The scope of dedication and effort put into Minecraft creations never ceases to amaze.

It's all very scientific.

Minecraft has far-reaching influence, especially the Kickstarter-funded tower defense/real-time strategy game Castle Story. Of course, this is nothing but a good thing.

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The fans demanded it, so Conan O'Brien has delivered unto us a (severely confused) review of Minecraft.

No Conan, the controller is not a neck massager.

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With a little bit of cardboard and a whole lot of impressive special effects, Corridor Digital's "Minecraft: Diamonds Are Forever" brings the 8-bit block-world to hi-res life. Stick around for all the sweet fireball pixel carnage!

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First trailer for 0x10c, the upcoming space strategy game from Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson.

The game is based on the rather complex premise that the space race never ended and the 16-bit computers controlling Earth's space programs in 1988 accidentally used the wrong encoding -- big endian vs. little endian -- thus putting a ship's crew into stasis for billions of years instead of just one.

Now the crew has awoken to a dying universe and has to rebuild using '80s technology. The game even emulates a 16-bit computer.

0x10c doesn't yet have an official release date.

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YouTuber TryHardNinja transforms Coldplay's Viva la Vida into almost-acceptable listening with a Minecraft music video and parody lyrics.

That was when Notch ruled the world ...

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