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Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by spongo »

ethbro wrote: post #52
retube wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My kids are obsessed. Literally everything they say to me starts with "Daddy, on minecraft, ...." It's all they talk about, including with each other. They even act it out in playtime. Although as someone who has never played I basically understand nothing they are telling me. It seems pretty creative tho, and they seem to be learning a lot from it, so not too bothered. That said they are limited to 1 hour per sat an…

Sounds like a good time for a valuable life lesson about gauging counterparty interest in the topic at hand. Which so many people in the CS program at uni could have used. shudders, remembering a 20 minute "conversation" about DnD crossbow rules I somehow ended up in

(not the gp)

I agree with you, ethbro, it is a valuable life lesson. I can personally attribute most of my social successes to the ability to gauge the interlocutor and their interests, and such a skill will gain one a rep as a good listener.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by milquetoastaf »

wtdata wrote: post #56

This is brilliant... and PKDickian (is this a term? it should be). We can imagine a distopic future with a thin boundary between the physical world and VR where you would travel through totally destitute neighbourhoods in real life, while seeing great works of art in VR that were built by the users of a virtual world game akin to this.

Lol dude its just pokemon go but with minecraft

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by ethbro »

anchpop wrote: post #53
lloydde wrote: post #48

You “see a patch of grass” could read awfully dystopian. That opening paragraph might come back to haunt them. With climate change possibly accelerating unless global coordinated activity, I giggled at first to this opener that basically says cover that “patch” of “real-life” nature. > Picture the scene: you’re walking through your neighbourhood and see a patch of grass. Grass is lovely and all, but you see this patc…

Are you proposing that due to climate change, there is a serious possibility of the extinction of grass?

Agreed on the skepticism. Grass is the plant equivalent of cockroaches. There will always be grass. (And specifically, the C4 species are pretty robust)

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by NikkiA »

VikingCoder wrote: post #37
jbattle wrote: post #28

This doesn't look like a freeform building game. It's really hard to tell from the trailer but it looks like you can pick some pre-fab constructions or animals and plop them down into specific places in the world. Maybe I'm wrong, but if I'm right 1) boring 2) that will at least keep minecraft earth from being covered in swastikas and genitalia

I suspect you will build a prefab yourself, in a petri dish, and then place it in the real world. I say this because, you won't want to climb 100 feet in the air, to place a block on top of that castle.

As the protagonist skated past the cafe she saw what I would assume to be the petri-dish construction occurring on the cafe table.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by bryanlarsen »

mattigames wrote: post #54
bryanlarsen wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the Verge review I get the impression you only see stuff your friends have placed. They're playing around with ideas on how to let other content in but are well aware of the dong & swastika problem.

That solution leaves out kids without friends; I understand why they do it but it may be a price too high to pay.

Both Pokemon Go and Minecraft are lots of fun single-player even though they are primarily thought of as multi-player games. I suspect the collect-build-place mechanic of Minecraft Earth will also be fun single player.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by iscrewyou »

mattigames wrote: post #54
bryanlarsen wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the Verge review I get the impression you only see stuff your friends have placed. They're playing around with ideas on how to let other content in but are well aware of the dong & swastika problem.

That solution leaves out kids without friends; I understand why they do it but it may be a price too high to pay.

You’ve never played a game online where you joined a lobby and none of the people playing were your friends? They probably mean a friends list. Restricting it to your actually friends is a good way to choke the game growth.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by ethbro »

spongo wrote: post #61
ethbro wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like a good time for a valuable life lesson about gauging counterparty interest in the topic at hand. Which so many people in the CS program at uni could have used. shudders, remembering a 20 minute "conversation" about DnD crossbow rules I somehow ended up in

(not the gp) I agree with you, ethbro, it is a valuable life lesson. I can personally attribute most of my social successes to the ability to gauge the interlocutor and their interests, and such a skill will gain one a rep as a good listener.

Not in reference to the aforementioned children, because that's normal behavior for kids, but I think of active listening as not being a conversational sociopath.

I'm convinced some people instead have a mantra of "When do I get to talk again?" looping in their head whenever someone else is speaking.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by vlunkr »

ethbro wrote: post #52
retube wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My kids are obsessed. Literally everything they say to me starts with "Daddy, on minecraft, ...." It's all they talk about, including with each other. They even act it out in playtime. Although as someone who has never played I basically understand nothing they are telling me. It seems pretty creative tho, and they seem to be learning a lot from it, so not too bothered. That said they are limited to 1 hour per sat an…

Sounds like a good time for a valuable life lesson about gauging counterparty interest in the topic at hand. Which so many people in the CS program at uni could have used. shudders, remembering a 20 minute "conversation" about DnD crossbow rules I somehow ended up in

Eh, sounds like these are young kids. It's more important to let them be excited about something and share that with you. Besides, what shared interests do you really have as a parent? It's not like your kids are going to discuss politics or their critique of Avengers: Endgame.

Re: New Game: Minecraft Earth

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Post by saddestcatever »

retube wrote: post #49
skohan wrote: post #44

This reminds me of when I first discovered Minecraft in university. I was just going to play for a couple hours before bed, and I got sucked into the game-loop and before I knew it the sun was coming up. A few days later, I was walking toward the railroad crossing I often had to wait at between my house and campus, and just for a moment looked at those tracks and I seriously thought about where I should place the Min…

My kids are obsessed. Literally everything they say to me starts with "Daddy, on minecraft, ...." It's all they talk about, including with each other. They even act it out in playtime. Although as someone who has never played I basically understand nothing they are telling me. It seems pretty creative tho, and they seem to be learning a lot from it, so not too bothered. That said they are limited to 1 hour per sat an…

Minecraft is one of the few games that I think everyone should try. It's not just "another video game", but something quite unique. It hits a certain part of the brain in both "creative expression" and "exploring the unknown" that we exercise so rarely in day to day life (or in other games). It's no wonder it really sticks with kids and becomes a way for them to express imagination. Make sure you sit down and try playing with them at some point, it'll be a fun learning experience for everyone involved.
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