ABSTRACT
The Minecraft phenomenon, which emerged from the game Markus Persson created in 2009, encompasses a community of players, modifications of the game, servers on which to play it, instructions and tutorials, a platform for creative works about the Minecraft world, and an educational tool, to name a few. Minecraft trusts in people's ability to find their own entertainment in a digital experience, to choose whether they're going to build or destroy. The origin story of Minecraft is well known, due to media coverage and the open development process that Persson used from 2009 onward that integrated community input. There is "Vanilla" Minecraft, the original game released by Persson and then Mojang. The realm of natural invention is where Persson's Minecraft shines. As simplified and blocky as the visual, kinetic, and sound effect components of Minecraft may be, the music is something else entirely.
