So I, used to be pretty into Minecraft.
That was, back in 2008.
 
In primary school, I used to play with my friends on a vanilla server, Icecraft.
In high school, I started getting into modding and server administration. We played with the Feed The Beast modpack, and eventually we played our own modpack, BearCrack.
 
I got into server administration - running servers, and contributing to Bukkit plugins.
In fact I helped write Minecraft Server Dashboard - [Website] | [Minecraft Forums]  
I also managed a server called FreakyNova, owned by some guy in Norway.
 
But that was years ago.
 
I stopped playing Minecraft in around 2013, right before Microsoft acquired Minecraft.
I think the angsty ‘me’ thought that the game would fall into ruin, I was upset that Notch (game founder) had sold and left the company.

Fast forwards to today, around 6 years later… it looks like they’re not doing that bad.
So in a bid to procrastinate from university, I decided to download Minecraft and give it another go.

Alot has stayed the same, especially that blocky pixel feel.
Although install shaders and it’s a whole new world.

There’s definitely a lot more added.
New creatures, blocks, tools, villagers do stuff now!
With dual-weilding added in 15w31a, the OptiFine mod added a feature to allow torches in the off-hand slot to radiate light.
Seems like a pretty overpowered way to mine with just one torch…