Minecraft

[Canama]

Minecraft is basically what you get if you took Lego bricks and made them into an entire world. In the single player game, there is nothing but you and a world of endless blocks one cubic meter in volume. (When I say endless, I mean ENDLESS - there is no hard limit to world size but the game starts glitching when you travel a certain distance from spawn. This distance is about a quarter of the way from the earth to the sun.) You can dig out blocks, craft items, and basically do whatever you please to make the world you're given yours.

The multiplayer is similar but with more people. You can easily set up and host a server. There are many mods avaliable for both single player and multiplayer to customize the experience.

It may be the single greatest thing intended for entertainment that man has ever made.

Discuss.

Official site - the game can only be purchased here.
Official wiki

EDIT: As of 8/16/11, Minecraft: Pocket Edition has been released for the Xperia Play! It plays much like the old Minecraft Classic did, but with more blocks.

EDIT 2: As of 10/7/11, Minecraft: Pocket Edition is now available on all Android devices!

EDIT 3: As of I-don't-remember-when, it is available on iOS devices!

-Canama

[Blade]

Okay, thought I had responded yesterday, but apparently not.

I haven't tried Minecraft yet, as my computer isn't exactly working that great, but I've heard it's a very good game, and can build some good stuff. =D

[Trijhak]

I play Minecraft sometimes myself.

It's a great game though it's only in beta so be aware of bugs.

I've heard and seen the far lands, though I have never been there myself. Too far and I only use performance boosting mods. (e.g. Optimine, Optifog, as without them I can only play on Tiny and Short and I like to see what's in the distance.)

[Darth Rexus]

I have been thinking about getting Minecraft for a while now.
I have heard a good few things about it from people on Roblox (most of the people who played Roblox in 2006-2008 play Minecraft now) so I might try it, but IDK.

[Wantija$$$]

I've never played Minecraft. I've always wanted to make my own world and do what ever I want with it. Also, this Minecraft video is AMAZING

[Darth Rexus]

You can basicly create your own world on Roblox, and, if you are good at Lua Scripting, you can make it do all kinds of stuff.
From what I've seen Minecraft is kinda like that but it doesn't allow personal places rahter either Single Player or Multiplayer and it is more Survival based... but I am still waiting for my Roblox sub to run out to play Minecraft just in case I play it too much and the money I payed on Roblox is wasted

[Trijhak]

Single Player = personal place with almost endless exploring.

Multiplayer servers: join one, find a remote piece of land, build a house to become your house with also with almost endless exploring but has people. Sometimes griefers.

But in both... BEWARE OF CREEPERS. Unless you play on peaceful.

There's also the Nether in Single Player and soon in Multiplayer.

[Flipz]

I've never played Minecraft. I've always wanted to make my own world and do what ever I want with it. Also, this Minecraft video is AMAZING
*snip*

Even more amazing when you recognize the scenes built.  Those are all sets from Hayao Miyazaki's films, done in PAINSTAKING detail.  Just from what I recognize off the top of my head: Castle in the Sky, a movie I don't recognize, Howl's Moving Castle, and Spirited Away (my favorite out of all his films), followed by the same movie I don't recognize.  It truly is amazing; if I ever get a chance to play Minecraft, I definitely want to check it out further.

Here's another awesome video I found; most of this guy's stuff is pretty impressive, but this takes the cake.

[Darth Rexus]

I finally got the game a few days ago, I love it
I have already made a smallish settlement, but I keep getting afraid to expand whenever I heard the dungeon sound in my basement.

[Trijhak]

I finally got the game a few days ago, I love it
I have already made a smallish settlement, but I keep getting afraid to expand whenever I heard the dungeon sound in my basement.

...Dungeon Sound?

I'm fairly sure what you're hearing are called 'Cave Sounds'. Also, if you are afraid of getting surprised by too many hostile mobs in caves, go in them at night. Apparently less hostile mobs spawn in caves at night because unlike daytime, they are also spawning on the surface. Beware of Lightning. Start a tree farm. If you are still on stone tools try and find Iron and upgrade to iron tools. Kill as many pigs as you can, setting fire to the block underneath them is an advisable way. Branch mine if you're not into caves. Make sure you can see around your house through glass. The roof counts too. You do not want to get damaged or killed by a surprise explosion. Try and avoid combat with skeletons until you have a bow and a decent supply of arrows, and if you can try and trick hostile mobs into killing themselves or each-other. (such as getting one to walk into lava or getting something like a spider to attack a zombie)

(IDEA: MLNO Minecraft server except it'll never happen)

[korchi12]

I finally got the game a few days ago, I love it
I have already made a smallish settlement, but I keep getting afraid to expand whenever I heard the dungeon sound in my basement.

...Dungeon Sound?

I'm fairly sure what you're hearing are called 'Cave Sounds'. Also, if you are afraid of getting surprised by too many hostile mobs in caves, go in them at night. Apparently less hostile mobs spawn in caves at night because unlike daytime, they are also spawning on the surface. Beware of Lightning. Start a tree farm. If you are still on stone tools try and find Iron and upgrade to iron tools. Kill as many pigs as you can, setting fire to the block underneath them is an advisable way. Branch mine if you're not into caves. Make sure you can see around your house through glass. The roof counts too. You do not want to get damaged or killed by a surprise explosion. Try and avoid combat with skeletons until you have a bow and a decent supply of arrows, and if you can try and trick hostile mobs into killing themselves or each-other. (such as getting one to walk into lava or getting something like a spider to attack a zombie)

(IDEA: MLNO Minecraft server except it'll never happen)

An MLNO minecraft server would be pure win. I would start if I knew how to...

[Flipz]

(IDEA: MLNO Minecraft server except it'll never happen)

Well, another LEGO forum, the Brick Comic Network, managed to set one up; if they can do it I'm sure we can...

[Blade]

Well, what does it take? If we find out that info, we could figure something out. =)

[Canama]

To start up a basic server just takes a few minutes. If you want to add some modifications it will take know-how, though, and to host 24/7 you need money.

I can mod a server, but I can't host it.

-Canama

[Blade]

Hmm... Then likely the only problem would be the 'hosting 24/7' part...

[korchi12]

Well it doesn't have to be 24/7. a server I play on is open for 12 hours (sometimes less) and was shut off during the night.

[Blade]

Yeah... But then the problem is time zones; would the players be able to be on when the server's on, and such. =/

[korchi12]

Yeah, stupid time zones Im on eastern standard time. I could still see it working it would just be a little awkward and people just wouldn't be able to play for many hours at a time if there was, say, a 3-4 hour time difference.

[Blade]

And what about stuff like 12 hour or so differences? That's the other thing I was thinking of, since we have many different time zones represented here.

[Legodac]

Can this Roblox game be purchased at a game store? Is it only PC compatibale?