{"id":7806,"date":"2014-12-31T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog?p=7806&#038;preview_id=7806"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:51:28","slug":"best-social-media-memes-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/best-social-media-memes-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"The BEST of Social Media&#8217;s Best-of List in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DidIt posted a great\u00a0list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.didit.com\/things-that-blew-our-minds-in-2014\/\">Things that Blew Our Minds\u00a0in 2014<\/a>. \u00a0I grabbed a few &#8220;Best-Of&#8217;s&#8221; from the list and added highlights\u00a0from the dlvr.it team to make up, quite possibly, the <strong>BEST\u00a0of the best social media lists in 2014 by month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>January:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/entertainment\/music-arts\/pharrell-hat-internet-meme-twitter-account-grammys-article-1.1592414\">The hat with its own Twitter account<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline: Pharrell&#8217;s hat becomes Internet meme, gets a Twitter account after producer sports hair-raising getup at the Grammy Awards<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Pharrell Williams&#8217; hat took on a life of its own, and within hours of the show, the hat had its <a title=\"Pharrell Hat Twitter Account\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pharrellhat\">own Twitter account<\/a>, and the likes of <a title=\"Pharrell Williams Hat Arby's Tweet\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arbys\/status\/427614008946855936\">Arby&#8217;s<\/a> and <a title=\"Pharrell Williams Hat Quaker Oats Tweet\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Quaker\/status\/427652630970519552\">Quaker Oats<\/a> were tweeting about it. Comparisons were made to <a title=\"Pharrell Williams Hat Smokey the Bear\" href=\"http:\/\/3-ps.googleusercontent.com\/x\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/images.thehollywoodgossip.com\/iu\/t_slideshow\/v1390835915\/xpharrell-and-smokey-bear.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Et9T8QytLd.jpg\">Smokey the Bear<\/a>, <a title=\"Pharrell Williams Hat Arby's\" href=\"http:\/\/assets-s3.usmagazine.com\/uploads\/assets\/articles\/69940-pharrell-williams-in-a-roast-beef-with-arbys-restaurant-over-2014-grammys-hat\/1390840491_pharrell-williams-arbys-zoom.jpg\">the Arby&#8217;s logo<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Pharrell Williams Hat Canadian Mountie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/shared\/promoimages\/news\/g\/grammys_2014\/lookalikes\/PHARRELL-DORIGHT.jpg\">Canadian Mounties<\/a> and <a title=\"Pharrell's Hat Curious George\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ktar.com\/emedia\/az\/33\/3331\/333117.jpg\">Curious George&#8217;s &#8220;The Man with the Yellow Hat&#8221;<\/a>, to name a few. The jokes and photoshop jobs inspired by this hat were, by far, the best thing about this year&#8217;s Grammy Awards.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pharrell-Hat-Photobomb.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8017\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pharrell-Hat-Photobomb-813x1024.png\" alt=\"Pharrell hat photobomb at the Grammys January 2014\" width=\"500\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pharrell-Hat-Photobomb-813x1024.png 813w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pharrell-Hat-Photobomb-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pharrell-Hat-Photobomb.png 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>February:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/flappy-bird-creator-explains-why-he-killed-the-world-s-most-popular-app\/1100-6417651\/\">Flappy Bird<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline: Flappy Bird creator explains why he killed the world&#8217;s most popular app<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>The creator of the recently departed mobile gaming hit Flappy Bird has said that the application is now gone forever, maintaining that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/painfully-difficult-flappy-bird-generates-50-000-per-day-in-ad-revenue\/1100-6417569\/\" data-ref-id=\"1100-6417569\">the reason he yanked his $50,000-a-day success story<\/a> is because it was too addictive. \u201cFlappy Bird was designed to play in a few minutes when you are relaxed,\u201d explained 29-year-old Vietnamese creator Dong Nguyen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/lananhnguyen\/2014\/02\/11\/exclusive-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-says-app-gone-forever-because-it-was-an-addictive-product\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">in an interview with Forbes<\/a>. \u201cBut it happened to become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem. To solve that problem, it\u2019s best to take down Flappy Bird. It\u2019s gone forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flappy-Bird.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8021\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flappy-Bird-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Flappy Bird App\" width=\"760\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flappy-Bird.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flappy-Bird-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>March: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theellenshow\/status\/440322224407314432\">Oscar Night Selfie<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline: DeGeneres Oscars Selfie Crashes Twitter with Record Retweets<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>During the Oscar night broadcast, host DeGeneres gathered a Hollywood A list \u2013 including Jennifer Lawrence, Angelina Jolie and Bradley Cooper \u2014 to pose for a selfie, and demanded the audience make it go viral. More than three million RTs later, it continues to do so. And the real winner? DeGeneres\u2019 photo-taking Samsung, which was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-03-03\/degeneres-s-oscars-selfie-crashes-twitter-with-record-retweets.html\">the whole promotional point.<\/a>\u00a0As <strong>Ellen DeGeneres put it, \u201cWe made history.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oscar-Night-Selfie.