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Completely Machinima S1 Ep 17 News (September 2021)

Ricky Grove Podcast Episodes September 2, 2021 Leave a reply

Tracy, Ricky, and Damien are back (Phil is still out) with fun coverage of recent machinima and machinima-related news. From the Reallusion Lip-Sync contest to a bizarre indie game called “Heal Hitler”, the three of us share news that is inspired and often quite weird.

Links & Show Notes

Reallusion Lip-Sync Contest. Deadline Sept 30th, 2021
iClone Lip-Sync Animation Contest 2021 | Reallusion

Half Life: A Larger Puzzle by Leadhead
https://youtu.be/-iI05uJgBA8

Heal Hitler Steam Indie Game
Heal Hitler on Steam (steampowered.com)

Max Payne 20th Anniversary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsQVD5ttpog

12 Weeks with Nightmare Puppeteer at Renderosity Magazine
Episode 1: Introduction – Renderosity Magazine

Diablo 2: Resurrected. Release Sept 23, 2021
Diablo® II: Resurrected (blizzard.com)

Cascadeur
https://cascadeur.com/

Quake re-release, 25th anniversary
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2310/QUAKE/

Film Festivals and Contests –

Cinematic Captures Star Wars fanfilm contest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtoB7K3L1HA

Milan Machinima Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/MILANMACHINIMAFESTIVAL

New Media Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/NewMediaFilmFestival

Sci Fi and Fantasy Genre Lab
https://filmfreeway.com/SciFiandFantasyGenreLab

Indie Suspense, Horror, Sci Fi Film Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/IndieSuspenseHorrorSciFiFilmFestival

YouTube Shorts update
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/youtube-will-pay-100m-to-creators-on-its-new-shorts-platform-205156.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/youtube-exec-gives-details-on-new-shorts-platform-and-100m-fund-for-creators-207708.html
https://www.theverge.com/22606296/youtube-shorts-fund-neal-mohan-decoder-interview

Valve’s Steamdeck release
https://www.steamdeck.com/en/hardware

Completely Machinima History with Ben Grussi (August)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes August 21, 2021 Leave a reply

This month Ben presents a bumper overview of machinima notables from the archives, including Quake releases, films, appearances, media coverage and the very first Machinima Film Festival that took place at Quakcon.

Aug 2nd – 1998 – Devil’s Covenant Original Edition released
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUwCSONpiqI
Aug 27th 1998 – Quake 2: Late Night Episode 1 is released by Toxy & Essobie
- https://archive.org/details/late-nite-with-toxy-episode-1
Ozymandias (October/January 1999/2000)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLt4cD1Wh6k
Aug 6th 2000 – The Seal of Nehahra mega movie (4 Hour prologue to Nehahra single player mod/map pack)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ecvQAzsNk
Aug 27th 2000 – Hardly Workin’ is released by ILL Clan
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tII1uW__zs
Aug 3rd 2002 – Moppi Productions (Demo Group ) releases Halla (Little Match Girl)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsbEny9XBBQ
Wasn’t mentioned but still noteworthy – Aug 18th 2003 – A Brief clip of Mike Berry’s “Smart Gun” appears on AMD’s commercial (in movie theaters!) to promote their upcoming CPU – The Athlon64
- https://youtu.be/UhoqhoVWYhg
A Great & Majestic Empire [2003] Denis Cooney / United Kingdom
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_RLOW8Paw
Anna [2003] Katherine Kang / Fountainhead Entertainment / USA
- https://archive.org/details/anna_fountainhead
Fake Science [2002] Michael Holochwost & Brian Mayberry / USA
- https://archive.org/details/fake_science
The Journey [2003] Friedrich Kirschner / Germany
- https://vimeo.com/1110082
Aug 27th 2005 – Britannica Dreams releases “The Highwayman”
- https://archive.org/details/KheriMichelleTheHighwayman
Aug 30th 2005 – Jake “Strider” Hughes release the 2-DVD set on Bittorrent of his Anachronox: The Movie that won awards at the 2002 Machinima Film Festival (link to full movie not DVDs)
- https://archive.org/details/JakeHughesAnachronoxTheMovie

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 16 Films (August 2021)

Ricky Grove Podcast Episodes August 12, 2021 5 Comments

In this episode, Ricky, Tracy and Damien discuss a selection of films with the AI known as Phil, whilst the real Phil is off on holiday in sunny New York with his real family. The selection this month covers the full scale of quality with some raw and experimental machinima work and some incredibly polished machinima, with much in between. Games the machinima works draw on includes RDR2, GTA5, Little Nightmares 2, Xcom, Mech Warrior, Skyrim, Max Payne and Roblox with a bit of Blender thrown in for good measure. Enjoy!

