For the uninformed, Minecraft is a popular game wherein you do a lot of stuff, often with other people.
Yes, I realize that’s kind of vague, but that’s the sort of game it is. The main draw for me personally is the building. Structures, that is. Huge, MASSIVE structures that blot out the sun!
ahem.
…But that’s not all that’s there. Not by a longshot. It also presents a versatile board for modeling all kinds of complex circuitry, a genuinely engaging survival experience, and library of mods so extensive that with them you can do pretty much anything and everything not already included. And that’s not even comprehensive. Basically what I’m saying is that it’s a big deal.
So let’s talk Minecraft.
I started playing Minecraft about 2 and a half years ago when I won it in a contest by being better at random games and stuff then a bunch of other people. I found it okay for a while but not too engaging, then on a whim I connected to a Multiplayer server run by a Podcast I regularly listen to and never looked back. Turns out that building stuff like this:
…is a lot more satisfying when you can talk to people and can go check out their stuff while you’re doing it.
So needless to say, I spend a lot of time playing Minecraft. Perhaps equally needless to say is that when you spend a lot of time doing something, you will inevitably be drawn to enter contests about it Which brings us too…
Apparently I can’t Embed this!
And I’m about done linking stuff now. For this week anyway. I’m not really sure what to say beyond here but to, uh, look some of this stuff up yourself? I mean, I can guarantee you that there is enough Minecraft stuff on everywhere to keep yourself busy for about forever. For me to even attempt to talk about it beyond what I’ve already done seems fairly redundant. So instead I’ll cut this one a little short (Pictures are worth, like, 50 words a pop anyway, right?) leave off with this: I thought it would be way easier to rant about Minecraft for an hour. >_<
All Minecraft pictures present in this post are courtesy of myself. ;p