There's so much doom and gloom out there. I realized yesterday's PLOG entry was full of it as well. So today I'm taking a breather from the harsh realities of the real world and making another Minecraft post (though it links up with the real world because it's about PURPOSE).
One of the reasons Minecraft remains in my top 3 favorite video games after all these years is because, as a player, I get to make my own purpose. Some people dislike games like this and only play them for a brief period and then stop, but not me. I'll come up with all kind of roleplay-esque concepts and building ideas and keep going and going. I also credit Minecraft for continuing to give free upgrades to their game, instead of making people pay for "expansions," "DLC," or "sequels."
I designed and made this building. I have a whole city I'm working on with a couple of people on the server. We play in survival mode, which means we have to collect everything we build with - though there are some advantages (like the skeleton spawner, zombie spawner, and spider spawner).
It's fun. It's social. We can have community goals, project goals we work on together, and individual goals. I have my own desert village I'll be working on more later. All of these projects give me purpose in the game, reasons to keep logging on and interacting with the community.
Minecraft is turning out to be a good way to spend some of my vacation time while I am staying indoors avoiding the pandemic. I'm rather proud of my Nether Hub and the community projects.
Be safe out there (and I'll be safe in here)!
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