Jordan Devore is Destructoid's PC gaming manager and founding ginger editor. He is said to be easy to love but difficult to know. When Samit inquired about his curious bio photo Jordan simply replied:
"bitches love sandcastles" ... yet, there is no sandcastle in that photo. We may never truly understand his ways.
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11:30 PM on 09.20.2010 | 
I feel like that lesson would be more effective if it featured a blocky J. Walter Weatherman and his blocky prosthetic arm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP68t7A3LiY
For anyone thinking about playing but not knowing how to get started, just look go Here when you first open the game. It may look confusing now, but in a short time, you'll probably be addicted. Sorry.
It looks a BIT like Harvest Moon from a first person viewpoint... which is no bad thing, just I don't know...
I made a basic two story house, then an epic mine, and then surrounding walls. Then I built an elevator to the highest point the map allows. Planning on a glass sky house. Oh yeah.
You should try running it at Normal distance instead of Far. Its in the options at the pause menu. That should help the frame rate.
@ Mark - The game is still a work in progress, which might be where you got that impression from, but once you pay the asking price you are good to go. Permanently. Also, when it's finished, it'll almost certainly cost more than it does now. He's just rewarding early adopters, is all.
Don't play with fire.
then there are videos like this that makes me glad it exists.
this game is pure addiction. i'm already thinking about what i want to build when i get home.
i'm so glad they did this free weekend because it's definitely sold me on a game i never would have bothered to try before. maybe the best thing yet, is it runs on my old 2006 macbook so i can play it on the couch and my gf won't give me shit for holding myself upstairs in the computer room all night.
http://minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page
And then say goodbye to several hours of your life.
It's a building game, you build stuff. You could also build specific stuff but it doesn't really do much.
Personally I prefer a game like 'Stranded 2' (which is also free). You're alone on an island (which is randomly generated) and you have to collect and combine materials to build USEFUL equipment to help you survive (like a fishing rod). You hunt for food/water in its many forms to keep yourself alive. You need to do stuff like build a shelter because without one you won't last long. There is also a basic story mode and other game types in the game.
The game has a POINT. Without a goal, I kinda feel like I'm wasting time here.
That said the game has a nice visual style and interesting concept, but maybe the designer could introduce a zombie apocalype at nighttimes to give you a reason to MINE and CRAFT.
Funnily enough, minecraft has pretty much everything you mentioned. It's all about survival at the beginning, as you need to create a shelter and collect enough resources to survive at night, when all sorts of nasties come out from their underground hide-outs, including zombies.
Then the game turns towards exploration, as you brave dangerous caves in search of new minerals.
I felt like there was a point. Though I haven't played Stranded 2, which might be vastly superior for all I know. Oh, there is also a fishing rod in Minecraft, although it currently doesn't do anything and is only good for hitting stuff right now ;)
The documentation is poor though. This REALLY helped: Beginner's Guide
http://www.youtube.com/user/davidr64yt#g/c/E005D335B57338D1
For me, it's like a cross between The Sims and Resident Evil...except you start with nothing, have no hope of "finding" items, and have to scavenge for the raw materials to build your own tools and weapons. And it never ends.