We see an awful lot of posts about the awesome things players have built in Minecraft. Things like musical boxes that play ‘Still Alive’, Â or the starship Enterprise, or a working computer, or New York City, or even themselves. But these are great and legendary accomplishments, not for the likes of mere mortals such as you and I.
We may stand to one side of the shoulders of giants, but we can make some cool shit too, right? And that’s why Minecraft is awesome. Like a face only a mother could love, we adore our own ramshackle creations despite how fundamentally rubbish they are.
Here’s some crap I made in my first world:
Yes. Yes it is. Here we are inside the first hovel I carved from the very flesh of the earth.
Outside, I grow crops thanks an irrigation system only a drunk idiot with zero understanding of crop rotation systems could manage.
What’s this above? Some kind of ridiculous floating castle?
Yep, pretty much!
Alas, it’s not finished. This was around the time I discovered that you could put cobblestone into a furnace and make nicer stone. You need a lot of it.
I did manage to finish my sky sauna, though. And, because it’s at cloud level and clouds clip through everything, I can even occasionally pretend it’s full of hot steam. Lush.
The problem with floating castles hovering above the clouds is that it’s remarkably easy to fall off them.
Here’s my second world, begun once I had a basic understanding of how Minecraft worked. I emphasise “basic”.
Having a big, obvious and well-lit tunnel from your spawn point to your main base can be useful.
This time I elected to build a primitive mud fort with an inner and outer keep, and a stone tower in the middle. Obviously I have parapets because parapets are cool. Much cooler than a man who builds an inner and outer keep in Minecraft.
You may have noticed I have a lot of spades. This is because I’m digging a moat. A moat… of cacti!
Alas my library is pretty crappy. Harvesting papyrus is boring.
I grow trees atop my tower, because I am a wizard and trees are good.
Or perhaps I am a king, surveying my own calm kingdom. I have no idea why so much livestock spawns inside the keep, but at least they’re mostly edible or wearable.
So there you have it: that’s some rubbish that I made. It took me hours. What have you made? Is it better? Is it worse? Is it impressive, or hilarious? Please share your lacklustre creations!
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13 responses to “Whose House? Minecraft House”
I feel like the only PC gamer who hasn't played this yet.
And there's no excuse for that, what with the free version you can try out on the Minecraft website!
It's Creative only so lacks the joys of Survival, but it gives you a rough feel for it. :)
I am quite impressed by it and I have been keeping up with some of the incredible things people have been making, I worry about the hours I might sink into it.
There is also a long list of games I've started and told myself I need to finish before trying and buying anything new. Now if I can only get my ass off of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to actually get around to finishing them.
I'm next to positive that I will get to it eventually, even if it is briefly.
Are you playing BC2 on consoletoy or PCbox?
Even I feel like I should play this game.
Come on, get involved.
Wonder of Wonders, another PC game piquing your interests!
Hey, it isn't just that my interest is piqued, it has more to do with the fact that I don't want to be an aging man and have someone ask me 'Hey great-uncle BC, what were you doing when Minecraft came out?', for me to go 'Let me tell you about this game Dead to Rights:Retribution'
"Granduncle, tell us the story about Obi-Wan again!"
Noooooooooooooo
See that works on two levels
Who has a kinect I can borrow? http://www.orderofevents.com/MineCraft/KinectImag…
We will be gods! (of minecraft)
That is actually the only compelling reason to buy a Kinect. So far, at least… obviously Alan Wake Kinect will be, er, amazing.
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