SethBling

SethBling was raised Jewish, but has since become an atheist.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqX8fzaDKA8&t=5m22s |title=Minecraft Redstone Menorah |date=December 4, 2013 |last=SethBling |publisher=YouTube |minutes=5 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417160615/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqX8fzaDKA8&t=5m22s |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yfcdj/ |title=r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA |last=SethBling |date=June 9, 2012 |publisher=Reddit |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2018}} He decided that he was an atheist sometime around when he was in elementary school, but "played along" through high school.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4ylh66/?context=8&depth=9 |title=r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA |last=SethBling |date=June 10, 2012 |publisher=Reddit |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2018}} SethBling's nickname is derived from his AIM screen name in high school.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yfb84?context=2/ |title=IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA. • r/Minecraft |last=SethBling |date=June 9, 2012 |website=Reddit |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417160615/https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yfb84/?context=2%2F |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |access-date=September 18, 2017 |quote=It was my AIM screen name in high school. My actual last name was taken, so I figured "Bling" would do.}}

SethBling started out programming his calculator in middle school and wrote "lots of" games throughout high school, including an MUD.{{Citation |last=SethBling |title=Re: SethBling's E3 Recap |date=June 10, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEYFf-U5kQc&lc=UgwOCqUCbMuitPHCqs54AaABAg |publisher=YouTube |format=Video comment |quote=I started out programming my calculator in middle school, wrote lots of games throughout high school, and got a bachelors degree in computer science in college. |access-date=June 24, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yhaq1/?context=8&depth=9 |title=r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA |last=SethBling |date=June 10, 2012 |publisher=Reddit |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2018}} SethBling wrote in 2012 that C# was his favorite programming language.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yjvi2/?context=2&depth=9 |title=r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA |last=SethBling |date=June 10, 2012 |publisher=Reddit |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2018}}

SethBling worked as a software engineer at Microsoft for three years, where he worked on Xbox, and for four months{{Cite web |url=https://www.twitch.tv/videos/233835749?t=00h24m50s |title=SMW Credits Warp WR Attempts |last=SethBling |date=February 28, 2018 |website=Twitch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301225204/https://www.twitch.tv/videos/233835749?t=00h24m50s |archive-date=March 1, 2018 |access-date=March 1, 2018 |minutes=24}} on Bing.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yf9rs/ |title=IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA. • r/Minecraft |last=SethBling |date=June 9, 2012 |website=Reddit |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417160615/https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yf9rs/ |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |quote=Before that I worked as a software engineer at Microsoft, working on products like Xbox and Bing.}} SethBling said that his work at Xbox had not been related to video games, and that he had worked on the Xbox version of Internet Explorer, and on Xbox SmartGlass, a mobile phone app for remotely controlling an Xbox console.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEYFf-U5kQc&t=1m21s |title=SethBling's E3 Recap |date=June 10, 2012 |last=SethBling |publisher=YouTube |minutes=1 |access-date=April 24, 2018}}

SethBling played Super Mario Bros. 3 when he was five or six. Super Mario World was "one of the hot games" of his childhood.^:67 SethBling had the Sega Genesis home video game console, and played a lot of Sonic the Hedgehog on it.^:68

SethBling started playing Minecraft around September 2010, after college, after his roommate told him about it.{{Cite interview |last=SethBling |interviewer=Chad Johnson |title=Special: Interview with SethBling |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzko85LbeeU |access-date=April 30, 2018 |work=OMGcraft |publisher=YouTube |place=Anaheim, California |date=August 1, 2013}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yifkz/?context=8&depth=9 |title=r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA |last=SethBling |date=June 10, 2012 |publisher=Reddit |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2018}} The sandbox aspect was "very appealing" to SethBling, as he played MUDs in middle school and high school.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yfc3d/?context=8&depth=9 |title=r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA |last=SethBling |date=June 9, 2012 |publisher=Reddit |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2018}} SethBling thought the game was "really cool" and played it for about a month, after which he was "done with this game". A few months later, he bought a new computer and decided to play Minecraft again. SethBling got into the technical community and was quick to discover redstone, a programmable resource in Minecraft,{{efn|name=commandblock}} and began uploading videos of his creations to YouTube weeks later.{{Cite book |title=Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus "Notch" Persson and the Game that Changed Everything |title-link=Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus "Notch" Persson and the Game that Changed Everything |last=Goldberg |first=Daniel |date=2013 |publisher=Seven Stories |isbn=978-1-60980-537-1 |location=New York |author-link=Daniel Goldberg (writer)}} SethBling was inspired to use redstone in Minecraft because he wanted to build a minecart station.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yikq8/?context=8&depth=9 |title=r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA |last=SethBling |date=June 10, 2012 |publisher=Reddit |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2018}} Inspired by other YouTube videos about Minecraft, SethBling created his first few videos to "get [his] money's worth" from the screen recording utility Fraps he bought. SethBling initially uploaded videos on YouTube in order to share his creations on Reddit.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yhoo3/?context=8&depth=9 |title=r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA |last=SethBling |date=June 10, 2012 |publisher=Reddit |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2018}} He did not expect to gain subscribers as a small channel with only a few videos. SethBling's YouTube channel greatly increased in popularity when Minecraft creator Markus Persson shared one of SethBling's videos on Twitter.

