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I’ve been talking about this machinima music video, “I’m Still Seeing Breen<\/em>” by Paul Marino, with friends for a little while now. To be honest, I’m not sure why it hasn’t gotten more press – it’s extremely well done. More importantly, it’s without doubt the best example of what the current crop of videogames, with their advanced graphics, can do. <\/p>\n When I was reading the Half-Life 2 forums last year (prior to the game’s release) the biggest thing that caught my attention was mention of Valve’s including an automatic lip-synch feature for modders and machinima folks. I’ve followed the machinima community since the late 90’s, prior to the establishment of the machinima.com website<\/a>, and the biggest drawback has always been the lack of facial expressions and lip-synch. Valve was going to change that. And they’ve done a fabulous job.<\/p>\n Now that “The French Democracy<\/em>” (about which I blogged previously – Link<\/a>) has caused a stir, it seems a good time to show people that there are additional tools already available to make compelling videos. Watch both “The French Democracy<\/em>“(Link<\/a>) and “I’m Still Seeing Breen<\/em>” (Link<\/a>) to get a taste of the potential for this medium.<\/p>\n {Image Copyright \u00c2\u00a9 2005 Paul Marino}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been talking about this machinima music video, “I’m Still Seeing Breen” by Paul Marino, with friends for a little while now. To be honest, I’m not sure why it hasn’t gotten more press – it’s extremely well done. More … Continue reading