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by Natsu 5190 days ago
Minecraft has redstone. It might not make much sense if you haven't played the game, but you can at least read about the parts here:

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Redstone_Circuits

You can build any logic gate you want, with layout being the hard part (just like IRL...). You can build a computer in Minecraft if you want to. I believe that several people have [1].

To be honest, I think it's a great way to learn about electronics. I know what all the gates do from having taken EE classes, but Minecraft has made some of them a bit more intuitive. Maybe it's just because you can see the things being energized/de-energized, but it does help me think about the different gates/latches/etc. and their interactions.

[1] This is but a small sample of things that might be called computers that have been built in Minecraft:

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/30/working-16-bit-computer-bu...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB684ym3QY4

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/15/10-incredible-minecraft-cr...