Minecraft is this years overnight success story in the gaming industry. Just why has it been so successful, possibly because it's hard to pull yourself away from it after you start playing.

"I can’t seem to account for several hours of my life last week. I suspect that the Minecraft icon on my desktop is somehow the cause of this. Like many hundreds of thousands before me, I have been roped into the resource collecting phenomena. After many lengthy sessions with the game I have to say that I’m completely digging this little gem from Mojang Specifications, but I’m completely baffled by the game’s concept."

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