The Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences announced that the 2006 Machinima Festival will take place not only at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City, but also within the virtual world of Second Life. The 2006 Machinima Festival, hailed as the “Sundance for the Video Game Set” by MTV News, is a two-day celebration of the art of Machinima, featuring panel discussions,demonstrations and screenings of the most groundbreaking works of this movement, along with the nominees and winners of the 2006 Machinima Awards (“The Mackies”). For more details, check full article.