What's also remarkable is that Minecraft isn't entirely a new play concept - I always thought of it as infinitely scaling sandbox of Legos that allowed you to '

What's also remarkable is that Minecraft isn't entirely a new play concept - I always thought of it as infinitely scaling sandbox of Legos that allowed you to 'live' in the world you create. My first play of Minecraft triggered nostalgia of playing with a big box of random Lego bricks. Notch knows how to execute and how to do it quickly. Watch any of his coding live streams and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. I hope his new space MMO blows that genre out of the water as well.