Minecraft has been in the gaming world for more than 10 years now. A seemingly simple game with endless possibilities. It seriously brings you five crazy facts about video games that you need to know.
#1 – Many inspirations in the game
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You can find in Maine Craft Many references to video games, but not only. For example, the Endermen draw their inspiration from Slendermen, a fictional character with long arms and legs and the ability to teleport to surprise their victims. Some of the boards in the game are inspired by video games as is the graphic representing the “Dust” map counter strike Or even a level of the game donkey kong And many more.
#2 – A bug has become a code
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The creeper is probably the best known enemy of Maine Craft. This all-green character that annoyingly tends to explode when you get too close is, in origin, a simple coding error. When Markus Persson (Notch) coded his game, he misspelled the numbers and instead of the pig, we got… Creeper! Hence, by the way, its four legs.
3- blocks in the service of education
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Maine Craft Amazing compulsory course isn’t it? However true. In Sweden, at Victor Rydberg College, Maine Craft It has been part of the curriculum since 2013. For teachers, it is an excellent teaching tool that allows students, among other things, to manage their resources. This is what gave Monjang Studio the idea to launch an educational game, Minecraft educationIt is now used in many schools.
#4- Maine Craftn multilingual game
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Not surprisingly, the game was so successful that it was translated into several languages. More than a hundred languages are available and among them are some surprises. Latin for example, one of the official languages of the Vatican, but also Esperanto, which was created at the end of the 19th century. There is also pirate language if you ever feel like playing a pirate. Two fictional languages have also been added as Klingon, the language of the string Star Trekbut also Quenya, one of the languages spoken by the elves in Tolkien’s works!
#5 – Protection from censorship
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On March 12, 2020, Reporter Without Borders teamed up with Minecraft to create a massive virtual library to circumvent censorship in some countries. In this library there are articles that have been banned or written by journalists who have been banned, exiled, or killed. Consisting of more than 12.5 million blocks and about 250 man-hours, this initiative exists to track and allow the circulation of information to circumvent censorship.
