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| - The Minecraft Series is a catch-all description for the Yogscast current flagship channel content. It started as a Let's Play of the hit game Minecraft by Lewis and Simon. However, after a few unusual events and weird encounters with a mysterious character named Israphel it turned into a wildly popular Machinima. The bulk of the Minecraft series is composed of a semi-improvised comedy drama, where Lewis and Simon play the parts of a Xephos, a heroic 'Spaceman', and Honeydew, a mighty dwarf, respectively. The series is set in the fictional land of Minecraftia, where Xephos and Honeydew encounter a range of colorful characters, and, by virtue of their talent and skill (or a succession of lucky flukes), become worshiped as mighty heroes by the citizens of the land. Season 1 of this was something of a Let's Play about survival multiplayer in Minecraft. Later, after collecting materials at an outpost of obsidian, Xephos and Honeydew build a portal to another realm, releasing an evil and hostile figure, Israphel, which they subsequently pursue. The Filler Season 2 was a survival map of Minecraft on a desert island, later becoming linked to the Israphel saga after an airship approaches. By Season 3, so far the longest and dubbed Shadow of Israphel, they destroy this portal and others like it, engaging in a full-scale war against Israphel and his Cult. Other videos in the series include custom map play throughs, Mod spotlights that Hannah of the Yogscast often participates in, and Minecraft update coverage. The series can be found here.
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