"I'm going to attempt surviving in a 100% bedrock world, which is impossible," Banclam declares in a recent video, since nothing in Minecraft can spawn on the indestructible substance bedrock. "Surviving on nothing but bedrock is impossible – but could I survive with just the Bonus Chest?" The Minecraft masochist decided to find out. Minecraft is a testament to player creativity above all else – and 16 years later, no other game comes close After 14 years and nearly $500,000 raised for charity, one dedicated Minecraft player is finally set to reach the fabled end-of-world Far Lands – a feat that may just be "one of the single greatest achievements" in gaming Hey, that's the spirit. And so he starts to toil, building a spawning platform by hand, getting attacked by mucousy slime while trying to steal their slime blocks, and defeating zombies to eat their rotten flesh. He's not living, he's limping past each sunset to sunrise. Eventually, Banclam gets to rest his tired arms and stand back and notice, "Much has changed about my world over the last couple 100 days [in Minecraft]. That wasn't about to stop anytime soon." Here, he's channeling Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius, who once wrote, "Stand firm like a rock, against which though the waves batter, yet it stands unmoved, and they fall to rest at last." "Sadly, there will never be grass in this world," Banclam says in monotone, indifferent to the tragedy of the desert surrounding him. He later manages to build the most hostile-looking mob farm in existence, and it's quickly overrun by more slime and skeletons. "Only time will tell if this was all worth it," he concludes, unimpressed. Minecraft was nearly sold to Activision Blizzard for $1.5 billion before Microsoft secured Mojang, says former CEO Bobby Kotick: "I almost bought it."