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| quote = My roommate was talking about it and I thought the idea of a completely moldable world was really cool. I actually played for several hours without looking at the wiki because I didn't want to spoil the game, and my roommate came home to see me huddling in a dirt castle. I hadn't figured out how to craft. Needless to say, I looked at the wiki shortly thereafter.

| author = Sam Gutelle

| title = "SethBling Teaches Minecraft For A Living" (2013)

| source = YouTube Millionaires, Tubefilter

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According to SethBling, he "almost never" played on consoles despite working at Xbox.{{Citation |last=SethBling |title=Re: SethBling's E3 Recap |date=June 11, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEYFf-U5kQc&lc=Ugy1VbgEzGa6aAyZwPx4AaABAg |publisher=YouTube |format=Video comment |access-date=June 24, 2018}} Working at Microsoft, SethBling would spend almost all his free evenings and weekends playing Minecraft. SethBling quit his job at Microsoft around April 2012 because of his YouTube channel's success and has been independent since.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/utmpw/iam_sethbling_the_minecraft_videographer_ama/c4yg15x/ |title=r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA |last=SethBling |date=June 10, 2012 |publisher=Reddit |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2018}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGLGDnrG78 |title=Interview: SMW Credits Warp with MitchFlowerPower |date=February 14, 2018 |last=SethBling |publisher=YouTube |access-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301234206/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGLGDnrG78 |archive-date=March 1, 2018 |url-status=live}}^:65

Unless stated otherwise, all Minecraft builds mentioned in this section run on unmodded Minecraft, except modified block textures.

In 2011, SethBling recreated Duck Hunt using freshly introduced bow-charging mechanics in Minecraft. Engadget{{'s}} Jordan Mallory wrote that SethBling's replica "[manages] to capture the innocence and nostalgia of our 8-bit youths".{{Cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/09/11/minecraft-1-8s-bow-mechanics-quickly-utilized-for-duck-hunt/ |title=Minecraft 1.8's bow mechanics quickly utilized for Duck Hunt |last=Mallory |first=Jordan |date=September 11, 2011 |website=Engadget |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021430/https://www.engadget.com/2011/09/11/minecraft-1-8s-bow-mechanics-quickly-utilized-for-duck-hunt/ |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2018}}

In February 2012, SethBling recreated the 1964 toy Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, which consists of a red and a blue robot, within Minecraft. Mike Fahey of Kotaku praised the mechanics and described the robots as "movable though somewhat janky".{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/5882011/minecraft-captures-the-non-stop-action-of-rockem-sockem-robots |title=Minecraft Captures the Non-Stop Action of Rock'em Sock'em Robots |last=Fahey |first=Mike |date=February 3, 2012 |website=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140720/https://kotaku.com/5882011/minecraft-captures-the-non-stop-action-of-rockem-sockem-robots |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2018}}

In March 2012, FVDisco and SethBling created Super Pirate Battle Royale, a Minecraft minigame for two teams where the goal is to sink the other team's ship using TNT.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/09/minecraft-mod-super-pirate-battle-royale-reshapes-ships/ |title=Minecraft Mod Super Pirate Battle Royale Reshapes Ships |last=Pearson |first=Craig |date=March 9, 2012 |website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220092336/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/09/minecraft-mod-super-pirate-battle-royale-reshapes-ships/ |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2018}} Also in 2012, SethBling created SkyGrid, a Minecraft map consisting of blocks only on every fourth coordinate in each axis.{{Cite web |url=https://www.psu.com/news/the-best-minecraft-maps-on-ps4-and-ps3-and-how-to-install-them/ |title=The best Minecraft maps on PS4 and PS3 and how to install them |website=PlayStation Universe |date=February 26, 2015 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203211953/https://www.psu.com/news/the-best-minecraft-maps-on-ps4-and-ps3-and-how-to-install-them/ |archive-date=December 3, 2017 |access-date=September 19, 2017}}

In September 2012, SethBling and survival map maker Hypixel, the creator of the popular server Hypixel, recreated gameplay, maps, and the eight player classes from the first-person shooter (FPS) Team Fortress 2, within Minecraft. Each player class has its own perks, and can be changed during the game.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-25-best-minecraft-custom-maps/5/ |title=The 40 best Minecraft custom maps |last=Savage |first=Phil |date=January 1, 2015 |website=PC Gamer |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210637/https://www.pcgamer.com/the-25-best-minecraft-custom-maps/5/ |archive-date=February 18, 2018 |access-date=February 18, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/team-fortress-2s-dustbowl-has-been-recreated-minecraft |title=Team Fortress 2's Dustbowl has been recreated in Minecraft |website=PCGamesN |date=September 17, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044637/https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/team-fortress-2s-dustbowl-has-been-recreated-minecraft |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 19, 2017}} Minecraft creator Markus Persson called the recreations "the most fun and impressive" in a 2013 interview with CNET.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/markus-notch-persson-the-mind-behind-minecraft-q-a/ |title=Markus 'Notch' Persson: The mind behind Minecraft (Q&A) |last=Persson |first=Markus |author-link=Markus Persson |date=November 7, 2013 |website=CNET |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218093530/https://www.cnet.com/news/markus-notch-persson-the-mind-behind-minecraft-q-a/ |archive-date=February 18, 2018 |access-date=February 17, 2018 |interviewer=Nick Statt}}

