Independent Games Festival Finalists Announced IGN PSP The winners to be revealed during this year's Game Developer's Conference. December 11, 2006 - Finalists have been announced for the ninth annual Independent Games Festival. Games hub at varsity The Telegraph Jadavpur University (JU) is set to become the first academic institution in the country to have a centre for development of computer games. The increasing preference of young engineers for a career in the rapidly-growing gaming industry has prompted the university’s decision to set up Games Valley. Ninth Annual Independent Games Festival Selects Finalists From Record Number of Entries PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance The Independent Games Festival has chosen finalists out of a record 141 entries for its ninth annual competition celebrating the most innovative creations to come out of the independent and student game communities. 2007 Independent Games Festival Finalists Announced Gamasutra The IGF organizers have announced the Main Competition finalists for the 2007 Independent Games Festival, from an amazing field of 141 entries this year. Nominations are led by Bit Blot's dreamlike, innovatively controlled 2D underwater adventure title Aquaria, which garnered 4 nominations, including one for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. According to a statement: "Other Grand Prize nominees Verizon Foundation Awards $323,000 in Literacy, Domestic Violence Prevention and Technology Grants to 33 Greater Puget Broadcast Newsroom SEATTLE , Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning actor James Earl Jones joined King County Executive Ron Sims today at Town Hall to help NPower Seattle kick off its newly created NPower Technology Service Corps. Verizon Foundation Awards $323,000 in Literacy, Domestic Violence Prevention and Technology Grants to 33 Greater Puget PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Award-winning actor James Earl Jones joined King County Executive Ron Sims today at Town Hall to help NPower Seattle kick off its newly created NPower Technology Service Corps. The collaborative project will connect students from King County's Digital Bridge Academy and the Technology Access Foundation with local nonprofit organizations that need help with their technology infrastructure. The Academic Word: 'Saving the Planet through Gaming' Gamasutra This week's The Academic Word column from educational site Game Career Guide sees Thunderbird Robotics developer and former DigiPen teacher Tyler Folsom discussing why we need games that "get the message across" on climate education and education. The Thunderbird Robotics team is using simulation based on Unreal Tournament as part of its strategy to win the DARPA Grand Challenge in November Animation festival celebrates cartoons Everett Herald Animation festival celebrates cartoons Everett to screen animated magic Seattle Times What did Walt Disney and Salvador Dali have in common? Audiences had to wait nearly 60 years to see. "Destino" is the animated collaboration