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a block universe where the only plot is whatever you refuse to leave unbuilt.
means a sandbox video game where you mine resources and place cubic blocks to build, survive, and fight off monsters.
from built by swedish programmer markus persson (notch) in 2009 as a weekend java experiment inspired by infiniminer and dwarf fortress, it snowballed into the best-selling video game of all time.
sales recordover 300 million copies sold worldwide
microsoft dealbought for 2.5 billion dollars in 2014
world sizemap is bigger than the surface of neptune
redstone logicplayers built working computers inside the game
for instance
herobrine myth — fake creepypasta ghost that fooled millions of players for years
hermitcraft server — youtube survival world running continuously since 2012
minecraft speedruns — world record beats the game in under two minutes
tokyo university build — students recreated real campus buildings block by block