A team of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a software package that allows users to learn how to program while playing the popular video game Minecraft.

The popular block-building-sandbox game is creeping into the third annual Hour of Code, a worldwide campaign to spark students' interest in programming. CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate ...

You've explored every cave, you've grown every crop, and your home in the Nether is bigger than your main base. Now it's time for the final frontier of Minecraft: mods. Since my start in 2008, I've ...