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FreePixel looks at video games as part of the moving image culture. Games are not movies. But games use moving image tradition in their presentation. That is why FreePixel offers a critical look at games and their expressive qualities that grow from the use of the moving image.

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[Archive for April, 2009]

On Character and Motion

Posted by fiezi

This post is more like an essay I always wanted to write for the machinima magazine, but felt like I don’t really have the time to get a new issue out the door, so it would never see the light of day…
The idea is simple: generic characters make generic stories. There’s a long debate to [...]

Play Machinima Law

Posted by Michael

Not a festival but possibly an even more important machinima event held at the Stanford Law School from April 24-25. Here is the official announcement:
Machinima.
…It has been hailed as the art form of the 21st century.
…It is redefining music videos.
…And reinventing the videogame.
…It might be the future of cinema.
But there’s a catch: if you make [...]