Minecraft

[Rob]

My kids play that game and I just don't get it. They have every fucking game available on every game system available, but they sit there and play Minecraft for hours and hours on end. Am I missing something because that shit looks like it should have came free with your purchase of a new Commodore 64. Back in 1982.

[mineistaken]

This has been debated on GFY few months ago. People were talking about nostalgia, but what nostalgia would kids have.
I will try to find that thread.

[mineistaken]

Found it quickly: http://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1135626

[Rob]

Found it quickly: http://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1135626

Thanks.

[mineistaken]

Thanks.

No problem, broski

[candyflip]

Mine are young. 4,5 and 6

They have Minecraft on their tablets, old laptops and they even hound me to play HD modded versions of the game on my desktop. They only "instruction" they've gotten on the game was via YouTube videos.

The stuff they've built is pretty nuts,

[michael.kickass]

It's incredible it's the best selling pc game in history. 16 million copies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...lling_PC_games

[Va2k]

No kidding, my two boys love that game, once they played it on xbox now Pc spend hours on that game. I watched and watched and was thinking the same thing, WHAT am I missing? LOL

[Red Ezra]

there are big youtube channels dedicated to minecraft too - it's huge popular and I too don't see the attraction but it's solid.

[cb1015cb]

yeah, I don't get it. When my kid isn't playing minecraft, she's watching the YouTube instructional videos!! for hours!!

[Markul]

My 8 year old girl builds crazy stuff in that game. Then at school they take turns building ok the same world / level. I think it's good for them. Quite creative stuff.

[iSpyCams]

It's like a virtual lego set, apparently it's a pretty deep game as far as resource management goes and the possibilities are endless, if you can get over the blockiness. Kids have good imagination. Substance over style, it's a great idea.

[Sid70]

My kids play that game and I just don't get it. They have every fucking game available on every game system available, but they sit there and play Minecraft for hours and hours on end. Am I missing something because that shit looks like it should have came free with your purchase of a new Commodore 64. Back in 1982.

My boys play Raymont, I do purchase the games, shit like Minecraft I dont buy.

[Sid70]

yeah, I don't get it. When my kid isn't playing minecraft, she's watching the YouTube instructional videos!! for hours!!

How about becoming a parent and cut that shit out ?

[PaperstreetWinston]

can't get my twins to stop. There's been a study though that the gameplay is quite beneficial to the development of a child's spatial inteligence, so i guess its ok

[iSpyCams]

How about becoming a parent and cut that shit out ?

If it's fun it must be wrong, right?

[cb1015cb]

How about becoming a parent and cut that shit out ?

great advice thanks.

[candyflip]

How about becoming a parent and cut that shit out ?

Why? My kids get plenty of sun and exercise. Using your imagination and your brain is just as important.

[Sid70]

great advice thanks.

Well.

I assume being a little more narrative then simply watching what they are doing . . .

[Sid70]

Why? My kids get plenty of sun and exercise. Using your imagination and your brain is just as important.

Did you read the original post?

"but they sit there and play Minecraft for hours and hours on end" - its a complaint.

I have given the answer to.

Again, letting kids understand what is ENOUGH is a part of your job.

[Sid70]

If it's fun it must be wrong, right?

No. But enough is enough at times. Knowing where to stop is a part of growing up into
an adult.

[Doug of Montreal]

"but they sit there and play Minecraft for hours and hours on end" - its a complaint.

It may not have been. He said he didn't get it--not that it bothered him. And then for you to go off on his parenting? Brilliant Passion breeds success. Maybe there's a future architect/landscape engineer in the making. I'd say encourage, don't curb. But hey, this is a Minecraft thread so....

Minecraft is great in its simplicity. I'm still trying to get the Oculus to work with it. Virtual reality minecraft may be the death of me.

[_Richard_]

online version of lego.. with a purpose?

[kristin]

I don't get it either, but for $26.95 one time fee, it keeps my kids entertained for hours. We did setup them on the server to have their own world.

