Punching trees: A 30-year old's struggles with Minecraft

Minecraft

I'm no hardcore gamer. I enjoy playing video games and I have since I was eight years erstwhile. In that 22 years of owning consoles from Sega, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft I've seen my fair share of unlike titles, but few have left me as immediately confused as Minecraft.

Seriously, how does an 11-yr onetime just pick this thing up and run with it?

And so I immediately began feeling former. While many games today hitting the marketplace with an 18 age rating, is it the complete opposite for Minecraft? Exercise you lot struggle more the older you are? My experiences and so far resemble an old human yelling at a cloud. What's the purpose? You're but in the middle of nowhere. What practise y'all really do first?

What practise y'all mean you dial trees?

In that location's an episode of South Park that's especially relevant hither. While its creators oftentimes mock current events and whatever is popular at any given fourth dimension, their interpretation of adults playing Minecraft is pretty much what it's been like in my firm this by few days.

Hither's the clip. A petty warning, it is South Park and at that place is a some balmy swearing to consider.

Maybe I'm thinking as well much like a dad. How bad is it? Well, I bought a book aimed at kids to endeavor and help me go started. At that place'south a long fashion to get.

At the same fourth dimension it's pretty funny. I'm besides not the only member of the Windows Central team with similar, 'old man' struggles. Nosotros're non getting browbeaten that hands, though. Nosotros're going to take a little fun with it. We've got an insanely busy time coming upward (hello, Windows ten!) but in-betwixt I'grand going to effort and get this figured out and endeavour to elevate some of the other members of the team along for the ride.

Autonomously from our Xbox Editor, Jez Corden, because he's non old and doesn't yell at clouds. The future may bring a hilarious Twitch stream or two where he's going to effort and teach me Minecraft. Kind of similar that South Park video above.

It'll exist fun for someone, I'm sure.

Am I alone or are at that place other people like me who but don't get it? Sound off in the comments below!

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