UWA’s Machinima competition: beauty and success
On Monday the University of Western Australia in Second Life had a bash to announce the winners of its MachinimUWA Challenge. What started out as a L$10,000 prize ended up as L$215,000 thanks to the entries being viewed by the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Robson.
You can view each of the entries below, with the descriptions [...]
Man vs Second Life: a tale of disenchantment
A month or so ago, we featured a machinima called Man vs. Second Life, as our Machinima of the Week. It was a notable piece of humour and well and truly deserved the more than fifty thousand views it has received to date. Here is it in case you hadn’t seen it:
A little over a [...]
How Shadows Will Change the Way We Make Machinima
We’re really pleased to feature a guest post from Ariella Furman (SL: Ariella Languish), who has been producing machinima for a number of years (you can view some here).
When I used to take the train home from school everyday, I would admire how the lighting outside would seep over the windows, until they were a [...]
Episode 9 of TMJ Podcast – Bernhard Drax (Draxtor Despres)
After a hiatus, the TMJ Podcast is back. Episode 9 is devoted to an interview with virtual world broadcaster / machinima creator Bernhard Drax (SL: Draxtor Despres). If you’re interested in machinima creation, virtual world journalism, politics and religion, you should enjoy Bernhard’s thoughts.
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SBS: enter the machinima
The island touted for SBS may have been shelved, but they are still steaming ahead with their work within Second Life.
A blog has launched on the SBS site with the focus being on helping people to make their own machinima. Documentary-maker Shelley Matulick (SL: Mixin Pixel) is behind the blog and will provide weekly [...]
Hosoi Ichiba Machinima Awards 2008
If you’re into machinima production and would like to win fifty thousand Linden dollars, the information I received today may interest you:
We are looking for artists that can compose the Best Machinima Impression of our Hosoi Ichiba and surroundings on Virgin Island. Hosoi Ichiba is a japanese style market enclosed by walls and watch towers, [...]
