Machinima On The Horizon

Anonymous Coward writes " Just giving ya the heads up that over @ the ILL Clan's site. They've released their latest Quake II machinima piece entitled Hardly Workin'. Very impressive stuff. Directed by their group lead, ILL Robinson (who's an Emmy award winner, btw), it looks like this Machinima stuff is actually becoming a medium of its own. The convergence of filmmaking, animation & game development all rolled into one! Its fun to watch & even more impressive that it was all created in the Quake II engine. "

Re:Linux?

It's either an installer or a SEA. Just get the DM2 file from it and you can play it in
Quake2 under Linux just fine.

Redundant, Score -1

Well. This is actually old news. If you want lots of cool alternative animations, try HotWired's Animation Express [lycos.com]. This animation has been there for a year now. (Post date 16 Sep 1999, which is when I saw it.) Be sure not to miss Edgar Beals [lycos.com] excelleng works, including Gia nt Cow [lycos.com] and the Wenchel l Bogum [lycos.com] series...

But, it is hilarious...

P.S. Yes, I know it's considered bad form to point out when a /. story is out of date, but this one is even worse because the story says that they just released it...

Off-Topic: "Machinima?"

The term Machinima is clearly an amalgam of the words "machine" and "cinema." I don't know who coined it, but it doesn't roll off the tongue very well.

I think a better term would have been Mechanime (mechanical anime).

Schwab

Actually

One of the best machinima ever, imho, is the Seal of Nehahra for Quake1. It is an amazing four hour long Quake movie. One of the best pieces of work ever to be produced on the Quake Engine. If you still have Quake1 installed, I highly recommend a DL. The "sequel" to the movie is an actual mod, one that is also very well worth a download. Nehahra:: Link [planetquake.com]

Re:Haiku

Quake haiku?

http://www.planetquake.com/que/haiku /haiku.htm [planetquake.com] has been around for a couple of years... not updated any more though.

Haiku

Quake movies are made
Slashdot - "technology leap!"
Quake haiku is next

Fast mirror, and real one this time

HardlyWorkin-UE- DM2-Install.exe [tky.hut.fi]

Got it from that horrible FTP site running Serv-U.

maybe...

I know it's bad form to mention them, but maybe all the slashdot trolls could get together and make a machinama flick about their favorite troll topics? Maybe those elements could be woven into a compelling love story, or an action adventure...

That would be sweet, it would be both funny to watch and it would get them off our backs for a while so that (threshold: 0) could once again be useful and pleasant to read.

Say, it's kinda cool to be able to discuss /.trolls and for once be both on topic and insightful.

:)Fudboy

New to the game industry?

...it looks like this Machinima stuff is actually becoming a medium of its own. The convergence of filmmaking, animation & game development all rolled into one!

Err, MOST games these days qualify for that. Where have you been hiding?

Just what I want in an experimental film

A chance to chain-gun the filmmaker.