Those crackpots at Ill Clan machinima studios have unleashed a special holiday mini-sode of their machinima series "Tiny Nation." This time the elite squad of cuddly backyard creatures takes on "O Tannebaum," with typically disastrous results.
Category: Machinima
A tour of the US Holocaust Museum’s Kristalnacht exhibit in Second Life (video)
Drew Stein, CEO of Involve Inc, and David Klevan of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gave me a tour of their new collaborative project: "Witnessing History: Kristallnacht, the November 1938 Pogroms" in Second Life. It's an impressive exhibit that shows the power of virtual worlds to combine various forms of media into a powerful, immersive,…
Machinima Expo this Sunday November 9 in Second Life
Phil Rice reminds me that the International Machinima Expo (MachinExpo) will be taking place all day on Sunday November 9 in Second Life, featuring over four hours of great machinima from around the globe, a "Women In Machinima" discussion panel, a number of live events as well as several interactive exhibits for featured artists and…
Chris Burke of “This Spartan Life” talks about making it as a machinimator
The 2008 Machinima Festival was a more informal and intimate gathering than festivals past, with more time for frank discussions among professional and amateur machinimators. Here’s a quick video of Chris Burke of the hilarious series "This Spartan Life" taking about what it takes to make it as a professional machinimator. Chris talks about IP…
Douglas Gayeton of “Molotov Alva” on his new machinima project
Here’s a clip of Douglas Gayeton of "Molotov Alva" talking about when he knew that he had "made it" as a machinimator. Then he describes his new collaborative machinima film called "Futuretopia." Sounds like a fascinating "open source" film project. Filmed at Eyebeam studios in NYC at The 2008 Machinima Festival.
“Tiny Nation” takes on the election (machinima)
Just got to screen the first live public premiere of the latest "Tiny Nation" mini-sode. It was at the 2008 Machinima Festival at Eyebeam studios in Chelsea. Find out what happens when backyard critters decide that they want to right to vote. Produced by my friends at Ill Clan, I think you’ll enjoy this light-hearted…
Draxtor on Public Good in Second Life Part III (video)
Here’s the final installment in Draxtor Dupres’s 3 part machinima series on public good in Second Life, focusing on the Public Good Challenge sponsored by the USC Network Culture Project. Great work, as always, Drax!
Machinima that Matter: A list of machinima films with a Social / Political Message
I view machinima (digital films created using a game engine or virtual world) as a powerful and accessible medium for storytelling and artistic expression. And despite its game-based roots, I think there is ample evidence that machinima can be used to engage people on serious issues and ideas — whether its the upcoming US Presidential…
Machinima Festival November 1 at Eyebeam in NYC
I’m excited to announce that the 2008 Machinima Festival is set for Saturday, November 1st at the fabulous Eyebeam studios in New York City. This is a historic period in the emergence of machinima as its own form of media, with more filmmakers, genres, and tools than ever before making this a truly public and…
Beijing’s Forbidden City as a virtual world (a mini-review)
I did a short fly-through of the new virtual world "Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time" created by IBM and the Palace Museum of China. The goal of the project is "to provide the means for a world-wide audience to celebrate and explore aspects of Chinese culture and history" through doing a virtual tour of…