the World Editor Addon for Bedrock which isn't the official Bedrock Editor.
Foxy also rants about Turtle Helmets, Underwater Caves, Deepslate Mining and the Bedrock UI Animations.

But it's a fantastic start!

In this episode Foxy and Slack discuss our thoughts on the controversial vanilla "parity" changes to Minecraft Bedrock Edition as large mobs can no longer be transported in boats.
We also go into great detail about the new Bedrock Editor which is part of Minecraft Preview 1.19.80.20. We discuss what is good about it and also the vast array of things it's missing that would really make it useful.

Mojang cheated with the name reveal hype!

In this episode Foxy and Slack discuss our thoughts on the Minecraft 1.20 Update name reveal as well as how Mojang have handled releasing information and features to us since Minecraft Live 2022. 
We also discuss the Bedrock Edition World Editor as well as sharing strong opinions on the new Minecraft Monthly show format.

What is the next "Ancient" Mob going to be?

In this episode Foxy and Slack discuss our thoughts and feelings about the entire 1.20 featureset now that Mojang have announced there are no more features to be announced.
We also go over quite a lot of bugs affecting Minecraft Bedrock Edition 1.19.60 and add few more ideas to the good ideas bin.

Bedrock 1.19.60 is out and there are a few problems...

In this episode Foxy and Jessiie discuss the latest Minecraft news including Java Editions new display entities, the release of Minecraft Bedrock 1.19.60 stable release and the new 1.19.70 preview and beta.
We also go through a whole load of feedback, wishes and questions.

Mojang are listening to our concerns about Armor Trims... sort of

In this episode Foxy and Jessiie discuss changes Mojang have made to the new Armor Trims to make things a little easier. We also talk about how Villagers are not the solution to all of Minecraft's problems and we talk about note blocks a lot!

Have Mojang made a mistake with their new customization features?

In this episode Foxy and Jessiie go into great detail discussing the new Minecraft Armor Trim system which drastically changes how players upgrade their tools and armor with Netherite. It also introduces a wide range of Armor Customization options using Templates that can be found around the world.
This was a live show episode recording with over 30 people in the Discord listening live.

Is it Archeology? We hope not!

In this episode Foxy and Jessiie talk about Transcribing and Translating YouTube videos into different languages.
We also discuss how we'd feel if Archeology was added to Minecraft in 1.20

We fixed it guys. You're welcome Mojang

In this episode Foxy is extremely tired having not slept much and been streaming every night this week.
As a result, this podcast ended up shorter than we'd normally like, and we missed the BugDate section purely due to tiredness.
Foxy also bashes Epic Games, particularly Fortnite! Perhaps his sleep deprivation means he's a little less forgiving than normal.

Actually, it's been in for ages, but no one noticed!

In this episode we talk about audio devices and hardware for far too long and I also talk about Dwarf Fortress for far too long too!
We talk about how off-hand in Bedrock Edition would be a major game changer and how we think it might work for mobile and console devices.

Should we make a video version?

It's mid-holiday period which means there's absolutely no news, yet somehow, we still manage to make an even longer episode than normal!
Is Replay Mod for Minecraft pointless?
This week Jessiie, Slack and I discuss the pros and cons of producing this podcast as a video as well as an audio feature.

Why do old bugs keep coming back again?

This week Slack and I discuss how removing features from Bedrock Edition for Partiy is not always a bad thing. We discuss Minecraft's new Coze Scenes videos and Element Animations new Xmas song.
We also add a whole bunch of ideas to the Good Ideas bin and get quite technical about recording and editing audio for youtube videos and streams.

Probably the most fun we've had in the Wish List

This week we have BrunoDanUy, a content creator from Uruguay as a guest.
We grill him about how he got into streaming and making YouTube videos and as always, we answer a whole bunch of questions and add several Wish List items into the good ideas bin.
We also cover the news of Minecraft JAVA 1.19.3 release as well as the Minecraft Bedrock 1.19.51 hotfix.

