America Has Destroyed A Virtual Denmark World

One of the most popular games this year is Minecraft, a fantasy game where players will design and create their own imaginary worlds using 3-D blocks. They can choose between creative mode, (Where they can create anything they could possibly imagine) or survival mode (Where players start with nothing and have to find their own supplies to live). When Denmark created a world that looked a lot like the country to teach kids about it’s geography, Americans hacked in, destroyed everything, and put up virtual American flags. Minecraft has lava, flint and steel (to make fire) and tnt all of which could have been used in the process.

While this may appear as a threat, Americans think this is humourous. On an app called iFunny, people look at funny photos. When they see something they think is cool they “LIKE”. Hitting a “LIKE” is similar to a vote. The top 20 photos every few hours will be “Featured”. Being “Featured” will promise that the photos will be seen by more people, get more likes, and become more popular. A few days ago I was scrolling through the featured when I saw a picture of what Americans did to the Denmark world with a caption of what they did. Americans found this hilarious and the photo got thousands of likes.

I found this story interesting because my brother plays Minecraft and tries to teach me how to play. It is a fun game that my brother plays constantly. When I play with him, we build houses, roller coasters, or explore. We never really destroy things especially not other people’s creations!

I wrote this using CNN.com at: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/09/tech/social-media/apparently-this-matters-america-invades-denmark-minecraft/index.html

And using my common knowledge of Minecraft and iFunny