[kristin]

yeah, I don't get it. When my kid isn't playing minecraft, she's watching the YouTube instructional videos!! for hours!!

This too. We had our youngest son start doing his own instructional Minecraft vids.

[Sid70]

It may not have been. He said he didn't get it--not that it bothered him. And then for you to go off on his parenting? Brilliant Passion breeds success. Maybe there's a future architect/landscape engineer in the making. I'd say encourage, don't curb. But hey, this is a Minecraft thread so....

Minecraft is great in its simplicity. I'm still trying to get the Oculus to work with it. Virtual reality minecraft may be the death of me.

Since when Minecraft became a cure for everything? I simply refuse to look at the disgust
of it's visual presentation, and since this is a parental call whether it's "getting it" or "not getting" it's about your being able to control it as a parent.

Tomorrow I'm going with a flow and fuck all day long, I assume I am becoming a new Ron Jeremy.

[Sid70]

This too. We had our youngest son start doing his own instructional Minecraft vids.

A friend of mine who is 44 plays and watches streams online.
It's not like occasionally, at times, but every evening he is back from
his computer job.

He defo needs more sun.

I can't say if it's good or bad but I refuse to believe falling into that too deep
would matter today or tomorrow.

[Sid70]

online version of lego.. with a purpose?

The Cloud is sucking our brains out.

[wehateporn]

...looks like it should have came free with your purchase of a new Commodore 64. Back in 1982.

[Seth Manson]

Your kids could be doing much worse things. At least this game is about creativity, and not full of violence.

Try playing it yourself, you may like it. Your kids would probably think you're cool as fuck for playing it with them.

[John-ACWM]

Your kids could be doing much worse things. At least this game is about creativity, and not full of violence.

indeed! too many violent cartoons and games.

[editeur]

It's a sandbox. Kids like playing in sandbox, many like creating something much more than playing flashy 'Press X to win' kind of games on consoles.

[Sid70]

I'm sorry if i hurt someone's feelings about parenting. I had Carmelo contacting me via skype even to sorta make me miserable about giving advice of cutting the shit to a user named cb1015cb apparently being a CEO of a huge company that would hire me in a blink of an eye ( as he said ) . . .

Come the fuck on, it's gfy.

[Sean]

How about becoming a parent and cut that shit out ?

ya... cut that shit out. get that kid out to the soccer field and into school sports. make sure they become a jock or a cheerleader. this industry is filled with them. in fact, so are most internet companies. they dont have geeks that played video games all night friday and saturday. they dont have geeks that sat around coding up patches, hacks, and their own games. internet companies with multi millionaires are filled with the star football players and water polo heros.


99% are here because we played with computers and video games. video game geeks now rule most the free world and helped design the keyboard you use to be a warrior.

the next generation of geeks will be fucking amazing.

[Klen]

I'm sorry if i hurt someone's feelings about parenting. I had Carmelo contacting me via skype even to sorta make me miserable about giving advice of cutting the shit to a user named cb1015cb apparently being a CEO of a huge company that would hire me in a blink of an eye ( as he said ) . . .

Come the fuck on, it's gfy.

Perhaps you need to learn when it is needed to shut up.

[Sid70]

ya... cut that shit out. get that kid out to the soccer field and into school sports. make sure they become a jock or a cheerleader. this industry is filled with them. in fact, so are most internet companies. they dont have geeks that played video games all night friday and saturday. they dont have geeks that sat around coding up patches, hacks, and their own games. internet companies with multi millionaires are filled with the star football players and water polo heros.


99% are here because we played with computers and video games. video game geeks now rule most the free world and helped design the keyboard you use to be a warrior.

the next generation of geeks will be fucking amazing.

So all the Minecraft players suddenly became a new world domination power, and World Of Warcraft fans, too?
Cutting the shit means being a parent - know where the line is.

I dont mean teen agers but here we have pre-school kids being on a $26/one time fee full time entertainment spree.


I'm thinking about buying a telescope for my kids, get them involved into creating and programming lego robots so they
could understand the connection between virtual and real world.


That is my opinion of course.