The differences being primarily in their relative hardness between the types (on the Mohs scale of hardness) and the amount of impurities found in volcanic glass as opposed to modern, man made glass (yes, this does make knapping modern glass "easier"). That is, they have the same or similar properties as compared with the different kinds of modern, manufactured glass that we're all familiar with.
Obsidian, flint or other forms of chert and other types "volcanic glass", are all essentially varieties glass, literally, ergo modern glass makes a great substitute for neolithic glass. Practice, of course, makes perfect thereafter, which this game certainly emphasizes. Any Boy Scout who had decent Scouting leaders, as mine certainly were, will tell you this. Conversely, the basic skills and the tools needed for knapping glass require no specialized higher education and can be learned in an afternoon. Metallurgy is a highly specialized field of material science and engineering. It is certainly a whole lot less complicated than forging steel and shaping it with a hammer and anvil. It certainly is not and exclusive set of skills or primitive man would never have learned them in the first place. Knapping stone is only as difficult as the amount of practice it takes to become proficient in it, like anything. They were made using flint, obsidian, or other forms of volcanic glass (still called stone in lay terms). First of all, let's dispel the myth that "stone tools" means that cavemen where chipping away at hard rocks like granite or basalt to make them.
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