And Now For Something Completely Machinima

In this episode, Ricky, Tracy and Damien are joined by an AI of Phil, who is surprisingly agreeable.  The hosts mark the passing of machinima stalwart, Ken White, creator of TMOA and TMUnderground community radio sites.  Then the team discuss iClone 7’s lip sync contest, Whanowa’s Grand Theft Auto tutorials, updates to Nightmare Puppeteer, puppeteering in Adobe’s Character Animator, the rise of ad...

Ricky talks to John Martin II, VP of Reallusion, about the development of iClone as a machinima tool in the early 2000s and its recent integration with Nvidia’s Omniverse platform, Character Creator, the original inspiration for iClone, and future plans for iClone 8 teased for release later in 2021. Full notes for this episode are available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/07/29/cm-intervi...

Ben Grussi, the And Now For Something Completely Machinima podcast’s resident historian talks to Tracy about some of the notable events that took place in July during the early years of machinima, including the release of A Few Good G-Men by Randall Glass, the Artery Machinima production, Speilberg’s use of Unreal’s Matinee tool on his film, A.I., machinima showcased at the Lincoln Centre in New Y...

Tracy,  Ricky,  Damien and Phil discuss key issues for making machinima in metaverse and open world games with themes including collaboration, why people left machinima for let's plays and meme-making, the role of memory making, and the future of machinima. Full notes for this episode are available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/07/15/completely-machinima-s1-ep14-discussion/

Tracy,  Ricky,  Damien and Phil review a diverse set of short films made in various metaverse and open world games including World of Warcraft, Elite Dangerous, Minecraft and Second Life. Full notes for this episode are available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/07/08/completely-machinima-s1-ep13-films/

Tracy,  Ricky,  Damien and Phil discuss metaverse and open world games, an episode inspired by Captain Grim's short machinima called Did Classic WOW Live Up to Expectations?  released on 15 May 2021. Full notes for this episode are available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/07/01/completely-machinima-s1-ep12-news/

The Completely Machinima podcast for July 2021 is all about the metaverse and where machinima fits into this widening online world. Tracy Harwood is our producer and director for this series. This short teaser gives you an idea of the ideas and fun we shared while recording the podcast. Note that the Completely Machinima Podcast comes out every Thursday of the week. Our first podcast in the July s...

Ricky, Phil, Tracy and Damien discuss engine-independent collaboration tools, as well as methods and concerns for earning revenue with machinima on today's Internet. Full notes for this episode are available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/06/24/completely-machinima-s1-ep11-discussion/

Ben Grussi, machinima's historian, tells us about significant events in machinima's timeline that occurred during the month of June. Full notes available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/06/19/cm-history-with-ben-grussi-june/

Tracy Harwood conducts a fascinating interview of veteran machinima / Anymation filmmaker, Tom Jantol. Full notes available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/06/17/cm-interview-tom-jantol/

Tracy, Ricky, Damien and Phil review a super-diverse set of short films made in Unreal Engine, Animal Crossing, Flight Simulator X, GTA V, and Garry's Mod. Full notes for this episode are available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/06/10/completely-machinima-s1-ep10-films/

In this episode we discuss some new releases by some machinima veterans, NVIDIA's Machinima Omniverse tool, a new sandbox game reliant on the world of NFTs, the recent FantaSci Short Film Festival, and making machinima in Red Dead Redemption 2. Full notes for this episode are available at: https://completelymachinima.com/2021/06/03/completely-machinima-s1-ep9-news/

 Ashley Ruhl has been designing memorable cinematic moments in games for over 10 years. She's a designer, writer, and director of story content for games such as Star Wars: The Old Republic, Tales From the Borderlands, Remnant: From the Ashes, Darksiders 3, The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, and Defiance. I strive to tell a compelling interactive narrative that empowers the player to be the auth...

And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines). This month (May 2021) we are splitting our podcast into four sections which will post once a week: Machinima News (May 6), Machinima Films (May 13), Machinima Discussion (May 20) along with several interviews which we will publish separately throughout the month.  This episode was produced b...

Mark Meer is a Canadian actor, writer and improvisor, based in Edmonton, Alberta. He is known for his role in the Mass Effect trilogy, in which he stars as the voice of the male version of the player character , Commander Shepard . His voice is featured in a number of other games from BioWare Corp. , notably the Baldur's Gate and Dragon Age series. Meer stars as the voice of the player character W...

And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines). This month (May 2021) we are splitting our podcast into four sections which will post once a week: Machinima News (May 6), Machinima Films (May 13), Machinima Discussion (May 20) along with several interviews which we will publish separately throughout the month.  This episode was produced b...

Dane Johnston is the Director of Omniverse Connect at NVIDIA and a member of the recently released (May 4, 2021) Omniverse Machinima. We spoke with him just before the release and asked him about the Machinima app. LINKS Omniverse Platform for Virtual Collaboration | NVIDIA Omniverse Machinima App | NVIDIA Overview — Omniverse Machinima documentation (nvidia.com)

And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines). This month (May 2021) we are splitting our podcast into four sections which will post once a week: Machinima News (May 6), Machinima Films (May 13), Machinima Discussion (May 20) along with several interviews which we will publish separately throughout the month.  This episode was produced b...

And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines). This month (May 2021) we are splitting our podcast into four sections which will post once a week: Machinima News (May 6), Machinima Films (May 13), Machinima Discussion (May 20) along with several interviews which we will publish separately throughout the month.  This episode was produced b...

Machinima's historian, Ben Grussi, looks back over the past couple of decades and shares some significant machinima-related events which occurred in the month of April. Links Red vs Blue: https://bit.ly/3gMlYpr Lenny and Larry on the Campaign Trail  https://bit.ly/3vktbkr Common Sense Cooking with Carl the Cook https://bit.ly/3xulfPl Red vs Blue on the Wall Street Journal  https://bit.ly/3sRiR1D P...

CM Special April 22, 2021, Show Notes And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a long-form podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines), real-time technologies, and virtual reality. Summary: Phil Rice and Ricky Grove discuss building a PC specifically for Machinima production and post-production. They start with the GPU and work their way through an entire PC build adding tips a...

CM Episode 3.3 Machinima Discussion Show Notes And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a long-form podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines), real-time technologies, and virtual reality. This month (April 2021) we are splitting our 3rd podcast into four sections which will post once a week: Machinima News (April 1), Machinima Films (April 8), Machinima Discussion (April 15),...

CM Interview with Slavo Strangeovich And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a long-form podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines), real-time technologies and virtual reality. This month (April 2021) we are splitting our podcast into four sections which will post once a week: Machinima News (April 1), Machinima Films (April 8), Machinima Discussion (April 15), and a Special...

CM S1 Ep 4 Film Selection Show Notes And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a long-form podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines), real-time technologies, and virtual reality. This month (April 2021) we are splitting our podcast into four sections which will post once a week: Machinima News (April 1), Machinima Films (April 8), Machinima Discussion (April 15), and a Special...

On April 8, 2021, the Completely Machinima Podcast publishes its next episode which focuses on our Machinima Film selections for the month. We love machinima and want to share out film discoveries with you.  Be prepared for a passionate and oftentimes funny discussion of our Machinima Film picks for this month. Each film will be linked in the Show notes for the episode which goes live on April 8,...