"Minecraft" is expanding further, both within the game and outside. The video game, which has proven to be very popular, has inspired others to use it in different ways and has also fueled a new source of income for some.

According to The Guardian, "Minecraft" players will soon see a new mod in the game: Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher. DC Thomson, publisher of “The Beano,” has joined with Frima Studios to develop the new mod for the game’s PC version. The mod will replace the game’s characters and features for catapults, rotten tomatoes, stink bombs and Dennis’ nemesis Walter.

“The Beano has always been about great storytelling, imagination and creativity. Minecraft is a perfect match for us, providing an amazing sandbox for kids to take our characters, tell their own stories, prank their friends and build out Beanotown,” said DC Thomson’s Mark Cotton. “We’d love to expand the pranks and incorporate other Beano characters.”

YouTube user ChooChoosGaming reviewed the mod below:

Concerning about YouTube, "Minecraft" has created a new genre, of sorts, within the video site. The Guardian reports that, by June 2014, "Minecraft" videos had been viewed 30.8 billion times. Only 138 million of these views were of Mojang videos. Mojang is Minecraft’s developer.

The Guardian quoted a report by online video firm Octoly on "Minecraft" videos. From June until now, "Minecraft" videos were viewed 16 billion times, adding up to a total of 47 billion.

“In June, our Octoly360 system found 81,000 separate YouTube creators talking about Minecraft,” explained Octoly. “Today there are 147,000 creator channels with Minecraft videos, almost double.”

"Minecraft" has supported the endeavor and has not pursued gamers over copyright issues.

“We have a whole slew of people who are making their entire living just off making videos about Minecraft. Just the economics of that – how many people are making a living off this one IP – is pretty awesome,” Mojang’s chief operating officer Vu Bui told The Guardian earlier this year.

“That doesn’t take anything away from us, and I would say it actually adds value to Minecraft, to have people who are extremely talented and creative doing things. We’ve essentially outsourced YouTube videos to a community of millions of people, and what they come up with is more creative than anything we could make ourselves.”

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