an awesome game released in mid 2010 by european indie developer "Notch."
the main hook of the game is its presentation; imagine if the world was made up of one meter
cubed blocks which represented different materials, such as wood, stone, sand or diamonds. now imagine a world like that that is eight times larger than the surface of the earth and has zombies, skeletons, tarantulas, and zombies riding skeletons that emerge at night, plus a bizarre nether world populated by zombie
pig people that are docile until you attack, and giant, firespittting
jelly fish. imagine all that, then add the ability to
dig deep into the earth and harvest materials. then also add the ability to take these resources and build a plethora of objects, such as houses, pickaxes, and furnaces. then add multiplayer, and you have minecraft. in short, it is awesome, and you will sink hours into it, wanting to find rare blocks lik e gold, diamond, or
red stone.
Mike: Hey Jim, have you ever played Minecraft?
Jim: Hell yeah, I even found a
vein of
red stone 12 blocks large once. I was able to create a whole rail car system that
spanned my Minecraft world!
Mike: Awesome!
