MINECRAFT

In Minecraft, players explore a blocky, procedurally generated 3D world with nearly infinite terrain, and can search and extract raw materials, craft tools and objects, and build structures or earthquakes. Depending on the game mode, players can fight computer-controlled hordes, as well as cooperate or compete with other players in the same world. Game modes include a survival mode, in which players must acquire resources to build worlds and maintain health, and a creative mode, where players have unlimited resources and access to flight. Players can modify the game to create new gameplay mechanics, items, and assets.

Retro gaming background for a 2D platformer game in pixelated style, powerups included.

Minecraft is a sandbox video game developed by Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. The game was created by Marcus “Notch” Persson in the Java programming language. After several early private trial versions, it was first made public in May 2009, before being fully released in November 2011, with Jens Bergensten taking over development. Minecraft has since been ported to several other platforms and is the best-selling video game of all time, with over 200 million copies sold and 126 million monthly active users as of 2020.

American football

American football evolved from the sports of rugby and soccer.

Rugby, like American football, is a sport where two competing teams vie for control of a ball which can be kicked through a set of goalposts or run into the opponent’s goal area to score points. The first American football match was played on November 6, 1869, between two college teams, Rutgers and Princeton, using rules based on the rules of soccer at the time. A set of rule changes drawn up from 1880 onward by Walter Camp, the “Father of American Football”, established the snap, the line of scrimmage, eleven-player teams, and the concept of downs.
The sport is closely related to Canadian football, which evolved in parallel with and at the same time as the American game, although its rules were developed independently from those of Camp. The two sports are considered the primary variants of gridiron football.
American football, also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with the ball or passing it, while the defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense’s advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs or plays; if they fail, they turn over the football to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the drive. Points are scored primarily by advancing the ball into the opposing team’s end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent’s goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins.
The first American football game was played on November 6, 1869, between Rutgers and Princeton, two college teams. They consisted of 25 players per team and used a round ball that could not be picked up or carried.
On November 12, 1892, Pudge Heffelfinger was paid $500 to play a game for the Allegheny Athletic Association in a match against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.