(3) The tunnels are nauseatingly claustrophobic. Equally, you can mark enemy emplacements with lipstick-red cubes. You have a limited number of blocks you can put down with each life, so your constructions must be thoughtful, yet you can change the colour of whatever blocks you put down so that foxholes, trenches and shelters can be camoflaged. (2) Building is flexible without being open to abuse. You will notice I am holding a pickaxe in the picture. As I watched him and another guy go about this commendable task, some griefer ran up and used his pickaxe to remove the first two blocks of the bridge, sending the entire thing and both players crashing into the river below. In the above picture you can see a guy building a bridge between two opposed mountain sides. (1) It quietly one-ups Minecraft by having rudimentary physics. I want to stand up and high-five RPS reader David Lake for sending this in, but alas, this is the internet. If not, then I've assembled ten reasons why you should reconsider your position after the jump. If you want to give it a shot you'll find the game here and a guide to playing it here. On the other hand, both teams are trying to improve their position by building bunkers, bridges and tunnels. On the one hand, you've got two teams of sixteen exchanging rifle fire and grenades, trying to push forward and outflank one another. Ace of Spades is a freeware, multiplayer Minecraft-alike that takes Minecraft's cuboid building mechanics and drapes a World War 1 setting on top of it, with the end result being a huge, immersive, dynamic game of capture the flag. Have I got your attention? Then I'll begin.

Ace of spades game