Art of Machinima (Score 2, Interesting)

Paul Marino's excellent book on making machinima would be a good Christmas gift for the geeks among us. Not only to you get a superb overview of machinima and it's history, you also get step by step tutorials and all of the programs you need to make your own films on the included CD. I'ts also got a funny, laid-back style that will make you laugh while you are trying to figure out the tutorials. *****