I've been playing Minecraft since the beta, I really enjoy it. I haven't played too much lately, but this new update is definitely going to bring me back in.

I haven't heard of that, but I hope it's as awesome as it sounds.

One of the updates brought in the Gold and Silver apple lock seeds

it's why I love watching the Let's Play kids so much. (Aside from Gavin, Micheal, and Ray). I would never thought to do half that stuff.

I play on the PS3, so no mods for me. There is a sweet Sly Cooper skin I want though.

Can console players play with PC players?

Sadly no. You can't even play between console brands. So someone on a Playstation Network can't play with someone on an X-Box. And neither can play with anyone on the PC.

Apparently my name (Nathaniel) as a Seed word is better than I thought. I found Gold for the first time, Lapis, and Red Stone. Now if I just find Daimond I can consider a trip into the Nether.

Good luck, I'm still trying to build my bridge across the stream. :lol

Consider making a mine?

I had one but I didn't find much. Red stone and some lapis, and a nice vein of coal. I'm thinking of building up supplies of what I'll absolutely need and abandoning the village I built beside to see what else I can find.

There's a system to making an effective mine, I used a tutorial once. They can be extremely productive. Just very monotonous. :lol

I think what I might do next is try and locate a ravine, actually. Then I can have some idea of what might be down there.

Finding a ravine is great, I created a world once where I spawned right next to a massive one, it was really convenient. I just built a house into the side of it and worked from there. Well, until I had to rebuild after stupidly leaving the door open one night and a Creeper wandered in for a visit. :(