Minecraft....

Yea after talking up that I'd try No Man's Sky again, it hasn't happened. It was a half hearted attempt at motivation. Minecraft most definitely has won out.

The main problem with having a long term save is that when new content is brought out I need to travel further and further to see it(noted).

So when bamboo was introduced I got to see it as I adventured. However when pandas were released I needed to travel further and see newer bamboo generated biome's to in turn see the Pandas spawn. Same has happened for Bee's.

This kind of a save is a blessing and a curse.

There's nothing more frustrating than blasting off into the unknown via cape and fireworks traveling faster and further ....... Only to land at a village to find it looted and recalling that you were indeed here before at some stage in the past; Left wondering how on earth did I get this far by boat before.

I used to enjoy really long sea voyages dropping torches on shorelines every now and again to give some sort of navigation route. While I usually go along a line via a compass in hand it's still easy to get turned around, go in circles and get lost in Minecraft. Adventure and exploration doesn't follow a compass line. Which can all be fine in itself, but then trying to get back to a safe 'HQ' with a haul of stuff, distractions are usually bad. These day's my bases of operation are large and linked by rail. I don't want for anything. Adventure is the main motivation. So more travel needs to be done for further and for longer to see new things.... Adventure awaits.

Once I find an area that's in the middle of new content I usually set up a mini home of sorts. Then start linking if back to my rail network as resources accumulate(Portals proved to dangerously inconsistent in this world for use as shortcuts). For the most part the effort has been worth it.

Speaking of new content and portals; the latest is both. Ruined portals.

I've ventured and discovered a good few, they are supposed to be rare enough but I've been tripping over them, cursed by the ones I've found being in so close a proximity to each other that they all lead to the same underworld portal. Somewhat annoying.

Minecraft is Minecraft, creativity and adventures. Adventures overground, underground and in the nether(pork filled or not). The new additions are worth checking out and add a lot to the game. The new armour and weapon look great. Stats wise they are on par with with diamond versions but with an added anti-knock-back stat. So better?!? .... yea kind of. Plus they've a great black knight look to them.

As for other in game shenanigans.... It's a great game to 'just' be in. It's a 'one more thing' kind of game you loose yourself in. Blink and it's been an hour or two(or three or four).

Some times there's a need to park a pig.

There's something in those trees....