Minecraft

15 Video Games to Try If You Don’t Play Games

Video games are more accessible and varied than ever, but it can be easy to dismiss the medium if you’re not already familiar with it. Whether you start with a few mobile games or take the plunge and purchase a console like t…

Tim Brookes Sep 4th

PSA: You Might Be Eligible for a Free Copy of Minecraft

As of June 7, 2022, Microsoft has combined Minecraft: Java Edition and Bedrock Edition for PC into a single purchase—and if you already own either one, you’re eligible for a free copy of the other.

Jason Fitzpatrick Jun 7th

How to Find Minecraft Screenshots

There are a few different versions of Minecraft out there, and they install in different places. These different Minecraft versions also save screenshots in different places. Here’s how you can find them….

Nick Lewis Apr 14th

How to Allocate More RAM to a Minecraft Server

If you’ve recently added more players, more mods, or both to your Minecraft server, then it might be time to allocate more RAM. Here’s how to do so for a smoother gameplay experience.

Jason Fitzpatrick Apr 4th

How Much RAM Is Good for a Minecraft Server? Is 1GB Enough?

Hosting a Minecraft and playing with friends is fun—but not if the experience is a laggy mess. Here’s how to calculate how much RAM your Minecraft server needs.

Jason Fitzpatrick Apr 2nd

Protect Your Home Minecraft Server From DDOS Attacks with AWS

Want to run a Minecraft server from home without revealing your IP address? You can! Just set up a free proxy with Amazon Web Services to protect your server from denial-of-service attacks. We’ll show you how….

Anthony Heddings Sep 23rd, 2019

How to Set Up Minecraft So Your Kids Can Play Online with Friends

Your kids love Minecraft, their friends love Minecraft, and they want to play it together when they can’t be in the same physical place—and they’re begging you to make that happen. Don’t worry, you don’t have to figure it o…

Jason Fitzpatrick Feb 15th, 2017

How to Share Your Minecraft Game Over the Internet

If you’d like to share your local Minecraft game with friends across the internet, it’s a bit more complicated than just pushing a button. Let’s look at the behind-the-scenes settings you have to tweak in order to connect two…

Jason Fitzpatrick Jan 23rd, 2017

How to Make Minecraft More Friendly for Small Children

Minecraft is a great game for kids, no doubt about it, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a wee bit frustrating for smaller children. If you have a younger player and you’d like to adjust the game to their age and skill level, we…

Jason Fitzpatrick Jun 18th, 2016

How to Disable Player vs. Player (PVP) Damage In Minecraft

If you’re tired of accidentally killing your buddy while fighting enemies in close quarters, or your kids are screaming because one of them 8-bit-murdered the other again, this is the tutorial for you. Read on as we show you …

Jason Fitzpatrick Jun 15th, 2016

How to Troubleshoot Minecraft LAN Game Problems

Minecraft is a fantastic game to play on your local network with friends, but it’s no fun when you have to spend half your time troubleshooting connection problems. Let’s take a look at how to identify and iron out issues wit…

Jason Fitzpatrick Feb 17th, 2016

How to Play Multiplayer LAN Games with a Single Minecraft Account

So you want to play Minecraft with your family, but you only have one account. You won’t be able to play online, but with a few tweaks to the configuration files, you should all be able to play over the network together at h…

Jason Fitzpatrick Jan 25th, 2016

How to Back Up and Restore Your Minecraft Realms Worlds

It’s easy to invest a lot of energy in your Minecraft creations. Thankfully, it’s just as easy to back them up. Read on as we show you how to ensure your Minecraft Realms worlds are safe and sound.

Jason Fitzpatrick Jan 12th, 2016

How to Back Up Your Minecraft Worlds, Mods, and More

Minecraft is a game that lends itself to hundreds of hours of exploration and building. Don’t let your creations go up in a puff of dying-hard-drive smoke; read on as we show you how to locate and (automatically) back up your…

Jason Fitzpatrick Jan 11th, 2016

How to Add Custom Worlds to Your Minecraft Realms Server

Although there is something to be said for starting with a fresh map, it’s easy (and fun) to upload an entire world to your Minecraft Realms server–whether it’s a world you created yourself or downloaded online….

Jason Fitzpatrick Jan 10th, 2016

How to Use MCEdit to Speed Up Building in Minecraft

MCEdit is a powerful third party program for editing Minecraft maps. MCEdit has many tools and filters for editing and building, and can speed up the building of large or complex Minecraft creations.

Anthony Heddings Jan 2nd, 2016

How to Make High Quality Renders of Your Minecraft Creations

Do you have a really cool Minecraft world, and want to show it off? If so, Chunky will take very high quality pictures of your Minecraft worlds, which will show off your creations better than a simple in-game screenshot….

Anthony Heddings Dec 31st, 2015

How to Set Up a Simple No-Stress Minecraft Server with Minecraft Realms

There are a lot of ways to go about hosting a Minecraft game but it’s tough to beat the simplicity of buying a server directly from Mojang, the company behind Minecraft (and now it even comes with a free 30 day trial!) Read o…

Jason Fitzpatrick Dec 23rd, 2015

Minecraft Doesn’t Need Java Installed Anymore; It’s Time to Uninstall Java

One of the big complaints Minecraft players have is that Minecraft runs on Java — it’s a pain to deal with because it’s insecure and needs frequent updating to avoid exploits, and they’d rather not deal with it at all. Than…

Jason Fitzpatrick Sep 8th, 2015

The Beginner’s Guide to Command Blocks in Minecraft

Minecraft is one of the best ways to introduce young and new people to coding. Command blocks are easy to learn and use, and Java programming is right around the corner with Minecraft mods and Bukkit plugins. It’s also just a…

Anthony Heddings Sep 5th, 2015

Make Building in Minecraft Easier with WorldEdit

Minecraft is a game all about blocks, and the beauty of it is that you can build anything your heart desires. Building in Minecraft is like building with digital Legos, but, like Legos, building takes a long time and is ofte…

Anthony Heddings Aug 8th, 2015

How to Run a Spigot Minecraft Server for Customized Multiplayer

Minecraft’s native LAN support is great for running games on the fly, but if you want a dedicated, customized server, Spigot is the way to go. Spigot is built on a plugin API called Bukkit, which makes customizing your gamep…

Anthony Heddings Aug 4th, 2015

How to Play Minecraft from a Flash Drive for Block Building Fun Anywhere

What’s more fun than the creative block-building in Minecraft? Building whenever and wherever you want with a portable Minecraft installation on a flash drive you can take with you. Read on as we detail how to configure a por…

Jason Fitzpatrick Apr 22nd, 2015

How to Upgrade Your Old Minecraft Maps for Seamless Transitions to New Biomes

Upgrading Minecraft to get to the newest features is always fun unless it breaks your old maps and creates huge and ugly artifacts across them. Read on as we show you how you can take an old Minecraft map and bring it into a…

Jason Fitzpatrick Apr 8th, 2015

How to Unlock The Difficulty Of A Minecraft Map

Minecraft 1.8 introduced a new feature map feature: the ability to permanently lock the map’s difficulty setting. While it’s a great way to encourage you to play without cheating it’s also frustrating if the difficulty is loc…

Jason Fitzpatrick Apr 3rd, 2015

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