MacBook Pro fans making excessive noise?

So here's my problem: I play Minecraft on my 13" MacBook Pro (2011), and whenever I do, the fans start up.  For about 5-10 seconds, everything is fine. Then the fans start running (excessively loud) and the laptop becomes very hot. I know a lot of people's MacBook Pros have noisy fans, but is there any way to keep the laptop cool while doing tasks on my laptop (the fans usually start going while playing Minecraft or doing work for long periods of time.)? Would a cooling pad help? Is there any way to stop the fans from starting and heating up?
Thanks!
- Alex

Have you done an SMC reset? That can sometimes effect the fans running: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
When the fans are going full tilt, bring up Activity Monitor, and see if there's a particular program or programs that are driving high CPU usage.
Confirm that your system thinks it has 4GB memory, and that some didn't fail.
Check your print queue to ensure that there are no print jobs that didn't complete printing. OS X can put alot of effort into trying to reprint them.
That's just a few ideas ...

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