Minecraft is a delightful little game for the PC that has been keeping me busy for the past couple of days. It's a game with virtually no point, but if you're creative then it has the potential to suck you in and keep you busy for as long as you have ideas in that brain of yours. It's a game where everything is made out of blocks and you can take apart almost anything in the world and place these blocks somewhere else. For example, you dig up a bunch of dirt blocks and make a crude house. Only, this is just the beginning. You can use these blocks to also craft blocks with special properties such as ladders, fencing, pictures, glass, steps, you name it. As well, natural blocks like sandstone that you come upon in the world have physics applied to them so if you pull one block out from under a stack of sandstone then they all fall one space down. It all sounds really simple, but like I said, this game only takes off if you know how to use what's in the world and turn it into something awesome.

Though, there's even more to the game. The world is huge and randomly generated as you go further out of your view. Lots of interesting stuff can be discovered and exploration is a major selling point. There's also a day/night cycle and at nighttime zombies and other such monsters hunt you down with their blocky fangs. However, a good stronghold will keep them at bay, though you can craft armor and weapons to combat the living dead if you so choose. Like I said, there's A LOT to this game.

Take a look at what I've been busy making:

My Mansion in the Sky (It's bigger than it seems since I'm quite far away when I took this picture. Still needs a little work, but the floor-plan is finished and the first floor is looking nice)

Cow and Chicken(They're staring into my soul 0__0 )

My Room (Still needs a little work, but it's home sweet home)

The Exit(The only exit in the house and it's a doozy. Hope you packed your parachute!)

Quite a Drop(The exit drops into a deep pool so you can escape quickly without being injured. Then again, anybody who can find their way into my near-impenetrable tower probably deserves to at least sit down to tea with me.)

Hell(We don't go there anymore............)

The game is still in it's early stages, but it should reach Beta soon. Multiplayer will be added somewhere down the line, so that's why I'm spending so much time and energy making my fortress so big and hard to access. I'll be living in luxury while little raiders scurry about miles below me like ants. I'll be like Alastair Tenpenny from Fallout 3, only instead of shooting passersby with guns for pure enjoyment I'll be using bows and arrows! :P