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Minecraft Review
Have you ever heard of Minecraft? Well, if you haven’t, it’s one of the
greatest sandbox games created. Minecraft is a game based on a set of 8, 16, or
64 pixels. There are many reasons why Minecraft is among the greatest games.
First, S.T.E.A.M.! Minecraft, in a way, includes all of the S.T.E.A.M.
categories. The S.T.E.A.M. categories are science, technology, engineering, arts,
and math.
Science! This amazing game has science. Well, science in the form of
coding. Modders, the creators, current owners, and the people at 4J studios
know how to code. You can even learn to code in game from command
blocks.
Technology! This one goes without saying. It’s played on technology, was
made on technology, and is part of the basis of current technology, which
includes psychological and medical studies, based on mental interaction.
Engineering! Simply put, redstone is an example of engineering. Things
can be built with or without command blocks. Command blocks make things
like realistic submarines and computers possible. The command block also has
exaggerated versions of features in the game like speed 225 or sharpness 1000.
How do these items relate to engineering? Even in the modern world, people
want to get to places faster or create a super weapon. Minecraft can help the
theories that make these things possible.
Arts! In Minecraft several types of art can be made. You can make pixel
art which is basically art made from several pixels. In fact, there is an example
of pixel art on page 16. Then there’s art already in the game. The painting there
is also an example of pixel art in Minecraft.
Mathematics! Minecraft is not on the number system most people are
used to using. Minecraft is on a combination of base 8, base 10 (the common
system), base 16, and base 64. Usually, when the number 10 appears, the
system has reached its max and must reset, counting 10 and starting over and
continuing. However, Minecraft is different. Most items stack in sets of 64, but
some stack as 16. The item IDs are on a base 10 system, and the pixels always
16