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A Minecraft player set out to build the known universe, block by block

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Christopher Slayton spent two months exploring black holes, identifying the colors of Saturn’s rings and looking at his home planet from outer space. Slayton, 18, didn’t have to leave his desk to do so. He set out to build the entire observable universe, block by block, in Minecraft, a video game where users build and […]

Minecraft star Dream meets his screaming fans for first time

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Minecraft celebrity Dream, 23, who showed his face for the first time ever to more than 50 million fans across the internet on Tuesday, got to meet some of them in person at Twitch’s annual convention in San Diego on Friday. Hundreds of his screaming followers queued to get a glimpse and photograph the cyber […]

Epic Games won’t ban the use of NFTs in games, says CEO Tim Sweeney

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted that the company doesn’t have any plans of banning non-fungible-tokens (NFTs) from its games. This comes as Microsoft-owned Minecraft announced that it will soon ban the use of NFTs on community-run Minecraft game servers. “Developers should be free to decide how to build their games, and you are free […]

Minecraft adds in-game tribute to popular YouTuber Technoblade

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Minecraft was recently updated to feature a new tribute to popular YouTube creator and streamer Technoblade, who recently passed away. The game’s tribute to the creator adds a new crowned pig to the game’s splash screen, which was also the creator’s YouTube channel icon. Check out the new splash screen in the tweet below. THE […]

Technoblade, Minecraft YouTuber and streamer, dies from cancer aged 23

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

After a prolonged battle with cancer, Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade passed away today. He was 23. His family confirmed his death in an emotional farewell video posted on his behalf. The video was titled ‘So Long Nerds’. In his last video, he revealed his name to be Alex and his father read out the farewell message […]