We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Minecraft is the most popular game in the world, and that's partially because of the way the game lets users connect and create their own ...

As we approach the doldrums of winter what could be more cheerful than hours of incessant Minecrafting with you and your loved ones? While you can easily run a server on any computer (the program ...

Minecraft players just can't help but tinker, can they? But just how well does a server run on a credit card-sized machine that has only 256Mb of memory? Not so bad, it turns out, but with some ...

The Raspberry Pi has earned its reputation as the little board that can, and for years, it has served as the beating heart of many home servers. If you wanted to run a media server, a Minecraft world, ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

Minecraft hit the PC gaming scene as an alpha release on May 17, 2009. Something about the open world, the crafting system, and the various modes of gameplay made it an instant hit. Since then ...