Stuff I like (Part 1)

I really, really like Minecraft.  To explain how much I like it, I have to tell you what computer games were like in the twentieth century, when I first started playing them.  Every game came with a medium-sized booklet.  You had to read this booklet from cover to cover before you could even think of playing the game.  Every game had six levels.  All of them were pretty much the same.  At the end of every level you had to blow up/beat up/zap-with-spine-melting-death-ray the End of Level Guardian – essentially a bigger, fatter version of the monsters you’d spent the last fifteen minutes destroying according to the ridiculously complicated instructions.  And then you finished, and that was that – you saved up for another game.

Imagine growing up on games like that, and then stumbling across your kids playing Minecraft in your late thirties.  There’s no levels!  No instruction booklet!  No End of Level Guardian!  You can just… do stuff!  Sure, if the stuff you like is attacking baddies, you can get on with that.  But you can also build a castle.  Or mine for diamonds.  Or set up a sheep farm and dye all the sheep pink.  It’s not like playing a game, it’s like being king of a huge park filled with an unlimited Lego set.  And no instructions.  And I love it.

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25 Responses to Stuff I like (Part 1)

  1. laliye says:

    Cool Mr West I didn’t know you were into stuff like that!

  2. vnithi says:

    Great blogging Mr West.I didn’t know that you like Minecraft!

  3. vrajak says:

    I really like your live. I wish i had your live because i always had to study which is OK!

    • Mr West says:

      I have to do a lot of studying too! Not as much as when I was a teenager, but I definitely spend more evenings on school work than I do playing Minecraft.

  4. amayoo says:

    I love minecraft too because you can go to a server where you can play lots of mini games but they have a tutorial on how to play a company made minecraft story mode

  5. psripa says:

    MR WEST, do you play minecraft? YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER EVER!ONE MORE QUESTION.DO YOU STILL PLAY minecraft?

  6. mdziewguc says:

    I love Minecraft to .Have you tried making a chocolate river.

  7. mdziewguc says:

    Have you tried making a chocolate river.

  8. psripa says:

    I also like minecraft.DO YOU THINK YOU SHOLD MAKE A YOURSELF IN MINECRAFT!!!!!

  9. amayoo says:

    some how i am very scared of spiders

    • Mr West says:

      I’m scared of spiders in Minecraft too – the best thing is to stay somewhere safe at night to avoid them.

  10. ikocak says:

    That is a really good blog.I also love Mincraft. Its probaly the best game in the world!!!!!!

  11. Rodrigo says:

    Have you been to portal ?

  12. Vijun says:

    Have you been to the cave of Minecraft it is really scary but it’s in my world but you can store in your world!

  13. Iyla says:

    I am a ginormous minecraft fan!

  14. Iyla says:

    What mode do you play in? I have only ever played in creative! I can only play when my 2 year old sister is asleep because otherwise I’ll have to change to Hey Duggee/Peppa Pig! 🙁

  15. Iyla L! says:

    Do you like lego? I love it! One of my favourite blocks is the note block because I love music!

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