This is a somewhat belated review – I’ve had the book since January and have only just retrieved it from my suitcase! Apologies to Craig and No Starch Press; but the wait was worth it! Learn to Program with Minecraft is…
Category: Games
Miniaturised gaming console with a Raspberry Pi inside is a thing of beauty
DaftMike has created a miniaturised version of the classic NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) and used a Raspberry Pi to play retro games. At 40% of the original size, this is a lovely small build accomplished using a 3D printer. He…
New MagPi Essentials book focuses on Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi
The MagPi team has been at it again! Edited by The MagPi’s Russell Barnes and Rob Zwetsloot and with contributions from Sam Aaron, Boris Adryan, Martin O’Hanlon and Jasper & Ozzy Hayler-Goodall, their new Essentials book focuses on Minecraft Pi Edition.…
11-year old makes Raspberry Pi in a tin gaming machine
11-year old Elijah wanted to create a retro gaming machine that was tough enough to survive trips and being shoved into a bag, and cheap enough that he could give them away as gifts. To do this, he turned to…
Automatically backup your Minecraft worlds on the Raspberry Pi
Albert had a problem. He quite often corrupted or messed up his Pi’s SD card. Unfortunately, also on the SD card was lots of Minecraft work carried out by his kids. This meant that lots of work was being lost.…
Exclusive Pi Wars news on the newest edition of The Pi Podcast
There is news from the Pi Wars team (Tim and me) on the new edition of The Pi Podcast. I won’t spoil the exclusive here, but suffice to say: It’s exciting, it’s different from last year and we think people…
Raspberry Pi Zero with accelerometer and tiny, tiny screen
Jeremy Lee has taken a Raspberry Pi Zero and connected up an accelerometer sensor. He’s then written a driver to allow the sensor to act as a mouse and then recorded himself looking around a Minecraft world that is displayed…
New Foundation resource helps you render selfies in Minecraft on a Raspberry Pi
There are some great resources over at the Foundation and a new one has just been added. This one uses the Pi camera to take a ‘selfie’ and then converts the RGB data into Minecraft blocks. If any of them…
Finish off your Raspberry Pi Game Boy Zero with this guide
Wermy, who created the Game Boy Zero, has been blogging a how-to guide that shows you how to create your very own device using an old Game Boy and various parts. He has now finished the guide and you can read…
Wizard Chess with the Raspberry Pi
Bethanie Fentiman is an 18 year old who, faced with delivering some A-level coursework, thought that she’d take inspiration from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorceror’s Stone and create a real-life version of Wizard Chess! First of all, she used an Instructable to…