Minecraft

You want to talk about a timekiller, this game is it!

In Minecraft you mine for things and then craft things out of them, there is a lot of sites out there that explain how to do them all. In the alpha version of the game you can fight mosters, skeletons or whatever you want to call them, more on that though in a minute. The game is pretty straight forward using the wasd keys to move and using the mouse to mine and place objects. While the graphics of the game might seem a little low, you can get texture packs to help enhance the game.

A couple of terms to know are:

Griefing: breaking other peoples places or work that they have done just because you can. Some servers have an anti grief in place, some do not. You can really tell the difference.

Spleefing: is a game where players go to the top of the map on a built platform and try to erase the blocks below other individuals.

There are two different versions of the game, alpha and classic.

Classic: FREE TO PLAY!!! That is the great news, the bad news is that a lot of the servers are either griefed or locked so that you cannot build anything until you get permission by the server owners. So be warned to build at your own risk of your stuff being destroyed. Most of the griefed servers players play spleefing. Griefing is defined as breaking other peoples places that they build. You can run your own server if you like, the program is on the site. I started out building here and built an awesome wooden cabanna in the sky, but the server went down. This version all the blocks are free, and you don't have to mine for them.

Alpha: You have to pay for this version, but the good news is it is cheap, and it is half off what the creator will charge once the game is finished. Currently the price with the discount it 9.99 Euros, about $15 for US dollars. This version is alot different than alpha. First off I must say that if you don't want to get attacked by monsters at night, then go to options and change the settings to peaceful. Everything you want to build with, you have to mine for it, and you have to get the tools to do so, by mining. There are plenty of caves to explore for easy minerals to forge, but you need some light, so you will need torches. I could go on, but the best way to figure things out is to check out the many wiki sites out there for it. The map is larger than classic, and this also has a way to create portals to the nether world, where it is even more dangerous. The online play is exactly the same and single player, only you can team up with other players to build some impressive stuff.


All in all this game is addicting, and worth the money to play both online and single player.,


Minecraft