Anyone held in thrall by a raging Minecraft addiction for the past year can attest -- these are exciting times. While developer Markus "Notch" Persson's surprise indie hit is pushing closer to its official release in a few months, the just-released beta update 1.8 ushers in some exciting new changes to the game's sandbox realm... and the way you can interact with it. If you're like me, you've probably already sunk an absurd number of hours into building and exploring in the game's blocky world. But don't retire your virtual pickaxe just yet; Minecraft's 1.8 "Adventure Update" is here, and it's awesome.
Even if you've toiled for days on end to hone the pixelated landscape into a perfect Minecraft realm, starting a new world from scratch carries a certain kind of thrill. That's what you have to do to access the new content in this update, since it has such a big impact on Minecraft's landscape. Update 1.8 may only offer half of the content for the full Adventure Update -- 1.9 will roll out the remainder of the massive changes planned for this phase of the game -- but after firing up a new world and digging in, I was blown away by how much it improves the Minecraft experience.
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