2024 - Completely Machinima

S5 E157 Olde West: The Loss (Nov 2024)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes November 21, 2024 Leave a reply

Who doesn’t love a good olde Western? This week we delve into a great short by avidredeadenjoyer, released 21 Sept 2024, called The Loss. It has been made in the only engine a Western machinima can be, RDR2. We all especially liked one particular shot, which really goes to the heart of why machinima has added so much to movie-making. This week, we also talk about a second pick, a Frontier: Elite 2 short by The Mystic Mushroom accompanied by the Blue Danube: The second best space sim ever made… Enjoy!

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The Loss – A Red Dead Redemption 2 Machinima by avidredeadenjoyer, released 21 Sept 2024

The second best space sim ever made… Frontier: Elite 2, by The Mystic Mushroom – accompanied by Strauss’s the Blue Danube

S5 E156 Machinima News Omnibus (Nov 2024)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes November 14, 2024 Leave a reply

A packed ep this month, key tools, what’s happening roundup and some fascinating projects.

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BBC Sound Archive, link here

Info about it here

Blender Procedural auto painter AI –

Google’s video search tool, info here

Gerry Anderson’s tribute to David Graham –

MOUSE: P.I. For hire | official console announcement trailer –

Kamala Harris’ campaign in WOW, information here

Pigeon Bringer of Doom and Destroyer of Humanity, by Solofilms, made using Runway and Midjourney

horrific!

The Flower that Never Dies by NewGates Entertainment –

Terminator and Cyberpunk 2077 by eli_handle_b.wav –

Warhammer, JT Music –

Ian Hubert’s Dynamo Dream Part 2 –

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 16 Films (August 2021)

Star Citizen Con updates SC1.0 –

Squadron 42 gameplay reveal update –

Hubnet machinima, Overclock and EE Studios

Luminaria Kitbash 3D contest still open – more here

GTA Hamlet documentary trailer –

Reallusion 3D character contest results – stunning work!

Movies Tycoon out of early access – Steam link here

S5 E155 Beyond the Dust (Nov 2024)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes November 6, 2024 Leave a reply

This week’s ep we dedicate to a 3D animation by a French student collective made in their final year of studies, streamed through @TheRookiesCo channel. It is not technically machinima as its made using traditional animation tools but nonetheless we absolutely loved it – and its a recommendation by one of our channel’s regular followers @3dchick. The film is a post-apocaylptic robot tale, inspired by Zaha Hadid’s architectonic style.

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Beyond the Dust by Alexia AMELINE, Marin BENITEZ, Lucien BIGEY, Marine DUPUY, Benjamin HACK, Matteo MICHEL, Salomé QUILLIEN, Juliette VIGNOLLET at ESMA Toulouse, France with an original score by Gregory ALLISON https://www.therookies.co/entries/27421

Film was released on 17 Sept 2024 and is a graduation short film made during their final year –

Check out Phil’s remastered collection of Peter Rasmussen’s work here, especially Stolen Life, feature-length machinima –

and if you want to find out more about the ground-breaking work Peter did, there is a chapter dedicated to his work in the Pioneers in Machinima book by Tracy and Ben Grussi.

S5 E154 Good advice! (Oct 2024)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes October 30, 2024 Leave a reply

In this ep, we discuss The Nomad | Cyberpunk 2077, a Lifepath cinematic by Zero-Sum Story, and Ian Hubert’s Lazy Tutorials, which are not for the feinthearted yet somehow full of the very best machinima advice, such as “… just drag it to a place where you don’t think it looks stupid” and “… imagine doing all this and actually putting in some effort – its something to think about” – yep, it sure is. Enjoy the discussions.

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Ian Hubert’s Lazy Tutorials –

Check out our review of Dynamo Dream: Salad Mug –

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 16 Films (August 2021)

The Nomad | Cyberpunk 2077

S5 E153 Forbidden Planet – Children of the Krell (Oct 2024)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes October 23, 2024 1 Comment

This week, we review a machinima that has taken its inspiration and cue from the original movie Forbidden Planet, released in 1956. This is the animated and stylized sequel we’ve all been waiting for, set immediately after the events reported in the film. It has been written and directed by Biggs Trek, aka Philip Browne, whose creative talent shines through in this.

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