Minecraft 1.8 Is Out

Today, they released Minecraft 1.8, at least part of it.  The next update will feature the other part of it.  People all over the world from New Zealand, to the America's are gearing up and getting their Diamond armor and Pick Axes ready to go.

The challenge?  Enderman.  Notch added Enderman to the game.  These guys are supposed to be a creeper type of mob, but what ever you do, don't look at them.  As long as you aren't looking at them, it's as though you don't even exist, but if you do look at them.  Be ware.  They'll become angry and get aggressive.  Also, they have the ability to teleport to you.  If you do make them aggressive, the only way to hold them off so far, besides trying to kill them, is to keep your mouse pointer over the mob, when you get far enough away, it'll teleport closer to you.  This will increase the excitement and rush for Minecraft players.  This adds a whole new level of game play.

We finally have floating islands.  Yep, a way to build in the sky.  Floating Fortress anyone?  You have to build a portal to the Nether in order to build a portal to the Skyland.  Here's how it works, first, build a Portal out of Obsidian to get to the Nether, then go into the nether and collect some Glowstone.  Once you have enough Glowstone, you can create a portal to the Skyland.  This should be an interesting game play feature.  I can see people already making 1.8 videos.  There are so many cool features being added, such as Minecarts being able to be used as Boats.

Many people have already updated their Minecraft, while many others are at work, or at school and can't wait to rush home.  We know what the first thing they'll be doing when they get home will be.  Updating their games of course.  In fact, I'm off to update mine as well.

The Fear Is No More

The Fear Is No More

The world is dark and now I'm out.
The eyes adjust as I stand and stare
The stars shine bright and help light the night.
The air is fresh and has a cool feel.
The ground is soft as my feet rest on grass.
The senses take over as a smell drifts by.
The mind can't tell, from whence it came.
The ears hear a sound towards the rear.
The hairs stand on end, unknowing of what it is.
The body turns and the eyes see.
The dog stands and stares, not sure what to do.
The eyes meet and we stare.
The moment passes and the dog turns away.
The fear is no more.

Written by:

Roger Hoyt

Copyright July 2011

Why You Should Check Out Grooveshark

Grooveshark was shared to me by a friend of mine.  What is Grooveshark?  Grooveshark is a place you can go to listen to music.  "Wait, can't I do that at lastfm?"  Sure, you can do that at lastfm, but you might find a reason here to use Grooveshark instead.

I instantly fell in love with Grooveshark the moment I found I can get 8bit music on there.  "8big?  Seriously dude?"  Yep, seriously.  I'm a gamer.  I grew up on Games.  My first system was a Nintendo Entertainment System (aka - NES).  I've always been a Nintendo Fan Boy.  I'm a fan of Playstation as well.  That seems to be Sony's expertise.  Don't let them touch an MMO.  (Massive Multiplayer Online game).

The great thing about Grooveshark?  It's easy to find artist that you know.  The search is easy to find.  In fact, the search should be one of the first things you see when you enter the website.  Just type in an Artist and you're good to go.

Did I mention you can create your own playlist?  Yep, on top of the like and dislike system that Yahoo Radio and LastFM have, Grooveshark has a playlist option.  Like a song?  Create a playlist and add it.  That simple.

Is this the way internet radio should be?  Well, personally, in my opinion, I'd combine features of all the internet radio.  The greatest things often borrow ideas from other websites.  Look at Facebook.  It wasn't even the first Social Networking site.  Now it's huge.

Do I recommend Grooveshark?  Certainly.  I say give it a go.  The only complain one might have right now, is that it's not fully supported by the Iphone.  Be sure to check it out and let me know what you think.