Minecraft Released

You might have realized I have not written my usual Weekend Update post – which, as I very well know, is the only post I am still writing regularly here. The reason for this is simple: Minecraft was released on the 18th, which was last Friday. Therefore I only did one thing this weekend: Playing Minecraft.

I have been playing Minecraft for quite a while now, I think I bought the beta in spring. There have been a lot of changes over time, but there also have been quite some changes between the last open beta release, which was 1.8.1 (all 1.9 releases were closed and basically steering towards the release candidate), and the final release now.

I have spent this weekend crafting new objects, I have used the new Enchantment Table to make special weapons. I have wondered about the NPC villagers looking like they are all related to Squidward from Spongebob Squarepants. I have brewed potions, I have walked new places and I will continue to do so, as I have not found the End so far.

Some impressions from the final release:

You can now breed animals by giving two adults of the same kind wheat (if they are close together). Here two adult pigs with their little piglet.

They really do look like Squidward with those noses, don’t you think?

I’m building myself a wizards tower, to enchant and brew in style.

Inside my tower, the area for brewing potions.

I see myself playing a lot of Minecraft from now on.

Weekend Update

And again I am a bit late this week, but it’s still weekend, right? So what am I doing this weekend?

• DVD to watch: nothing special
• Book to read: this and that, a bit of everything
• Game to play: some casual games, some “The Sims 3”

Weekend! Yay!

Weekend Update

Yes, I am late again, but this weekend I’m not doing anything special, so here’s my plan:

• DVD to watch: watching some old DVDs again
• Book to read: nothing special
• Game to play: some casual games

As you see, I’m keeping myself occupied, but I’m not doing something worth listing.

Weekend Update

Yes, I know I didn’t put out this update on a weekend, but I didn’t do much this weekend, anyway.

• DVD to watch: “The Big Bang Theory” Season 3
• Book to read: browsing various books this weekend
• Game to play: a few demos from Steam

The weekend was nice, but I wasn’t exactly focused on something.

Weekend Update

Another weekend has arrived and what will I do?

• DVD to watch: nothing special planned
• Book to read: “Illuminating Torchwood” by Andrew Ireland and others
• Game to play: “The Sims 3”

New pets for “The Sims 3”!

Weekend Update

Another weekend and once again I am late with my update. There’s not much to update this weekend, though:

• DVD to watch: nothing special planned
• Book to read: reading some free e-books (they’re short)
• Game to play: “Costume Quest”, a nice, Halloween-themed RPG

Tomorrow I’ll be a year older … my, how time flies … nice weekend, though.

Weekend Update

I know I am a day late again, but simple fact is I was doing other stuff. What?

• DVD to watch: nothing special planned, but I’ll find something
• Book to read: going over some Coffeehouse Mysteries again right now
• Game to play: “Torchlight” again and some casual games

Autumn has come, time for reading and playing games at home while rain and storm rage outside.