minecraft - short rant

[pullhard]

I don't get it.
You build something and then blow it up.
The graphics aren't great. The game play is awkward.

Whats the point of it?

[RealSpiritof98]

+1 wtf,

My 8 year old son loves it, had to ban him from watching you tube tutorials as it was getting out of hand i.e the volume of what he was watching and not the content.

2 billion smackerooneys, where did that company Microsoft get all the money? 

[squire_in_navy_slacks]

My 10 year old loves it..............................My neighbours a couple of doors down from are making a very comfortable living from Minecraft too............................they have a you tube channel

[johnneycool]

I don't get it.
You build something and then blow it up.
The graphics aren't great. The game play is awkward.

Whats the point of it?

My wee lad is 8 and loves the shit, can't understand it myself, but I'm sure my parents were saying the same thing when I was jammed into an Atari back in the day!

+1 wtf,

My 8 year old son loves it, had to ban him from watching you tube tutorials as it was getting out of hand i.e the volume of what he was watching and not the content.

2 billion smackerooneys, where did that company Microsoft get all the money? 

He's at those as well and they do my banger in more than the bloody game.

[FL/MAYO]

My son loves it as well, I am clueless on how it works, these two radio pieces from NPR might explain some of the reasons why it is popular.

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=348770036&m=348903342&live=1

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=348765053&m=348765054

[Tony Baloney]

The cause of many a ruckus in our house. If they were allowed they would sit playing it for hours and watching videos. They have Minecraft books, "Steve" keyrings on their schoolbags etc. etc. A couple of billion might be decent value for Microsoft.

[CD]

It's like Eastenders, the X-Factor, Uluru and Mass to me. I know it exists but I've never actually seen it. What is minecraft? Heard a lot of chat on the money program about it this morning re. the huge buy out but don't really know what it does.

[pullhard]

Glad i'm not the only one! Could be a great buy for Microsoft!

[FL/MAYO]

It's like Eastenders, the X-Factor, Uluru and Mass to me. I know it exists but I've never actually seen it. What is minecraft? Heard a lot of chat on the money program about it this morning re. the huge buy out but don't really know what it does.

I heard someone explain that it is Lego for Tablets/Smartphones etc.

[blewuporstuffed]

The thing i cant understand is I read about someone who built a 'working computer ' in it.
How is that even possible?

[Shamrock Shore]

My 10 yr old loves it. I cannot fathom it at all. It looks so 1980s

But for real sadness look for it on youtube where lads with no life record their meanderings.

Fcuk the fcuk off!

[thebigfella]

I think most of you miss the point of it and the 8 bit look is part of the charm. It's not a game in the traditional sense where you have a linear path or specific goals. In reality the only limitations now appear to be a person or person's imagination. Its more like constructing your Lego pieces from a molecular level and then using them.

As for the computer, it's pretty straight forward if you understand arithmetic logic. The one that will blow you mind is the computer running a 2D version of minecraft within minecraft 

[ONeill]

I like it meself and have built manys a fine structure of a Saturday

[squire_in_navy_slacks]

My 10 yr old loves it. I cannot fathom it at all. It looks so 1980s

But for real sadness look for it on youtube where lads with no life record their meanderings.

Fcuk the fcuk off!

As I said my neighbours make a living off it.............................. 500,000 subscribers

[pullhard]

My 10 yr old loves it. I cannot fathom it at all. It looks so 1980s

But for real sadness look for it on youtube where lads with no life record their meanderings.

Fcuk the fcuk off!

As I said my neighbours make a living off it.............................. 500,000 subscribers

great effort, but how do they convert subscribers into cash??