Nathan Adams

Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams is a technical director at Mojang Studios who worked on, and its launcher. A member of the Bukkit team, Adams was hired by Mojang on February 28, 2012 to develop the mod API. His first day at the Mojang office was March 27, 2012, shortly before the first development snapshots for version Java Edition 1.3.1.

A common trope attributed to Dinnerbone is that he is commonly displayed as being upside-down. His Twitter avatar is flipped and his user model, as well as any mob named "Dinnerbone", is rendered upside-down.

In October 2015, he announced that he would be "taking a break from Minecraft PC development for a few months." Later, in February 2016, he further elaborated that though he would continue on other projects at Mojang, he had left the Minecraft team. During this time, he worked on the 2017 native launcher. On February 6, 2017, Dinnerbone confirmed he had rejoined the Minecraft team. On July 30, 2022, he claimed that he had been off work for 1.5 years for his health.

Biography
Nathan Adams is originally from Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. He says he learned programming through creating MSN bots at age 10. After finishing secondary school, Dinnerbone was rejected from college, so he found a job with a tiny web development company, but was made redundant after a few years. Shortly after starting Bukkit, Dinnerbone was hired by Curse where he worked until joining Mojang Studios. Aleksandra Zajac (MissMarzenia) is his fiancée. He announced on August 24, 2016 that he and Aleksandra were expecting a baby boy. The baby was later born on October 2, 2016.

Videos

 * Dinnerbone in the Java Account Migration videos

Trivia

 * Dinnerbone is red-green colorblind, the most common type of colorblindness.
 * This reason is why rubies were replaced by Emeralds as the primary currency for the game.
 * Dinnerbone's username is a tribute to an old friend of his named Teabone (T-bone).
 * Dinnerbone's favorite color is blue, his favorite foods are lasagna and pizza, and his "guilty pleasure" is milkshakes.
 * Dinnerbone hates fish and ketchup.
 * Dinnerbone does not drink alcohol.
 * If the player names any mob with a name tag with the name "Dinnerbone", the mob flips upside down. This naturally extends to himself. A similar effect is applied when naming a mob "Grumm".
 * Dinnerbone could sometimes be found on the MindCrack server with other famous YouTubers.
 * Dinnerbone was a member of the popular Hermitcraft server during its early days.
 * Dinnerbone's bodyguard in a Java Account Move video flipped him right side up. He remains this way throughout both migration videos.
 * In a Java Account Move video, someone asked Dinnerbone if he was LunchMuscle.