In February 2013, SethBling made a mechanical bull in Minecraft.{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/3/6/4071512/minecraft-mechanical-bull |title=Ride a mechanical bull in Minecraft |last=Sarkar |first=Samit |date=March 6, 2013 |website=Polygon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920092535/https://www.polygon.com/2013/3/6/4071512/minecraft-mechanical-bull |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=February 18, 2018}} Also in February, SethBling recreated the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong and its introductory cutscene in Minecraft. In the original Donkey Kong, players have to avoid falling barrels, but in SethBling's version, they have to avoid minecarts.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/donkey-kong-comes-minecraft-crafty-custom-map |title=Donkey Kong comes to Minecraft in this crafty custom map |last=Dean |first=Paul |date=February 13, 2013 |website=PCGamesN |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720220754/http://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/donkey-kong-comes-minecraft-crafty-custom-map |archive-date=July 20, 2016 |access-date=February 19, 2018}} Three months later, SethBling created an air hockey minigame for two players in Minecraft. It consists of a rink and an endlessly sliding object made of many minecarts.{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/air-hockey-with-minecraft-blockiness-is-pretty-chill-488625470 |title=Air Hockey With Minecraft Blockiness Is Pretty Chill |last=Vas |first=Gergo |date=May 3, 2013 |website=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210437/https://kotaku.com/air-hockey-with-minecraft-blockiness-is-pretty-chill-488625470 |archive-date=February 18, 2018 |access-date=February 18, 2018}}

SethBling's minigames have been featured on Minecraft Realms.{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2014/2/19/5425092/mini-games-on-minecraft-realms-coming-to-minecraft-in-march |title=Mini Games on Minecraft Realms coming to Minecraft in March |last=Pitcher |first=Jenna |date=February 19, 2014 |website=Polygon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920093251/https://www.polygon.com/2014/2/19/5425092/mini-games-on-minecraft-realms-coming-to-minecraft-in-march |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}} One of them is Blocks vs. Zombies, a 2013 co-op tower defense minigame in which players shoot arrows to defeat incoming zombies in a trench. As players gain killstreaks, they may purchase upgraded weapons, arrow-shooting towers, barriers and traps for zombies. The game ends when a zombie pushes another zombie over the front edge of the field. Julian Benson of PCGamesN said that the minigame takes the "stronghold mentality" of Plants vs. Zombies, the traps of Orcs Must Die!, and the upgrade system of the FPS Killing Floor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/minecraft-blocks-vs-zombies-minigame-ace-remix-plants-vs-zombies-formula |title=Minecraft Blocks vs Zombies minigame is an ace remix of the Plants vs Zombies formula |last=Benson |first=Julian |date=July 30, 2013 |website=PCGamesN |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920045145/https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/minecraft-blocks-vs-zombies-minigame-ace-remix-plants-vs-zombies-formula |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}}

SethBling recreated the incremental game Cookie Clicker, released earlier in 2013. In 2014, SethBling recreated the sandbox video game Goat Simulator{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/minecrafting-143-snowy-textures |title=Minecrafting 143: Snowy Textures |website=PCGamesN |date=April 12, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044954/https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/minecrafting-143-snowy-textures |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}} and the puzzle game Bejeweled in Minecraft.{{efn|More specifically, SethBling wrote a Bukkit plugin called BlingJeweled, which is a portmanteau.}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/minecrafting-144-right-click-emerald |title=Minecrafting 144: Right-click an emerald |website=PCGamesN |date=April 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044756/https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/minecrafting-144-right-click-emerald |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 19, 2017}} SethBling also recreated a spinning Stargate, a moving sand wave and the Microsoft Office assistant Clippy.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/05/heres-a-fully-functional-stargate-in-minecraft/ |title=Here's A Fully Functional Stargate In Minecraft |date=May 22, 2014 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528042910/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/05/heres-a-fully-functional-stargate-in-minecraft/ |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=February 10, 2018}} In early 2014, SethBling wrote a pickpocketing plugin for Bukkit called BlingPickpocket.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/minecrafting-142-picking-your-pocket |title=Minecrafting 142: Picking Your Pocket |website=PCGamesN |date=March 29, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044043/https://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/minecrafting-142-picking-your-pocket |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 19, 2017}} In May 2014, SethBling created a Minecraft portal which renders a portion of the other dimension behind it.{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/this-insane-contraption-adds-a-bit-of-portal-to-minecra-1581460928 |title=This Insane Contraption Adds A Bit Of Portal To Minecraft |last=Marinconz |first=Steve |date=May 25, 2014 |website=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310201221/https://kotaku.com/this-insane-contraption-adds-a-bit-of-portal-to-minecra-1581460928 |archive-date=March 10, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2018}}

In late 2014, SethBling and Minecraft YouTuber Cubehamster created a minigame called Missile Wars where players from two teams spawn missiles to break through the opposite team's wall. The idea came from having a fight between two Cubehamster's Mega Gargantuas, giant robots with cannons and "missile launchers". The robots could shoot flame arrows, launch TNT blocks and shoot down incoming missiles. After the Mega Gargantua fight, Cubehamster wanted them to "turn [it] into a game which focuses on firing missiles at each other and trying to blow them up". In Missile Wars, players receive items which they can use to spawn missiles, and blow up, stop and defuse incoming missiles. Players can jump on missiles and ride them across the playfield. Cubehamster said that "subtle techniques" involving missile mechanics had made the game popular. According to Cubehamster, Missile Wars was built in two weeks and thoroughly tested afterwards. The game was featured on Minecraft Realms.{{Cite web |url=https://www.redbull.com/int-en/cubehamster-minecraft-interview |title=Cubehamster on building a career out of Minecraft |last=SethBling |date=February 16, 2016 |publisher=Red Bull GmbH |language=en |access-date=September 18, 2017 |interviewer=Ben Sillis}}

