


"The User creates a spear made out of electricity and throws it Note:The longer this attack is held, the farther the player goes. Players and mobs touching the blast take damage and are knocked back. The player creates lightning inside their hands and proceeds to teleport forward, creating a small blast at their new location. With many people around the world encouraged to stay indoors, Mojang shut down the game earlier this year."The User gathers lightning in their fist, then punches, teleporting them forward" The game launched in 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic began its spread.

Hold up your phone's camera, and Minecraft elements are added on screen. Minecraft Earth attempted to bring the Minecraft formula into augmented reality, which overlays computer images on the real world. "Rather than shift our expectations of what games can be, it's banking on its own popularity," GameSpot's Steve Watts wrote. CNET corporate cousin GameSpot gave the game a "good" review, noting that the biggest disappointment was that Minecraft Dungeons focused on fighting monsters, instead of offering a new twist on its namesake's formula of world building. Minecraft Dungeons, an action-adventure game in Minecraft's style, received mixed reviews when it was released last year, according to a survey by Metacritic. Not all of Mojang's efforts have been as successful as its flagship game. "Social connection is a universal human need people have," Pettie said. So they turned to socially focused games they could play with friends nearby or across the web, like Minecraft, a similarly designed competitor Roblox, and the hit online battle game Fortnite. He noted that the pandemic created another boost for the game, as many people were stuck at home in search of entertainment. "The game itself is effectively a canvas," said Pettie, who now leads up YouTube's Culture and Trends Insights efforts. The video has racked up more than 12.8 million views in the 11 years since. "I don't think you guys have ever appreciated how absolutely huge the Enterprise is," video maker Halkun said in his 3:09 tour of the ship. One of the most popular videos to spread across the internet then was when someone re-created Star Trek's Enterprise-D starship in Minecraft, racking up more than 2 million views after uploading the clip in 2010. Earnest Pettie remembers that one of his first times learning about Minecraft was when he was a curator of viral videos and he stumbled across popular Minecraft clips. Minecraft's success on YouTube has been a key to its growth. "There isn't a right or wrong way to play." "From the beginning we've let them play the game the way they want," Winters said. The creators often make money from their videos either through sponsorships or by including ads and splitting a percentage of that income with YouTube. Another depicts the creator Dream speeding his way through the game's "end" in less than 23 minutes, garnering 29.6 million views. One popular earlier one, from creator CaptainSparklez, garnered 145 million views with a Minecraft-inspired riff on Coldplay's popular song Viva La Vida, called Fallen Kingdom. The Minecraft community by comparison creates all sorts of worlds and videos. Nintendo's Super Mario Bros., one of the most popular video game franchises of all time, is known for its quirky characters and intricate puzzles.

Most popular games are known for their ultra-realistic war simulation battles or engrossing storylines. Part of Minecraft's appeal is how its blocky Lego-like art style gives players tools to build their own worlds, and tell their own stories. Whether or not you're watching Minecraft all the time, a lot of other people are.