This week we discuss opening our Patreon as well as Foxy's epic and expensive journey through Podcast land.
We also talk about the crazy power of AI Chatbot and go over the Minecraft News and updates as usual. We delve into some new bugs for Minecraft 1.19.50 in the Bugdate and then add a whole bunch of Wish List items to the good ideas bin.
Finally we end with a Quiz.

This week we've all had a long week which we go into in quite some detail.
Also, we talk about self hosting the podcast and what that means about starting a Patreon for the podcast to help towards the ongoing running costs be.

In today's podcast, we finaly discover the use for the Goat Horn! Also.... The first Minecraft 1.19 Snapshot is here!

Is Bedrock Edition is closing the door on community customisation?
In today's podcast, we explore how Minecraft Bedrock Edition seems to be locking out customisation in preference to pushing marketplace across different devices.

In today's podcast, we explore what's going on in Minecraft.

In today's podcast, we explore what coming next in Minecraft.

Foxy Rants about Mojang's Official Design Solutions for Mob Pathfinding & XP Farms

Slack is still unwell so Jessiie B is back for another talk with Foxy about Minecraft news and features.

Slack is unwell so Jessiie B stands in to talk with Foxy about Minecraft news and features.

Happy New Year!
Slack and Foxy have a Q&A special due to the lack of news over the Holiday Season.

It’s Christmas time and we have an extra long episode to celebrate! This week we talk about content creator issues, changes to Discord as well as reminiscing about good times Slack and Foxy have shared over the years.

This week we talk about some nasty bugs and news surrounding Minecraft as well as discussing how SlackLizard and Foxy first met.

This week we talk about the release of Minecraft 1.18 and our experiences of it so far. We cover the darker caves, new mob spawning experiences and our severe lack of coal.

In this episode we also cover a handful of interesting bugs as well as other news reports such as CubedHost shutting down, Minecraft Dungeons update and the new Minecraft Now Official Livestreams.

I talk about dealing with COPPA for YouTube content creators and the issues with Minecraft Bedrock Edition and Realms in particular.

I talk about YouTube's Content ID copyright claim system and how I'm using it to my advantage as well as some horrendous game breaking bugs from the Bedrock 1.11 Village and Pillage Update and finally I discuss some of my concerns about Minecraft Earth and how I think Minecraft Dungeons will be amazing and hopefully bring new combat to the core Minecraft Experience

I drop some big news about my Minecraft Bedrock Survival Realm as well as talking about the latest Bedrock Edition 1.11 Village and Pillage Update. I also talk about the Truly Bedrock SMP and what I've been doing for the last 11 weeks.

Have Mojang made a Big Mistake adding Foxes and Fox Hunting Mechanics into the Game? I discuss that and also my channel, Truly Bedrock and other Minecraft News.

I discuss what will be included in the Minecraft Bedrock Edition 1.9 Village and Pillage Update and what might be left out. I also speculate on the release date as well as discuss new feaures including the campfire, shields, foxes and other 1.9 update features.

I discuss how the developers of the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft must find it difficult to deal with the waves of negativity they have to endure via social media and other platforms.
I ask listeners to take a more positive approach to critical feedback and encourage them to have faith in Mojang.

I discuss how the developers of the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft are ignoring their fans and focussing on driving sales and how they could generate even more revenue by listening to some of their negative feedback.

I discuss how the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft still has some game breaking bugs and how the developers use content creators to drive sales.
I also touch on Article 13 again to clarify some points from the last podcast.

I discuss bad language and how it shouldn't be used as an influencer to younger people.
I also talk about the new lanterns, minecraft textures and why The Super Duper Graphics Pack is so delayed.

I discuss the how Minecraft Bedrock Edition is different from Minecraft JAVA Edition and why that is ok.
I also talk about the new blocks being added to the Minecraft 1.14 Village and Pillage update and what they might do.

In this episode I share a little about my family life as well as discussing my thoughts on the recent Update Aquatic feature on Minecraft Bedrock and JAVA Editions.

I also discuss some key differences between JAVA & Bedrock edition and then go on to talk about my thoughts so far on the upcoming Minecraft 1.14 Village and Pillage Update.

During the episode I explain why Bedrock Mob Spawners wont' work like JAVA Edition ones and how you can improve them.