Updated the OP
Feel free to suggest any changes or additions that should be made, really I haven't been in the scene to much in the last year or so, so I am sure there are improvements to be made.
Old OP of the nostalgia:
So I have been playing a lot of Minecraft recently...
Now you have probably at least heard of minecraft and the crazy stuff that people have made with the game by now, unless you have been living under a rock. If not head over to (Official site, PCgamer intro, awesome stuff people have done)
So like I was saying I have been playing a bunch of minecraft (I stopped playing starcraft 2 for a day or 2) single player. What started as just checking out the game to see what all the fuss was about has turned in to one of the most fun gaming experiences I have had in ages. The deceptively simple mechanics and procedurally generated world (I have to admit I love games that feature this) just drew me in.
The game has no real goal other than survival, and that can be pretty much be accomplished by punching the ground until there is a hole and using one of the blocks to cap the pit and just leaving it at that. Now I probably should explain what you are trying to survive, the game has a day night cycle and during the night various creatures of the night spread out and try to kill you. to survive you must create protection, this can be in the form of a fort of some kind, or by forging weapons and crafting armour. In the start a fort or I guess a hole is the only real form of protection. I guess I should also mention that the game is made up of large square boxes that can be destroyed, and when they are destroyed they will usually drop a material, for example a dirt box will drop a block of dirt that can be then replaced in the world (this is how you build things) or destroying a tree trunk will drop a block of wood that can be used to craft basic items (well can be turned into planks with can be turned into sticks, the two of which are you most basic crafting materials). once you have some basic tools you can start adventuring and mining for better materials like metal etc which can be used to make better tools.
One of the major draws of Minecraft IMO is the sense of discovery and mastery of the world around you. As you mine down for example you can discover caverns where monsters hide or even rivers of lava. you just never know what is going to show up next.
So anyway there are probably people better suited to explaining the game than me so if you want more info feel free to brows around. Anyone with any questions feel free to ask and I will try to answer them with my limited knowledge of the game. And if you play feel free to post your thoughts or tails of your adventures in this thread. I will probably post some more thoughts and adventures as I play more.
If this thread doesn't make any sense keep in mind that it's like 4 A.M. where I am lol...
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