As a nod to Microsoft's 2014 acquisition of Mojang, SethBling recreated basic functionality of Minecraft in Microsoft Excel, which included navigation and crafting.{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/minecraft-2-runs-on-what-else-microsoft-excel-1640224412 |title='Minecraft 2' Runs On—What Else—Microsoft Excel |last=Neltz |first=András |date=September 29, 2014 |website=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920045015/https://kotaku.com/minecraft-2-runs-on-what-else-microsoft-excel-1640224412 |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/breve/2014/09/29/minecraft-dans-une-feuille-excel_4496521_4408996.html |title=Minecraft dans une feuille Excel |date=September 29, 2014 |website=Le Monde |language=fr |access-date=February 18, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamestar.de/artikel/minecraft-2-fan-erstellt-inoffizielles-sequel-mit-excel,3078809.html |title=Minecraft 2 – Fan erstellt inoffizielles Sequel mit Excel – GameStar |last=Ritter |first=Tobias |date=September 29, 2014 |website=GameStar |language=de-DE |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220034806/http://www.gamestar.de/artikel/minecraft-2-fan-erstellt-inoffizielles-sequel-mit-excel,3078809.html |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2018}}

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In 2015, SethBling created a Minecraft version of Splatoon{{'s}} Turf Wars mode.{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/7/8743001/splatoon-minecraft-mod-pc |title=Play a Minecraft-ized version of Splatoon with this map |last=Good |first=Owen S. |date=June 7, 2015 |website=Polygon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920045351/https://www.polygon.com/2015/6/7/8743001/splatoon-minecraft-mod-pc |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}} The Splatoon minigame is similar to the Wii U game, in that two teams of up to four players compete to paint as much of the ground and walls as possible in three minutes.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/06/splatoon-minecraft/ |title=Of Course Someone Recreated Splatoon in Minecraft |magazine=WIRED |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044105/https://www.wired.com/2015/06/splatoon-minecraft/ |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017|last1=Peckham |first1=Matt }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.techtimes.com/articles/58621/20150609/love-splatoon-or-minecraft-how-about-splatoon-in-minecraft-video.htm |title=Love 'Splatoon' Or 'Minecraft'? How About 'Splatoon In Minecraft'? [Video] |last=Macadangdang |first=Rex |date=June 9, 2015 |website=Tech Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044013/http://www.techtimes.com/articles/58621/20150609/love-splatoon-or-minecraft-how-about-splatoon-in-minecraft-video.htm |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}} SethBling got help from PyroPuncher because he had never played Splatoon on console.{{Cite web |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/splatoon-minecraft-mod/ |title=No Wii U, but want to play Splatoon? Now you can – in Minecraft |last=Fulton |first=Will |date=June 8, 2015 |website=Digital Trends |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301230252/https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/splatoon-minecraft-mod/ |archive-date=March 1, 2018 |access-date=March 1, 2018}} The Minecraft version features three of Splatoon{{'s}} main weapons.{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/now-you-can-play-splatoon-in-minecraft-1709646148 |title=Now You Can Play Splatoon In Minecraft |last=Fahey |first=Mike |date=June 7, 2015 |website=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210503/https://kotaku.com/now-you-can-play-splatoon-in-minecraft-1709646148 |archive-date=February 18, 2018 |access-date=February 18, 2018}}

In 2015, SethBling worked with Verizon to create a web browser and to introduce text messaging and video calling functionality to Minecraft.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/this-in-game-minecraft-phone-can-make-real-calls-t/1100-6432731/ |title=This In-Game Minecraft Phone Can Make Real Calls, Take Selfies |last=Makuch |first=Eddie |date=December 2, 2015 |website=GameSpot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220033114/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/this-in-game-minecraft-phone-can-make-real-calls-t/1100-6432731/ |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2018}}

In 2016, SethBling made an interpreter for the programming language BASIC in Minecraft. Programming many Minecraft command blocks{{efn|name=commandblock|In Minecraft, command blocks store commands, unlimited in length and possibly nested, which make up a computer program when combined. For example, command blocks can perform operations on other blocks, teleport players and change the game mode.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38252232 |title=Atari console made with Minecraft blocks |last=Baraniuk |first=Chris |date=December 8, 2016 |website=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918195036/http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38252232 |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-future-of-minecraft/ |title=The Future of Minecraft: what lies ahead for the all-conquering sandbox game? |last=Davies |first=Marsh |date=November 11, 2012 |website=PC Gamer |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219210746/https://www.pcgamer.com/the-future-of-minecraft/ |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2018}} Command blocks are powered by {{em|redstone}}, a Minecraft resource which can form full-size primitive circuits on its own.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20492574 |title=Minecraft fans gather in Paris |last=Ward |first=Mark |date=November 26, 2012 |website=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731164224/http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20492574 |archive-date=July 31, 2017 |access-date=February 17, 2018}}}} to run the interpreter took him two weeks. The interpreter is slow and its speed declines with continued use; that is because Minecraft has a clock rate of 20 ticks per second. For example, printing a single character with the interpreter takes 20 seconds.{{Cite web |url=http://www.techtimes.com/articles/125595/20160119/now-you-can-do-basic-coding-in-mincraft-with-this-program-interpreter-mod.htm |title=Now You Can Do BASIC Coding In Minecraft With This Program Interpreter Mod |last=Chan |first=Louise |date=January 19, 2016 |website=Tech Times |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310201938/http://www.techtimes.com/articles/125595/20160119/now-you-can-do-basic-coding-in-mincraft-with-this-program-interpreter-mod.htm |archive-date=March 10, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2018}} The build features a virtual keyboard; a whiteboard, which displays the code; and a programmable turtle, which can mine and place blocks.{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/youtuber-builds-working-basic-programing-in-minecraft/ |title=YouTuber Builds Working BASIC Programming in Minecraft |website=Motherboard |date=January 18, 2016 |language=en-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918201743/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgkbm8/youtuber-builds-working-basic-programing-in-minecraft |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/01/this-mod-lets-you-write-and-run-basic-programming-code-in-minecraft/ |title=This Mod Lets You Write And Run BASIC Programming Code In Minecraft |last=Booker |first=Logan |date=January 17, 2016 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031151/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/01/this-mod-lets-you-write-and-run-basic-programming-code-in-minecraft/ |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |access-date=February 18, 2018}}

