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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."

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  1. 3rd post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    haha 3rd post fuckers!

  2. What about interactive DVD by daxomatic · · Score: 0, Troll

    So you can choose what scene will pop up next and follow the story in what ever form you like? (as far as the DVD is going.

  3. Yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Has anyone actually watched any of this stuff? It's pretty obvious all they do is sit around & script scenes in video games, and they're actually trying to pass this stuff off as a series?

    If you've ever seen R&B, you realize it's chock full of a bunch of kids who got bored with Halo. It's about as deep as "The Anna Nichole Smith Show", minus the boobs. Please don't read in to this folks, if playing video games is art, I would be picasso.

  4. Re:Welcome to the new /. by DAldredge · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, you are. You called for the parent to be moded down so it would not be seen.

    An intellegent response to the parent would have made a lot more sense and would not have made you look like someone who can not stand people that disagree with them.

  5. Re:Welcome to the new /. by DAldredge · · Score: -1, Troll

    You agree with the other post, the post that called for the parent to be mod bombed.

    THAT puts you into the same catagory.