Our monthly roundup of all things we enjoy about this crazy world of machinima.

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Show Notes & Links

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 –