Machinima? I know that word...

By reading this update from the sGE website, I really want to attend that event!

To enlighten you guys, here's what Machinima means (according from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia).

Machinima (pronounced [mə.ˈʃiː.nə.mə] or [mə.ˈʃɪ.nə.mə]), a portmanteau of machine cinema or machine animation,[1] is both a collection of associated production techniques and a film genre defined by those techniques. As a production technique, the term concerns the rendering of computer-generated imagery (CGI) using real-time, interactive (game) 3D engines, as opposed to high-end and complex 3D animation software used by professionals. Engines from first-person shooter and role-playing simulation video games are typically used. Consequently, the rendering can be done in real-time using PCs (either using the computer of the creator or the viewer), rather than with complex 3D engines using huge render farms. As a film genre, the term refers to movies created by the techniques described above.

I am familiar with such activity because not only do I watch machinima, I even made a couple of vids using The Sims 2! If you wanna check out my works, watch these vids I uploaded years ago:


How did you know by Chiqui Pineda


Machinima Demo

When that workshop comes to the Philippines, I am sooooo going to do my best to attend it!