In late 2016, SethBling built an emulator for the 1977 home video game console, Atari 2600, in Minecraft.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamestar.de/artikel/minecraft,3306444.html |title=Minecraft – Ohne Mods: Atari-Emulator aus Blöcken gebaut – GameStar |last=Köhler |first=Stefan |date=December 7, 2016 |website=GameStar |language=de-DE |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220034801/http://www.gamestar.de/artikel/minecraft,3306444.html |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2018}} The emulator has 64 kB of functional random-access memory (RAM) which can be edited on the fly, and a functional 8-bit microprocessor based on the MOS Technology 6502; it also has functional and importable read-only memory (ROM). SethBling had the emulator run the original Atari 2600 read-only memory cartridges for the games Space Invaders, Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong. The ROM cartridge contains four kilobytes of data; each bit of RAM and ROM is represented by a Minecraft block. More than two thousand command blocks{{efn|name=commandblock}} comprise the emulator's processor. The emulator is slow: the Assembly-based processor can complete only 20 instructions per second; in contrast, Atari's processor can execute 510,000 instructions per second (0.51 MIPS).{{Cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/12/machine-emulation-within-minecraft-can-teach-kids-the-guts-of-the-atari-2600/ |title=A slow Atari 2600 emulator is now inside Minecraft—and it's pretty cool |last=Machkovech |first=Sam |date=December 7, 2016 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203120358/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/12/machine-emulation-within-minecraft-can-teach-kids-the-guts-of-the-atari-2600/ |archive-date=December 3, 2017 |access-date=February 19, 2018}} While the Atari 2600 renders graphics at 60 frames {{em|per second}}, SethBling's emulator renders graphics at 60 frames {{em|every four hours}} on a virtual screen.{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/youtuber-builds-working-atari-emulator-in-minecraft-1789753663 |title=YouTuber Builds Working Atari Emulator In Minecraft |last=Heather |first=Alexandra |website=Kotaku |date=December 6, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918155204/https://kotaku.com/youtuber-builds-working-atari-emulator-in-minecraft-1789753663 |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}} The emulator does not have a controller, so games cannot be played on it.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/12/minecraft-atari-2600-emulator/ |title=Super-Hacker Builds Atari 2600 Emulator… In Minecraft?! |last=Kohler |first=Chris |magazine=WIRED |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918160847/https://www.wired.com/2016/12/minecraft-atari-2600-emulator/ |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}}

SethBling created a resource pack for Minecraft Pocket Edition Alpha, which was released in October 2016. The "Add-On" was titled Castle Siege Battle and was criticized by Kotaku{{'s}} Robert Gurthrie for causing glitches.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/10/minecrafts-boss-update-is-underwhelming-and-buggy/ |title=Minecraft's Boss Update Is Underwhelming And Buggy |date=October 30, 2016 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114358/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/10/minecrafts-boss-update-is-underwhelming-and-buggy/ |archive-date=November 10, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2017}}

In January 2019, SethBling sped up the Atari 2600 emulator to a rendering speed of one frame per second. It then took him around fifteen minutes to "technically" tie the world record of 5.57 seconds for the racing video game Dragster.{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/27/18199571/dragster-world-record-atari-2600-emulator-minecraft-1-fps |title=Atari 2600 emulator in Minecraft helps tie a world record — at 1 frame per second |last=Good |first=Owen S. |date=January 27, 2019 |website=Polygon |access-date=February 6, 2019}}

