News

Star Wars Machinima A Clone Apart Returns

What a wretched, wonderful fictional construct the Star Wars universe has become. While many people hate how George Lucas’s fiddling continues to dilute the memories of the folks who love it most, the Skywalker saga remains a rich playground for all


August 12, 2011
In Real Life

It’s Red vs Blue, But Not As You Know It!

Kotaku AU

This is getting all a bit meta. A machinima vid that is actually a real life attempt to recreate a video game, inspired by machinima. Wow. Circular. Still, all you really need to know is that this vid is a pretty accurate real life representation of a Halo match, minus the spawn traps. And it’s pretty cool.


June 24, 2011
News

E3′s Booth Babes Fail A Simple Trivia Quiz With Flying Colours

About a year ago, PAX sought to ban booth babes (pardon me, “costumed booth representatives”), using a number of tests to determine booth babe-iness (as opposed to garden-variety sexy cosplay). One of them was a lack of familiarity with the product represented.


May 10, 2011
In Real Life

What Game Of Thrones’ Intro Looks Like In StarCraft 2

David Zhou noticed the resemblance between the open titles of HBO’s Game of Thrones and the maps of an RTS. And what do you know? A StarCraft 2 movie (created by Zhou) set to the GoT intro music looks pretty great.


April 22, 2011
PC

The Royal Wedding Is Much More Entertaining In The Sims 3

The royal wedding between Prince William and his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton on April 29 will be a lavish spectacle of celebrity and ceremony, a once-in-a-lifetime celebration that will be remembered for decades to come. That doesn’t mean it will be more entertaining than the Sims 3 version.


March 29, 2011
Nintendo

The Brothers Mario 2 Commits Grand Theft Auto In Donkey Kong Country

The amazing mash up that blended Grand Theft Auto’s cinematic violence with Super Mario Bros. lore, The Brothers Mario, has spawned a sequel. This time, in The Brothers Mario 2, the fight goes to Donkey Kong Country.


March 24, 2011
PC

Liberty City’s Police Chases Make For Awesome GTA IV Cinema

Can you handle more than 13 crazy minutes of Grand Theft Auto IV police chases, with Niko Bellic and his cousin Roman fleeing from cop cars, armoured vehicles and police helicopters? Test your machinimatic endurance skills with “Hard Charger: Wide Open”.


January 19, 2011
In Real Life

Who Knew Dead Zombie Hookers Were So Fun?

What better way to kick off a Tuesday then a little dead zombie hooker action? Right?


January 13, 2011
In Real Life

Feel Like Watching A Feature Length GTA IV Machinima?

Kotaku AU

I’m at work, so if someone caught me watching this feature length GTA IV Machinima for two hours, I don’t think it would go down too well. But if you have the time and the inclination, this is one of the most finely polished, well conceived example of Machinima we’ve ever seen.


January 11, 2011
In Real Life

This Isn’t Machinima, It’s Cinema

To call “The Trashmaster” machinima isn’t doing it justice, because while it is indeed based on the art of turning a video game into cinema, it also runs for an astonishing 88 minutes.