Minecraft

What happens when you've got a lot of time on your hands? You create something as funny as MineShaft, a Minecraft fan film from the guys over at Machinima. At the Museum of Notch-Ural History, a chest has been stolen and it's up to the coolest private dick in the business to find out who pulled off the heist...

Minecraft masterminds Markus 'Notch' Persson and Jens Bergenstein are among Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. An introduction praising the developers was penned by SimCity designer Will Wright.

Minecraft can be an unending time-sink that sucks up any extra hour you might have. How many extra hours has the Xbox 360 version claimed? Oh, well over a billion!

It didn't take long for the creative minds toiling away in the world of Minecraft to bring one of the first replica Columbias from BioShock Infinite to life in blocky goodness.

PlayStation owners without a PC may soon be able to enjoy the wonder that is Minecraft according to Mojang.

Mojang, developers of Minecraft, have earned $240 million in 2012. Markus "Notch" Persson, the owner of the company and Minecraft's former lead designer, made $101.4 million. And now he wants to buy a car.

Dedicated Game of Thrones and Minecraft fans over at WesterosCraft have finished a highly detailed replica of King's Landing.

It should come as no surprise to anyone that Minecraft is still dominating. There's just something about that blocky world of possibilities that taps into a creative part of our brains that's just irresistible.

The eyes are not just the windows to the soul; they may also play an integral part in our gaming future. The Tobii Rex, which uses gaze-tracking technology, allows users to control their computer screen cursor with the use of their eyes.

Better to just come out and say it now. Sorry, but The Blockheads is not a beat 'em up game featuring Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts characters (though it really should be - they were a gang after all). Instead, it's a new game from Majik Jungle's David Frampton, who seems to be taking a page from the Minecraft playbook. So hey, it's not all bad!