Minecraft is an adventure/creative game created by the indie (not affiliated with the big video game companies) developer Mojang. Minecraft started out on the PC, but now has a smaller version both on the Xbox 360 and any Apple products. The story of Minecraft is this: You awake and find yourself on an abandoned island with no other humans left. You then make the world as you see fit. First you need to MINE raw materials, which starts as you punching a tree until a small wood block falls out. You then CRAFT this wood block into, say, a pickaxe which you use to dig up cobblestone, which you use to make a furnace, and so on. Also in the world is a plethora of animals, which you have to kill to gain their items, like you have to slaughter a sheep to get wool to make a bed with, a cow to harvest leather to make armor with, and so on. The very first thing to do is to make a house. House construction can be made out of wood, stone, dirt, sand, really anything you want it to. Now you are probably saying "Where is the challenge in making a house?". Well, your best bet is to make one before dark. Because after dark, the creatures of the night begin to spawn. Zombies, Skeletons, giant Spiders, freaky Endermen, and the most nefarious enemy of them all: The Creeper. Now you are probably wondering why a creeper is so nefarious. These guys seem to have great pleasure in walking up to your newly constructed house, and deciding to blow themselves up, just because they can.
And this is what makes Minecraft so much fun. The ability to do whatever you feel like, coupled with the awesome music score and the constant fear of your beloved house falling victim to explosions makes this a game like no other.
Abbott Abacus:
That sounds pretty cool. I might just have to try it.
ReplyDeleteI've heard so much about this game, but I've never really given it much thought. After this though, I may have to look into it!
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