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8003\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oscar-Night-Selfie-1024x836.png\" alt=\"Oscar Night March 2014 Selfie\" width=\"760\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oscar-Night-Selfie.png 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oscar-Night-Selfie-300x245.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>April:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gopro.com\/\">The popularity of GoPro<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline:\u00a0The 10 Best Brand Channels on YouTube <span class=\"subheadline\">GoPro #1. Adweek.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GoPro-Hero3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8030\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GoPro-Hero3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"GoPro Her 3+\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GoPro-Hero3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GoPro-Hero3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GoPro-Hero3.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>In April 2014, GoPro was listed by <a title=\"Adweek\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adweek.com\/videowatch\/10-best-brand-channels-youtube-156690\">Adweek<\/a> as one of the &#8220;Top 10 Best Brand Channels on YouTube&#8221; based on a combination of views, shares, comments and overall engagement.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>GoPro has done several things exceptionally well from an outreach standpoint, so much so that <strong>\u201cGoPro-ing\u201d is nearly a verb now.<\/strong> They use action sports stars like <a title=\"Shaun White GoPro Twit Pic\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shaun_White\/status\/325362794277007361\">Shaun White<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"Kelly Slater GoPro Youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fjoF55NAo_c&amp;feature=player_embedded\">Kelly Slater<\/a>\u00a0to be ambassadors and socially share content from their exploits that is specifically attributed to GoPro. They\u2019ve turned their customers into content generators. Every day the company highlights a GoPro Video and Photo of the Day, which is then promoted across all social channels. With 240 million YouTube channel views, five million Facebook fans and 650,000 Instagram followers, their content is resonating.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Go-Pro.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8029\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Go-Pro-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Go Pro Hero Action Camera\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Go-Pro.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Go-Pro-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>May:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thecolbertreport.cc.com\/\">The Colbert Report<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline: Stephen Colbert Leaving Character Behind To Take Over David Letterman&#8217;s Late-Night\u00a0Spot<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Colbert brings a serious social media following to late night, much as Jimmy Fallon did when he took over<em> The Tonight Show<\/em>. Letterman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Letterman\">official show Twitter account<\/a> has 286,000 followers. Colbert\u2019s Twitter account has 6.2 million followers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colbert-Jimmy-Fallon.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8039\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colbert-Jimmy-Fallon-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon will soon go head to head on late night television\" width=\"760\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colbert-Jimmy-Fallon.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Colbert-Jimmy-Fallon-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>June:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/07\/14\/jared-leto-meme_n_5584028.html\">Memes Jared Leto<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline: Embrace this meme: Jared Leto hugs everything!<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>It all started out innocently enough a week ago when nature-loving actor Jared Leto shared a tree-hugging self-portrait on <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/jaredleto\">Instagram<\/a>. But, of course, nothing stays innocent for long on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jared-Leto.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8023\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jared-Leto-887x1024.png\" alt=\"Jared Leto hugging tree meme\" width=\"500\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jared-Leto-887x1024.png 887w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jared-Leto-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jared-Leto.png 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>July:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/2014-year-in-review\/splash-bucks-ice-bucket-challenge-still-streaming-funds-als-n274111\">ALS Ice Bucket Challenge<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline:\u00a0Think The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Is Stupid? You&#8217;re Wrong.<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>The real challenge with the \u201cALS Ice Bucket Challenge &#8211; trying to escape it this summer. The philanthropic blockbuster, which has been ubiquitous on Facebook and lured in hundreds of celebrities, has sparked millions of donations to ALS research and raised awareness of the disease.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ALS-Ice-Bucket.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8010\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ALS-Ice-Bucket-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"ALS ice bucket challege\" width=\"760\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ALS-Ice-Bucket.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ALS-Ice-Bucket-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>August:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/324283889\/potato-salad\">Potato Salad\u00a0Kickstarter Campaign<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline: Crowdfunding propels potato salad joke into a charity concert bash<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>If you haven\u2019t heard about this one, you\u2019ve been living under a rock. Zack Danger Brown earned himself lasting fame and $55,000 simply for making potato salad and offering backers the chance to pledge to this Kickstarter campaign.