Salad Mug – DYNAMO DREAM. Blender created short by Ian Hubert.
- https://youtu.be/LsGZ_2RuJ2A
Phil’s Short RDR2 comic piece “Making Movies in Red Dead Redemption 2”
- https://youtu.be/mjwzZVl2tKY
Phil’s Pick
- MOSES: The Hunt
  - https://youtu.be/hatd71_8fik
- Hired Steel: A Mech Machinima – Episode One
  - https://youtu.be/fBDrGklxqsk
Tracy’s Pick
- The life of Bigfoot (Cinematic/Machinima) GTA 5 by Yogitrex, released 25 June 2021
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNX0XMVJyLM
- Little Nightmares 2 Rap is by JT Music featuring Andrea Storm Kadem, released 10 April 2021
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z5I1ydmSUE
Damien’s Pick
- Xcom Ballet by Ion Bomb, released 2 July 2015
  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRuz-Yf70Dk
Ricky’s Pick
- CALL OF CTHULHU – Skyrim Machinima by Kendor was Here
  - https://youtu.be/qxF9tEBr1nE
- Star Citizen – Bang Bang He Shot Me Down – 4K Machinima
  - https://youtu.be/xjEmB0OVMzQ
- Address Unknown Max Payne by Volsky
  - https://youtu.be/v7zSrKke_ZU
How ‘Roblox’ Became a Playground for Virtual Fascists | WIRED

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 15 News (August 2021)

Ricky Grove Podcast Episodes August 5, 2021 1 Comment

In this episode, Ricky, Tracy and Damien are joined by an AI of Phil, who is surprisingly agreeable. The hosts mark the passing of machinima stalwart, Ken White, creator of TMOA and TMUnderground community radio sites. Then the team discuss iClone 7’s lip sync contest, Whanowa’s Grand Theft Auto tutorials, updates to Nightmare Puppeteer, puppeteering in Adobe’s Character Animator, the rise of adult animation, making a cinematic with Unreal Engine 5 and Blender and performing Hamlet in Grant Theft Auto, Star Wars and Xcom among other games, and being your own architect of hell, with Hell Architect.

iClone Contest, deadline 30 Sept 2021
- https://www.reallusion.com/iclone/event/2021-lip-sync-animation-contest/default.html
- Note: extra points for WIP on forum platforms and social media – example of Tom Jantol’s Being Frank, early entry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK8aJZMfGhY
Zeke365 Zeke365 – Director, Editor & Filmmaker (vimeo.com)
- Zeke365’s suggested films
  - https://m.youtube.com/c/MystitechProductions/videos
  - https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUWfUTgE75KEV-vur-Xf7jKoePfFY6ua0
Whanowa GTA V Tutorials
- (5) whanowa – YouTube
Character Animator Puppetmaker Beta
- Beta Preview: Puppet Maker (adobe.com)
Use your own 3D models in Nightmare Puppeteer
- https://youtu.be/FrTKkc1eAno
Introduction and Live Demo of Omniverse Machinima
- https://youtu.be/_AEPgzb9VQM
Here’s A New Report That Documents The Booming Trend Of Adult Animated Series
- Here’s A New Report That Documents The Booming Trend Of Adult Animated Series (cartoonbrew.com)
How to Make a Cinematic with Unreal Engine 5 and Blender!
- https://youtu.be/8EypDQXmplA
GTA Online Player Tries Performing Hamlet, Dies
- GTA Online Player Tries Performing Hamlet, Dies (kotaku.com)
Hell Architect: Prologue is a hell colony sim. Build and manage your hell. Take care of the sinners with funny cartoon-style tortures, fill their needs, develop buildings, gather resources, grow your population. Prologue is a free standalone version of the game ‘Hell Architect’.
- Hell Architect: Prologue on Steam (steampowered.com)
Congrats to Ben Tuttle for reaching 100 subscribers to his YT iClone channel
- https://youtu.be/HyamZiTU14A

Completely Machinima Interview: John Martin II, VP Reallusion

Ricky Grove Podcast Episodes July 29, 2021 Leave a reply

Ricky talks to John Martin II, VP of Reallusion, about the development of iClone as a machinima tool in the early 2000s and its recent integration with Nvidia’s Omniverse platform, Character Creator, the original inspiration for iClone, and future plans for iClone 8 teased for release later in 2021.

Character Creator by Reallusion