The Independent Games Festival announced its finalists for the awards recognizing the best games you've never heard of (or at least I've never heard of). Brandon has the details over at Boing Boing Offworld. I can't wait to check out Q-Games's PixelJunk Eden which made the list for visual art, technical, and audio excellence. "Pixeljunk Eden, Osmos top 2009 IGF nominations"
Independent Games Festival awards
Tiny tree bridges help dormice get around ancient English forest
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Rust armorer gets 18 months in jail
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Hiking across the entire Fallout 4 map with VR
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