A Minecraft Movie pleasantly surprised me with its mostly accurate depictions of how people play Minecraft, though some of its antics understandably stretched beyond what's currently possible in the game. One of those impossible antics is now very much possible in Minecraft's Java's latest snapshot updates: Ghast airships are real, and they have a lot of potential.
It started with April 8's snapshot, a preview of features coming to all Minecraft versions this summer, which introduced friendly flying Ghast mounts. Happy Ghasts are nifty: You grow one by leaving a Ghast fossil in water for a while. Then it hydrates enough to become a baby Ghastling, and eventually grows into a full-sized smiling Ghast that serves as your personal taxi. Happy Ghasts can be equipped with a harness that seats four players.
