I just wanted to sit down for a moment and take a look back. I started playing Minecraft back right when this demo came out for the PlayStation 3, which was in late 2013, so that means I've been playing Minecraft for almost NINE years! I miss this demo world so much, it was such a lovely place to explore and it didn't feel as cluttered like the later tutorial worlds did. 2013, 2014, and 2015 were a truly special time for me.

I remember walking through the castle and heading down to a village that sat by a lake. I always loved to spend a long time there and live with the villagers. The other villages were so nice to explore as well. I remember a tall lookout tower that had a diamond pickaxe with the silk touch enchantment on it, and a really fun custom desert temple that I remember being chased by creepers in. There was a mushroom island I came up to, and I made one of the red mushrooms into a house. That was the first time I heard a cave sound, and I remember being really spooked by it! It was the good old rising strings sound, if I remember correctly.

Minecraft was so scary to me when I first played it with my brother. I jumped whenever an enderman teleported and attacked me, and I was overall very jittery during my first few days of playing. I was easily startled at the time, but even nowadays I still can get spooked by things in the game! Me and my brother would play the demo until the time limit ran out, then we'd play again. We later got the game for Christmas with a simple twenty-dollar PSN gift card and had a blast with the full game.

Fast forward through the many memories and all, I still love playing this game! I now play Bedrock edition on my laptop! It certainly has changed a lot, and while I really do miss the old days, I'm still looking forward to what the future holds for Minecraft!