Minecraft has elementary and somewhat fictional physics. Most blocks can simply float in the air without falling; the particle effects when a block is mined are 2D, and the water is completely static ...

Minecraft physics are, let's be honest, somewhat unique. There aren't many other sandbox games where you can literally punch down the bottom section of a tree, only for the rest of the tree to remain ...

Mojang's Minecraft is being used in classrooms to teach subjects like geography, physics and even English language, with the game's education uses discussed at Minecon this past weekend, reports ...