Minecraft is not the first goddamn block based sandbox game in the world, it's just the most popular. Should people not develop sports games because Pong has already been made? Many people consider starcraft the pinnicle of RTS's, should we just stop making all these starcraft clones? Jesus Christ, but I'm sick of the "MINECRAFT CLONE!!!1!" babble.
Voxels were almost the flavour of choice back in the 90's, but developers and hardware manufacturers went with polygons instead. So many voxel-ish titles these days has actually made some manufacturers (ATI, I believe) consider producing cards that prioritize and support voxels, as Ken Silverman dreamed they would. That says to me that far from being over, voxel games are really just beginning.
Soon (Already, really) there will be block based sandbox games that make minecraft look like crap, gameplay wise. If you can't handle new games that use blocks, you should probably stop playing new games for a few years, because contrary to what mrtaterz says, block games are becoming more popular, more numerous and more complex. It's a retro revolution! Get with it or get left behind.
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