Stolen Pixels #234: Digdigdig

[The Great JT]

Quick, deploy the Striders!

 

[Mezzo.]

That's exactly how I felt. Once I figured out how to build shit, I was building a house under a cliff with some reed gardens and a farm, with a glass tower to the sky on top of said cliff.

It's the ambition, man. It's so cathartic.

 

[DTWolfwood]

Hmmm... I've always wanted a life size Ship of the Line. Namely the Santísima Trinidad y Nuestra Señora del Buen Fin. I wonder if one can in Minecraft?

 

[MorteSphere]

Actually the hi-res models of Breen and Metro look surprisingly okay in minecraft.

Hey notch! can you give us higher res player models?

no wait, it took me long enough to make a skin for the current models. don't bother.

Try Dwarf Fortress.

Shit's nuts. Dem cast obsidian obelisks.

Or import dwarf fortress maps to minecraft [http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=27744]

Boring in comparison.

True enough, but MC is far from finished and Notch seems interested in making it far more complex in the long run.

Once he makes it a lot more like First Person DF than it already is, I'll buy it.

 

[kebab4you]

I like the comic, but I don't get the addiction. I tried the game, and never really got past "stage 2." It's like, okay, hmmm...Yeah, I'm done.

So you didn't play it is enough is what I hear

But ye Minecraft isn't for everyone so it would make sense.

 

[Lucifer dern]

best game in exsistance, bar none. i cant stop playing it AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Mr Companion]

everytime i see a comic like this i want to get minecraft.

You get to beat cows to death with a bunch of flowers by day and by night you lay in a ditch of filth and dirt while ungodly monstrosities try to claw their way in, what's not to like? ;D

 

[RejjeN]

Actually the hi-res models of Breen and Metro look surprisingly okay in minecraft.

Hey notch! can you give us higher res player models?

no wait, it took me long enough to make a skin for the current models. don't bother.

Try Dwarf Fortress.

Shit's nuts. Dem cast obsidian obelisks.

Or import dwarf fortress maps to minecraft [http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=27744]

Boring in comparison.

True enough, but MC is far from finished and Notch seems interested in making it far more complex in the long run.

Once he makes it a lot more like First Person DF than it already is, I'll buy it.

It will only be 10 Euro(or whatever) during Alpha, after Beta(I think) it will be 20. Beta starts at the end of the month if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Captain Pancake]

Seems to me I only get addicted to games with the word "craft" in it. Oh well, better get on to finding some coal, seriously there must be about ten blocks of the stuff in the whole world...

 

[theownerer]

Meh I got to part 2 and just didnt find it interesting at all.

Good comic though.

 

[Xocrates]

It will only be 10 Euro(or whatever) during Alpha, after Beta(I think) it will be 20. Beta starts at the end of the month if I'm not mistaken.

There is going to be a big update at the end of the month, but so far I haven't seen any indication it would be the start of the beta (and I seriously doubt it will be).

 

[Evilsanta]

Does Breen still have time to rule City 17?

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Well, my giant Dark Tower of obsidian is almost finished too...
Now just to finish up the roof and add lava, lots and lots of lava...

 

[UtopiaV1]

I would write something about the comic here, but I'm busy creating a scale model Minas Tirith in Minecraft. Also, send help!

 

[Elec0]

Haha, that's awesome. The citadel recreated with obsidian.

 

[Mirrorknight]

I'd post a long, thought out post, but I am too busy building my majestic castle built into the side of a cliff, complete with floating farm/garden/forest to do so.

Oh, right. Good comic.

 

[standokan]

I rofled out loud on the Qbert joke ^^ , good one shamus!

 

[WaderiAAA]

There is a big difference between a cube and a wool cube.

 

[Tiamat666]

Funny timing. I only started playing Minecraft yesterday, and it kept me up until 4 AM even though I actually wanted to go to sleep early. Terribly addictive.

What excites me most however, is the endless possibilities for variations and emergent gameplay that the simple game mechanics enable. I'm sure we will see alot of fascinating Minecraft spinoffs in the near future, in addition to the improvements on the original.