Minecraft is probably the most influential sandbox game of all time.

It's the brainchild of Swedish programmer Marcus Notch Pearson and was released to the public on November 18, 2011.

Minecraft is also one of the best-selling games of all time, with 238 million copies sold

as of April 2021.

Wow!

It's available on every gaming platform, PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and mobile,

and the only game with more sales is Tetris, which leads me to believe that humans

are obsessed with blocks.

But I think we need to go right to the source.

I've got 10 news correspondent Everett who's played more Minecraft than anyone I know.

Everett, can you please explain what Minecraft is? Hey, Tenors. What's up, old humans?

Dude! I mean, what's up, grown-ups? Everett here, and I'm just chilling.

Minecraft is a fun, creative game where the world is one giant block.

In this game, you've dropped into a huge, open world

with mountains, forest, caves, plains, and oceans.

But it's infinite, like, it goes on forever and ever,

and ever, and ever.

But there's no specific goal or objective.

The world is filled with blocks which you can destroy, remove, build or replace.

And the resources you collect help you build things.

It's like you get to explore an open world with a whole bunch of Legos and it's up to you to figure out how you want to play and what you want to build.

There are four levels of difficulty. Peace, easy, normal, and hard.

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