Game Spotlight: Minecraft

The Wonderful World of Minecraft

So this is probally one of my faviourite games of all time! Sure its all pixelated and things of that nature, but that is what makes this game unique and gives the gameplay that"oh I know what that game it" feel when you glance at someone playing it at Starbucks or somewhere.

There is no real objective point to the game, or end point as in sterotypical games. Minecraft was develoved by Mojang AB in Stockholdom, Sweden back in 2010. It since then had sold over 18 million PC coppies and countless coppies of the Pocket Edition for Andriod and iOS devices. There is even an XBOX 360 version and PS4 and PSVITA consoles are currently in development.  Mojang AB is currently estimated to be worth and/or exceeding 80 million USD. The founder and primary creater, Marcus Peterson, commonly called 'Notch' by the Minecrafting community is estimated to be worth $150 million USD. Notch retired from the Minecraft project in 2012 to move onto other games. The game is currently headed by Jens Bergensten, generally called 'Jeb'.

In Minecraft you can craft swords, build mansions, kill zombies and skeleton archers. You can build anything you can possibly immagine including starships, mazes, zepplins, and your own house. You can build vast mining systems to harvest precious diamonds, coal, and redstone, the games' electrical source.

There is somewhat of an endpoint, however this is to signify you ore the best of the best. You have to complete all of the achevements to reach, no joke, The End. Filled with the dangerous Endermen and the famed Enderdragon, it takes real skill to defeat the Enderdragon. You collect tons of XP and then you go through a wierd ass cutscene where the gods of the mountain or something talk to you. you then go back to your world and keep playing.

There are various modifications for Minecraft thatt are called MODS. Some common modpacks are Tekkit, Voltz, FTB, and Technic. These mods add technology from mining turtles to missles you can launch to coordinates. Yes they have ICBMs. Quite fun but complicated.

So I might ocassionally do mod spotlights or things of that nature so keep a look out. Multiplayer is also quite ful I am an admin on Astromc http://astromc.enjin.com/ if you wanna check it out, its real fun :)

See ya'll soon!

-The Magic Mikashukii