{"id":124756,"date":"2022-05-12T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-131399"},"modified":"2022-05-12T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T21:00:00","slug":"feature-theres-no-storytelling-like-minecrafts-exquisite-emergent-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/12\/feature-theres-no-storytelling-like-minecrafts-exquisite-emergent-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: There’s No Storytelling Like Minecraft’s Exquisite Emergent Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s the fifth anniversary of Minecraft<\/a>‘s Switch release today, and we’re celebrating the only way we know how: By writing lots of words about it. Hooray!<\/em><\/p>\n

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I was away from home when my house caught on fire. I didn’t even hear about it until the next day, when it was far too late: The beautiful Tudor-style cottage was naught but a smouldering shell, the fire long since burned out.<\/p>\n

The downstairs living room, entirely furnished in wood, stood no chance; the copper counters of the upstairs kitchen fared better, but the long-gone wood flooring meant that it was impossible to actually use<\/em> it. The stairs, also wood, were tucked away in a corner that the fire had not managed to reach, so I was able to take a look at the destroyed upper floor. There were gaping holes where the window frames used to be, surrounded by charred stone, and the oak roof \u2014 where the fire had been started by an errant lightning bolt \u2014 had disappeared entirely.<\/p>\n

This was not a house I could live in. I was devastated. It had taken me hours<\/em> to build.<\/p>\n