Until June 2020, SethBling held the world record of 41.35 seconds for the Credits Warp Any% speedrun category of Super Mario World.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU4LfM-Y4kg |title=[0:41.35] Super Mario World Credits Warp World Record |date=April 30, 2020 |last=SethBling |publisher=YouTube |access-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512061856/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU4LfM-Y4kg |archive-date=May 12, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/02/breaking-super-mario-world-and-putting-it-back-together-in-45-seconds/ |title=Breaking Super Mario World And Putting It Back Together In 45 Seconds |last=Wells |first=Adam |date=February 26, 2018 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227035452/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/02/breaking-super-mario-world-and-putting-it-back-together-in-45-seconds/ |archive-date=February 27, 2018 |access-date=February 26, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/dude-beats-a-super-mario-world-record-five-times-in-one-1683882838 |title=Dude Beats A Super Mario World Record Five Times In One Week |last=Grayson |first=Nathan |date=February 4, 2015 |website=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227035556/https://kotaku.com/dude-beats-a-super-mario-world-record-five-times-in-one-1683882838 |archive-date=February 27, 2018 |access-date=February 26, 2018}} Players can use glitches to modify the game's RAM values, allowing them to write assembly code. When executed via arbitrary code execution, the code allows players to skip directly from the first level to the credits without having to defeat the game's boss. In 2015, SethBling was the first to execute the Credits Warp glitch on a home video game console, with a time of five minutes and 59 seconds, after Twitch streamer JeffW356 had successfully executed the glitch on an emulator. SethBling executed the glitch for the first time on console minutes after a Super Mario World world record was set without using arbitrary code execution.{{Cite web |url=http://bgr.com/2015/01/22/super-mario-world-world-record-run/ |title=Watch someone beat Super Mario World in less than 6 minutes using an insane glitch |last=Siegal |first=Jacob |date=January 22, 2015 |website=Boy Genius Report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630154449/http://bgr.com/2015/01/22/super-mario-world-world-record-run/ |archive-date=June 30, 2017 |access-date=March 29, 2018}} By successfully executing the glitch on a Super NES console, SethBling validated the faster, emulator run by JeffW356.{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/a-speedrunner-tricked-super-mario-world-into-ending-in-1798275906 |title=A speedrunner tricked Super Mario World into ending in 6 minutes |last=Gerardi |first=Matt |date=January 22, 2015 |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=August 9, 2018}} SethBling used four controllers via two Super Multitap devices to finish the game in under one minute.{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/near-impossible-super-mario-world-glitch-executed-for-t-1681109239 |title=Near-Impossible Super Mario World Glitch Done For First Time on SNES |last=Narcisse |first=Evan |date=January 22, 2015 |website=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918155123/https://kotaku.com/near-impossible-super-mario-world-glitch-executed-for-t-1681109239 |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/watch-someone-beat-super-mario-world-in-55-seconds-with-a-crazy-hack/ |title=Watch Someone Beat 'Super Mario World' in 55 Seconds With a Crazy Hack |date=January 31, 2018 |website=Motherboard |language=en-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201000901/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7xe53b/watch-someone-beat-super-mario-world-in-55-seconds-with-a-crazy-hack |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |access-date=February 1, 2018}} He left specific buttons on the controllers pushed down to manipulate memory bytes and write certain code. In the game, SethBling executed certain actions and pixel-precise moves like duplicating Yoshi blocks and launching a red shell at a specific pixel.{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/people-can-now-beat-super-mario-world-in-less-than-a-mi-1822666925 |title=People Can Now Beat Super Mario World In Less Than A Minute |last=Heather |first=Alexandra |date=February 2, 2018 |website=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203123213/https://kotaku.com/people-can-now-beat-super-mario-world-in-less-than-a-mi-1822666925 |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |access-date=February 2, 2018}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/02/02/speedrunner-beats-super-mario-world-within-a-minute.aspx |title=Speedrunner 'Beats' Super Mario World Within A Minute |last=Key |first=Robbie |date=February 2, 2018 |magazine=Game Informer |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219163544/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/02/02/speedrunner-beats-super-mario-world-within-a-minute.aspx |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2018}}

SethBling holds a former world record for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild without use of in-game unlockable bonuses enabled by Amiibo figurines, saying in 2017 that using the unlockables is "seen by casual audience members as 'cheating', but they also currently don't affect the run that much."{{Cite web |url=https://compete.kotaku.com/speedrunner-completes-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-in-less-1793187349 |title=Speedrunner Completes Zelda: Breath of the Wild In Less Than One Hour, A New World Record |last=Heather |first=Alexandra |date=March 11, 2017 |website=Compete.Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220092347/https://compete.kotaku.com/speedrunner-completes-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-in-less-1793187349 |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/someone-is-speedrunning-breath-of-the-wild-before-its-e-1792900969 |title=Someone Is Speedrunning Breath Of The Wild Before It's Even Out [Updated] |last=Heather |first=Alexandra |date=March 2, 2017 |website=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918155126/https://kotaku.com/someone-is-speedrunning-breath-of-the-wild-before-its-e-1792900969 |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}} In 2017, SethBling told Kotaku, "When I touch a game, I want to understand it."

