The Eldritch Lands of Minecraft

My name is Jacob. About few months ago, I played this game called Minecraft. Minecraft is a game about a world made up of blocks where you build stuff, fight monsters. And other shit. The reason why I’m telling you about this is because, well, this is a warning for you not to play the game. No, I’m not saying it’s boring, nor it’s a waste of time.

I’m saying that it could be dangerous.

So, at the time I didn’t really know much about the game. The first time I ever heard of it was when I was skimming through some gaming magazine and came across a review on something called the “Aquatic Update” which of course had to with Minecraft. Now at first, I thought it was some sort of children’s game that puts their imagination to work. But after doing some research it really intrigued me. I went to Mojang’s official website. Oh, I almost forgot. Mojang is the company that owns Minecraft. I think it was founded by sombody name Notch…or was its Markus…Ah, I don’t care.

Anyways, I ended up buying the game. I was very exited at the time. What I didn’t know was that I would regret playing the game soon. For reasons that I still have trouble processing today. What I’m about to tell you may seem like a bunch of bullshit. And to be honest, I think I could just be going insane. But please, just, listen. Will you?

July 20th, 2018
Alright. Let’s get the boring stuff out of the way. After watching a few YouTube tutorials on how to play Minecraft, I thought I was finally ready. I spawned on this small hill along a coast, overlooking a vast ocean. I looked around, fumbling around with the controlls for the first time. I pressed the W key and foolishly walked of the edge, the fall ate away a few hearts. But I didn’t stop there. I just continued walking and falling. Cursing in my head until I got to the bottom with only about five hearts.

Alright, I thought. Where can I find some trees? I turned around and looked toward the distance. Three or four trees rested out in a meadow full of sheep. I finally reached the trees and began mining them with my fist, which I felt kind awkward about seen as it was a strange feeling to chop a tree down with your hands.

After getting enough wood and getting my first achievement [Getting Wood], I accessed my inventory and crafted some oak wooden planks. Next, I crafted a crafting table, followed by crafting some sticks and wooden tools. I proudly remarked how smart I was to search up those Minecraft tutorials. Now all I needed to do was dig a little cave of some sort and set up a shelter.

While I was trying to find the perfect place to rest, however, I did realize where I was going and found my self swimming in a boiling pool of lava. An orange fiery particle erupted from the bottom of my screen and within 3.5 seconds I was dead. Extremely frustrated, I almost destroyed my keyboard when I banged on it with my hard knuckle fists. I got off for the day.

July 22th, 2018
Now you may be wondering how I remember all this after about two months. Well, I wrote some of the basic events that took place when I first played so I could do a little review on it myself.

And the day you’re on now was a pain for me.

First, it took me 10 minuets to update the game. I guess I got it at the wrong time because the day after I fist played, version 1.13.1 came out and I had no clue how to upgrade it. Seconed, some weird shit started happening in the game which wasn’t exactly scary at the time but more annoying.

I logged back on my first survival world and found myself in the place were I first started off, on top of a small hill in a coastal area. But something wasn’t right: everything around me was engulfed in some sort of dark mist. Fog, perhaps. Now I though I new what to do in this case (again, because of the tutorials I watched) and I went to the option setting and turned the render distance up. But to no avail. I was confused, but still in a rather good mood so I beard with it and continued to play. Following the same steps I took last time, except for falling in that lava pit.

I managed to dodge it despite walking through the thick fog. And I continued to walk, hoping to come across a village or something else. To my luck, I found a nice flat little area to build a basic survival hut. And so, I did. It took me all night to do this because I was still getting used to the controlls. And I was attacked by a few zombies and a creeper which I led it away from my house and let it explode, only to get shot by a skeleton to which I died because I was on low health. But I didn’t mind because I set my spawn with a bed that I crafted.

I went back to get my stuff, and then I finished my house. Now, I’m not going to brag. The house looked terrible. From my perspective it looked like a large wooden block with uneven sides and a door and a few torches randomly placed around it. However, I was still proud of myself, thinking I had some mediocre skills.

So, I slept the night away in game, and then in real life. But somewhere around four in the morning, my computer turned on by itself. I just slid out of my bedsheets and tiredly made my way to the display looked at the screen. The Minecraft title screen was up. I simply turned my computer off and went back to sleep, thinking nothing of it.

But the same thing happened again, three nights in a row to be exact. And the Minecraft tile screen was there. I thought as if the game was taunting me, yearning for me to play. Of course, I am a critic about all that paranormal stuff. So, I just ignored that fact and called a Microsoft technician about the problem. They sadly didn’t have any advice.

July 27th, 2018
Over the course of three day I went mining, got a tone of iron, made a full set of iron armor and a few tools, expanded my house (which sadly made it look even worse, but I didn’t care), etc.. At this point I was beginning to feel bored. I mean, what was the point of the game. I don’t mean to complain but I was just used to games with a story and an ending and Minecraft did not provide that for me. But that’s not the reason why I stopped playing.

An your about to find out very soon. Anyways, back to the story.

Things started getting even weirder. And I mean weird as fuck compared to July 22th. When I went back into my world my house was on fire! I panicked, not knowing what to do and was quickly caught in the flames myself. Luckily, I had time to rush outside and dive into a nearby lake. I was on low health now and I left most of my stuff in a chest which was probably long gone in the flames. Now you may be thinking I was angry but no, I was speechless. How could this have happened? A glitch? I didn’t have any good possibilities running through my mind. I just thought it would be best to build a new house.

As I journeyed through the hilly terrain trying to find a new spot to build my house, I saw a silhouette of something at the top right corner of my screen. I looked up to see nothing. Then it happened again, at the bottom left corner of my screen in the water. I felt like I wasn’t alone, so I built a small pillar of dirt and when I was at least 20 blocks in the air, I scanned the area. Well that’s strange, I was sure there was some sheep or squid around here somewhere…I thought. And it was true, no entity was insight. It was getting dark and I headed into a swampy area and that’s when I fog settled in again. I expected it was going to be a difficult night, so I quickly dug a 1x1 hole (well, I think it was that size), hopped in, and patched up the surface.

I placed a torch down and began expanding the little hole. Suddenly, I heard footsteps coming from the surface. And the sound of blocks being placed. ''Could there be entities that could interact with the environment? Or could it just be my imagination…''