Everyone has that game that they can sink hundreds of hours into with no hesitation. For millions of players, that game is Minecraft: the blocky mining simulation has dominated gaming for years, and for good reason. There are hundreds of different ways to play the game, and everyone has their favorite: some like hunting wildlife, others like constructing gigantic cities, others just want to dig down into the earth and explore.

However, one fan may have just proven that he's more dedicated than any other Minecraft player in existence. No, he didn't build a scale model of the USS Enterprise or a working calculator within the game - he broke a World Record.

One player, going by the name Thorlar Thorlarian, has created the largest pixel art piece in Minecraft history over the course of nearly six months. And, before you say anything, this isn't just some larger-than-average piece, either: Thorlar used over 1.1 million blocks to create a stunningly-detailed recreation of Blizzard's character art.

At first, you might be thinking, 'well, that just looks like a piece of the game's promotional artwork.' From a distance, it does: Thorlar based his work on a piece of artwork created by Blizzard for use at one of its conventions. However, the devil is in the details: by zooming in on the piece, it becomes easier and easier to tell that it's actually made up of individual Minecraft blocks.

Granted, Thorlar is working in the games 'Creative Mode,' which gives him access to every piece of material without having to craft it. Even so, something on this scale is unbelievable: Thorlar placed exactly 1,128,960 blocks down over the course of 23 weeks. And, just to make sure that no one could claim he faked any of it, he placed the final blocks live (which you can see in the video below).

That's some insane dedication - that being said, it looks like it was worth it, as the piece is absolutely stunning. It's almost a shame that it's on such a ridiculous scale - considering how big the piece is and how long it took to make, fans probably won't be seeing anything quite like it for some time.

If you want to see more, you can head on over to Thorlar's YouTube channel.

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