In June 2015, SethBling wrote an artificial intelligence (AI) program called MarI/O that plays Super Mario World.{{Cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2015/06/17/super-mario-world-self-learning-ai/ |title=Artificial intelligence learns Mario level in just 34 attempts |website=Engadget |date=June 17, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920092650/https://www.engadget.com/2015/06/17/super-mario-world-self-learning-ai/ |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/ai-learns-how-to-play-super-mario-world-better-than-you-ever-will/ |title=AI learns how to play Super Mario World better than you ever will |last=Gallagher |first=Danny |date=June 15, 2015 |website=CNET |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302044457/https://www.cnet.com/news/ai-learns-how-to-play-super-mario-world-better-than-you-ever-will/ |archive-date=March 2, 2018 |access-date=March 1, 2018}} The program is based on neuroevolution of augmenting topologies; thus, it generates neural networks using genetic algorithms.{{Cite web |url=https://mic.com/articles/120657/this-computer-learned-super-mario-from-scratch-and-now-it-can-kick-your-ass |title=This Computer Learned 'Super Mario' From Scratch — And Now It Can Kick Your Ass |last=Plenke |first=Max |date=June 15, 2015 |publisher=Mic |language=en |access-date=February 18, 2018}} MarI/O is only given the level layout and the positions of obstacles, and is incentivized to emulate the fitness function moving as far to the right as possible, and as fast as possible.{{Cite web |url=https://singularityhub.com/2015/06/18/watch-this-open-source-ai-learn-to-dominate-super-mario-world-in-just-24-hours/ |title=Watch This Open Source AI Learn to Dominate Super Mario World in Just 24 Hours |last=Dorrier |first=Jason |date=June 18, 2015 |website=Singularity Hub |publisher=Singularity University |access-date=June 8, 2018}} MarI/O tries 300 genomes per evolutionary generation, separated into species. Each genome produces a neural network, and only the most fit genomes are bred into the next generation. SethBling ran the program, and after 34 generations, which lasted 24 hours,{{Cite web |url=http://www.techtimes.com/articles/60573/20150615/mari-o-ai-program-learns-play-super-mario-world.htm |title=MarI/O AI Program Learns To Play 'Super Mario World' |date=June 15, 2015 |website=Tech Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920043902/http://www.techtimes.com/articles/60573/20150615/mari-o-ai-program-learns-play-super-mario-world.htm |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.slashgear.com/mario-ai-learns-to-beat-super-mario-world-level-from-scratch-15388280/ |title=MarI/O AI learns to beat Super Mario World level from scratch |last=Torres |first=JC |date=June 15, 2015 |website=SlashGear |access-date=May 7, 2018}} MarI/O finished a level by spin-jumping through the entire level and avoiding all power-ups and enemies.{{Cite web |url=https://killscreen.com/articles/ai-shaping-future-interactive-games/ |title=How AI is shaping the future of interactive games - Kill Screen |last=Budgor |first=Astrid |date=November 15, 2016 |website=Kill Screen |access-date=May 7, 2018}} MarI/O displays a graphical rendering of its underlying structure.{{Cite journal |last=Clair |first=Michael St. |s2cid=194408732 |date=2015 |title=Twitch Plays Pokémon by Anonymous, and: Mari/O by Seth Bling, and: Dreeps by Hisanori Hiraoka |journal=Theatre Journal |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=702–706 |doi=10.1353/tj.2015.0112 |quote=Perhaps uniquely among such bots, MarI/O displays a graphical representation of its logical structure, making the underlying scripts of its inhuman performance immediately visible.}} A week later SethBling trained MarI/O to play Super Mario Bros. The program was not able to complete the first level of Super Mario Bros. because of complicated spatial movements required to jump over obstacles.{{Cite web |url=https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2018/01/03/this-live-stream-of-ai-learning-to-play-super-mario-bros-is-awesome/ |title=This live-stream of AI learning to play Super Mario Bros is awesome |last=Greene |first=Tristan |date=January 3, 2018 |website=The Next Web |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216110331/https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2018/01/03/this-live-stream-of-ai-learning-to-play-super-mario-bros-is-awesome/ |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |access-date=February 17, 2018}} MarI/O continuously played Super Mario Bros. for over 17 days.

In November 2017, SethBling built a recurrent neural network to play Super Mario Kart. He trained the program, MariFlow, with video footage in which he plays Super Mario Kart so that the program learns how to recover from dead-end situations. The video footage used for training MariFlow contains interactive sessions in which SethBling occasionally takes control of the character. MariFlow's goal is to emulate the video footage as closely as possible during gameplay.{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/5/16610012/mario-kart-mariflow-neural-network-video |title=Here's Mario Kart, as played by a neural network |last=Good |first=Owen S. |date=November 5, 2017 |website=Polygon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106170402/https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/5/16610012/mario-kart-mariflow-neural-network-video |archive-date=November 6, 2017 |access-date=November 8, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/bot-studies-mario-kart-videos-learns-to-play-1820185594 |title=Bot Studies Mario Kart Videos, Learns To Play |last=Heather |first=Alexandra |website=Kotaku |date=November 6, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106190209/https://kotaku.com/bot-studies-mario-kart-videos-learns-to-play-1820185594 |archive-date=November 6, 2017 |access-date=November 8, 2017}}

