288: Minecraft Maniac

[Scrythe]

Believe it or not, I actually still dabble in Legos [http://ldd.lego.com/] every now and then, so Minecraft isn't necessarily needed to fill that void.

Not saying that Minecraft isn't fun, however.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

You guys do know there are still sets out there that don't have so many of the fancy pieces, right? The Lego Creator series are entirely blocks, no special pieces. I've bought several of them in the past year, and none of the boxed products sit on my shelf. They are all amalgams of my ideas, available blocks, and unstaunched creativity.

That being said, the availability of Minecraft and it's potential for building on a colossal scale are something that Lego is harder pressed to offer. That kind of building requires lots of sets, and that means money. While our new digital crack doesn't offer the thrill of having to substitute for missing pieces, it does have thousands of the available bricks.

But, I still remember building entire rooms full of Lego constructions, and the swears heard when someone stepped on an errant brick.

 

[Wicky_42]

I would love a game with the potential of Tron's grid - that would be magic. To start with nothing but tools, and to design not only a world but also the rules of the world, to sculpt their evolution... Man, I wish I had a head for programming :/ I guess Minecraft will do

 

[Baldr]

I would love a game with the potential of Tron's grid - that would be magic. To start with nothing but tools, and to design not only a world but also the rules of the world, to sculpt their evolution... Man, I wish I had a head for programming :/ I guess Minecraft will do

There are tron image packs to replace the textures in minecraft. Not the same by any imagination, but still cool.

 

[Kahnmir]

I have no end of love for Minecraft, but I think you're selling modern Lego short. People like the late Nate "nnenn" Nielson and Fredo "Fredoichi" Houben prove that even in the less blocky Lego era, there's plenty to be creative about. Seriously, look at this stuff:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nnenn/5223063756
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredoichi/3973455705
...and so many others.

It's just a different aspect of creativity; the re-purposing of specialised things rather than shaping the identity of raw things.

Those are very impressive pictures, however, I have seen far more impressive things done with Lego, using the newer parts that are specialized, but also a great many of the older parts that aren't, but for the record, the people that build those things have invested well over a 1000$ into their Lego collections so they can build that stuff. The thing is a kid with a 20$ allowance won't ever be able to get a collection like that, and the sets they can buy are mostly specialized parts like that one dump truck someone posted a picture of. 90% of that set, as large as it is, is made up of about 7 parts, specialized. all those parts can be used to do really cool things, but its hard to trump having lots of the generic parts like the older sets had, they are simply more versatile, simply put, I can do a lot more with 50 generic bricks then 7 specialized ones.

 

[Pooka the rocket]

Wow - the majority of you are a bunch of marroons. If Lego, and the people who build with it are so void of imagination, could one of you geniuses please explain www.brothers-brick.com to me. Or how about everyone at www.eurobricks.com?

Clearly none of you really have any idea what you're talking about.

So, you know, well done with that.