Late last year, we told you about the Chungus 2, a virtual computer that was “built” within the blocky world of Minecraft. The initial processor design could play super-basic games like Snake on a ...

Building a computer is one thing. Designing a computer from scratch is another. Doing both of those things in the confines of Microsoft's smash-hit sandbox game Minecraft is, I want to say, absurd?

Replies are slow and it's prone to gibberish – just like any other AI Never mind Doom running on a potato, or whatever – the ...

"Minecraft," Mojang's popular sandbox game, is home to a plethora of innovative projects. Enter a few keywords into YouTube, and you can get access to hundreds of fascinating "Minecraft" playthroughs.

Some people build their own computer to play games, while others play games to build their own computer. Minecraft is the prime candidate for the latter, and while you can certainly arrange the blocks ...