‘Minecraft 2’ Runs On — What Else — Microsoft Excel

It’s a platform exclusive, yes, but in return, the game features greatly improved navigation, simplified crafting, and the one thing that’s been missing from Minecraft all along: expense and efficiency reports.

This tongue-in-cheek “exclusive sneak peek” at “Minecraft 2” comes courtesy of letsplayer SethBling, who’s made the spreadsheet accessible to all here. But not everyone has Excel, and these spreadsheet-based games don’t always run as they should anyway, so here’s the video:

I actually managed to get it to run in Libreoffice, but I couldn’t manipulate any blocks. Does that count as DRM?

Minecraft 2 by Microsoft (Early Access Beta Test) [SethBling@YouTube]