Crafting Mines

Guest Post from Andrew:

Minecraft? Twenty dollars? Why?

Is Minecraft worth $20.00? I think it depends on what $20.00 is worth to you. For me, this game is worth hundreds of hours of game play. This was the biggest influence of all when I decided to start playing Minecraft.

For the unenlightened, Minecraft is like Lego’s on crack. It is an open world for creativity to reign. It keeps me coming back for more because it is so unique. The engine in Minecraft is able to take the typical sandbox and mix it with a lot of possibilities and exploration that is only limited by your imagination and persistence. If you like the ‘grind’ of exploring and building whatever comes to your mind, then you’ll truly enjoy Minecraft.

WARNING: Minecraft is not for the story-driven.

One of eh more satisfying parts of the game is when I finally finish building something I can look at on the screen instead of my mind. I get a feeling of, “I built that!” It was something I did by harvesting the resource blocks and making my construct brick by brick. It’s not like many other games where building something is just collecting enough money and clicking on a button, no. I evaded zombies, lava, and a whole host of other hazards to make my construct.

For my $20.00, make mine Minecraft!