If you are going to troll the griefers in GTA, this is surely the coolest way to do it, without actually becoming a griefer yourself! In this short, by Putther Uncut (released 5 June 2022), we follow a let’s play style narrative of the creator pretending to be a rat NPC. The video is hilarious – who knew rats could be so dangerous!
This week we delve into the use of a total war game to recreate historic battles. In our focal video, the Battle of Badr 624 AD: Rise of Islam by Bellum et Historia released on 16 November 2024, we reflect on the modding and creative process, the use of game technologies and the types of documentation used to achieve the outcome.
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Battle of BADR 624 AD: Rise of Islam by Bellum et Historia, released 16 November 2024
For those that may be interested, there is a playlist of shorts –
Our monthly roundup of all things we enjoy about this crazy world of machinima.
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Projects
AFK’s Season 3 Star Wars Parody ‘supercut’, created in UE5 –
Second Life’s Fantasy Faire, Pryda Parx Studio’s run through covers 18 regions in total – as ever, great work by everyone being showcased –
and here is the Fantasy Faire Second Life YouTube channel for videos submitted to the Film Festival Machinima Competition, hosted by Chantal Harvey
The GTA6 new trailer release… check out Brian in the first few seconds!
Mans1ay3r’s Skyrim short, called Beware the Daughter of the Troll – a Bard’s Tale, a really stunning song, beautifully produced –
and ToCoSo’s song called If We All Haul Together, celebrating the community is Elite Dangerous –
Drunk Physicist’s Mission on a Tiny Planet – available on Instagram here
genAI updates
AI Animation Contest winners hosted by Curious Refuge, supported by Promise Studios and Luma AI – the show reel is worth a run through –
Films made with AI will be eligible for the Oscars, although decision-making will of course consider its role and that of human creators – article here
Flawless’ Watch the Skies AI dubbing technology is a Swedish scifi that’s now acceptable to those who can’t speak the language – impressive stuff –
Runway’s Gen-4 is also worth taking a look at, producing multiple styles for a single character –
Sora AI‘s Red Dead Redemption 2 1970s style Western Movie –
Phil’s AI copyright discussion link for Suno AI –
Tools & Resources
Reallusion’s CC5 teaser
and Solomon Jagwe‘s thoughts –
A new Star Wars game afoot?
How to create smart hair –
April Phil
Minecraft Speedrunner vs 3 Hunters –
and don’t forget to check out Phil’s latest machinima series, Ralph & Chuck –
This week’s machinima is made in Skyrim, and whilst its a little older, it shows off beautifully the quality of the game, characters and lip sync capability. The film, by Wanderersofthedas was released in 2015, and was made using lines drawn only from the game’s NPCs. It makes for an oddly familial campfire conversation, notwithstanding the numerous references to in game lore. Do you and add your comments on our channels, as usual.
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True Nords – Skyrim Machinima by Wanderersofthedas, released 7 Sept 2015
Tracy Harwood and Ben Grussi’s Machinima Book, On Sale Now!
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