Giant Bombcast 09-28-2010

"Stop calling it a game!" Why does Ryan seem to hate Minecraft so much? Survival is a game, sir, and a big part of it.
Sounds like he just hasn't played it enough. I didn't get it either at first. But once the light bulb comes on, forget about it.

" The problem with minecraft is that is impossible to explain, in conversation, what makes the game interesting."

" @notsonic: You obviously haven't listened to much of anything since that was announced...it was never guaranteed 3 hours anyway....more 2 hours, at least, and the first hour was for everyone.  Secondly, they said last week or the week before that since they hit at least 5,000 subscribers they aren't going to worry about that now and just funnel it to other new projects for subscribers....basically everyone wins.    Listend harder.  This was mentioned in the first 10-15 minutes of the 'cast. "

It's whilst, sounding like 'while' with an 'st' on the end. Not like 'will' with an 'st'. 

I want to request tunnelflooding in minecraft and a report on how things went.

even my dad who is 53 was like you cant play missel  command  with out the track ball are you fucken dum

Bombcast suddenly turned into Hoarders: Giant Bomb PC Edition.

That first DSIWare description and voice was fucking amazing, the Zelonia one or whatever it's actually called.

Vinny with the Solarbabies reference FTW.

I watched all 42 Episodes of "X's Adventures in Minecraft" now. Why is this not a game? That 10 hours of youtube were awesome! I can not wait to play this GAME.

Pretty sure Jeff burned down my son's house on our Minecraft server.
 
Thanks Jeff.  I'll be sure to use your name in the child custody hearing.

The wait,
 
it's incredible.
 
EDIT: Oh god dammit. Thought it was Tuesday for some fucking reason. Fuck me sideways.

activity engaged in for diversion or amusement.........definition of a game.  So i would say minecraft qualifies.

The Wait, 
It's like 

" @matti00 said:

" @Woodroez said:

" @RE_Player92 said:

" Just got done listening to the podcast, who else thinks it was meh?  "

eh, yeah, kinda. They can't all be zingers. "

Maybe it needs a new format, like splitting it into 2 halves or something? "

Ship it! "

If you listen very closely, you can actually hear Jeff not giving a fuck about Civ5. True story.

I'm kind of disappointed.  I went into this excited to listen to them talk about Minecraft, but they didn't really seem to understand the game (and it IS a game).  The thing about Minecraft is that it isn't just user generated content.  There's a game with a set of rules and situations within which your character can create.
 
Take the following example: you see a cave entrance and decide to head down into the tunnels in search of resources and treasure.  You're wandering around in the darkness setting torches every so often to keep your path lit.  Suddenly you hear monsters, so you dig a hole and burst into a dungeon with two chests.  Skeletons come at you firing arrows all the way, you dodge around them firing back with your own bow, but you run out of arrows and are forced to resort to your sword.  At last you defeat them loot the chests and make your way out of the dungeon to return to your house with the loot.
 
As you head outside the sun sets, but you're feeling good so you continue back to base.  That's when you hear something behind you.  You turn around just in time to find a monster, which promptly explodes and kills you.
 
I could continue, but my point is that NONE of that is user generated content.  All the same it is a large part of playing the single player game.   There's actually a lot of tension, especially when you first start the game and scramble to set up your first base.  There's also an RPG like quality to it, as your base grows from a hole in the ground to a castle of gold towering into the sky.
 
Yes, the way you can terraform the world is user generated content, but it's user generated content within the context of a game--not just on a blank slate as you would find in Garry's Mod or LittlebigPlanet.   Minecraft isn't just about building, it's about surviving in a world (survival by the way is what I would consider the goal) .

Minecraft.. Oh yeah

@Ax23000: That is fair, saying that "Surviving" is the goal. but still theres no ultimate goal, no "winning".  Even in WOW or any MMO you reach an end state where if you, say dont like endlessly raiding, or PVP you've "finished".  A game cannot be a game without a way to "win". "

" @Rox360:  Your examples are faulty, The goal of sim city IS to build a functioning city.  doing anything else is subverting the game, sure they give you other options like calling in natural disasters, but the goal is a functioning city. "