Some really lively talk is happening out there in the machinisphere lately, after our collective post-festival sabbatical.

• Blog Post and Comment thread for “The Great Dichotomy”
• (and the subsequent follow-up thread on MPrem’s forum)
• Blog Post and Comment thread for “Word to the Machinima”
• Discussion on “Machinima - Fading Away?” at Rooster Teeth’s forum
• Discussion on “MFF 2006 Picks” on Rooster Teeth’s forum
• Jason Choi asking someone to “Convince Him” why he should stay with machinima
• (and the subsequent comment thread, where we try to do just that)

If that doesn’t shag you out, you can always ponder whether overcast #014 was real or not by listening here and then joining the fray either here or here.

Or if you want to get REALLY intellectual, you could always venture here: