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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 October, 2009]

Aarseth/ Harrell/ Murray – games and narrative

Posted by Michael

It is a very academic minefield: the discussion whether games tell stories or not. As I am right now sitting in a reprise of the 1999 debate at DAC between Aarseth and Murray it dawned to me that a Machinima producer probably merely shakes her head hearing a discussion like that. This will be only [...]

Machinima produced film pitch

Posted by Michael

I am not sure whether this is the first time around somebody did that but here is the trailer that Jordan Mechner did to pitch his Prince of Persia film project to Disney and Bruckheimer. He recently posted about it on his blog. The first thing I found interesting is what the trailer is about [...]