Category Archives: Machinima

Yay!!!! Machinima!!!!

20 July 2006

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I was honoured by receiving this link to a really unique Machinima film yesterday that basically challenged my definition of Machinima! Don’t you just love definition challenges?! Anyways…it’s really cool and the effects are astounding!
It’s by Anders Adler Simonsen (why yes! That is a Norwegian name – wooo hooo!!) who writes:

“Machinima made with the modified video of the Playstation1 game Driver2. The game had an in-game editor where camera angles could be adjusted on the previously recorded game play.
The video signal has later been put through a fuzzbox originally used for guitars and synchronized with a feedbacked organ. Music made in collaboration with Ola Andersbakken.”

What an unique, experimental and adventurous mind! So please enjoy, Fuzz!

2006 Machinima Festival

18 July 2006

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Clickable Culture reports that The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS) are now calling for entries (start accepting from July 24th).

So is anyone in Norway going to contribute?! I would love to know if there is someone actively making machinima here in Norway!

The festival is on November 4 and 5, 2006 at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York!!! This is yet another thing I’d love to go to if I had a million dollars!!!! Or maybe I should follow my fellow media brethren and focus on a career in journalism?

re: Your Brains

27 June 2006

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I just adore this!!!! This is exactly what Web 2.0 (or…? the correct terminology eludes me)is about, if you ask me!! Jonathan Coulton is a New York musician who releases a song a week on his blog, under a Creative Commons license – and this guy, Mike Spiff has created a WoW Machinima from one of these songs – and ofcourse it’s available on YouTube!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!! I LOVE IT!!!

An Unreal Love Story

27 April 2006

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I’ve had an extremely rotten day, it’s not getting any better and I’m starting to suspect that tomorrow is just going to be worse!

So I was very pleased when I came across this very bizarre Machinima film at Kotaku. I completely forgot what a disgustingly miserable day I was having and actually smile!! So hope you do as well! Kotaku has an interesting description “Hair meets Red vs. Blue”!

I think it’s SFW – definately if you have the sound off otherwise maybe 2 sec of crudeness!

Things to say on a bland day!

20 April 2006

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I`m in one of those moods where absolutely everything is boring today! You know the feeling? Life is just kinda bland today!

So I wasn’t suprised when I just wasn’t impressed by games.net’s pop-up World of Warcraft video. It was ok, don’t get me wrong…but it could’ve been much better!

Although, in this state of boringness my mind fixated on one fact. According to this video, 16 percent of the way over 6 million subscribers, are women! Which I thought was rather odd, because 80 % of the WoW players I know, are women! Bizarre isn’t it? Ofcourse now I’m not counting those who’ve quit playing the game because it was too addictive! Which led my mind onto another thing! A few months ago, a friend of mine was complaining about a personal problem! He had moved into his girlfriends flat and felt that he had no space of his own! It was becoming quite a strain on their lovelife and he was considering giving the whole thing up. And what do I suggest? “You know, you should start playing a MMORPG! That will give you some space and time to yourself! You’ll be able to completely relax while she’s sitting on the coach watching tv!”.
Turns out, he started playing WoW, loves it and even better, they’re both incredibly happy and loving their life together!! Now…the satisfaction of giving sound love advice is satisfactory in itself, but it being bringing gaming into the relationship and it actually working? That’s just… Man!! I’m good! He he!!