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Jenna Sharpe, Alec Holowka and Derek Yu
accepting the 2007 IGF grand prize

Aquaria is a sidescrolling action-adventure game designed by Alec Holowka and Derek Yu, who published it independently in 2007. The game features the voice of Jenna Sharpe as Naija, an aquatic humanoid woman, as she explores the underwater world of Aquaria. The gameplay focuses on swimming, combat, and special songs that can move items, affect plants and animals, and change Naija's physical appearance. After more than two years of development, the game was first released in late 2007 for Windows, followed by ports for Macintosh, Linux, iPad and Android users. In 2009, an Aquaria soundtrack album was released. Reviews of the game were generally positive. Critics praised the visuals, music and atmosphere. The controls and gameplay were also lauded, while negative critiques centered on the map system and limited variety of objectives. The game won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Independent Games Festival (pictured) in March 2007. (Full article...)

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In India, the four suspects in the Hyderabad gang rape case are shot dead by the police.
The wreck of the cruiser SMS Scharnhorst (pictured), which sank during the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914, is discovered.
The Power of Siberia pipeline begins operations, delivering Russian natural gas to China.
In Iraq, Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi resigns amidst ongoing protests.

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December 7: Armed Forces Flag Day in India; National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the United States

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574 – Suffering from mental illness, Roman emperor Justin II had his general Tiberius proclaimed Caesar, adopting him as his own son.
1869 – American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
1942 – Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.
1975 – The Indonesian military invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism, beginning a 25-year occupation.
2015 – The JAXA space probe Akatsuki (artist's concept shown) entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.

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Khor Virap is a monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located on the Ararat Plain in Armenia, near the closed border with Turkey, and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the city of Artashat, within the territory of ancient Artaxata. Shown here with Mount Ararat in the background, it is one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Armenia. Its fame is attributed to the fact that Gregory the Illuminator, the religious leader who converted Armenia from paganism to Christianity in 301, was imprisoned in the location for fourteen years by King Tiridates III. A chapel was initially built in 642 by Nerses III the Builder as a mark of veneration for Saint Gregory. Over the centuries, the monastery was repeatedly rebuilt; the current buildings date from 1662.

Photograph credit: Diego Delso

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