Yeah, completely real. I work for the civil service at the Department of Mine Craft and was there in the office when they all came in (LAN game because of PM security, etc.). Fuck knows what the point of it was, 'gettin' in wid da kids' probably.
Best moment was probably Liz Truss t-bagging Farage. Truss didn't make the video, of course, 'cos her avatar was just a lettuce.