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Completely Machinima S1 Ep 2 (March 2021)

Phil Rice Podcast Episodes March 4, 2021 1 Comment



Show Notes for S1 Ep 2

And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a monthly, long form podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines), real-time technologies and virtual reality.

This episode was produced by Phil Rice, joined by hosts Ricky Grove, Tracy Harwood, and Damien Valentine. More detailed bios are available at our website.

Podcast Summary

Our second podcast features a discussion of recent news in the machinima and VR sphere, four very diverse short films, a cameo by Baby Yoda, an interview with SIGGRAPH Asia’s Ricard Gras, and much more! We’ve created time-stamps for each section and links for items referenced in the discussions are listed below.

*Disclosure: This podcast and blog is listener/reader supported. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, may earn us a small commission to help cover the costs of producing the show. Read full disclaimer here.

Contact and Feedback for this show: https://completelymachinima.com/#talk

6m 55s – News

34m 38s – Word from our Sponsor: Machinima P1mp Part 2 – The Fat Cat Conference

38m 01s – Films

Damien’s Pick

Tracy’s Picks



Ricky’s Pick

Phil’s Pick

1h 17m 47s – Interview: Ricard Gras

1h 26m 56s – March Machinima History with Ben Grussi

1h 30m 45s – Group Discussion

Contact and Feedback for this show: https://completelymachinima.com/#talk

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Completely Machinima S1 Ep 1 (February 2021)

Ricky Grove Podcast Episodes February 4, 2021 1 Comment



Show Notes for Season 1 Episode 1
And Now For Something Completely Machinima  is a monthly, hour-long podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines), real-time technologies and virtual reality.

Podcast Hosts
This podcast was produced by 
Ricky Grove. He is joined by hosts Phil RiceTracy Harwood and Damien Valentine.  More detailed bios are available at our podcast website www.completelymachinima.com

Podcast 1 Summary
Our first podcast features four main sections along with a short satirical skit. We’ve created time-stamps for each section  and links for topics discussed are in the description.

*Disclosure: This podcast and blog is listener/reader supported. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, may earn us a small commission to help cover the costs of producing the show. Read full disclaimer here.

Machinima News 

Machinima Films of the Month

Aside: The original “The Town that Dreaded Sundown” is available at Amazon on Blu-Ray/DVD and also (at this time) on Amazon Prime.



Machinima Filmmaker Interview – David Vann

  • Ricky contacted the director of the “Town That Dreaded Sundown” trailer (David Vann) by phone and spoke with him about his background as a filmmaker and how he created his film in RDR2. David also spoke about his stop-motion Lego films which are hilarious and satirical. 

Machinima Group Discussion

  • Ricky posed two questions to his other three hosts 1, What is the difference between the terms “machinima”, “real-time animation” and “virtual cinema?” and 2, What is the status of machinima in 2021? Is machinima in decline or are we advancing?  The answers were diverse and  ranged through machinima films/filmmakers past and present.

Note:  Uncut version of our Machinima News is available here