What is Minecraft?

  Minecraft is a block based game in which you can collect and place blocks to build anything you can imagine!  In the "Survival" game mode you start out with nothing but your bare hands and have to collect resources to survive the night, when monsters come to kill you.  In "Creative" mode you have no health limitation and have access to all the items/blocks in the game, allowing you build whatever you can imagine without any restraints.