Q:How long have you been playing the game?
A: On and off for roughly four years.
Q: What is the game generally about?
A: At first glance, Blockland appears to be (and is) a creativity toy.
It is also much more then that, which I will touch on later.
Q: How do you get and start the game?
A: Currently, you can purchase the game at
http://blockland.us/Store.html but in the future you may also be able to purchase it on Steam, if the game gets green lit.
Q:What do you do in the game?
A: Pretty much anything. Honestly.
Some days I just join server after server, taking in all the unique things people have created.
Other days, I go about creating my own little machines, using the robust event-ing system.
Most days, I just start building something, anything, until I feel it is complete.
Some times it's a small, but highly interactive tent, others it's an entire city. Made out of jello. Because I'm hungry.
Q: What is your general opinion of the game?
A: Blockland is an extremely enjoyable creativity toy, with unlimited possibilities for adventure!
It's longevity, I feel, is it's greatest strength. With a very active modding community, there is always something new to mess around with,
so you can stop playing for a few months and come back, and it'll be a whole new experience.
Q: Has the game influenced your actual life?
A: Quite a lot, actually!
For one, I've met a large network of great friends over the years playing the game, whom I still keep in touch with today.
From a very young age, video games interested me. I would play them for hours at a time(And still do), and over time I started wondering more about what was going on inside them, my main reason for learning how to read was knowing the story of the games I so greatly enjoyed.
So, video games taught me how to
read.
Blockland, taught me how to
write.
Now, the community can be real harsh at times, as with most of the internet and one of the first things people will berate you for is poor spelling.
Seeing this, I took the time to visit the game's forum, where I would post regularly. Taking mental notes of the way people structured their posts(and messages in game), always improving my spelling whenever someone corrected it. Had it not been for me purchasing this game four years ago, I wouldn't spell nor type nearly as well as I do today. Of this I am very thankful.
Q: and why do you like the game?
A: Now, that's the granddaddy of them all, isn't it?
It's a very difficult question to answer and I'm afraid I cannot give just one reason.
I like it, because I can express my own creativity in fun environment.
I like it, because I can socialize with a large pool of very, uh,
'interesting' characters.
I like it, because I can help others learn, either teaching people new and creative ways to build, or to event
giant death rays to taken over the earth their own 'mini games'.
I like it, because I can spray paint people purple.
I like it, because as long as I still have ideas, there's still something new to build or experience.
I like it, because I can spray paint people purple.
