If you had a) art skills and b) a knowledge of Minecraft what would you do? In this video Chris Carlson picks up a packet of chalk and create some pretty cool 3D chalk artwork. Chris draws a Diamond Sword (which I’ve never had in Minecraft) to great effect. We get to see the maths […]
Pacific Realm: Minecraft does Pacific Rim
What if you could recreate one of the impressive Pacific Rim trailers in Minecraft? As it happens Steelehouse Digital have the skillset necessary for such a feat of geeky mashup glory. Pacific Realm is a homage to Guillermo del Toro’s mech vs monsters summer movie. I’m looking forward to it.
GMOD offers a client to manage your mods
Are you a fan of modding? That’s either the creation of new bits of software for your favourite game or simply grabbing someone else’s published creation and adding it to your game. One of the first mods I saw that caught my attention was one that changed zombies to Teletubbies in Left4Dead. I’ve never applied […]
Competition: Win Minecraft costume loot for yourself
Here’s a way to avoid that last minute rush to find a Halloween costume and avoid paying a penny for it. Why not simply win some Minecraft costume loot? Here’s your chance to win a Minecraft pickaxe and a Creeper head. Not sure which is my favourite; the Creeper head is a great costume because […]
Think Geek’s 2013 April Fools!
Think Geek has a proud history of getting engaged with April Fools’ day. This is a rising challenge as it’s become increasingly popular for sites to play pranks on readers each year. It’s free marketing, after all, with blogs pointing out the best gags each year. Think Geek does April Fools’ well, though, and given […]
A family of plushy Creepers
This cute family of Minecraft Creepers are the creation of Lithium Boy. The big one, the first he created, is pretty tall for a plushy and reaches 13 inches tall. If only Creepers in Minecraft were like this. They’d be far less scary.
Top 7 Most Realistic Cities in Minecraft
John runs MinePick.com. MinePick is a listing service for Minecraft, a site lets players find servers, see which is busy, the status of any given server (online or offline) and the type of game. The site makes use of a plugin called Votifier which allows server owners to reward players who help promote the game […]
Is it real? The Minecraft
Have you ever played a game so much that you thought it was real?” Welcome to the Minecraft. This short animation from Hernán Bruna is superb. It’s a tribute and a mashup to two geek favourites; Minecraft and the Matrix. It’s a good pairing as the video makes very clear; the two are similar in […]
Here’s how you bake a Minecraft cake
Nerdy Nummies have nearly 2 million views on this baking video after nearly a year of being online. Geek Native recommends it as a last minute Valentine’s Day save if you’re a baking superstar. This cake is a block of grass. As Rossana Pansino points out everything in Minecraft is square. Use chocolate for the […]
Invasion of the papercraft Creepers
These Creepers look like they’ve just escaped a Minecraft game. These papercraft Creepers had the help of a laser cutter and now they’ll probably start turning up everywhere.