The Problem With Minecraft

If you haven't at least heard of this game yet then either you're the type of person who thinks the X-Factor produces talent, or you've recently awoken from a coma inside the last two hours.

Minecraft is an open-world experience that is akin to owning every Lego block in existence, in which zombies occasionally show up, there is no story, plot or dialogue, just you, your tools and a whole lotta dirt.

The problem with this open-endedness however is that you have to set your own goals, and when someone comes up with a good goal, they'll keep playing until they've accomplished it... Even if it takes 12 hours... Minecraft is a ridiculously addictive game that just eats up so much time without you noticing, it's addictiveness lies in it's simplicity and immersivness, without cutscenes, drama or much music you don't always notice that it's just a game...

You start off in at your spawn point on a completely randomly generated map,  you can collect wood by chopping it down with your bare hand, create planks from the wood, craft a workbench, craft a wooden pick, mine some stone, craft a stone pick, mine some coal, craft some torches and then huddle down in your hastily dug cave for the night and cry til all the monsters go away. Before you know it five hours have passed and you're putting the finishing touches to your humongous fort.

If you want to start playing then you can download the game officially from the site (which I'm not bothered inserting a link for) or you can download it illegally (which I'm so not condoning... :L)

Also check out some Let's Plays on YouTube, especially SeaNanners, Yogscast, and X.


Til next time,
Over and out.

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