A Minecraft shortcut turns into a real-world problem when he tries to build a working lodestone compass from scratch. The bronze base has to be recast multiple times, the needle won’t balance, and ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...