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[Archive for March, 2008]

pointers to the ongoing dilution of the term “computer game filmmaking”

Posted by fiezi

“The relationship between filmaker and viewer of what you want and what I want to give you. One could hope someday I’ll be in the position to make that video game motion picture that fully pays tribute to what the fans wish for while making the reasonable comprises of established filmaking.”
Monty Oum “presents” his new [...]

Go watch afterworld

Posted by Michael

I have been praising as well as criticizing afterworld but by now I have given in and turned into a trusty follower of the series. The show has been out there in various ways (MySpace, Bud.TV, SciFi) but I followed it on their own website where the episodes gradually unlock on a map that shows [...]

GLS conference-chat and frag

Posted by Erik

We don’t normally post conference calls here but I thought some of you may be interested in the GLS call for 31 March as it doesn’t seem a typical academic ’submit paper and present like a wooden dummy’ type conference.
There are Interactive Workshops, Symposium, Individual Presentation (each session is assigned a Respondent who will comment [...]

New Publication: Claiming its Space – Machinima

Posted by Michael

Dichtung Digital recently published one of my more recent ramblings on Machinima. The title is ‘Claiming Its Space: Machinima’ and the abstract reads:
Although machinima has grown exponenatially, it remains a [...]