Minecraft 15 years

I still remember when my cousin first showed me this game, it was still in alpha and I think I costed like 2USD. He told me how cool it was and innovative but all I saw was the terrible graphics. Then I uttered the worst take of my life: "yeah, I don't think this will go anywhere. I doubt people will want to play this much". I have never been so wrong in my entire life.

I have more time in Minecraft that I do all of my other games combined probably doubled.

I have spent an absurd amount of time playing Minecraft. Lol

Hands down my favorite game everhands down my favorite game ever
- Same
- I lost access to my original copy because I completely missed the Microsoft shenanigans of account transfering due to not playing for 10+ years.
  
  Kind of feel cheated as I recently got the itch to play again and was unable.
  
  Any recommendation of the best way to play Minecraft now? I'm not particularly keen on rebuying it :/
Cost*
You're lucky you didn't place a bet

Welcome. Some of us are old enough to remember when the only relevant spec in video games were bits.

16 bit 4 lyfe

I also remember when I got a VGA monitor and could play everything on my PC
- SNES, Sega CD, or Turbografix-16? Or were you one of those spoiled Neo Geo brats? Lol
Don't forget Blast Processing™!
- Genesis does what Nintendon't
- Not if you're in Europe because 50Hz.

Honestly I thought it was longer. The time when I first played it seems like a lifetime ago.

I honestly thought it was older than that.

I was sure the game came out before my 20s but I looked it up and you're right.

Damn.

I still remember playing the creative-only browser version for hours on end...

Edit: I miss the original sponges. Just place, and all water around it is permanently kept at bay. No drying needed. They made for some interesting water features.

I know the exact day I was made aware of Minecraft, Sept. 17th, 2010, because it was from this Penny Arcade comic:

I never got into it, though. I prefer games with more structure.

More structure? May I introduce you to modded mc? /j
I remember the exact date I found out about it too. July 18th, 2009, JayIsGames had a review of it. I like to go back and read that every few years. G summoned mobs! You pressed B and got a whole page of blocks to pick from! Sponges sucked up water! Of course they do that now, but there was a good few years where they didn't. Ah the memories

Oh god, and I was not exactly young when I played it for the first time

Halo is almost a quarter century.

Wolfenstein is 30ish

Now, imagine how us Gen-Xers who grew up with Karateka or Epic Games feel.

Feels like much longer.

that's what i was thinking... i guess games like Fortnite and Roblox coming along made Minecraft feel older than it is. (never got into any of them so they're pretty much the same category for me)
Honestly yeah. I bought it for like 3 bucks right after the indev version was released on pirate sites. That feels like ages ago