Minecraft (video game)

[Neil]

Seems to be getting a lot of attention at the moment... Not tried it myself... Make sure you watch the last one

[Danny]

I have played more minecraft than wow or starcraft combined this month. shit is addictive as hell. also:

[Neil]

^^ So what do you really do? Are you playing alone or with other people?

[mista_mo]

You don't really do anything but mine and build shit. You can play online with others on servers, or you can play by yourself, in your own persistent world. It will eat up a lot of your time, and I think that the game really caters to the OCD among us that can't stand to leave a project unfinished. Seriously, look at some of the stuff people have made in this game, it just boggles the mind. Personally, it isn't for me. I find it incredibly dull, and I can't keep focused on it. It isn't for everyone, to say the least.

[Danny]

day 1 i started on a beach looking at this giant mountain, which would be mine to claim. so i started at the foot digging in with my hands all day, building a little wall around me. The sun whent down and thats when the zombies came. its fun as shit. every night zombies, giant spiders, creepers and skeletons assault you. destroying your base is they can. so i used all the dirt i destroyed to start my mine shaft that i started building my base around and made a tower for a night. then i play the waiting game.

[Neil]

You've got to wonder, with this seemingly getting a lot of attention, if a more professional version is on the way to earn some more $$$?

[Danny]

You've got to wonder, with this seemingly getting a lot of attention, if a more professional version is on the way to earn some more $$$? Nope, valve and activision have both tried to buy the game but notch aint selling.

[AcesandEights]

I have an IRL game called "The Laundry" if anyone cares to take a crack at it. Though, to be fair, this is the sort of thing I'd like to see implemented to a wider degree and extent in other games, as part of a mini-game, if you like.

[mista_mo]

The man has already made more money from this game then anyone on this forum is ever going to make in their life. He has no reason to sell it, as he is already swimming in more money then he knows what to do with. It is both sad and delightful that a man can make so much money off of such a simple game.

[Neil]

Still yet to try this... But here's an interesting interview with the programmer... http://www.develop-online.net/featur...-Minecraft-man

[Danny]

So im making a forest with houses in the trees. and have a documentary about notch for afters.

[AcesandEights]

So im making a forest with houses in the trees. Meh. Water looks pretty janky

[Mr. Clean]

I have played more minecraft than wow or starcraft combined this month. shit is addictive as hell. also: Zombie at the end? Also, The game looks boring as shit but watching Neil's first video and I'm sorta sucked in....The whole crafting thing is awesome. For being so simple, it's really quite brillant. Dude has made like $40 million off this game. I can't bring myself to pay 27 dollars for it though. I was going to look into it but the price discouraged me.

[Danny]

27 dollars? thats a shit exchange rate, the 14 euros was just 9 quid for me and its totally worth it. For some its a survival horror, for others a lego game, for some a hilarious greifing engine. plus is that price so bad when everyone on here has at least a few times paid £40 for a game that turns out to be a 3 hour shit fest? And theres zombies in the game but that was a creeper. you learn to fear them quite quickly. basically: Start in the day >punch a tree into wood blocks. >use them to make plank blocks. ----build wooden house or build wooden pickaxe and spades. >make crafting table. >clear dirt which can be used to build up a mine entrance. >reach rock. >use pick to break it down. >build furnace >use the created cobblestone to build a stronger fortress around you or make stone pickaxes to mine faster- eventually mining better materials like iron and coal. Start of the night >creatures spawn, skeletons with bows, shambling zombies, giant spiders, ghasts and the dreaded creeper. >make wooden or stone swords. --------fight till dawn. stay inside a hastily built defence. >if you reach coal make torches to repel monsters and attract animals. >be wary that any time of the day you can run into zombies skeletons and creepers in mines and natural caves. Thats the very basics, you go from there in any direction you want. build a castle in a lake of lava at the earths core, make a replica of the entire world of zelda 2, anything you want. Or just go into zombie survival mode. the basic art style is deceptively simple compared to a very deep game system that gets deeper with each patch of added content.

[Mr. Clean]

27 dollars? thats a shit exchange rate, the 14 euros was just 9 quid for me and its totally worth it. For some its a survival horror, for others a lego game, for some a hilarious greifing engine. plus is that price so bad when everyone on here has at least a few times paid £40 for a game that turns out to be a 3 hour shit fest? And theres zombies in the game but that was a creeper. you learn to fear them quite quickly. basically: Start in the day >punch a tree into wood blocks. >use them to make plank blocks. ----build wooden house or build wooden pickaxe and spades. >make crafting table. >clear dirt which can be used to build up a mine entrance. >reach rock. >use pick to break it down. >build furnace >use the created cobblestone to build a stronger fortress around you or make stone pickaxes to mine faster- eventually mining better materials like iron and coal. Start of the night >creatures spawn, skeletons with bows, shambling zombies, giant spiders, ghasts and the dreaded creeper. >make wooden or stone swords. --------fight till dawn. stay inside a hastily built defence. >if you reach coal make torches to repel monsters and attract animals. >be wary that any time of the day you can run into zombies skeletons and creepers in mines and natural caves. Thats the very basics, you go from there in any direction you want. build a castle in a lake of lava at the earths core, make a replica of the entire world of zelda 2, anything you want. Or just go into zombie survival mode. the basic art style is deceptively simple compared to a very deep game system that gets deeper with each patch of added content. The Website says 20 Euros