As I said on Facebook and Twitter recently, if you aren’t already playing Minecraft, you should be.
What is Minecraft?
If you haven’t heard of Minecraft yet, allow me to summarize. Minecraft is an extremely open-ended computer game about mining the earth, building structures with one’s bare hands and hand-made tools, surviving the zombie-filled nights, and dealing with the unending loneliness that comes from being the only human left. Minecraft’s intentionally blocky and pixelated graphics hearken back to simpler days of video games, and the ability to build anything you can imagine with stackable blocks should appeal to anyone who has ever enjoyed LEGOs.
Oh, and the game was created almost entirely by one coder, who has sold thousands of units and earned millions of dollars doing so.
While you can read synopsis after synopsis about the game, the best way to get a feel for Minecraft is to play it. Minecraft is like the Matrix: Nobody can be told what Minecraft is. You have to see it for yourself.
To cut to the chase: I made a Pikachu
Some people have recreated the starship Enterprise. Some people have built functioning 16-bit computers.
I built a Pikachu.
My pixel-art Pikachu. Also pictured at right, my friend David’s cobblestone house.
I’m a nerd. Sue me. I’m having fun.
Allison Ralston