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S6 E219 Demoscene: ix by Moppi Productions (Mar 2026)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes March 26, 2026 Leave a reply

What happens when real-time graphics stop trying to impress technically and start feeling like cinema? In this episode of And Now For Something Completely Machinima, Phil Rice, Ricky Grove, Tracy Harwood and Damien Valentine explore “Nine” (IX) by Moppi Productions – a landmark 2003 demoscene work that bridges machinima, digital art and real-time filmmaking.

In this episode –

  • Why Nine is a landmark demoscene production
  • The difference between machinima and demos
  • The tension between technical mastery and artistic expression
  • Real-time graphics as digital filmmaking
  • Why this 2003 work still feels modern

#Machinima #Demoscene #RealtimeAnimation #VirtualProduction #DigitalArt #ExperimentalFilm #AnimationPodcast #RealtimeGraphics #DigitalFilmmaking

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Show Notes & Links

ix by Moppi Productions, released 10 Aug 2003

On Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/MoppiProductionsIx/ix.zune2.mp4

On YouTube:

A classic example fr-025: the.popular.demo by Farbrausch, released the same year –

S5 E168 We Are Demo | Commodore 64 (Feb 2025)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes February 6, 2025 1 Comment

This week’s pick is nostalgic for a time before machinima… its a rare look back at the demoscene era that informed and influenced the evolution of machinima all those years ago.  The film selection is called We Are Demo, made in 2016 by Fairlight, Noice, Offence, and it was originally shared on X by the Commodore Computer Museum. Check out our review and thoughts, and do add your comments on our YouTube channel.



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We Are Demo, released 2016 and made by Fairlight, Noice, Offence – shared on X by Commodore Computer Museum by here it is on Youtube –