Minecraft in his performances. A simulation of the game was featured in Lady Gaga's "G.U.Y." music video. The game is also referenced heavily in "Informative Murder Porn", the second episode of the seventeenth season of the animated television series "South Park". "Luca$", the seventeenth episode of the 25th season of the animated sitcom "The Simpsons" was inspired by "Minecraft"; Persson responded by tweeting "I'm not sure how I feel about it." After the release of "Minecraft", some video games were released with various similarities with "Minecraft", and some were called "clones" of the game. Examples include "Ace of Spades", "CastleMiner", "CraftWorld",
Minecraft be played through the launcher. Unlike newer versions of "Minecraft", the classic version is free to play, though it is no longer updated. It functions much the same as creative mode, allowing players to build and destroy any and all parts of the world either alone or in a multiplayer server. There are no computer creatures in this mode, and environmental hazards such as lava do not damage players. Some blocks function differently since their behavior was later changed during development. "Minecraft 4k" is a simplified version of "Minecraft" similar to the classic version that was developed for the Java