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annodomini Sat 08-Mar-14 12:35:19

Are any of your GC 'hooked' on this computer game? All of my younger ones are. Have you tried it yourself? Perhaps in due course, we will need a forum here for Minecraft grans. grin

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/08/me-my-son-minecraft-blocks-game

rosesarered Sat 08-Mar-14 12:40:27

Yes, my oldest GC loves it. I have to watch him play[he won't give me a go] and he loves all the walkthrough videos on YouTube [particularly Etho's Lab.]Etho drones on [American] it's quite relaxing to listen to.

annodomini Sat 08-Mar-14 13:09:54

My 9-year-old GS plays with a friend on Skype. It's rather disconcerting to hear him chatting away, seemingly to himself, in the computer room.

whenim64 Sat 08-Mar-14 13:10:30

You know about the fans in my family, anno Four children from five to fourteen loving it, and the eldest's teacher definitely approves. My 14 year old grandson goes to the annual Minecraft conventions with his dad - just waiting to hear where this year's will be.

Joseph aka StampieCat puts a daily YouTube clip out to show what can be done on Minecraft. He is visiting the UK at the moment. Apparently, he has more followers than One Direction and is set to become a multi-millionaire. He was on Breakfast TV on BBC1 yesterday morning. It will be on their website and/or iPlayer.

whenim64 Sat 08-Mar-14 13:15:23

I have to be on the ball a bit faster - my son tells me they have tickets for the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, in April.

Joelise Sat 08-Mar-14 16:30:31

My grandson loves playing Minecraft, he & his friend are obsessed with it. My DGS has it on a kindle & on video, & I will play it none stop given half a chance.

rosesarered Sat 08-Mar-14 19:19:15

Stampie visiting the UK? He is British! And very annoying to boot. I sometimes have to listen to his stuff on YouTube with DGS1. Much prefer the Texan drone of Etho.Stampies' voice sounds just like Malcolm Boyden on Radio Oxford, and believe me, there is no more annoying voice than that. We race to the radio to turn it off as soon as he comes on.

whenim64 Sat 08-Mar-14 19:28:42

That's me assuming he was from the USA, roses. My son met him in Hollywood, so I thought that's where he's from. Yes, once you've listened to one, that's more than enough!

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Whethertomorrow Fri 23-Feb-24 02:09:21

My grandson loves it so I crotcheted this for his birthday.

PaperMonster Fri 23-Feb-24 07:56:08

That’s lovely! (Daughter likes Minecraft!)

ViceVersa Tue 04-Feb-25 11:06:30

Oh, that's fab, Whethertomorrow! My GS loves Minecraft too, and although I don't really understand it all, I do love to hear him talking about it and explaining it to me. I try to take an interest in whatever interests him.

GrannyGravy13 Tue 04-Feb-25 11:15:27

Another Minecraft family here, it started many years ago with the eldest GS, now the five year olds.

Cossy Tue 04-Feb-25 11:18:08

Yes, all four of our children, now our 10 year old grandson, however Fortnite is the favoured game for both him and our daughters now!

Witzend Tue 04-Feb-25 11:44:11

Gds (8) is a fan, but his screen time is strictly limited, thank goodness. I did once watch while he was absorbed in it - he tried to explain but I couldn’t make head or tail of it. (I dare say partly because I wasn’t really interested!)

So no danger of an addiction here - I’ll stick to my knitting, thanks!

MiniMoon Tue 04-Feb-25 15:16:43

This thread was started almost 11 years ago!

petra Tue 04-Feb-25 15:19:21

They’ll still carry on replying to the OP.

GrannyGravy13 Tue 04-Feb-25 15:27:42

MiniMoon

This thread was started almost 11 years ago!

I hadn’t noticed, serves me right for not putting on my glasses.

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