SilkCharms Magical Machinima MerryGoRound

 Media, Online Communities, social networks  4 Responses »
May 202009
 

Gary Hayes put this video together for the attendees of the public “How to make Machinima course”silkcharm-tourguide he ran at AFTRS the other day. My character from World of Warcraft got roped in to voice the silly jokes. She’s now on the hunt for an avatar management agency. Heh. 

Some of the machinima we watch at home is as long as a movie – and rife with ‘in world, in jokes’ that have me giggling on the floor but no-one else would probably understand. 

Our video has probably managed to offend the online communities around every single game mentioned. Ah well, they’ll get over it, no?

Thanks to @garyphayes for making SilkCharm so glamorous. And getting her a trailer.

Election: The Last, The Next, The Following

 Online Communities, Politics, social networks  No Responses »
Oct 232008
 

Comparing mashup (real/fake footage) videos of the last election to this election. The one that finishes in a week or two. Yep, that one. YouTube was created in February 2005. Three and half years ago. This quick post is about the fact that although we (creators of user generated content) start off amateur and mimicking traditional media, we evolve. So does the technology. And we evolve fast.JibJab was formed in 1999 (wikipedia) and in 2004 (the last election) this was their video This Land featuring George Bush and John Kerry. This Land! | Funny Jokes at JibJab Funny, if a Continue Reading…

World of Warcraft and Second Life

 games, virtual world  5 Responses »
Aug 212008
 

You might like this – it’s a machinima made by m’love Gary Hayes – we’re chasing each other through virtual worlds. So I am SilkCharm in both World of Warcraft and Second Life. BACKGROUND: Machinima is using game engines (the virtual world) to tell stories through video. Second Life is free (unless you buy land) and you make the world, a couple of million members. World of Warcraft is not free (about $13 a month I think, making $1.1 billion per year), the world is developed by Blizzard, and has about 60,000 preconstructed storylines that you have to complete as Continue Reading…