Minecraft: Institutions and Audiences
How is Minecraft different from other video games: Minecraft has obtained a Bafta and consists of multiple boxes containing merchandise ready to be distributed to their fans. The game has been downloaded more than 100 million times on the PC, consoles and smartphones since it’s launching in 2009. A games editor for The Guardian suggests that the games ‘blocky landscape’ with ‘the soothing piano soundtrack’, meant that he believed it would be perfect for his elder son, Zac, who had been diagnosed with autism. Zac apparently ‘responded to Minecraft immediately’ and this is why Minecraft has been deemed to be very effective with autistic children aiding their learning and ability to focus. The game allows children to experiment, discover and construct a variety of things ranging from ‘making houses…mansions, then giant, sprawling castles’. Minecraft even allowed Zac to communicate to his family, which he had never properly done before. Even though the conversation was...