'Minecraft' IRL is both funny and deeply unsettling

It's also inaccurate. Diamonds would never appear so close to the surface.
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Minecraft doesn't stand up very well under the scrutiny of rational thought. This is a game where the smartest thing you can do when you're first starting out is punch a bunch of trees until they shatter.

This IRL Minecraft treatment from Nukazooka looks at the good, the bad and the terrifying in a two-minute montage. The early tree-punching levity quickly gives way to abject horror as zombies, skeletons and, yes, even a creeper swarm in to cause trouble.

Good luck banishing that creeper from your nightmares.


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Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.

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