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Potato-Salad.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8012\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Potato-Salad-1024x707.png\" alt=\"Potato salad kickstarter campaign\" width=\"760\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Potato-Salad.png 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Potato-Salad-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>September:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NyEgmParTUs\">iPhone 6 Plus Extreme Bend Test<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline: After Apple Inc. dodged the iPhone 6 Plus BendGate bullet, detractors wounded by ricochet<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Apparently, destroying expensive phones on YouTube is now a thing.\u00a0A pattern is emerging where YouTube videos that try to attack Apple&#8217;s latest iPhone really just direct more attention to it, reminding people outside of the world of tech blogs that there&#8217;s a new iPhone on sale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/iphone-6-bending.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8014 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/iphone-6-bending.png\" alt=\"Apple's iPhone 6 Plus in bendgate\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/iphone-6-bending.png 620w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/iphone-6-bending-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>October: <a href=\"https:\/\/ello.co\/\">Ello<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 id=\"headline\">The Headline: \u2018Facebook Killer\u2019 Ello Hatches Plan to Stay Ad-Free Forever<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ello.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8001\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ello-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ello icon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Upstart social network Ello took the internet by storm this past month, and a big part of its appeal lies with a promise that, unlike Facebook, it will never sell ads to users.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019re really creating a way to enshrine Ello, legally, as what we intend it to be,\u201d says Paul Budnitz, Ello\u2019s CEO. \u201cThe bottom line is we\u2019re not going to sell out and no one can make us sell out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ello-Manifesto.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8000\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ello-Manifesto-1024x620.png\" alt=\"Manifesto from Ello's home page\" width=\"760\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ello-Manifesto.png 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ello-Manifesto-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>November: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/11\/03\/alex-from-target_n_6095038.html\">Alex from Target<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline: Fact or Fiction?\u00a0The Alex from Target marketing hoax was itself a marketing hoax because everything on the Internet is a lie<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>A cute teen boy amasses 60,000 Twitter favorites over one weekend after his photo is uploaded. The following Tuesday a PR firm called Breakr <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-intersect\/wp\/2014\/11\/05\/the-alex-from-target-marketing-hoax-was-itself-a-marketing-hoax-because-everything-on-the-internet-is-a-lie\/\">claims to have orchestrated the whole thing,<\/a> but Alex and his family claims to have never heard of them and no one knows who\u2019s telling the truth. This affair demonstrates the weird murky funhouse nature of the Internet. WOW.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-from-target1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8009\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alex-from-target1-624x1024.png\" alt=\"Alex from target tweet\" width=\"500\" height=\"820\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>December:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/minecraft.net\/\">Minecraft<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The Headline: Minecraft creator&#8217;s new mansion recreated in Minecraft<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-logo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8036\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"Minecraft logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-logo.png 522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s possibly the most achingly zeitgeist story of the year: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2014\/dec\/23\/minecraft-creators-new-mansion-recreated-in-minecraft\">a rich coder buys a huge mansion in Beverly Hills<\/a>\u00a0and then his house ends up being depicted in the block-building mega game that he wrote. That\u2019s celebrity, real estate, successful geeks, video games and an ironic meta-narrative in one shot. Christmas has come early. In mid-December, Markus \u201cNotch\u201d Persson, the creator of the multimillion-selling building sim <a class=\" u-underline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/minecraft\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Minecraft<\/a>, bought his new pad for a reputed $70m.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since its official launch in 2011, Minecraft has sold more than 50m copies on consoles, PC and smartphones, a spectacular feat for a small independent project built by a handful of coders in Sweden.\u00a0Persson\u2019s studio, Mojang, has since been bought by Microsoft for $2.5bn, taking Minecraft with it, of course.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8035\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-Beverly-Hills-Mansion.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8035\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-Beverly-Hills-Mansion.png\" alt=\"Minecraft mansion\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-Beverly-Hills-Mansion.png 620w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Minecraft-Beverly-Hills-Mansion-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Markuss \u201cNotch\u201d Persson\u2019s new Beverly Hills mansion, re-imagined in his game, Minecraft Photograph: Dan Bovey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There you have it, the best of the best of the best in 2014. 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