Ricky Grove, Tracy Harwood, Damien Valentine, and Phil Rice

And Now For Something Completely Machinima

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Machinima, real-time filmmaking, virtual production and VR. Four veteran machinimators share news, new films & filmmakers, and discuss the past, present and future of machinima.

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Ricky Grove, Tracy Harwood, Damien Valentine, and Phil Rice

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Arts

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completelymachinima.com

Latest episode

Oct 15, 2026

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Episodes

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 38 News (June 2022) 02.06.2022

Show notes and links 0:35 Feedback from our listeners, thanks Ben Tuttle, 3DChick, Mike Clements, CD and Pooky Amsterdam   6:40 Getting started with Nvidia Omniverse Machinima , ostensibly for the Make Something with Nvidia Machinima contest but also really useful to just learn about the toolset   9:17 Using machinima techniques for the new Batman film   11:29 Damien compares the fan-made Star Tre...

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 37 Films (May 2022) 12.05.2022

0:48 VIDEO GAME Maps Size Comparison | 2021 by MrRanker (Blender, Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro) released 19 Sept 2020   19:05 Blu x @Teflon Sega meta-saga!! Ep4 by Xanadu (Unreal 4.27) released 9 Mar 2022   32:26 Star Trek Pike – Fan Made Opening | Made in Star Trek Online by ZEFilms Productions released 1 July 2019 and the possibilities for using machinima as a pre-market concept testin...

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 36 News (May 2022) 05.05.2022

News for May 2022. Time stamps, show notes and links - 2.35 Nvidia Omniverse Machinima contest, assets and prizes   4.18 Nvidia’s GTC conference recordings – worth the watch!   6.23 How are RTX cards coping with heat in laptops?   6.34 Nvidia Omniverse Create and Machinima apps   10.17 Reallusion’s ActorCore library now available for Nvidia Omniverse   12.51 Concert Creator AI creator for music an...

Completely Machinima History with Ben Grussi: Quake III Machinima 28.04.2022

In this episode of our Machinima history series, Ben reviews notable films from the archives created with Quake III, a version of id Software's Quake series that did not favour machinima. Time stamps 1.11 Quad God by Tritin Films (Quake III), parts 1-4 ·      Part 1   ·      Part 2   ·      Part 3   ·      Part 4   5.52 In the Waiting Line by Zero 7 in collaboration with Fountainhead Entertainment...

Completely Machinima Interview: Rene Jacob aka direx1974 21.04.2022

Show Notes and Links: Completely Machinima S2 Ep 35 Films & Discussion (April 2022) Alien: The Message , a fan film by direx1974 Reallusion’s iClone 7 Alien Isolation game Casting Call Club The Tavern , upcoming series by Rene Jacob Completely Machinima blog here - https://completelymachinima.com/?p=1230 Speakers: Rene Jacob (aka direx1974) Ricky Grove Credits: Producer/Editor: Ricky Grove Mus...

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 35 Films & Discussion (April 2022) 14.04.2022

Show notes 2.23 The Sniper by Warlord (iClone 4), released 29 August 2009   14:47 Alien: The Message by direx1974/Rene Jacob (iClone 7), released 27 January 2022   17:25 Ricky begins the discussion on ‘what is a fan film?’   25:42 Continued discussion of ‘fan films’ and ‘fan culture’   34:20 Heroes of Bronze ‘Journeys’ by Martin Klekner (iClone 7), teaser released 4 March 2021   Interview with Mar...

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 34 News & Discussion (April 2022) 07.04.2022

Time Stamps: 1.06 Reallusion’s iClone 8 overview (and some very old memories of iClone 2!) 8.24 Star Trek Picard assets from video games 10.39 Nvidia Omniverse tutorials by JSFilmz 13.40 Unreal 5 Preview and tutorials 14.48 Half Life Field Intensity released by Russian-Ukrainian modders , Hazard Team 15.49 Nvidia GeForce RTX3080 available on subscription 16.35 Graphics market update (see Phil and...

Completely Machinima History with Ben Grussi: Quake II Machinima 17.03.2022

Completely Machinima blog post, show notes and links here - https://completelymachinima.com/2022/03/17/cm-history-with-ben-grussi-quake-ii/ Time Stamps 0:36 Hardly Workin’ by The ILL Clan, released 22 August 2000   1:57 Eschaton: Nightfall by Strange Company, released 1 Sept 1999   4:27 Late Nite With Toxy and Essobie, Ep 1, released 24 August 1998   6:50 Rebel Versus Thug by Ken “3D Filmmaker” Th...

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 33 Films (March 2022) 10.03.2022

This month, Ricky, Phil, Tracy and Damien discuss machinima and real-time productions made in Second Life including documentaries illustrating life on the ‘grid’, events and experiences such as an art collector’s paradise, a potted history of the environment, a sci-fi convention, extraordinary examples of films that show the unique qualities of the Second Life creative community, a tutorial and a...

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 32 News & Discussion (March 2022) 03.03.2022

Speakers: Damien Valentine, Tracy Harwood, Ricky Grove Time stamps: 1:56 Nvidia Omniverse, Omniverse Code and Meet the Creators (Omnivores) ·        Jae Solina Filmz – Nvidia blog post   4:11 KGB in Minecraft – yes really!   3:00 Backlot – not a lot   6:44 Best games for M1 Mac by Tyler Stalman   9:10 Music and sound studio set up for machinima: Everything I use as a full-time content creator by M...

