Setting up a Minecraft server on your home Windows computer is fairly easy. With basic knowledge of computers and networking, you can be playing with friends over a local area network (LAN) or the Internet in minutes. Just make sure your computer is up to the task. You should have at least a 2ghz dual-core processor (CPU), 2 gigabytes of memory (RAM), and a fast Internet connection (if your friends are connecting via the Internet). Not sure if it'll work? The only way to know for sure is to give it a try! So read on.

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This is the floating island I created in Minecraft. No, it's not as amazing as this one, but it is a one-man creation, and damn, floating islands are hard to make in Minecraft (not using any editing tools). Anything not in the shape of a cube tends to be difficult.

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My friend and I were living in a make-shift fort located under our mob spawner for quite some time on my private Minecraft server. The problem with this was that the mob spawner was quite effective, and often times mobs would glitch and "pop" outside of the central drowning area, since there were just so many getting packed in there. Occasionally this would be a creeper, which would cause all sorts of havoc with our chests. So we decided to build a more permanent, and much safer building.

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What is Minecraft?

Minecraft is a game about mining, building, exploring, crafting, and surviving. There is something for everyone. You can build enormous structures, decorate to your heart's content, explore dark caves and tunnels, mine blocks and ores, craft tools and items, build railway systems, and much more. Watch this fan-made trailer and be wowed!

Your First World

You'll want to get acquainted with Minecraft in SP (single player) survival before you go online. So go into SP and start up your first world. After it loads, you'll be thrown into a brand new world, unsoiled by humans or industry. The game starts during the morning, so you'll have a lot of daylight to do stuff before the first nightfall.

Some beginner guides might recommend switching difficulty to peaceful while you learn, so you don't have to worry about the monsters that come at night. Don't do it; it will make you weak, and it takes some of the fun out of the game.


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I purchased Minecraft a month or so ago, right before the beta came out. The biggest draw for me was the online multiplayer, so I searched for a good SMP (survival multiplayer) server to join. After looking at several different ones, logging in and exploring a little bit, I landed on Minetown.

The first thing you have to do when you enter a new Minecraft world is to build a house, right? So what better house to build than a castle?



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All I hear about these days is Minecraft. IGN PC recently started posting articles about it (boy are they late to the party). It goes to show you that a low-budget game created by one developer over the course of a couple years can be extremely popular and profitable. I bet there's more than one developer at a big name company wishing they could relieve themselves of the stress and pressure of modern packaged games and create something fun like Minecraft.

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