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In March 2016, SethBling injected Flappy Bird-like code written by p4plus2 into unmodified Super Mario World RAM on a stock Super Nintendo Entertainment System with a stock cartridge, in under an hour.{{Cite web |url=https://www.geek.com/games/flappy-bird-game-injected-into-super-mario-world-on-un-modded-snes-1650912/ |title=Flappy Bird game injected into Super Mario World on un-modded SNES - Geek.com |last=Polanco |first=Tony |date=March 29, 2016 |website=Geek.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217084026/https://www.geek.com/games/flappy-bird-game-injected-into-super-mario-world-on-un-modded-snes-1650912/ |archive-date=February 17, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2018}} SethBling first extended the level timer and used a power-up incrementation glitch to allow external code to run. He added code to display Mario's x-coordinate which acted as memory locations in the code he was writing.{{Cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/03/28/watch-someone-use-glitches-to-inject-flappy-bird-into-super-mario-world/ |title=Watch someone use glitches to inject Flappy Bird into Super Mario World |last=Grubb |first=Jeff |date=March 28, 2016 |website=VentureBeat |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301230424/https://venturebeat.com/2016/03/28/watch-someone-use-glitches-to-inject-flappy-bird-into-super-mario-world/ |archive-date=March 1, 2018 |access-date=March 1, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.popsci.com/youtuber-codes-flappy-bird-into-super-mario-world-using-only-spin-jumps |title=Super Mario and Flappy Bird Hacked Together Into One Game |last=Gershgorn |first=Dave |date=March 28, 2016 |website=Popular Science |language=en |access-date=May 1, 2018}} SethBling then created a bootloader to be able to launch the Flappy Bird-like code that he would later write into unused memory with precise Mario movements and spin-jumping.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/03/streamer-transforms-super-mario-world-into-a-whole-other-game-just-by-playing/ |title=Streamer Transforms Super Mario World Into A Whole Other Game Just By Playing |last=Fahey |first=Mike |date=March 29, 2016 |website=Kotaku Australia |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005104339/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/03/streamer-transforms-super-mario-world-into-a-whole-other-game-just-by-playing/ |archive-date=October 5, 2017 |access-date=February 10, 2018}} SethBling used two Super Multitap devices in order to use multiple controllers, which had several buttons pressed down. The arbitrary code execution setup that SethBling used was discovered by MrCheeze.{{Cite web |url=https://www.slashgear.com/super-mario-world-turned-into-flappy-bird-all-done-by-hand-29433763/ |title=Super Mario World turned into Flappy Bird, all done by hand |last=Torres |first=JC |date=March 29, 2016 |website=SlashGear |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301225317/https://www.slashgear.com/super-mario-world-turned-into-flappy-bird-all-done-by-hand-29433763/ |archive-date=March 1, 2018 |access-date=March 1, 2018}} Super Mario World had been modified to emulate other games before by automatically feeding pre-recorded controller input into the console via a computer, but SethBling was the first to do it exclusively by hand.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/super-mario-world-flappy-bird-code/ |title=Man programs Flappy Bird into Super Mario World using spin jumps |last=Sheridan |first=Connor |date=March 28, 2016 |website=GamesRadar+ |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813144309/http://www.gamesradar.com/super-mario-world-flappy-bird-code/ |archive-date=August 13, 2016 |access-date=February 19, 2018 |quote=Super Mario World has been turned into other games using tricks like this before, but SethBling reckons this is the first time it's ever been done exclusively by human hands.}}{{Cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/05/hackers-jailbreak-permanent-mods-onto-super-mario-world-save-files/ |title=Hackers jailbreak permanent mods onto Super Mario World save files |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=May 31, 2017 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203002651/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/05/hackers-jailbreak-permanent-mods-onto-super-mario-world-save-files/ |archive-date=December 3, 2017 |access-date=March 1, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://killscreen.com/articles/the-hacker-pulling-off-snes-glitches-that-only-machines-were-supposed-to-do/ |title=The hacker pulling off SNES glitches that only machines were supposed to do – Kill Screen |last=Priestman |first=Chris |date=March 30, 2016 |website=Kill Screen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310201236/https://killscreen.com/articles/the-hacker-pulling-off-snes-glitches-that-only-machines-were-supposed-to-do/ |archive-date=March 10, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2018 |quote=As Bling explains in the video, this has been done before by feeding pre-recorded controller inputs into the game through a computer, but he has now done it without that assistance, becoming the first human to ever do it on an unmodded SNES console.}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/03/random_runner_injects_flappy_bird_code_into_super_mario_world |title=Random: Runner Injects Flappy Bird Code into Super Mario World |last=Latshaw |first=Tim |date=March 28, 2016 |website=Nintendo Life |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140737/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/03/random_runner_injects_flappy_bird_code_into_super_mario_world |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2018 |quote=While such projects have been done before with computers and pre-recorded inputs, this is the first reported time such a feat has been accomplished under human handpower.}}

SethBling and Cooper Harasyn placed a full hex editor and gameplay mods onto a stock Super Mario World cartridge in May 2017, only using standard controller inputs. Harasyn discovered an exploit that lets a player write data to 256-byte save files that are permanently stored on a Super Mario World cartridge. The data can be arranged so that the game is jailbroken every time it starts up. Harasyn and SethBling used the exploit to create a compact, on-screen hex editor, loadable from a save file.{{efn|The hex editor was first installed on a Super Mario World cartridge save file. It was then copied to a backup cartridge by exploiting the persistence of portions of RAM between system resets.}} A player can edit the system RAM through the hex editor to alter the game state. In-game mods, such as support for the Super NES Mouse and giving Mario telekinesis powers, can be written to a save file using the hex editor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/30/15713964/super-mario-world-glitch-hack |title=New Super Mario World hack lets you mod the classic however you want |last=Frank |first=Allegra |date=May 30, 2017 |website=Polygon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021251/https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/30/15713964/super-mario-world-glitch-hack |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/streamer-jailbreaks-super-mario-world-cartridge-to-run-1795652970 |title=Streamer Jailbreaks Super Mario World Cartridge To Run Mods |last=Fahey |first=Mike |date=May 30, 2017 |website=Kotaku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021358/https://kotaku.com/streamer-jailbreaks-super-mario-world-cartridge-to-run-1795652970 |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2018}}

On December 5, 2015, SethBling acted as a coach in "Clash of Karts: Mario Kart 8", a one-hour eSports special on Disney XD.{{Cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2015/11/25/disney-xd-esports-nintendo-mario-kart/ |title=Why Disney XD Is Creating ESports Specials Like 'Clash Of Karts' |last=Gaudiosi |first=John |date=November 25, 2015 |website=Fortune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426021017/http://fortune.com/2015/11/25/disney-xd-esports-nintendo-mario-kart/ |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=July 24, 2017}}

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• [https://www.youtube.com/user/sethbling/ YouTube channel]
• [http://www.speedrun.com/user/SethBling Profile] on Speedrun.com
• [https://www.twitch.tv/SethBling SethBling's Twitch.tv channel]

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