<P> Minecraft has been referenced by other video games, such as RuneScape, Torchlight II, Borderlands 2, Choplifter HD, Super Meat Boy, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Binding of Isaac, The Stanley Parable, and FTL: Faster Than Light . It was also referenced by electronic music artist deadmau5 in his performances . A simulation of the game was featured in Lady Gaga's "G.U.Y." music video . The game is also referenced heavily in "Informative Murder Porn", the second episode of the seventeenth season of the animated television series South Park . "Luca $", the seventeenth episode of the 25th season of the animated sitcom The Simpsons was inspired by Minecraft; Persson responded by tweeting "I'm not sure how I feel about it ." </P> <P> After the release of Minecraft, some video games were released with various similarities with Minecraft, and some were called "clones" of the game . Examples include Ace of Spades, CastleMiner, CraftWorld, FortressCraft, Terraria, and Total Miner . David Frampton, designer of The Blockheads, reported that one failure of his 2D game was the "low resolution pixel art" that too closely resembled the art in Minecraft which resulted in "some resistance" from fans . A homebrew adaptation of the alpha version of Minecraft for the Nintendo DS, titled DScraft, has been released; it has been noted for its similarity to the original game considering the technical limitations of the system . </P> <P> In response to Microsoft's acquisition of Mojang and their Minecraft IP, various developers announced even further clone titles that were being developed specifically for Nintendo's consoles, as they were the only major platforms to not officially receive Minecraft at the time . These clone titles include UCraft (Nexis Games), Cube Life: Island Survival (Cypronia), Discovery (noowanda), Battleminer (Wobbly Tooth Games), Cube Creator 3D (Big John Games), and Stone Shire (Finger Gun Games). Despite this the fears were unfounded with official Minecraft releases on Nintendo consoles eventually resuming . </P> <P> In 2012, Mojang received offers from Hollywood producers who wanted to produce Minecraft - related TV shows; however, Mojang stated that they would only engage in such projects when "the right idea comes along". By February 2014, Persson revealed that Mojang was in talks with Warner Bros. regarding a Minecraft film. and by that October, it was "in its early days of development". The film will be released on 24 May 2019, and is being co-directed by Shawn Levy and Rob McElhenney and written by Jason Fuchs . </P>

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