Minecraft moves forward with another splendid manner of commemorating International Day of Friendship: riding a happy ghast. Please, read that once again. The blocky world tweeted this beautiful vignette of a player playing with his best friend, a floating smiling ghast! Because would they really forget such an experience walking in the sky with a fireball-launching jellyfish ghost past the beaches of friendship?
The caption read: “What better way to celebrate #InternationalDayOfFriendship than by visiting your best friend…on a happy ghast đź’š #ShapeYourWorld,” creating quite the frenzy amongst the audience. Some even called it “art.” Others… Well, let’s just say their views were a mixture-some completely hyped about it, some completely puzzled about what to interpret, others on burning demands for updates.
Firstly, happy ghast: since when were ghasts adorable? More often than not, those Nether mobs are the stuff of nightmares, wailing away like some haunted teakettle while blasting a player to bits. But this one? Smiling like crazy. As if it was patiently awaiting its victims to come aboard for a little joyride. Some players jokingly said it was almost intentional weirdness: “Bestie ghast Uber confirmed.”
That said, not everyone was feeling it and got down to air some frustrations. “You guys should’ve dumped the ‘real world x Minecraft’ concept,” growled one player, clearly not amused by the cinematic style. Another demanded, “How about you celebrate the END UPDATE???”—because that had to be a priority.
Then, of course, there were conspiracy theorists out there. The clip’s elegantly shot and cinematic feel was enough to convince a few that it was a sneaky ad for another Minecraft movie. “Did you just leak ‘Another Minecraft Movie’??” one user asked, while another bluntly stated, “Why couldn’t this be the Minecraft movie?” in regard to the forthcoming live-action adaptation’s hyper-realistic CGI.
But the reply to the tweet about existential crises really stole the show: “Imagine explaining this sentence to someone in 1995.” Well, fair enough. “Hey, 90s kid, in the future we celebrate friendship by riding a happy demon cloud in a block game.” Yep, that checks out.
Aside from all the madness, the tweet brought on some nostalgia. “I wish I had Minecraft friends again,” sighed one player, thus inspiring another to champion the resurrection of the now-expired Minecraft Earth. Even poor ghast received an unexpected one-two: a user rued that it’s “purely decorative,” then ranted at it for being a menace when transporting other creatures. A little harsh!
But, really, the oddity gave this strange little giggle-inducing homage to the community. It’s like Minecraft is about expression and bonding: building castles with friends or… befriending hostile mobs, apparently. Now that the 1.21.110.21 game preview is out packed with new copper gear and lightning rod mechanics, there’s plenty players can do between go-gang with ghasts.
Happy Friendship Day, gamers! Ghasts need hugs! Or you can just shuffle over and fling something rad. Either way, Minecraft is still one of those weird-but-awesome sandboxes we walk through-well, sometimes leaving us hanging with a couple of questions.
Wait, what was I saying? Right. Ghast taxis are totally a thing now. Maybe.
