System Shack is NME’s new column that explores the mechanics behind the industry’s most successful games. This week, Rick Lane digs into Minecraft‘s enduring crafting system. Minecraft. Credit: Mojang ...

At its core, Minecraft is an open-world sandbox survival game that allows players to take complete control of their journey. While it gives them a basic rundown of how to move and craft the most basic ...

Jake is a writer from the United Kingdom. With a focus on first-person shooters, RPGs, and achievement hunting, writing about the gaming industry comes naturally and is a real point of pride. Outside ...

Minecraft items are incredibly vast and varied, but bone meal may be one of the most useful among them. Obtained by breaking down bones and bone blocks, killing fish (in Java Edition), emptying ...

Lauren is an entertainment journalist and screenwriter. Her unhealthy pop culture obsession has led to bylines at Letterboxd, The Direct, Kotaku, Gizmodo and Lifehacker Australia. On the side, Lauren ...