Minecraft Wins Gaming Arts Award 87
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports that Minecraft has won a new arts award for games, beating the likes of Portal 2 and Ilomilo. The prize was announced at the finale of the GameCity videogame culture festival in Nottingham. From the article: 'Minecraft does involve traditional staples of gaming, including night-roaming monsters and the chance to fight multiplayer battles online. However, it was ultimately selected on the basis of its mood and ability to encourage gamers to become creative. "It's the broadest definition of art that you can have," said Mr. Hall.'"
NPC village mod (trade, quests, building...) (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Sandbox game is art? (Score:4, Interesting)
If the game were just an endless flat space and you could build on top of it, you might have a point, but the worlds it randomly generates are truly beautiful in their own right. I've spent hours just running around looking at the terrain.
It's Also Pretty Damn Creepy (Score:5, Interesting)
I've barely even scratched the surface on building in the game, but there are a ton of neat builds on Youtube. And then this [youtube.com] never stops being funny. Watching the youtube videos are almost as much fun as playing the game.
Unlike traditional MMOs where you have no effect on the world you play in, you build your own world in Minecraft. It's a lot more fun that way.
Telling a story without saying one word (Score:5, Interesting)