Minecraft

***Minecraft*** is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios and originally released in 2009. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made public in May 2009 before being fully released in November 2011, with Notch stepping down and Jens "Jeb" Bergensten taking over development. *Minecraft* has become the best-selling video game in history, with over 238 million copies sold and nearly 140 million monthly active players as of 2021. It has been ported to several platforms.

In *Minecraft*, players explore a blocky, procedurally generated, three-dimensional world with virtually infinite terrain. Players can discover and extract raw materials, craft tools and items, and build structures, earthworks, and machines. Depending on their chosen game mode, players can fight hostile mobs, as well as cooperate with or compete against other players in the same world. Game modes include a survival mode (in which players must acquire resources to build in the world and maintain health) and a creative mode (in which players have unlimited resources and access to flight). The game's large community also offers a wide variety of user-generated content, such as modifications, servers, skins, texture packs, and custom maps, which add new game mechanics and possibilities.

*Minecraft* has received critical acclaim, winning several awards and being cited by some as one of the greatest video games ever created. Social media, parodies, adaptations, merchandise, and the annual Minecon conventions played prominent roles in popularizing the game. The game has also been used in educational environments to teach chemistry, computer-aided design, and computer science. In 2014, Mojang and the *Minecraft* intellectual property were purchased by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion. Several spin-offs have also been made, including *Minecraft: Story Mode*, *Minecraft Earth*, *Minecraft Dungeons*, and the most recent release, *Minecraft Legends*.

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Speaking of Minecraft Legends, it was a failure, losing around 96% of players since its peak after its release. Seriously, no-one talks about Minecraft Legends anymore. It's like it's disappeared from the internet, almost!

I used to be into Minecraft, but never play it that much anymore (though I still watch videos about it on YouTube). Playing it is as rare as seeing a shooting star from your front porch in the suburbs. Speaking of rarity, the chance of finding a pink sheep in Minecraft is 0.164%, or 1 in 610, if I'm doing the maths/conversion right. The odds of finding a baby mob in the game are 5%, or 1 in 20, so the chance of finding a pink lamb in the game is 0.0082%, or 1 in 12195.

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The Creeper is a popular Minecraft icon, and even made it to the official logo. But did you know that this monster was a mistake? Back when Notch was creating the game, he was going to add mobs to the game--more specifically pigs. When working on the pig model, everything was all good except for the body, which had been rotated 90 degrees, which made the animal look alien. He decided to fix it, but not in a way you'd expect: turning it from a broken pig to the Creeper we all know; he textured the Creeper to look like leaves and added a face, making it camouflage with the grass and leaves--but when the textures changes in 1.0, they didn't camouflage as well anymore. They used to explode on death in the Beta versions, but now they just explode when they get near you.