An extremely lo res BBQ

I like to think I am my own person, that I can’t be sucked into passing fads. That peer pressure means nothing to me. So when I first heard of Minecraft, I thought, ‘Oh that looks kind of cool. I won’t bother, though.’ But then I kept hearing more about it. Then pictures of ridiculously epic creations in the game started making their way online. Still I resisted! Then my friends started getting into it, and raving about how awesome it was. Finally, mere hours before version 1.0 came out, I caved in and coughed up for the game.

So, did it live up to expectations? Well, I have documented my first thoughts as follows. Enjoy!

00:01 minute in: OK FINE I AM BUYING MINECRAFT NOW THIS IS HAPPENING.

00:03: It’s all downloaded, let’s start and see what all the fuss is about.

00:04: Survival or Build mode? Survival, clearly. Because I’m hardcore.

00:05: Ok, now we’ve started. There are trees EVERYWHERE.

00:05: PUNCH THE TREE! PUNCH IT GOOD

00:05: Now I’ve got little blocks of wood. Now what?

00:06: Wander around for a bit. Trees. Cliffs. Sheep. Ok.

00:08: Consult internet. Work out how to craft a pick. HAVE AT YE STONE!

00:08: Craft better pick with stone. Have created odd looking hole in side of cliff. Ah well.

00:09: Gone a bit trigger happy and have walked around smacking everything in sight.

00:09: Wool? What do I do with wool?

00:12: Oh, it’s dark now. What’s that noise? WHAT’S THAT NOISE?!

00:13: Brick self into odd hole in cliff side. Make some torches and feel fancy for a bit because I made fire.

00:16: What in the name of the sweet baby Jesus is that out there?

00:19: WHAT IS THAT NOISE IT’S RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL!

00:20: Freak out for a bit until daylight.

00:22: It’s daylight! Hulk smash out of my hole! Imma EXPLORE.

00:22: My hunger bar’s getting low. Can I smack a pig for food?

00:23: Turns out I can. What do the vegetarians do?

00:24: Make furnace and cook me some meats with it. It’s like an extremely lo res BBQ.

00:25: Play with furnace some more. Make glass by heating sand. I AM A WIZARD.

00:28: Find nice little spot next to a pond full of blocky ducks. Decide I’m going to live here.

00:31: Hack enormous hole in another hill side. I’m going to live here hobbit style.

00:40: Hanging out in fancy hole for the night, complete with door, windows and a CHEST! (Moar storage!)

00:41: A ZOMBIE HAS FALLEN INTO MY HOUSE KILL IT KILL IT DEAD!

00:50: Download fancy Rainbow Dash skin online.

00:60: Shouldn’t I be in bed?

00:64: MOAR DIGGING.