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Minecraft is the game that made me feel old - and that I was genuinely missing out on something. I seemingly signed up my €15 in 2011 and had fun. Then forgot

by goldcd 7y ago

Minecraft is the game that made me feel old - and that I was genuinely missing out on something. I seemingly signed up my €15 in 2011 and had fun. Then forgot about it. Then I remember when MS bought it for silly money. Full on WTF? headspin. Then I visited my former-bridesmaid, who shared with me what she'd built on her ipad. I'd no idea what she was talking about, quickly stopped randomly hitting stuff when her upset overcame her politeness and she told me to stop. She really cared about what she'd built. I can still only wrap my head around it as "infinite lego with a community" - but that's pretty damn impressive.

a13n 7y ago
> Then I remember when MS bought it for silly money. Full on WTF? headspin. Considering Minecraft has over 176 million copies sold, not to mention the endless amount of merchandise and spin-offs I'm sure MS is getting royalties on, it looks like they got a bargain at $2.5B.
- goldcd 7y ago
  Maybe I didn't make my point clearly enough. To me - it was a silly fun game I spent an evening with - and then never touched again. The whole "becoming a thing" completely missed me. I maybe say it was on Android, or Xbox - but being an old fart completely missed the fact that millions had turned up and were playing it (and PewDiePie was a name of somebody etc etc)
  - wingerlang 7y ago
    I played it overnight nonstop after buying it, also in 2011 I think (infdev anyone?). Then also never touched it again. However I am curious how you missed the hugeness of it for so long, did you not follow gaming sites or anything gaming on YouTube similar at all?
phaedryx 7y ago
Did you try any mods? You can make minecraft into all variations of games. I currently have a persistent server I run for my kids. My son loves to explore and fight things, my daughter likes to build things, and I like to make machines with redstone. It's fun that we have something that we can play together that appeals to all of us.

by goldcd 7y ago

a13n 7y ago

> Then I remember when MS bought it for silly money. Full on WTF? headspin. Considering Minecraft has over 176 million copies sold, not to mention the endless amount of merchandise and spin-offs I'm sure MS is getting royalties on, it looks like they got a bargain at $2.5B.

goldcd 7y ago
Maybe I didn't make my point clearly enough. To me - it was a silly fun game I spent an evening with - and then never touched again. The whole "becoming a thing" completely missed me. I maybe say it was on Android, or Xbox - but being an old fart completely missed the fact that millions had turned up and were playing it (and PewDiePie was a name of somebody etc etc)
- wingerlang 7y ago
  I played it overnight nonstop after buying it, also in 2011 I think (infdev anyone?). Then also never touched it again. However I am curious how you missed the hugeness of it for so long, did you not follow gaming sites or anything gaming on YouTube similar at all?

phaedryx 7y ago

Did you try any mods? You can make minecraft into all variations of games. I currently have a persistent server I run for my kids. My son loves to explore and fight things, my daughter likes to build things, and I like to make machines with redstone. It's fun that we have something that we can play together that appeals to all of us.