“Courage is not the absence of fear, it is acting in spite of it.” Yep, never a truer few words than said in jest. This week, we discuss a cutscene extravanza of Arthur’s life story in the game, apparently endorsed by Roger Clark himself. Its a story told in three acts, supported by some great musical choices, even if we don’t completely agree on that. What we do agree on is that Charles Liu has done a superb job of selecting just the right shots to portray the character. Check out our review, watch the film and do add your own thoughts.
This brings back so many memories for us, the 1980s and 90s, Frank Drebin’s utter incompetence and Leslie Neilsen’s brilliance. Hat Loving Gamer has excelled himself with this interpretation, taking in a bunch of retro games – everything from PacMan to Mario and then adding in a bit of Halo and GTA for good measure. Our selection of this film also has absolutely nothing to do with the launch of NS2 or the announcement of a new NG movie… Enjoy the discussion.
Another packed month of updates – lots of projects, a few games releases, the usual genAI avalanche and Predator, the world’s first BIG BUDGET machinima! Click the links, check out our comments and do add your own.
I Modded Fast Traffic Into RDR2. Now It’s a Horror Game by Blurbs –
Cyberpunk 2077: POV Hyper-Realistic Motorbike Ride on RTX 5090 with DreamPunk 3.1.1 Graphics in 8K by NextGen Dreams –
Haruki made in UE5 by Bad Decisions Studio –
IMicky Mouse by Mickey Mouse, made by J C Thornton –
Not machinima
Solstice 5: Forgotten archives by Paul Chadeisson –
generative AI projects
Corporation War by Solo Films –
Purely artistic using an aesthetic of origami by Kelly Boesch AI Art –
Where’s Alice by Aaron Sims Creative –
On genAI developments
Eleven Labs launched v3, check out the video update –
v3: 70+ languages from 33 with coverage from 60% to 90% of the world’s population; Dialogue Mode: Handles natural interruptions, tone shifts, and emotional flow across multiple speakers; Audio tags: Guide delivery with tags like [whispers], [angry], [laughs], or [door creaks]—controlling performance in fine detail. Its impressive stuff!
The Elden Ring Nightreign DLC came out in the last month and was downloaded a record 3.5M times in 5 days… I wonder how many of those were Ricky? And, what’s the verdict on it?
Our latest deep dive into machinima history, and this month we focus on Baron Soosdon, a Finnish creator whose work is legendary among us. The film pick, I’m So Sick, is an excellent example of the type of work he produced during his machinima career (circa 2006-2011) which, shockingly, never actually won an award – it was however runner up at a Bitfilm Festival. The film is a WoW fan fiction and a cultural mashup of its era, including subtle references to some of the key happenings in niche entertainment at the time: release of Edge of Remorse by Jason Choi (machinima), Ergo Proxy’s classic anime series, appearances by the WoW legendary band L70ETC, the BlackWingLair level play-throughs and Lacey Sturm’s incredible primal scream and the Flyleaf music video, song of the same title. Enjoy the discussion.
I’m So Sick by Baron Soosdon, released in September 2007 –
For those interested in the back story about the Elite Tauren Chieftain band, the fan wiki has some interesting dates and appearances here and here is a video about the band –
This is Flyleaf’s music video of I’m So Sick –
ETC’s best known song, Power of the Horde, was recorded by LFP Gaming in 2009 –
and here is a link to an Ergo Proxy playlist, the anime series mentioned in the discussion and included in the backgrounds of the film –
This is the film that inspired Baron Soosdon to create WoW machinima, back in 2006 –
and here is Baron Soosdon’s alt ego channel’s latest release, as a musician –
Yup, there’s nothing to do in Starfield, except this kind of thing! Seriously, we love how this teases a potential mod by the creator, Starfield Cinematic, and we reflect on the portrayal of the characters, the juxtaposition of the narrator voices and the pacing in what is essentially just a teaser. One thing we all agree on is just how stunning this game world is.
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