Completely Machinima History with Ben Grussi: Quake I Machinima 24.02.2022

Ben reviews classic Quake 1 films from the machinima archives –   0.48 Diary of a Camper by The Rangers, released 26 October 1996   2.00 Torn Apart series by The Rangers, first released 6 November 1996   2.28 Apartment Huntin’ by The ILL Clan, released 17 May 1998   3.23 Escheton: Darkness Twilight by Strange Company, released 20 January 1998 (by Walking Wounded)   4.30 Blahbalicious by Avatar &am...

Completely Machinima Interview: John Gaeta, The Matrix 17.02.2022

Completely Machinima blog post to show notes and links - https://completelymachinima.com/2022/02/17/completely-machinima-interview-with-john-gaeta/ Time Stamps - 3.32 Backstory to Matrix Awakens Experience   10.01 Game vs Experience   12.00 World building The Matrix   18.11 Why PS5 and Xbox X/S?   21.36 Bullet time – again!   26.04 Awakens as a time capsule – remaking the virtual Neo   29.03 Multi...

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 31 Films (February 2022) 10.02.2022

Ricky, Tracy, Phil and Damien present a mixed bag of machinima delights made in GTA5, Matrix Awakens Experience, Knights of the Old Republic and using Reallusion’s Character Creator, Unreal 5 and, surprisingly, Real Life!  The episode poses an important question to listeners: what do YOU think about adaptations using film audio? Get in touch and let the team know!  SHOW NOTES (see CompletelyMachin...

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 30 News & Discussion (February 2022) 03.02.2022

Time stamps: 1:10 Nvidia’s special address at CES, points relevant for machinima creators eg., Omniverse, AI   12:55 RDR2 images in the news!   13:40 Austin Film Festival   14:24 Adobe Project Shasta for audio recording   14:56 Kerbal Space Programme 2 impending launch   16:25 Machinima growth observations   17:28 VR growth observations   19:46 NFTs observations   23:57 Philip Rosedale and the fut...

Completely Machinima History with Ben Grussi (January) 27.01.2022

Full Show notes with links here - https://completelymachinima.com/2022/01/27/cm-history-with-ben-grussi-january/

Completely Machinima Interview: AlexS189, machinima director 20.01.2022

You can read the full show notes with links on our completelymachinima.com site. We also have a video version of this podcast on our Completely Machinima YouTube channel. 

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 29 Films (January 2022) 17.01.2022

You can view the complete show notes with links on our completelymachinima.com website page. We also have a video version of this podcast which you can view on our Completely Machinima YouTube page . 

Completely Machinima S2 Ep 28 News (January 2022) 06.01.2022

Full show notes are available at completelymachinima.com. You can also check out our video version of the podcast on our YouTube channel. Email us with questions or comments: talk@completelymachinima.com

Completely Machinima History with Ben Grussi (December) 23.12.2021

Show notes and links here -  https://completelymachinima.com/2021/12/23/cm-history-with-ben-grussi-december/

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 27 Films (December 2021) 16.12.2021

The hosts have fun with the Christmas theme in this episode – Tracy starts with a suicide machinima, Ricky gets all Russian, Damien takes us on a very long journey to galaxies far too far away and then trolls us with caroling Jawas and Phil drops an orange into the sock.  Happy Christmas everyone. Show notes and links here - https://completelymachinima.com/2021/12/16/completely-machinima-s1-ep27-f...

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 26 News (December 2021) 02.12.2021

Completely Machinima 11.1 December 2021 – Machinima News This week the hosts discuss updates from the GTC event by Nvidia, with focus on Omniverse and Reallusion’s iClone 8 and Character Creator 4, the Book of Boba Fett trailer, Dune, A Sound Effect podcast, understanding NFTs (well, who does?), Nightmare Puppeteer, Blender 3.0, a natural successor to Garry’s Mod called SNBox, Promethian AI (creat...

Completely Machinima History with Ben Grussi (November) 25.11.2021

Show notes and links -  https://completelymachinima.com/2021/11/25/cm-history-with-ben-grussi-november/

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 25 Films (November 2021) 11.11.2021

 Phil, Damien, Tracy, and Ricky discuss machinima picks from a wide variety of genres and engines. Machinima is such a diverse field right now, isn't it? Marvelous. Full notes for this episode are available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/11/11/completely-machinima-s1-ep25-films/

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 24 News (November 2021) 04.11.2021

 In this episode we discuss the latest news and tutorials all across the machinima-related universe. Full notes for this episode are available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/11/04/completely-machinima-s1-ep24-news/

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 23 Discussion (October 2021) 28.10.2021

This month of Halloween, Ricky, Phil, Tracy and Damien discuss horror machinima – and is the genre of horror dead in machinima?  The team also reflect on feedback from last month’s discussion on long vs short-form machinima.  Finally, the team discuss the thought process for choosing a creative platform for making a new machinima.  As ever, feedback on our discussion topics is very welcome! Show n...

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