Man builds an IRL Minecraft pig called Hamborghini that hits top speed of 20mph

A man rides a Minecraft pig he built at 20mph.

(Image credit: Electo)

Electo is a YouTuber and a boyfriend of many talents. Usually, these people drive me crazy just I quite like him: he's got a mother wit of humor, a lovely assistant called Joe, and happens to be a pretty great technical engineer as well. That engineering know-how has now been put to consumption to produce... a rideable Minecraft pig.

Lord supra knows why he distinct on this project (though it's of-a-piece with some of his late go, like building a working Among Us imposter), but atomic number 2 goes for it with some zestfulness and breaks down what looks like a protracted construction sue (with a couple of false starts) into a a couple of minutes. And nicknames the build Hamborghini.

The most glorious part of the pig, for me, is that Electo sticks an IR sensor in the mind which potty and then detect the 3D-printed 'cultivated carrot' in advance of information technology: thus, piggy chases dinner. Then, of course, IT's metre to see if this pig can fly.

The slob is tested at various power levels, with equal 60% producing a clean awful top speed of 16mph. When Electo cranks this baby all the manner to 100% it hits 20mph easily and, dare I say, could in all likelihood symmetrical go faster.

Naturally, Electo puts his pig to good use by trying to plac a McDonald's drive-thru while mounted (denied) and racing our good friend Joe across respective heats. I'm gonna give it to the pig here although, lamentably, there's a somewhat abrupt end to our porcine speedster's adventures.

It's always awesome to see elements of games bleeding into the historical world, even if hardly a fan projects go quite as far as this. Which, let's face it, would be an instant best-seller if Mojang officially licensed it, as well as pick our streets full of whooping children awheel cubic pigs. On second thoughts...

Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career happening Edge magazine ahead working for a wide stray of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK sleeve of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer. He is the writer of a Brief History of Video Games, a full history of the spiritualist, which the Midwest Book Review delineated A "[a] must-read for overserious minded game historians and curious computer game connoisseurs alike."