Machinima - Spielbergs with a Joystick

securitas writes "The Toronto Star's Murray Whyte writes about the growing popularity of machinima as the birth of a new type of filmmaking and artform. The article largely focuses on Red vs. Blue but also discusses Jim Munroe's My Trip To Liberty City, in which 'Munroe adopts the genteel perspective of a Canadian tourist while meandering the seamy, violent streets of the game Grand Theft Auto.' The most interesting comment comes from the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences' Paul Marino who compares machinima to garage bands."

Comments

Re:Its new, its shiny, it smells like a truck stop

[Grey Ninja]

This sounds an awful lot like that "rock and roll" all the young pups are talking about. Likewise, it takes little talent to perform, as all it is is a bunch of grunting and screaming and loud crashing. It will never take off I tell you, as sooner or later people will realize that these rock stars are a bunch of no talent losers who couldn't play music to save their lives.

Sound familiar?