[ WP ] To keep up with challenges by mortals , Death must master every new game that comes up . But there 's one game that he just ca n't figure out for the death of him .

Death sat down at his computer. Turning on the screen, he noticed a new game notification. Confident, he loaded up this game and was greeted by a rather simplistic graphical style. 
 
 `` Huh. Interesting,'' he thought to himself, `` Why the simple graphics? They have the technology to make it look better.'' 
 
 Clicking into the game start, Death was greeted with a lush forest and no guides whatsoever. Moving his mouse, he cursed as he paused the game, looking for the control configuration so he could invert the mouse settings. Saved, and back to the game. 
 
 `` Ah, much better. Now, what to do?'' 
 
 He explored for a little bit, and clicked the mouse, discovering he could punch things, gleefully chasing down some pigs and punching them in an attempt to discover the game's objective. 
 
 Eventually, he grew frustrated and started to punch a blocky tree, when he realized the tree showed cracks temporarily where he punched it. Intrigued, he continued punching and was granted a block of wood for his efforts. An achievement `` Getting Wood'' appeared, and he sniggered, eager to explore more of this game. 
 
 -- 20 years later -- 
 
 Death had built a sprawling metropolis in this game of his. He had discovered virtually everything, and every update gave him more to do. He'd long forgotten about the new games piling up in his queue and his responsibilities to end the lives of those whose time had come. 
 
 He had a singular obsession. He *must* discover how to beat this game. Surely there was something he missed. When would it end? 
 
 -- Meanwhile -- 
 
 The world had finally adapted to the fact that death no longer visited its people. Strict procreation laws were put into place and people who were suffering too much were burned to ash, though some still wondered if the ash still lived in some way, if there was some awareness. 
 
 In an opulent mansion, Markus Persson sat, searching through his code, wondering how his game Minecraft had managed to tap into the fabric of reality and stop Death.
