1st Uruguayan Videogame Contest

Both the Dow Jones and the Nikkei are down because major game companies are trembling in fear about the nascent Uruguayan game industry (Go charruas go! :) Well, maybe not yet, but we'll have our day, just take my word for it. Meanwhile, the great news if you are Uruguayan is that the LATU and ORT are organizing a National Videogame Design and Creation contest. Here's all the info that you need (in Spanish). The folks at Powerful Robot will be helping at the reviewing board (no, we are not taking any bribes at the moment.)
rOn a more serious tone, this is really great news. There are tons of brilliant people everywhere that just need an extra push to get into game development. It's not easy since it requires a qualified team, so hopefully events like this will provide the little spark that will get the whole gaming world on fire (thanks Juan Grompone for the link.)