Zachariah Scott and Robert Stoneman of Lit Fuse Films have been hired by the New York Yankees of machinima, Bioware. Mu Nansen’s from Jersey, at least most recently, so the Yanks metaphor might really rub him wrong :), but I mean it in every positive connotation you can think of. The champions. The best. And they’ve just added two more all-star players to their roster - pending work visas, of course.

I want to congratulate not only Zach and Robert, for a well-earned gig, but Bioware as well, for continuing to show that they know how to pick from the very best.

I’m sad about the likely impact on Lit Fuse output; Robert doth protest that they are “hardcore,” but if there’s anything the past year has taught us about “going pro” it’s that indie film output really dries up big time when you do. Lamentable (because I love their films) but also understandable. I hope Rob is right, maybe it’ll be different if these guys are just insane zealous.

In any case, it’s magnificently good news, and hearty congratulations again to Zach, Rob, and Bioware. Well done!

See the announcements here:

• Zach: This shit just got real. at the Lit Fuse blog.
• Robert: Rob and Zach go to Bioware! at the Lit Fuse news page.

Michael K. Clements of Lit Fuse Films (the team I recently interviewed for overcast #023) had a camera follow he and Jordan Brindle around at the Machinima Europe Festival (I’m guessing it was Robert Stoneman operating the cam?), and they’ve released a nicely edited documentary from that footage. It features some familiar faces from across the world of machinima, and a very nice cross-section of footage from an attendee’s perspective.

The film is viewable and downloadable here:

http://files.filefront.com/MachinimaAwardslowwmv/;8940206;/fileinfo.html

By the way, if you never caught it, Ricky Grove did a similar thing for the U.S. Machinima Film Festival 2006, available here:

http://stage6.divx.com/user/gToon/video/1045555/2006-Machininima-Film-Festival-Documentary