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MINE
CRAFT
BUILD YOUR OWN
ADVENTURE
BY CANDICE SHANE
I
t was around 2008 that people started
hearing more and more about the project
that Markus “Notch” Persson was creating.
A creative building, resource-mining,
exploratory, crafting and combat heavy game, that
wouldn’t lean on complex graphics, but would
instead empower the gamer to create whatever
world they wanted. This is the world of Minecraft.
While the sun shines, you’re given the abilities to
craft anything you want from the resources you’ve
dredged up from the ground. Quietly, mobs
inch forward to find you building and when the
darkness falls, you fight even more terrors in the
form of Creepers. It might take you a little bit to
get the rhythm of what your world will throw at
you but from there on, truly, the sky is the limit.
combines the fun of building
combine the fun of building with LEGO’s with the
LEGOs
the
creativity of starting from scratch and crafting a
world around you based on what the good Terra
firma left you. Fascinating concept, right?
With a wide release in 2009, everyone clamored
to get their hands on the game because of its
limitless storylines and promise of adventure. And
who doesn’t want that? A sa