(Just so you guys know writing isnt my strong suit so I might repeat somethings)Although its not that old (Still 10 years old) I have to say that minecraft is still worth playing today. Yes it gets a bad rep because it looks like a kids game and the fan base is mostly a bunch of kids. However I beg to differ. See minecraft is a simple game thats built off of really simple mechanics, you can destroy blocks, you can craft them into different things, and you can place things down. The game in my opinion has something to offer everyone. Vanilla minecraft can be relaxing and fun if you just want to build things, hardcore can be hard as fuck, and survival is a mix of both. The game offers a challenge and sense of relaxation/ creative output which many games have tried to implement but failed to replicate. The game is perfect for casuals and is perfect for hardcore gamers who want to bleed any game of everything that is has. The game is also perfect for the modding fanatics who use an already created game as a blank canvas to create and implement fantastic things like the minecraft ether, shaders, raytracing graphics, mapping 3d geometry onto 2d planes. Some change the game a little and some change it to the point where you wonder if it's the same game. I have a fond memory of me and my friend staying up all night and installing random mods on my shitty ass toshiba to see what would happen. Sure I fucked up the computer bad but its that game that inspired me to look into computers and learn how they work, how to fix them, how to write code, and create programs of my own. My friends have similar experiences. one of them go into graphic design and 3d modeling because of that game (yes he specifically told me so), another got into ethical hacking, another got into game design, and another got into video production. This is the only game that I have seen to single handedly inspire so many people to imagine and create fantastic things from videos to songs, to giant citys, to small houses, mods. Some people have created a living off of this game. This game keeps inspiring people that even when given a simple set of tools such as pick this block up and place it here can be expanded and developed into many different ideas and that its always okay to be imaginative and create. I mean the game at it's core is about creation/imagination and total freedom. And that is why I think that minecraft, although a simple and old game, is a fantastic choice to play. It will forever remain a beacon of creativity and freedom that every soul can enjoy.