Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox survival video game developed by Swedish game developer Markus Persson and published by Mojang. The game has become influential through time, with social media, merchandise and its own convention named MineCon also contributing to its popularity.

In 2019, it sparked a sudden resurgence with many YouTubers participating in play throughs.

Game information[]

In the game, players can move freely in a voxel generated world, scouring and putting together various materials to craft tools and items. They can fend off enemies and creatures to earn more materials. Players have a set amount of hearts representing their health; if they lose all their health they die and are re-spawned in another area of the map.

Players can also tame animals, build different structures and grow a garden to make their own source of food.

Series background[]

Jack first announced he would be playing Minecraft during his July 2019 charity stream. He set up a poll allowing people to donate to one of five options with the highest option receiving the most donations, which was Minecraft. He also stated he was influenced by PewDiePie to play it.

In his October 2019 charity livestream, Let's Plant 20 Million Trees In Minecraft, Jack planted one tree for each $100 and $1000 donation, covering the majority of the map with trees.

Episodes[]

Single player[]

Collaboration[]

Pets in the series[]

Sam, a dog
Finbar Foaley, a horse
Several unnamed sheep
Several unnamed cows including Fence Cow
Seamus, a fox
Pádraig, a polar bear
Cáit, a cat
Saoirse, a dog and Sam's first girlfriend
Unnamed dog, Sam and Saoirse's accidental son
Al, a trader llama (deceased)
Albert (aka Al), a second trader llama brought in to replace the first Al.
Al, a name tagged trader llama Jack brought in off-screen, first shown in episode 22.
Three unnamed dolphins, all despawned apart from one which most likely drowned in episode 5.
The Three Stooges, a trio of turtles living in the aquarium originally intended for dolphins.
Blue, a blue parrot
Green, a green parrot
Seamus Jr., a second fox Jack brought back to Ireland.
Seamus Jr. Jr., a third fox that Jack brought back after accidentally killing Seamus Jr.
Chuck, a chicken
Síocháin, a dog and Sam's second girlfriend.
Samson, Sam's second son
Several unnamed dogs, the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Sam, Siochain and Samson.

Trivia[]

Despite Jack stating he's never played Minecraft, videos such as 1,000 Video Special and The Survival Hunter - Man vs Wild Episode 8 - First Night reveal otherwise.
Episode nine was previously titled 'I Found A Cute FOX In Minecraft'.
Episode twenty four was previously titled 'Did I Find The SECRET Underground Stronghold In Minecraft?'
Episode thirty three was previously titled 'If You Play This Video At 11:51:35 I Will Beat The Ender Dragon At New Years'.
The first collaboration episode was previously titled 'Jacksepticeye Pewdiepie Minecraft'.
The thirteenth collaboration episode was previously titled 'Three Irish Youtubers Recreate Ireland In Minecraft'.