So, because I have some time to burn while I'm looking for work before I become a sponge to the British taxpayer, I've decided to give Minecraft a go. I've heard good things about and I've seen some of the stuff people can do with the system, so with money I was planning on saving for something else rather needless (like yet another Paradox Interactive game), I bought it, downloaded it and gave it a whirl.

Took some time to figure out how all the crafting works (thank you Minecraft wiki) and get started with the building, but within a few hours I had a very rudimentary, two-storey wooden house on a hill to call my own. It's very basic, but the satisfaction of it being all my own work makes it seem better somehow. Now I'm just looking to actually mining so I can start using metal tools and not the wooden ones. I am not looking forward to it. You'd think the hideous graphics would make the game rather comical in appearance when you venture beneath the earth.

Guess what? You're dead wrong. I haven't even found anything more dangerous than sheep and cows and I'm still relcutant to venture too far from my hilltop or mine too deep and too greedily...