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S4 E105 Star Citizen: Life of a SC Stuntman (Nov 2023)
What's it like to be an in-game stuntman? This week's review is of a fun take, with a more serious undertone, on the NPC's perspective of life in the background of a g...
S4 E104 Starfield: Let's Talk Machinima & The Mantis Teaser (Nov 2023)
Damien's picks this week take a look at two of the first Starfield machinimas by @TheKShow and @Mod81Gameworld respectively. The first is a 'tell and show' with a neat...
S4 E103 Longest Walkable Distances (in a game) | UE: The Alchemist's Confession (Nov 2023)
This week we present a critique of two very contrasting machinima productions - one took literally months to make and the other just a few days. In our first pick, th...
S4 E102 mAIchinima: Nina & Prelude to Dust (Nov 2023)
Not strictly machinima, but something we've named mAIchinima! This week, we discuss two films using generative AI to create narrative works. In both cases, the techni...
S4 E101 Avant Garde: 9 by Claus Dieter Schulz (Nov 2023)
In this episode, we review one of the first avant garde machinima pieces created by the community. The film is called 9, by German machinimator Claus-Dieter Schulz, h...
S4 E100 Special: Machinima Reflections
Celebrating our 100th episode on the CM podcast/YouTube show, we reflect how far machinima has come and some of the recent trends we've observed in our film reviews - ...
S4 E99 Elite Dangerous Odyssey: The Personal Odyssey 1 (Oct 2023)
This week our film selection is an Elite Dangerous Odyssey 'Captain's Log' style machinima, heavily influenced by Douglas Adams and John Carpenter with shades of Gerry...
S4 E98 World of Warcraft/Cyberpunk 2077: Neo Stormwind (Oct 2023)
WOW! Our collective adjective for this World of Warcraft / Cyberpunk 2077 mashup. This is a stunningly edited urban observational film, set in a strange new world the ...
S4 E97 Elden Ring: Monty Python (Oct 2023)
Kicking off Season 4 of the podcast, we review a Monty Python inspired film, integrating one of their greatest films with Elden Ring – Holy Grail. The film has been m...
S3 E96 Unreal Engine: Backrooms medley (Sept 2023)
In this week's episode, we discuss the phenomenal Backrooms meme that has emerged ever since @kanepixels original film (and the much awaited Netflix version was annou...
S3 E95 UE: Terra & ED: Into Black (Sept 2023)
This week Damien has picked two space exploration shorts for us to review: one is made in UE called Terra by @j.thomaswilson3543 and the other is an ED film called In...
S3 E94 Half Life 2: Shelf Life (September 2023)
This week we discuss one of the best HL2 films from the 2009 era - Shelf Life by Pixel Eyes Productions. The film, which is in two episodes, won a heap of creator awar...
S3 E93 Twin Peaks (Sept 2023)
An homage and 'unofficial tribute' to the classic 90s TV series, this week's review discusses a film of a game demo created by Blue Rose Team for the PS1. The demo cov...
S3 E92 Unreal Engine: Horror (August 2023)
A truly terrifying short for some, Horror is more like an absurd dream for others. The film is made by Yang Hyunjun, released 4 June 2023. Its creator showcases some i...
S3 E91 No Man's Sky: Origins (August 2023)
This week's review is of a No Man's Sky machinima called Origins, produced by Evil Dr.Porkchop. Its a beautiful cinematic travelogue showcasing the vast expansiveness ...
S3 E90 Unreal Engine: The Crown | Hunt (August 2023)
This week we feature two films by Chinese artist collective studio, @Motzify Mohua. These two shorts, The Crown and Hunt, are made in Unreal Engine and show extraordin...
S3 E89 Half Life 2: Daydream (August 2023)
A performance by a camera ham, shutterbug or just a plain histrionic narcissist? This week's review discusses an older machinima that has highly contemporary themes in...
S3 E88 Minecraft: Wither Storm War (July 2023)
This week's film review focusses on a story made with building blocks and without voice acting... and yet, what a spectacular story! The game world is Minecraft of cou...
S3 Special: Machiniplex Intro
In this ep, Phil introduces the Machiniplex [Remastered] Collection, a curated selection of machinimas from the early years. Machiniplex was a site created to host cla...
S3 E87 Cyberpunk 2077: Don’t Fall Down, Cinematic Machinima Music Video (July 2023)
A love letter to Cyberpunk 2077? In this week's episode, the CM crew discuss a cinematic music video that perfectly captures a uniquely human feeling of people watchi...
S3 E86 RDR2: The MODDED Wacky West (July 2023)
This week's review is of 12 minutes of the wackiest of Wacky Wests we could ever imagine! BedBananas has used a a whole host of mods, created by Weds_Garbageday, to de...
S3 E85 Its Just a Game (July 2023)
Nope, its not 'just a game', its one of the most visually stunning Gothic story open worlds ever created (according to Ricky)! In this ep, we discuss GraysonFlows' tr...
S3 E84 DCS: The Ghost | DCS: The Right Stuff (July 2023)
This week, we discuss some of the best flight sim machinima we’ve ever seen, thanks to Damien’s picks. We couldn’t decide which was better, so we discuss two films: T...
S3 E83 Half Life: HEV Suit (June 2023)
This week, Phil has selected a short that will make all those H&S and Half Lifers smile equally... HEV Suit by @Zapper770 ... because we all need more head crabs in o...
S3 E82 Machinima by Ally Kustera (June 2023)
This week’s film review looks at a work by Ally Kustera. The work artfully conveys a sense of feminism without the politics through snippets of video game character cu...
S3 E81 Still Here (June 2023)
Still Here... a chilling dystopian tale of a world devasted by climate crisis and wealth inequality. This week's review is of a film by Guido Ekker, featured on the Fi...
Completely Machinima Interview: Vladimir Nadein & Dmitry Frolov, curators (June 2023)
In this bonus episode, Tracy talks to the curators of the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Vladimir Nadein and Dmitry Frolov.1:31 How did you get interest...
S3 E80 Oberhausen ISFF Discussion (June 2023)
Following on from Tracy's visit to the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, which took place between 26 April and 1 May, Ricky leads a discussion with Tracy o...
S3 E79 Genesis by Edy Recendez (May 2023)
A well-trodden path in alien encounters, this week’s short is Genesis by Edy Recendez, filmed in Unreal Engine. From the very beginning the film is such fun, with grea...
S3 E78 Film Review: Torn Seas (May 2023)
This week, Ricky, Phil and Damien discuss Torn Seas – a feature made with Unreal Engine, by Richard Boisvert. We don’t often review feature-length films on this show,...