<story><title>New Game: Minecraft Earth</title><url>https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/new-game--minecraft-earth#</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jsilence</author><text>What would be a sensible minimum age for minecraft?</text></item><item><author>saddestcatever</author><text>Minecraft is one of the few games that I think everyone should try. It&amp;#x27;s not just &amp;quot;another video game&amp;quot;, but something quite unique. It hits a certain part of the brain in both &amp;quot;creative expression&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;exploring the unknown&amp;quot; that we exercise so rarely in day to day life (or in other games). It&amp;#x27;s no wonder it really sticks with kids and becomes a way for them to express imagination. Make sure you sit down and try playing with them at some point, it&amp;#x27;ll be a fun learning experience for everyone involved.</text></item><item><author>retube</author><text>My kids are obsessed. Literally everything they say to me starts with &amp;quot;Daddy, on minecraft, ....&amp;quot; It&amp;#x27;s all they talk about, including with each other. They even act it out in playtime. Although as someone who has never played I basically understand nothing they are telling me.&lt;p&gt;It seems pretty creative tho, and they seem to be learning a lot from it, so not too bothered. That said they are limited to 1 hour per sat and sun.</text></item><item><author>skohan</author><text>This reminds me of when I first discovered Minecraft in university.  I was just going to play for a couple hours before bed, and I got sucked into the game-loop and before I knew it the sun was coming up.  A few days later, I was walking toward the railroad crossing I often had to wait at between my house and campus, and just for a moment looked at those tracks and I seriously thought about where I should place the Minecraft blocks to build a bridge and avoid waiting for the train.&lt;p&gt;I decided to take a long break from Minecraft after that.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tVoss42</author><text>As soon as they can use a mouse and keyboard or controller. Seriously though, there&amp;#x27;s no mature themes in it at all, and if the gameplay is too difficult there&amp;#x27;s always creative mode which is literally digital legos.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s also a multiplayer where they can connect to servers and play with other people. That&amp;#x27;s where you might want to use some discretion, as the experience will vary from server to server.</text></comment>
<story><title>New Game: Minecraft Earth</title><url>https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/new-game--minecraft-earth#</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jsilence</author><text>What would be a sensible minimum age for minecraft?</text></item><item><author>saddestcatever</author><text>Minecraft is one of the few games that I think everyone should try. It&amp;#x27;s not just &amp;quot;another video game&amp;quot;, but something quite unique. It hits a certain part of the brain in both &amp;quot;creative expression&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;exploring the unknown&amp;quot; that we exercise so rarely in day to day life (or in other games). It&amp;#x27;s no wonder it really sticks with kids and becomes a way for them to express imagination. Make sure you sit down and try playing with them at some point, it&amp;#x27;ll be a fun learning experience for everyone involved.</text></item><item><author>retube</author><text>My kids are obsessed. Literally everything they say to me starts with &amp;quot;Daddy, on minecraft, ....&amp;quot; It&amp;#x27;s all they talk about, including with each other. They even act it out in playtime. Although as someone who has never played I basically understand nothing they are telling me.&lt;p&gt;It seems pretty creative tho, and they seem to be learning a lot from it, so not too bothered. That said they are limited to 1 hour per sat and sun.</text></item><item><author>skohan</author><text>This reminds me of when I first discovered Minecraft in university.  I was just going to play for a couple hours before bed, and I got sucked into the game-loop and before I knew it the sun was coming up.  A few days later, I was walking toward the railroad crossing I often had to wait at between my house and campus, and just for a moment looked at those tracks and I seriously thought about where I should place the Minecraft blocks to build a bridge and avoid waiting for the train.&lt;p&gt;I decided to take a long break from Minecraft after that.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sandworm101</author><text>Solo modes: whenever they can manipulate the interface.&lt;p&gt;Online&amp;#x2F;shared server modes: when they understand the evils of the internet well enough to be safe.&lt;p&gt;Setup and admin a server yourself.  Watch how they play.  Dont let it get too big.  A dozen or two per server.  Dont let them play with thousands of total strangers.  That always ends in tears.</text></comment>