Unleashing Creativity:
Minecraft, a blocky, retro, role-playing simulation that’s more Lego than svelte, hi-tech wizardry, isn’t just the game du jour. Kids would skip dinner to play it if parents allowed. Minecraft is role-playing and so much more.
Let me back up a moment. Most simulation games — where players role-play life in a pretend world — aren’t so much “Choose Your Own Adventure” as “See If You Survive Ours.” In most games, players are a passenger in a hero’s journey, solving riddles, advancing through levels and unlocking prizes.
That’s not Minecraft. In Minecraft, they create the world. Nothing happens without their decision — not surroundings, characters, buildings rising or holes being dug.