Minecraft’s redstone is one of the most open-ended and complex systems in any game ever made. On the surface, these systems seem quite simple and accessible. It creates a kind of electricity combined ...

Microsoft announced the next effort in a series of educational Minecraft products today: the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a free tutorial co-developed by Code.org that teaches students as young as ...

Coding is one of the most useful job skills to have in today’s tech-centric world, but learning how to code can be tough, especially in the beginning. To help lower the barrier to entry in learning ...

The post begins with a bird's-eye view of the whole chessboard. It is obvious that the original poster (OP) put a lot of work into the design of this build, as it is very pleasing to the eye. The OP ...

Minecraft is a game that has captured the hearts and minds of many young children, and now it will help introduce millions to the creativity of computer science. Microsoft, Minecraft-creator Mojang ...

In a three-way partnership Microsoft Corp., Mojang AB and Code.org have announced the celebration of the third annual Hour of Code, a programming event directed at teaching children to program ...

A Minecraft player called The1Laz has built an 8 bit CPU in the game, using redstone, which "takes in binary machine code and outputs to a line of redstone torches". We've posted the video of it below ...

The popular block-building-sandbox game is creeping into the third annual Hour of Code, a worldwide campaign to spark students' interest in programming. CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate ...