Talk about a meta-game. Two Minecraft aficionados have gone and done the unthinkable: they've recreated an 8-bit Redstone computer inside of Minecraft that can perform simple computational tasks.

Virtually works An eight-month project has finally built a working 8-bit processor within the Minecraft game. Minecraft builder "Sammyuri" spent seven months building what they call the ...

A Minecraft player called The1Laz has built an 8 bit CPU in the game, using redstone, which "takes in binary machine code and outputs to a line of redstone torches".

You can grab it here. Now if only someone would come along and mod Creepers, Endermen, Squids, and the rest of the Minecraft bestiary into Skyrim, we’ll be all set.

The Minecraft team "have plans" for it, but they haven't said anything beyond that. Could it be on the cards for 1.5 and still hidden somewhere in there, waiting to surprise us in the pre-release?