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Completely Machinima S1 Ep 19 Discussion (September 2021)

Ricky Grove Podcast Episodes September 16, 2021 1 Comment

Tracy, Ricky, and Damien discuss the topic, “Is machinima capable of movie-length films?” Damien chose two-hour-plus long machinima films this month and this made us wonder if machinima is capable of sustaining interest over a longer period of time. We also talk about other related topics. Missing Phil in the discussion as he was unable to make it this month.

Here are the links to topics that came up in the discussion:

-Chronicles of Humanity, Damien Valentine
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1931405/?ref_=tt_ch

-Red vs Blue season 1, Rooster Teeth
https://roosterteeth.com/watch/red-vs-blue-season-1-episode-1

-Nvidia Omniverse launch video at SIGGRAPH 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qhqZ9ECm70

-Ozymandias, Hugh Hancock
https://archive.org/details/Ozymandias

-Clear Skies, Ian Chisholm
https://ianchisholmva.wordpress.com/clear-skies/

-iPiSoft
https://ipisoft.com/

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 18 Films (September 2021)

Ricky Grove Podcast Episodes September 9, 2021 1 Comment

The theme of this month’s film selections is based on a question one of us had last month: How has machinima adapted classic texts? Tracy, Damien, Phil, and Ricky set out to learn about the history of the classics in machinima and came up with so many interesting films it was hard to choose a reasonable amount for the podcast. Phil couldn’t make it this month, but we did include his pick (Haunter of the Dark).

Here is the list of our film picks and links to each of the films.

-Snow Witch, Britannica Dreams (Michelle Pettit Mee), The Sims
https://vimeo.com/614442

-Pierrepont Machinima (EK Theatre)
https://pixelkin.org/2015/12/23/pierrepont-machinima-brings-ovid-shakespeare-to-schools/

-War of the Servers, Robert Stoneman, Garry’s Mod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppUl_CBuyz8

-The Nobbit, Anima Technica, iClone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj53KG-7YTE

-Haunter of the Dark, Biggs Trek, iClone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyqoNvcmEcM

-Lover’s Confession / Confessio Amantis, Hypatia Pickens, Second Life
https://vimeo.com/98521054

-Stolen Child, Hypatia Pickens, Second Life
https://vimeo.com/user4518792

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 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 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.