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Machinima - Spielbergs with a Joystick

Posted by timothy on from the popping-up-everywhere-lately dept.

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."

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  1. Related Discussion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There is an in-depth discussion about this here

  2. Welcome to the new /. by DAldredge · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Welcome to the new /. where group think is required.

    If you deviate any from the accepted way of thinking your post will be mod bombed because those doing the moding are cowards who would rather hide ideas they do not agree with rather than debate the issues.

    IOW, cowards.

    1. Re:Welcome to the new /. by josh+glaser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Um, try reading my name sometime. I'm not the same person you were initially responding to, so, uh, maybe you shouldn't talk about intellegent responses. ^_^

    2. Re:Welcome to the new /. by josh+glaser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Did I ever say "I agree with every opinion expressed in Lord Whatshisface's post"? No. I do agree with the general opinion (very general) but I do not agree that the parent should be modded down. And even if I was in the same category, you said that I (myself) said he should be modded down, which would still be wrong.

  3. FREE REIGN CRAPFLOOD!!!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FREE REIGN CRAPFLOOD: http://www.tastymanatees.com/archives/000540.html

  4. !!NEWSFLASH: CEREN ERCEN MARRIES COWBOY NEAL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    read all about it!

    1. Re:!!NEWSFLASH: CEREN ERCEN MARRIES COWBOY NEAL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Thank you! That was one of the most informative news stories I've ever read. You, sir, should be moderated +5 gigglebum!

  5. Re:Its new, its shiny, it smells like a truck stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Have you been sleeping with the mods or what? Agreeing with someone and getting modded insightful?

  6. Quality of rendering by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As the quality of rendering increases, I can't wait to see Sandra Bullock bury her sixteen inch clitoris up the asshole of Jenny from the Block.

  7. And what they're doing isn't creative? by camcloud1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Cmon! As a creative person you can't hold on to your medium as 'untouchable'. Stop being so pious. Of course they have the creativity. They came up with the idea in the first place. It happens in all creative mediums. Just like music did - going from traditional instrument players in a studio to people at home on a PC creating sample based music. If you have no creativity, people aren't going to like it no matter what what.
    Compare what your saying to when they first introduced "talkies" to take over from silent films. I'm sure there were a lot of directors worried that the 'creativity' would be lost in the transition. And what does the mean today? Zip.