Yes, this is Minecraft. But it's not a recreation of a pop culture icon/giant penis. It's using the game for something really interesting.

The timer ticks down toward zero. We tear across the Boneyard, one of Halo: Reach's best multiplayer maps, my good friend Rus driving with me sitting shotgun. I'm clutching the blue flag in hands that would be sweating if they were real. We shed our red teammates like skin; they race past us going the other direction…

Worldwide musical sensation Psy spends the entirety of his music video for "Gentleman" griefing real people. Now it's time to grief some virtual block folks.

The blocky 3D character models in Minecraft are funny, imaginative, and filled with character, but also anything but realistic. We love the little guy, but he's not very expressive when it comes to creating Minecraft machinima. Andrew Price is trying to fix that. Perhaps he shouldn't.

Infocom Games (edit: no, not this Infocom games) seems to have a serious problem with creativity—but they've found a way around it. Here's their secret. Take Minecraft. Combine it with some other popular or good property. Possibly profit? REPEAT.

Minecraft players seem to have no problem immersing themselves in Mojang's blocky little world with their naked eyes. Add the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset to the mix and things just get crazy.

There's a show on Japanese television called Kansei! Dream House ("It's Finished! Dream House"). On it, architects build dream dwellings for regular folks, who do have to foot the bill. And while most of the houses seem okay, some of them are utterly horrible.

If the original Star Wars movie was shot in Minecraft, a) we'd be living in an era of time travel (please let us know when Half-Life 3's coming out. Thanks.) and b) it'd look like the video above. One out of two ain't bad. Check out the start of A New Hope, Minecraft-style.

With a little bit of experimenting, someone just found out that if you stack minecarts in Minecraft, you can create an endlessly sliding object that never actually stops. Build an ice rink around it, invite some friends and you got yourself your own hockey game.