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S4 E145 Video essay: The Game of Video (Sept 2024)
What is #machinima?! Good question these days, and this week we review a new video essay on tackling just that question... which is always interesting for us pioneers ...
S4 E144 Assault on 2Fort (Aug 2024)
This week we take a look at another stunning Team Fortress 2 short called Assault on 2Fort by JP Stevens aka Lolripk, a recommendation made to us by Dominzki (whose ow...
S4 E143 Star Citizen: Wanderers (Aug 2024)
A Star Citizen extravaganza: this week, we discuss a brilliant re-creation of Erik Wernquist's epic short, Wanderers, released by one of its creators Mr Hasgaha. Whils...
S4 E142 HL: Overworld (Aug 2024)
This week's selection is a stunning cinematic imaginary by Unknown Dino, focussing on the next version of Half Life (soon to be released... er, well, possibly in the n...
S4 E141 Machinima News Omnibus (Aug 2024)
Another packed episode of news items we found for machinima creators everywhere. We take a look at some games news including several that have released music albums re...
S4 E140 This is one of the craziest videos I have ever made... (GTA5) (Aug 2024)
Crazy, it is certainly that - and more. If you enjoy slasher horror, we think you'll love this - and its definitely not for U18s! The film is by Toaster and is a music...
S4 E139 S4 E139 Star Citizen | Sims 4: Wonderful World | Plumbob Princess (July 2024
This week, we discussion two films: @neisannnn 'What a Wonderful World', a love letter to Star Citizen, where we focus on its surreal nature, use of backwards music, ...
S4 E138 Cyberpunk+Found Footage: Inner Migration (July 2024)
This week's film is a machinima that deals with pollution in the most overt way it can. Andy Hughes' Inner Migration juxtaposes Cyberpunk 2077 against some 'found foo...
S4 E137 Machinima News Omnibus (July 2024)
This month's news omnibus covers our usual breadth of topics - from Reallusion's Character Creator contest; to a 'how to create in SL', available only in SL; to Projec...
S4 E136 GTA5: Los Santos police throw themselves into offering box (July 2024)
This week's film review is of [GTA5] 賽銭箱に身を投げる ロスサントス市警察, made by @mzanku - its absurdist humor but also deeply disturbing, which hits us all in different ways around...
S4 E135 Destruction & Hope: Day of Darkness II | The Wanderer (June 2024)
In this episode, we analyse our picks' cinematics, beginning with 'Day of Darkness' made in Eve Online by Dire Lauthris and completing with 'The Wanderer' made in the ...
S4 E134 iClone: Lonely Episode 2: The Package Thief (June 2024)
This week, we discuss the art of machinima filmmaking, emphasizing the importance of craftsmanship, freshness, and humor in exceptional storytelling, as evidenced in '...
Completely Machinima Interview: Phil Rice, funny man (June 2024)
Welcome to our latest bonus episode. We had the pleasure of catching up with Phil Rice aka zsOverman to talk exclusively about his latest machinima, called Being Mose...
S4 E133 Machinima News Omnibus (Jun 2024)
This week we celebrate Nvidia's investment in machinima, discuss latest AIs and give you the heads up on some great projects we want to highlight - there are just too ...
S4 E132 Star Citizen: 60 Seconds of Horror (Jun 2024)
A compelling and powerful story of one man's quest to remain sane on an isolated planet. This is a very effective story by Lens Nation, given its only 60 seconds long ...
S4 E131 Forlorn (May 2024)
This week, we review a pretender for a new Disney show called Forlorn, by @projectforlorn (aka Alex St Pierre). Well, it may well be at some point in the near future! ...
S4 E130 Music Maestro Please! (May 2024)
This week, we discuss two stunning music videos: Children of Pain by @VincereSylph with video created by @TomJantol and @tanyasubaBg ; and Firefly by @TheEsoterica...
S4 E129 Cinematics: GTA5 (May 2024)
Not for the first time do we discuss the gorgeous cinematic qualities of GTA5, and this week we share a beaut by @Salva.Padilla. This one has a distinct vibe to it, bu...
S4 E128 Machinima News Omnibus (May 2024)
Our May update on machinima and virtual production related news highlights some of the latest generative AI tools, warts and all, and brings to attention several of th...
S4 E127 May the Force: A Tribute (May 2024)
This week we celebrate Star Wars with a fabulous short portraying the infamous AT-AT death walkers as 'nature-creatures' in their natural habitat - this is a beautiful...
S4 E126 Music Videos: Portal | Helldivers 2 (Apr 2024)
This week, we cover three outstanding music videos, demonstrating different genres of music and different game engines - a re-imagined Simon and Garfunkel classic, a p...
S4 E125 Its science but not as we know it... Blackholes & New York (Apr 2024)
This week, we discuss one of the most outstanding presentations of space science, by @EpicSpaceman , called I put 4M Suns in a Blackhole. Made in Blender, we discuss ...
S4 E124 Machinima News Omnibus (Apr 2024)
A packed review this month, with some sad :( better :| and happy news :)1:42 Demise of Rooster Teeth and yet RVB will outlive the corporate brand! We reminisce about ...
S4 E123 Fluxus: The Dog Days (Apr 2024)
The Dog Days is an unusual machinima that combines the glitchiness of AI generated content composited with a Second Life avatar. Whilst not realtime, the performative ...
S4 E122 M/F Toxic Relationships: Vigilante & Flite (Mar 2024)
In this ep, we discuss two machinima films dealing with thematically similar issues, albeit presented with different treatments: Vigilante is made in GTA5 and tells th...
S4 E121 Cosmic: Flowers of Evil (Mar 2024)
This week, we take a look at a spectacular particle show in a machinima that has been documented and edited by Tutsy NaVaRaThNA in Second Life. The show is called Flo...
S4 E120 Machinima Omnibus News (Mar 2024)
This week’s podcast episode is our curated news omnibus for this month. We cover lots, and enjoy reflecting on the significance of the stories we highlight for the wo...
S4 E119 Feature Length: Emesis Blue (Mar 2024)
In all our years of involvement with machinima (and that's over 75 years between us), feature length has been something we've rarely found watchable... but with this w...
S4 E118 Slapstick: 100 Ways to Die in Starfield (Feb 2024)
100 Ways to Die in Starfield is wonderful stuff - whether you are 15 or 50! For all those who have distant memories of seeing classic slapstick comedy featuring Charli...
S4 E117 DC vs Marvel + Unreal Engine vs Action Man + AI (Feb 2024)
This week we compare and contrast, in a way extending that ongoing debate about whose IP is the daddy... but the ep is about much more than that too. We discuss @solo...