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October 31, 2007

Latest MachiniFeed Additions

Filed under: Machinima — Overman @ 12:27 pm

Here are the latest additions to the MachiniFeed: The Blended Feed for the Machinima Community.

Got more machinima / animation / filmmaking sites to suggest for inclusion? Let us know.

Happy Halloween!

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October 30, 2007

New Zarathustra Studios Website

Filed under: Machinima — Overman @ 11:49 am

I just completed a major overhaul of z-studios.com. And for the first time, I feel really comfortable with the design, and at the same time feel it finally fits the content as it should.

The nature of that content sure has evolved over the past couple years. It’s always been about (more…)

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October 29, 2007

Bitfilm Gem # 2: Flyentology

Filed under: Animation — Overman @ 8:37 am

I can hear it now, “Oh, he just picked that film because Trent Reznor was involved with it…” Well, I can’t say that didn’t draw my initial attention to it. But what really enthused me about this hip hop music video was the director Daniel Garcia’s sense of visual style. The chaos and action in the big fall is most impressive, and the selective infusion of distinct colors into an otherwise black and white world is extremely effective. (click the image below to watch the film at the Bitfilm Festival site).

Flyentology

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October 27, 2007

Conference #2 Followup

Filed under: Machinima — Overman @ 8:36 pm

The second Talk the Machinima Talk audio conference took place earlier today, this one being at a not-so-crazy time of day for European participants, but at a very early morning hour for those on the U.S. west coast. And the attendance reflected that. We will very likely continue to alternate back and forth between these two time slots, in the interests of balance. A couple people had the occasional headache with Skype, but for the most part the call proceeded well and discussion was lively.

Participants: Peter Rasmussen (AUS), Phil Rice (US), Hugh Hancock (UK), Johnnie Ingram (UK), Leo Lucien-Bay (UK), Ben Grussi (US), Charlemagne Fezza (where are you from?), CJ Ambrosia (US), and Sasha Rudie (US).

The conversation was again very free form. (more…)

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October 26, 2007

OverByte #2

Filed under: Machinima, OverByte — Overman @ 10:06 am

Previous: OverByte #1

  1. New Overcast: #021 is out
  2. Hope to see (hear) you tomorrow at the second “Talk the Machinima Talk” audio conference!
  3. BloodSpell feature cut on Stage6. This is the best quality (video and audio) of all the streaming renders out there, if you ask me.
  4. Moviestorm releases the first of its premium content packs
  5. Tom Jantol wins the Animatu Festival in the machinima category with Cirque du Machinima! A EuroMackie and an Animatu award, back to back! Congratulations, Tom!
  6. Eye candy from Mike Jones Digital Basin: Virtual Camera and the Art of Infinate
  7. Thursday night’s episode of NBC’s The Office featured Second Life appearances by characters Dwight and Jim. (Viewable here, look for Episode 409: Local Ad.) Very very funny. That’s TWO primetime Second Life appearances on US television in two days! Wow! See also: SL on CSI:NY
  8. Laugh: “Microsoft Paint is the greatest creative tool ever made” (thank you, once again, Mike Jones)
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October 25, 2007

Beast II

Filed under: Machinima — Overman @ 9:14 am

If anyone was wondering, after watching Doc Nemesis’ most recent film (talked about here), if he’d lost his sense of humor… worry not. I’d noticed his RSS feeds were down, so I dropped by Binary Picture Show to see how his website migration was going.

I found this.

Beast II

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