Nathan Adams
| Real name |
Nathan Adams |
|---|---|
| Date of birth |
July 23, 1991 (age 34)[1] |
| Occupation |
Software Engineer |
| Nationality | |
| Known for |
Bukkit |
| Website | |
| Wiki name |
Dinnerbone-gpuser[note 1] |
| Reddit name | |
| X (Twitter) username | |
| Bluesky username | |
| GitHub profile | |
| Bug tracker profile | |
| YouTube channel | |
| Minecraft names |
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| “ |
|
„ |
| — Marc Watson[6][7] |
Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams is a Software Engineer[8] at Mojang Studios who works on Java Edition and the Minecraft Launcher.
About
A common trope attributed to Dinnerbone is that he is commonly displayed as being upside-down.[9][10] His Twitter avatar is flipped[11] and his user model (as well as any mob named "Dinnerbone") is rendered upside-down.[10] Shortly after starting Bukkit, Dinnerbone was hired by Curse where he worked until joining Mojang Studios on February 28, 2012 to develop the mod API.[12][13] In October 2015, he announced that he would be "taking a break from Minecraft PC development for a few months."[14] Later, in February 2016, he further elaborated that though he would continue on other projects at Mojang, he had left the Minecraft team.[15] On February 6, 2017, Dinnerbone confirmed he had rejoined the Minecraft team.[16] On July 30, 2022, he claimed that he had been off work for 1.5 years for his health.[17] On February 18, 2025, he announced that he's coming back on developing Minecraft.[18]
Biography
Nathan Adams is originally from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. He learned programming through creating MSN bots at age 10.[5][19] After finishing secondary school, Dinnerbone was rejected from college,[20] so he found a job with a tiny web development company, but was made redundant after a few years.
Aleksandra Zajac (MissMarzenia) is his fiancée.[21] He announced on August 24, 2016 that he and Aleksandra were expecting a baby boy.[22][23] The baby was later born on October 2, 2016.[24]
Videos
- Dinnerbone in the Java Account Migration videos
Trivia
- Dinnerbone is red-green colorblind, which is the most common type of colorblindness.[25]
- This is why rubies were replaced by emeralds.
- Dinnerbone's username is a tribute to an old friend of his named Teabone (T-bone).[26]
- Dinnerbone's favorite color is blue, his favorite foods are lasagna and pizza, and his "guilty pleasure" is milkshakes.[27]
- If the player uses a name tag titled "Dinnerbone", on most mobs it will turn upside-down. This naturally extends to himself. The same effect is applied when naming a mob "Grumm".
- Dinnerbone could sometimes be found on the MindCrack server with other YouTubers.
- Dinnerbone was a member of the Hermitcraft server during its early days.
- Dinnerbone's bodyguard in A Fun Announcement by Dinnerbone flipped him right side up. He remains this way throughout both migration videos.
- Dinnerbone makes an appearance in the trailer for Element Animation's "T.E.A.V.S.R.P" (The Element Animation Villager Sounds Resource Pack),[28] which would later be used for an April Fools' Day joke.
Gallery
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Old photo of Dinnerbone -
Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2010–2016 -
Adams' old Twitter avatar -
Adams' official Mojang avatar from 2016–present -
![Adams' Minecraft skin[9]](./_assets_/58dd32c320dfa6f4457f46b502324d01.png)
Adams' Minecraft skin[9] -
His player model right side up -
Dinnerbone preparing to go door-knocking at players' doors in the Java Account Move video on the Minecraft YouTube channel. -
Dinnerbone getting trampled by a pig. -
Dinnerbone right side up (and the world upside down) -
All the games in Dinnerbone's Mojang account
Notes
- ↑ Nathan's Minecraft wiki name automatically changed from "Dinnerbone" to "Dinnerbone-gpuser" during the Fandom account merge.
References
- ↑ Special:Diff/454363
- ↑ "I'm a Swedish citizen! Omg!" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), March 21, 2019
- ↑ "People always expect that I'm Swedish. Surprise, I'm British, I moved to Sweden! That makes me one of those scary immigrant people ;)" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), November 2, 2018
- ↑ "Achievement get: First person to have multiple Minecraft games on his Mojang account. dinnerbone.com/media/uploads…" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), July 16, 2013
- ↑ a b https://reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce4xre4?context=1
- ↑ Special:Diff/329409
- ↑ "Learned how to edit the Minecraft wiki. Am I doing it right?" – @Marc_IRL (Marc Watson) on X (formerly Twitter), June 18, 2012
- ↑ https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits
- ↑ a b "So I'm thinking it's time for me to actually have a real Minecraft skin, and not this silly upside down one. To the pixelmakingmachine!" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), September 30, 2012
- ↑ a b https://reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce4vtm7/
- ↑ "Things I've learned this week: Turn your avatar upside down, and you'll get lots of messages from helpful people pointing it out to you." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), September 13, 2013
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/s0pqt/i_am_nathan_adams_aka_dinnerbone_developer_of/c4a68cn?context=1
- ↑ http://forums.bukkit.org/threads/bukkit-the-next-chapter.62489/
- ↑ "After that I'm taking a break from Minecraft PC development for a few months. I will be focusing on the new launcher & other cool projects!" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), October 15, 2015
- ↑ "@half_decent I don't work on Minecraft anymore :)" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), February 19, 2016
- ↑ "Spent today moving desks at Mojang... Oh hey, I'm rejoining the Minecraft PC team! It's been so long, so much has changed!" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), February 6, 2017
- ↑ "To those mailing/tweeting/DMing/etc me blaming & insulting me about some Minecraft stuff: I've been off work for 1.5 years for my health. I physically can't get out of bed most of the time and it's getting worse by the day. I have nothing to do with anything you're upset over." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), July 30, 2022
- ↑ [https://bsky.app/profile/dinnerbone.com/post/3lihzvfzgxk2n "Hello world! 🙃 I'm alive! Kinda! Ish! I've managed to go to the mojang office 5 whole times this year! That's a big achievement for my health and I'm pretty proud. Now I'm hard at work doing [things] on Minecraft, and I feel like it's going pretty well so far! So many deleted lines of code!"] – @dinnerbone.com on Bluesky, February 18, 2025
- ↑ http://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2014/02/20/chatting-with-nathan-adams-and-erik-broes-of-minecraft/
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1t6qn7/i_am_dinnerbone_a_minecraft_developer_ask_me/ce5pwb1?context=1
- ↑ "@Evangeder @KebabuTurka My fiancee, @MissMarzenia, is polish :)" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), May 7, 2013
- ↑ "Lots of people asking why I won't be going to Minecon. It's because I'll be too busy learning how to use these!" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), August 24, 2016
- ↑ "(It's gonna be a boy. If it were a girl, it'd be "Wednesday Adams" no question.)" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), August 24, 2016
- ↑ "Hello, world." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), October 2, 2016
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/archive/future-updates/384441-1-5-new-blocks-items?comment=11
- ↑ "@XxzJackozxX I once, long ago when I was new to the whole interwebs thing, knew a cool guy named Teabone. I took this name in respect to him" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), September 19, 2012
- ↑ "My guilty pleasure is milkshakes. I love milkshakes.
Today I went to go get a nice strawberry milkshake at this new place that opened near me. They accidentally used ketchup instead of strawberry jam and oh my gosh do I hate ketchup. What a mistake to make! 🤢" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), December 1, 2018 - ↑ "The Element Animation Villager Sounds Resource Pack (T.E.A.V.S.R.P.)" – Element Animation on YouTube, February 8, 2014
