This news is a bit extra-technological, but related heavily with gamers and gaming nonetheless (especially with Notch's recent separation from Minecraft): many of us started on Legos, and apparently, so did the guys behind Minecraft over at Mojang. Mojang posted on a popular Lego idea sharing website that it is interested in collecting ideas from the user-base about a potential Minecraft Lego set. Mojang's official post stated the following:
Builder/Image credited to Michael Thomas.
"Minecraft is about placing blocks to build anything you can imagine in the virtual world. You can build anything you imagine with LEGO blocks in the physical world. Minecraft and LEGO were meant to be together."
Some of the fans that have been behind unofficial Minecraft Lego projects have been invited by Mojang to help develop the official Minecraft Lego set, says the company.
Mojang is already working directly with the Lego Group on licensing for the project, from which Mojang has decided to divert the royalties to charity.
You can read more about the Minecraft Lego project here.