VIDEO: This is your game on drugs (and other bits of Minecraft related business)

Matt Hawkins Contributing Writer, Video Games

The game isn’t even official out yet, but it’s all people can talk about (and in some cases play).

First off, though I mentioned it the last time Minecraft was brought up, I have yet to actually give the thing a spin. More and more of my pals are playing the game, and they all want me to join. But I’ve flat-out refuse, on the grounds that it’ll just take you WAY too much of my time, I just know it.

Though as more wacky mods come to the forefront, the harder it’s becoming to resist. Like this one, where it’s basically Minecraft on acid…

Hell, even games that are Minecraft-like are now almost guaranteed to be bonafide hits. Check out Terraria, which can be best described as a 2D version, with a heavy does of Super Metroid…

… Like I said, having that Minecraft-like feel is like the touch of gold. In just over a week it’s sold over 200,000 copies. Damn!

But yeah, back to mods, and as noted previously, the key to the game’s success is what players have been able to with it. One of my fave user generated clips has to be when the Predator decided to show up…

The other big Minecraft news is was the revelation that the Xperia PLAY would be the very first mobile device to have an official portable version. Needless to say, entitled iOS fanboys, who assume that they should get first digs with every mobile game, are not too happy.

Unfortunately the price and release date for Minecraft in your pocket has not been announced, and we don’t even know what it looks like. So instead, here’s a gag reel featuring Kristen Schaal, from those ads I first posted a number of weeks ago. It’s to help commemorate the release of the phone on Verizon Wireless, which happened today actually…

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