The story of Minecraft and its creator Notch is one of the saddest in gaming history
via polygon.com
Short excerpt below. Read at the original source.
I think it has only ever happened twice. You can’t even put the achievements of, say, Shigeru Miyamoto in the same bracket. The creator of Mario was working collaboratively, with Takashi Tezuka and many others, as a salaried employee making products, however divinely inspired.