I’ve been avoiding this Minecraft feature for a year now, and it’s just as scary as I thought it would be.
I haven’t seen sunlight in so long – it’s been hours, maybe days. Lost deep within the cave systems of Minecraft, my greed got the best of me, and now I have to deal with the consequences.
Anxiety has turned to desperation as I sprint through the claustrophobic mineshaft, desperately hoping to find my way out. Everything’s a blur as I rush through the dark caverns and crawlspaces, turning corners in a blind panic. That’s when I step in it, literally. Before I can realize what I’m doing, I trip a sensor on the floor and watch in horror as it sends a screeching shockwave across the deep dark.
What was once a cave opening, covered in broken mineshafts and decaying blue blocks, is quickly covered in darkness as a black cloak sweeps across my vision. Blindness; that’s what happens when you’re too close to The Warden.
At this point, I’m frantic; some of the sounds I emit probably resemble a dolphin more than a human. I can’t see a way out; where did I come in? Is there even a way in? I do what any seasoned panicker does best: I start running around in circles jumping up and down.
Then I hear a deep guttural grumble echo through the cave chamber as a monster from the depths rises from the floor. The Warden has come for me. It’s a behemoth of a creature with a chest that bears its blue beating heart through cracked ribs and a mouth so big it looks like it could swallow you whole. Blinded and crying (in the game and in real life, respectively), I try to outrun the monster, climbing up through the cave as fast as I can away from this beast.
