I think you're probably right. Although the article did remind me about something I noticed with my younger cousin. He was visiting (about 11 at the time) and

I think you're probably right. Although the article did remind me about something I noticed with my younger cousin. He was visiting (about 11 at the time) and would play Halo with his friends online. They would play custom games though and make up their own rules. A lot of them were similar to games I remembered playing outside (cops and robbers, tag, etc.). I played with him a few times and found it incredible boring (since most of the time they were just arguing with each other about who should play what). I thought it was interesting that this kind of play moved into the digital realm and I could see how the lego-like nature of Minecraft kind of relates to this.