Minecraft
I was introduced to this video game by my 5-year-old son … who by watching youtube videos learned how to play it completely on his own. I’m not a fan of video games as I believe they are a complete waste of time. I’d rather be blogging. However, I did see an increase in agility, concentration, learning, growth, and development of his mind since he took on this hobby. Apparently, Minecraft is such an infamous game amongst the youth, is notably known to teach kids how to code. I’m all for that. It is defined as a sandbox video game that was created by Markus Persson in Sweden. It was later developed by Mojang.
The game presents players with a block-based 3-D gaming environment that they can completely manipulate and be creative with by moving blocks, digging, breaking, and developing. It can be played solitary or in multi-play. The game focuses on exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat. The game offers multiplayer modes online as well as a survival mode that requires players to build a world, eat, maintain health, and interact. It is an award-winning program and is embedded in social media, merchandising, and a conference called MineCON. By 2018 it sold over 144 million copies of the game making it the second best-selling video game of all time.
In 2019, my 5-year-old has asked for me to play with him through the “multiplayer” function and use of servers. I am at a conundrum getting this set up for my son, and it has quite a bit of complexity in order to do so. I was unsuccessful in trying to get it set up so that one could play on the laptop and the other on the kindle. Thanks to my brother Dr. Mangor, a great tutorial he shared for setting up a Minecraft server on your own computer can be found here: https://www.godaddy.com/garage/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server/?fbclid=IwAR0k_PXDVk9JGu6PfDXhQjvhMjF3ClusX9x9XZK_GJ5h1d7rR1ty0yQ_8HY. I was unsuccessful I believe because I was attempting to do it on a hotel shared WiFi signal. Here is also a great place to check on server status https://dinnerbone.com/minecraft/tools/status/.
Rated: 4 of 5 stars. ~ Review by Leaf McGowan/Thomas Baurley, Technogypsie Productions ~
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Bibliography and Recommended Resources:
- Dinnerblog 2017 “Minecraft Server checker
- Godaddy.com 2017 “How to Make a Minecraft Server. Website https://www.godaddy.com/garage/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server/?fbclid=IwAR0k_PXDVk9JGu6PfDXhQjvhMjF3ClusX9x9XZK_GJ5h1d7rR1ty0yQ_8HY referenced on 1/27/19.