So, y'all been playing this Minecraft thing?  Yeah. I hate this game. I hate it because I can't stop playing it. (Use this page to get started so you don't walk away confused like I did the first time). Argh, I've been looking for this game for so long. Ever since I played Dungeon Keeper over and over, milking it for every bit of gameplay it had, I desperately wanted some sort of sandbox open-world game that really gave me the freedom to play how I wanted to play.

Sure it's simple. You can make tools and weapons, build homes, mine precious ores, kill monsters, create elaborate structures both above ground and below. But even though it has so few elements (and it's still in Alpha), it's an immensely immersive game. Anyway, everyone is already talking about it, but I needn't toot it anymore. All I know is that the guy who made it is going to be very rich. (By my calculations, he just made over $100,000 in one day.) But that's what happens when you make a game everyone wants instead of the 82nd iteration of Big Budget Game With Super DRM.

I feel bad, because what I like most about this game is that there is no storyline. I'm so tired of companies compromising on the gameplay/replay value of a game because it focuses so heavily on story. I'm not calling anyone out like Square Enix (Which will never be as good as Squaresoft or Enix were alone.) I am just tired of someone trying to blatantly jerk my emotions around to make a point.  I really like to keep my movies/books/TV and games separate. It's why games based on movies never work. (Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game? What the heck?)