Minecraft 1.5: everything we know about The Redstone Update (the best bits, plus a few guesses)
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After many enticing updates, Mojang have told us that the Redstone Update will be coming our way sometime this month, perhaps even sometime very, very soon. Here's a breakdown of all the most exciting features the team have said they're working on, plus a little speculation as to what else might still sneak its way into Minecraft 1.5. Although the team seem pretty certain about what will and won't be in this update, they have been known to spring the odd surprise, so you'll forgive us for throwing in a few excited (ahem, educated) guesses, too.
Tweets from both 
Yesterday you may have caught Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams saying that there were "no plans to release a [Minecraft] snapshot today." Well, looks like that was quite factually correct, as Mojang have still given us a snapshot this week, releasing this today instead. Why? "Thing is," they said on their blog, "we suddenly decided we wanted to make sure that you have fireworks for New Year’s Eve."
The was loads packed into The Pretty Scary Update, which brought the PC version of Minecraft up to 1.4.2, but it hasn't taken long for the millions of Minecrafters out there to identify 
The term "Minecraft IRL" has been used in all sorts of contexts over the years, including for elaborate in-public cosplaying or examples of real-life behaviour that mirrors the game, but lately it's become more and more associated with a particular kind of image manipulation. Lately, and particularly on reddit, Minecraft IRL has come to stand for photoshops that suggest the world of Minecraft sometimes exists just beyond our own. Here's a few of the most popular posted on r/Minecraft/ in just the last 24 hours, representing only a few of the many, many images out there.
As well as introducing 
Speaking at their PAX Prime panel, Jeb formally named the latest Minecraft update after Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams' suggestion. Its decorative features, combined with a new monster and release date "around Hallowe'en," will make it the "Pretty Scary Update."
