As I said in the "intro" for this post, Minecraft is always being updated with new things, mainly because of the massive amounts of bugs (errors in the game) that need to be fixed. These can range from being just bothersome to becoming a huge issue that could crash the game or even corrupt worlds!
Anyway, since the "official" release of Minecraft last November, the developers have been releasing an optional weekly snapshot. These snapshots are labeled a certain way. If it was labeled "12w38a," that would mean it was made in 2012, week 38, and it was the first snapshot of the week, in case a second version is released later in the week. This allows people to download a work-in-progress version of the next update, effectively allowing people to beta test the game as if it was never officially released! This also helps with bug fixing, and allows the Minecraft community to give feedback, as well as getting the updates better and better!
Normally I don't download these, but I decided that this week I should just try it out on my survival world and have a bit of fun with it. (I'll probably be posting about that survival world at some point.) Anyway, below is a video of the latest snapshot, 12w38a, showing what was added since the last update. It includes a bunch of new sounds, a few new items, and a new boss battle!
Anyway, if you just want to read about it, or you just want to get it yourself and mess with it without knowing what was added, the Minecraft Wiki page almost always has all the info, and you can download it from Mojang's website. (Mojang is the company that made Minecraft)
This is a video by AntVenom about the snapshot for this week, I'll most likely have one of my videos up on here soon.
I apologize, but I just couldn't think of a saying this week, I'll probably think of one later and edit this, but in the meantime, have a great fortnight!
-Megakaby
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