Taking A Closer Look At Machinima

(above video not appropriate for teens. Used only as an example)

Highly popular with teens and gamers, machinima films are some of the most popular videos on YouTube today. Machinia films are fan narrated video game animations, and music videos which use digitally captured gaming footage, re-edited video clips and fan recorded audio tracks to make unique game spoofs and dramas--kind of like fanfiction with a video card.  Most of the popular game franchises like Halo, Call of Duty, and Super Smash Brothers, (<--video NOT T for Teen) have their own series of videos than can be easily found on YouTube and on Machinima.com. Some games even have video capture built into their interface, such as Halo, and the Sims series.  While producing machinima videos can be quite involved, (they require video capturing card pc hardware) there are plenty of videos and online tutorials for interested and dedicated teens. A lot of the machinima videos are also really funny, and a worth a watch.

Here are some of my favorite machinima links:
WikiHow's article on machinima
Machinima.com for videos and tutorials
Forums on Machinima.com
Halo tutorial on YouTube
Sims machinima tutorial

Examples of machinima:

OMG The Sims does Africa by Toto!



Legend of Cool



Excited



WoW That's Funny!