Author: Cianaodh

  • Minetest YouTubers

    Richard Jeffries – produces some nice relaxing guided tours around his detailed and impressive builds . A great showcase for creative talent. Minetest Videos (Nathan Salapat) – does reviews of Minetest mods mainly, but also some of his own development vlogs. Been doing this for years. Also see his website for a huge collection of…

  • A Huge Thank You To All Of Our Donors!

    These people have pledged a monthly sponsorship to our community which helps us keep paying for hosting fees, premium plugins, advertising and other needs to keep things running and keep the good times going for us all. Without you, this would not be nearly as much fun and we want you to know you are…

  • Does It Need To Be Won?

    I mean, I get it, most games are competitive by nature and there are some set goals to complete and whoever gets the most of whatever, money, gold, items, mobs killed, the big boss mob defeated, etc. or whoever does it fastest is declared the winner and the game is over. But, does it really…

  • Moon Phases In Minecraft

    I’ve always found it interesting and curious how Minecraft incorporates the cycles of the moon into the mechanics of the game. The Minecraft moon has eight phases Full moon, Waning gibbous, Third quarter, Waning crescent, New moon, Waxing crescent, First quarter and finally Waxing gibbous before heading into full moon again on the next night…

  • Sandbox Games Are An Artform – Here’s Why

    I think the most beautiful thing about playing games like Minetest and Minecraft is that they give you so many tools to create pretty much anything you can imagine and that’s true whether your creative expression is through colors and textures to bring forth stunning visual pieces, or maybe you’re good with redstone circuitry or…

  • Feature Highlight – Usable Bookshelves

    Did you know that if you interact with a bookshelf, any bookshelf, even ones you’ve made and placed yourself, throughout our Minecraft Server you can place or receive books from them? Not enchanted books but written books. Try right clicking (or however interact works on your client) any bookshelf some time and it will either…