Monday, October 18, 2010

[Review] Minecraft

Holy shit. If a game has ever had the gaming world held by the balls, it's this game. If you're even half aware of the interwebz then you've probably at least heard of it by now. The game was created by one dude, most likely in a basement somewhere, and has graphics that are a lot like the 3D maze screen saver from Windows 95.

 These extremely blocky skeletons want my blood. Luckily there's a door in the way, putting a severe flaw into the undead's attack plan.

You might be thinking to yourself right now, "What is minecraft? And why is it so popular?" Well, I would like to tell you, but I really don't have an answer. I was trying to explain the game to friend the other day and the best I came up with was "Imagine you're in a 3D retro world playing with Legos building houses and items and it's filled with zombies that feed on people playing with Legos. You want to keep your brains inside your head so you have to build a house to stay safe while playing with your Legos. Also you can mine and stuff." Yeah, it's something you just have to try yourself. It's fun though, really.

There are rare items and candy underneath lava streams. (No lie)


So how popular is the game? Well, the creator is currently selling the ALPHA version (as in, not complete, prone to bugs) for 9.95 Euros/13.87 USD and has sold over 360,000 copies. Don't worry, I did the math for you. 4,993,200. Almost 5 million USD, and he's just now starting to hire people to boost development. Holy shit.

Oh, and it's worth mentioning that there's a player building a to scale size model of the Enterprise. No joke.

So if you haven't already, give it a try.

http://www.minecraft.net/

22 comments:

J. Antonio said... [Reply]

I'll try it!
Good blog my friend

Galwarrior said... [Reply]

Nice Post! :)

comradejoker.blogspot.com/ said... [Reply]

I haven't given minecraft a try, but I will!
following~

The Illest said... [Reply]

I wanna try thiss!

Unknown said... [Reply]

I'm very intrigued by that game, I'd really want to play it, but I'm very busy in these days u_u enjoy your game play dude!

AlexXx said... [Reply]

I only really play minecraft when I have an idea for a project, otherwise I just wander aimlessly.

gomby said... [Reply]

literally everybody tried minecraft now and youtube and machinima made him even more popular.. wonder how he'll keep up the updates

SC2 Strats said... [Reply]

I really wanna try it out, but just haven't the time.

Hemera said... [Reply]

Micraft is cool game

Fickle Cattle said... [Reply]

First time I heard of it, but I've been looking for a good game for a while now, and this seems as good as any.

http://ficklecattle.blogspot.com

Copyboy said... [Reply]

I definitely will. So impressed that one guy created all that.

Nie Mand said... [Reply]

From what I have heard, it is wad to addicting...

Classically Trained Nub said... [Reply]

I respect that guy for doing the game thing on his own. There needs to be more individual game makers.

Light Weight Baby! said... [Reply]

No, I haven't played Minecraft yet :(

Zygg said... [Reply]

I just wish there was a tile tool, so I don't spend hours on a floor or something. Like something that shoots a flat 5x5 block of blocks...

Discerning Gentleman said... [Reply]

I like this game

nick said... [Reply]

just bought it yesterday

Jace said... [Reply]

Been playing since April 2009!

I even host my own SMP server.

http://jaceland.blogspot.com/

dakewlguy said... [Reply]

just started playin the other day it's a fucking amazing game lol

Jimmy Volmer said... [Reply]

I'm afraid to play... don't want to get addicted

tigey said... [Reply]

Not yet but will try it soon !

Dbankai said... [Reply]

DAMN he's one rich mofo. i'm planning on getting the full version as soon as i have some money to spare

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