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The finalists for the upcoming IGF 2011 Nuovo awards have been announced, and they run the gamut from interesting, gameplay-driven games to experimental art titles. Much like last year, some of the games are ones that utilize a simple new mechanic in such an artistic way, while others approach gaming from a completely new perspective. Regardless of what kind of game these Nuovo nominees are, however, we can't wait to get our hands on them.

The finalists are: Bohm, a game about controlling the growth of a tree in a zen-like environment; A House in California, an experimental adventure game that uses non-convential actions in a surreal environment; Nidhogg, a 2-player vs game about eviscerating enemies and rushing through the heavily pixelated stages; Dinner Date, a delve into the subconcious of a man being stood up by his date; Loop Raccord, a game where you manipulate clips to create the illusion of movement; The Cat and the Coup, an adventure-like game where you play a cat who reminds his owner of his downfall as the leader of Iran; B.U.T.T.O.N., a party game intended to force players to take wild, ridiculous actions in actual physical space; and Hazard, a puzzle game with philosophical elements and 4-dimensional physics.

Created by Alexander Bruce using the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), Hazard: The Journey of Life is one of the more esoteric games to come around. Combining art and philosophy, the game is based on making choices followed by cerebral puzzles that are solved not by understanding the mechanics, but through the use of skill.

"Hazard is a philosophical first-person single-player exploration puzzle art game. The game presents no goals directly to the player, but they create goals for themselves based on what they know of the world. This game requires patience. Life isn't easy!"

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