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S3 E79 Genesis by Edy Recendez (May 2023)

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A well-trodden path in alien encounters, this week’s short is Genesis by Edy Recendez, filmed in Unreal Engine. From the very beginning the film is such fun, with great editing and sound design – right up to and including the ending ‘rap slash dance’ credits. Ricky, Phil and Damien also talk about the upcoming Diablo 4 release.

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Genesis by Edy Recendez, released 19 Sept 2021 –

Edmond Hamilton, Golden Age writer

Ray Harryhausen design of creatures in the Sinbad Trilogy, released by Powerhouse

Carbot Productions, 2D machinima series made with Elden Ring –

S3 E78 Torn Seas (May 2023)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes May 24, 2023 1 Comment

This week, Ricky, Phil and Damien discuss Torn Seas – a feature made with Unreal Engine, by Richard Boisvert. We don’t often review feature-length films on this show, not least because few are brave enough to make them, and we talk about that aspect a bit too. Overall, we were impressed by this film but we also have a few suggestions to consider.

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Torn Seas – a feature made with Unreal Engine, by Richard Boisvert, released 26 March 2023 –

Dynamo Dream – Salad Mug by Ian Hubert, Episode 1 –

Clear Skies by Ian Chisholm –

Neil Breen, director channel

S3 E77 Film Review: Sandstorm (May 2023)

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Made in the still developing game Star Citizen, this week’s film is a large-scale production showing 97 players creating a complex battle scene. The film is called Sandstorm by Wailander. In this episode of the podcast, Ricky, Phil and Damien discuss the extent to which machinima is about showing off the game vs telling a story, what the role of the director is in game-based machinima productions and, of course, take a deep dive into the history of machinima in the process. They also reflect on just how wealthy (with in-game currency) the creators of this work actually have to be!

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Film by Wailander, released 13 May 2022 –

The Wilhelm Scream – link includes a sound sample.

Follow the development of Star Citizen on Roberts Space Industries’ (developer) website here.

S3 E76 Film Review: After War (May 2023)

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This week, Ricky, Phil and Damien begin with an brief discussion of the roles AI is being used for to restore old machinimas, and in particular the very exciting upcoming release Phil will be doing of old Machiniplex films – more on that in due course!

The film discussion centres on After War by RG Studios and their approach to telling a story without moving a camera in the Half Life 2 world.

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Hitpaw video enhancer AI, subscription information here

Machiniplex, no longer exists as a platform/website, but the link on the archive is here for the moment!

This week’s film by RG Studios, released on 3 March 2023 –

S3 E75 Film Review: Patient Zero – A Half Life Short (Apr 2023)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes April 26, 2023 Leave a reply

Recently, we’ve seen some really great HL2 shorts, and this week we have an excellent one for you – Patient Zero is by TheParryGod aka Richard Makk, released in Feb. This is so well done you can cut the atmosphere with a butter knife, the choreography between the actors is brilliant and there are even some gratuitous small animal shots to boot. Hear us discuss the details and check out the film following the links below.

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