Source (intention) — original note, preserved verbatim. Summary in Why games?.

Minecraft Is Not A Game

Minecraft is not a game; it’s something with which you play games.
Minecraft is an atemporal game - video
I think the magic of Minecraft lies in enabling the style of game you want.
The meaning of any word depends on the context in which it is inserted.
- This aligns with Yuri’s explanation for why he doesn’t like Duolingo (it teaches isolated words without contextual application)
Plato’s metaphysics: everything already exists in the intelligible world; we just haven’t discovered it in the sensible world yet
All changes in a language come from bottom to top (from the population to grammar dictionaries)
My form of analysis/research is strongly prescriptive → I take each word from a question, break it down, research the meaning/concept of each one before starting to infer.
A well-designed video game will bring a game and encourage you to use all the mechanics created in its simulation.
Players tend to use the simplest solution for a challenge and stick with it > difficult rule or objective to break this strategy
The meta: a base game that is easy/manageable, but uses its story or depth of mechanics to encourage players to complete seemingly impossible challenges, requiring creative solutions. (example: pacifist runs or limited engineering challenges)

Minecraft Is An Atemporal Game!

What makes Minecraft so great: I love the game and the freedom to create
- You can create anything and play however you want
The most important block in Minecraft: redstone
- It adds a layer of complexity that can be used by newer players and expands infinitely for more engaged players
- This is essential, for a product/software: to be simple and efficient for the standard user and have tools to expand usage for the engaged user.
Mods play, in my opinion, the most important role in why the game has remained alive until today.
- There are mods for everything, and if there isn’t one, you can create it
- This reminds me of the open-source software philosophy I discussed with Yuri