Anyone had a go of this?
minecraft.net
It's a bit of a mess at the moment, he's had so many problems with bandwidth, you can only download the exe and no sounds right now, but this is mightily impressive for what seems, upon opening, to be written for an Atari 800XL at best
But dig a little deeper, and it's fiendishly addictive
It's hard to describe really, a world of blocks and resources that you need to mine to combine to make all sorts of tools and objects.
The twist is that, as darkness falls, all manner of evils spawn and so you need a shelter to hide in, which as you build up experience will become a multi-storey house with windows, doors, torches for light etc
There's animals bobbing around too for you to harvest for, I dunno, or maybe keep in a pen for, I still dunno
This is really early days, and there is no multiplayer right now, but this is a fascinating little game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraftnewbie guide
http://minecraftwiki.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=35905&sid=49cc175754243e3732dd21d023b9bc90the developers blog
http://notch.tumblr.com/I reckon this is right up George's street. Or at least it would be if it wasn't running in ultra-high def graphics compared to his usual games
I've opted to build a house with two storeys with windows upstairs to peer at the zombies and a zombie catching hallway. They appear to burn up in the day if you catch one, generating......feathers it looks like