Like many Lego-playing pre-teens, my son has recently been drawn to the “building with blocks” computer game called Minecraft. Despite being a relatively new game (version 1.0 was released on November 18, 2011), Minecraft already has a huge following. How huge? According to the Minecraft stats page, as of January 28, 2012, Minecraft has “20,915,072 registered users, of which 4,784,102 (22.87%) have bought the game. In the last 24 hours, 89,886 people registered, and 14,127 people bought the game.”

What accounts for this massive popularity in such short a time? I haven’t played the game myself (yet) but I’ve been looking over my son’s shoulder and what I see is one cool game. Admittedly, the graphics aren’t amazing compared to what you typically see on the XBox 360 and PS3. However, if you like Lego, you’ll love Minecraft. According to the Minecraft website, “Minecraft is a game about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine.” Yup, that sounds a lot like Lego! The best part is, Minecraft is a whole lot cheaper than buying a large Star Wars Lego set!

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