Thursday, May 1, 2008

Introducing - Rooster Teeth

Rooster Teeth

My favorite website of this time. It has the funniest web comic I've come across and great and funny machinimas. In fact, the group is famous for its Halo machinimas, which fans from over the world are begging for more constantly. I found Sims 2 machinimas too, which I think is pretty hilarious.

What is machinima you ask? According to the famous online "encyclopedia", Wikipedia:
'Machinima (pronounced /məˈʃiːnəmə/ or /məˈʃɪnəmə/), a Portmanteau of machine cinema, is a collection of associated production techniques whereby computer-generated imagery (CGI) is rendered using real-time, interactive 3-D engines, such as those of games, instead of professional 3D animation software. 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. Usually, machinima productions are produced using the tools (demo recording, camera angle, level editor, script editor, etc.) and resources (backgrounds, levels, characters, skins, etc.) available in a game.'

A heck lot of words. Well in my words, they can simply be translated as:
A movie clip made from manipulating the characters in a game into a story. There.

If you have the time, mosey over there for a bite :)

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