Minecraft: It's awesome.

[Requia ☣]

What exactly is the point of this thing?  Just explore it?

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

You can explore what other people have made or make your own shit. It's like virtual legos and since it's java, it can be played on any system that supports java. It's also still in testing though so it's buggy.

[The Fundamentalist]

I've seen it used to prototype an environment from a MUD-ish thing once.  Seemed simple, with the advantages and disadvantages that implies.

[Requia ☣]

It's much more intriguing in multiplayer.

I have a world in 'The Archives' if anybody wants to look around.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv-FORwG2oo

[Requia ☣]

I got a copy of the paid version of this a couple days ago.  The standard adventure mode is probably one of the scariest games I've ever played.

The fucking skeletons are out to get me 

[Remington]

Spider dungeons = most horrible things ever invented.

Also, Minecraft is the first game I've ever got really truly 169% LOST in.

[Requia ☣]

Yeah, I've had to tunnel my way out more than once.  (Which is not fun if your tunnel comes out under the ocean).

And *every* monster in that game is 169% horrible.