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Today's game is some Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition. I haven't been in my world for a while so i decided to hop in and relax. I've noticed i don't really have a drive to beat the Ender Dragon, so i think that's really dampened a bit of my attention too it. I still enjoy sinking some time into it though.

I stopped to get some fish to tame the cat above, and while i was doing so it started to set and the game's soothing soundtrack started playing. I ended up putting the rod away and just watching. Maybe it's just nostalgia but watching that sent shivers down my spine, in like a good way. I felt all the stress of the day just kind of leave my body and i felt a lot lighter.

It brought back vivid memories of my childhood, sat around the Entertainment Center with my sister. We'd spend hours in Minecraft (creative mode specifically because we were afraid of survival) and just build the most mundane things with our creativity. It always felt so amazing even when the builds were so poor in quality.

I remember the very first world i built, i built this giant wooden house in a dessert, then built a cafeteria on top of it out of iron blocks. and finally on top of that I built a Travel Agency that specialized in trips to the nether (complete with a nether rail and everything). I decided i wanted a moat so i used TNT. Then i built a bridge out of emerald blocks. Finally i had a farm i put in the basement along with a room for my cats. I wanted to be able to see them so i put a glass sun roof in the floor of my bedroom.

Another memory I remember was when i couldn't figure out how to make a furnace (because of how the Console Edition's UI was). I tried everything, and my last ditch effort was too build a cobblestone U shape with a Dandelion in the center (for fire). Looking back I'm not sure why i thought that would work. But it's still a really fond memory. I'm starting to ramble a bit here about my childhood, but basically, watching this was nostalgic.

I went to check in on the village and i think their population went down, I'm not sure though. I'm thinking of building some sort of defensive barrier around the village to help keep them safe. I don't really do villager trading, but also I'd feel bad not trying to help out, so it's something on my list someday.

My final act for today was to check on Matheson (who is a black sheep i named after Richard Matheson, author of I Am Legend, one of my favorite books growing up and what i just so happened to have on my shelf when i looked at it for a name). I fed him some wheat before shutting it off. I figured i should feed the guy.

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[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I think it’s a combination of the graphics and just the limitations it forces on you. It really forces you to think outside the box for builds, at least in my opinion. I’m sure there’s people far more qualified though to figure out what it is