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S5 Finale E200 Part A Our Year in Review (2025)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes September 24, 2025 Leave a reply

In this first part of our 200th episode of Completely Machinima Podcast, Ricky highlights ⁨@NeuralViz⁩ AI-driven films as a significant advancement, while Phil praised the fast-paced, subtle social commentary. We discuss legal developments affecting AI use, such as Warner Brothers suing Midjourney. The success of Blender’s “Flow” at the Oscars is noted, emphasizing the growing capabilities of open-source tools. The conversation also touches on the breadth of aesthetic approaches to machinima projects, the rise of big-budget projects like “Predator: Killer of Killers,” and the evolving role of generative AI in storytelling.

and part B –

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S5 E199 Unreal Reflekt (Sept 2025)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes September 17, 2025 2 Comments

This is our final film pick for Season 5, and it stimulates quite a discussion. The film is a concept test of tools and techniques, but the story and aesthetic is less inspiring. Check out our thoughts and do add your own comments below.

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Reflekt by Derun, released 24 October 2024 –

Check out Derun’s interviews here and here, and their tour schedule here.

S5 E198 RDR2 John Wick (Sept 2025)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes September 10, 2025 Leave a reply

This week’s film selectiion is a technical masterpiece, made in RDR2. It is both an homage to the game and the film. John Wick’s Red Dead Redemption is made by eli_handle_b.wav, and is worth every second of your time watching it!

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John Wick’s Red Dead Redemption, by eli_handle_b.wav released 9 August 2025 –

S5 E197 Minecraft: Kid Flash (Sept 2025)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes September 3, 2025 Leave a reply

A DC inspired short made with love and artful skill, this week’s pick is also an homage to the creative talent of a young creator now sadly passed. Despite us not necessarily being the target audience – due to certain demographic features – we really enjoyed reviewing this. Check out our comments and do add your own.

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Kid Flash | “On Your Mark” [EP1] (Minecraft TV) by Valor Studios released 14 June 2025 –

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S5 E196 Draxtor’s Dimensional Discoveries: Lynette Wallworth Interview (Aug 2025)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes August 27, 2025 Leave a reply

This week, we discuss a 2013 episode of @Draxtor ‘s interviews series with artists filmed in Second Life series, this episode with Australian artist @lynettewallworth270.

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