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The Faux Press in Second Life, Today, 8:16pm
It's been a while since I last posted anything, and frankly, since the election and the Royal Assent of the DEB, it seems a little pointless talking about it. But, I started, so I'll finish. I still think it's useful to look back on, especially if it proves to be as important a piece of legislation as I think it will be. Read more...
Psyk's Popcorn Jungle, Today, 8:16pm
Before I bring you my round-up of Clause 17, you'll have noticed a change around the blog. I've been fiddling with the settings a bit, but the main point is the labels on the right, to make it easier for you to focus just on a particular bit - or to find something from the past that you want to see. It's for my benefit as well, of course. Anyway, there you go. Read more...
Psyk's Popcorn Jungle, Today, 8:16pm
Clause 9 : Progress reports. Government Amendment 67 was popular, as it reduced the amount of reports that Ofcom needed to produce, thus reducing wasted money and such. There was more discussion on Lord Lucas's amendment to make sure the government is keeping the industry moving by encouraging legal forms of access to music and the like. After all, this Bill should be about helping the industry move people to legal downloading, not punishing those who don't do it. Lord Young of Norwood Green insisted, as usual, that the amendment wasn't necessary because the clause is fine as it stands. Read more...
Psyk's Popcorn Jungle, May 19, 8:40pm
This is ridiculous. I haven't even written anything about my life in the whole of 2010, and I haven't written anything at all since June. Well, I'd better get back to it, then. I've got a ridiculous amount of personal stuff to update on, but this first update will be a little different. Read more...
Psyk's Popcorn Jungle, May 19, 8:40pm
Clause 5 : Obligation to provide infringement lists to copyright owners. Just one amendment here, from the government, which stipulates that subscribers won't suffer a copyright infringement report (CIR) until they've actually reached an infringement 'threshold'. If everyone got a report on them, it'd probably result in a lot of wasted money, as they only really want to target the serious offenders. A good amendment. Read more...
Psyk's Popcorn Jungle, May 18, 8:15pm
Machinima/Animation Tools as Dollhouse Bitchfests
Like kids working out interaction issues by playing with dolls or action figures. Instead of writing a letter to the editor, these played out scenes are definitely designed to make a point. The computed generated voices allows anyone to whip one of these up. Read more...
Shattered Keyboard, May 18, 8:15pm
Rango
Is a damn fine animated movie (isn't it interesting that some of the best movies of recent years are animated?). Read more...
Shattered Keyboard, May 18, 8:15pm
Fascinating Series On Machinima, Video Games, and Art
Jenkins has three recent posts that come from curator Matteo Bittanti from the DIY Video 2010 event that was shown at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles LA consisting of selections of video game art, transformed video game art, and machinima. He is a research associate in humanities at Stanford and makes some fascinating remarks. Read more...
Shattered Keyboard, May 18, 8:15pm
48 Hour Film Project Machinima Winners Announced
Winners announced. Read more...
Shattered Keyboard, May 17, 8:17pm
Two Great Animations
More fun with sound and minimalist animation. Read more...
Shattered Keyboard, May 17, 8:17pm
After the big discussion on Clause 10, things got much easier. There was a flurry of relatively quick clauses passed through, with six clauses agreed to in the space of a hour and 40 minutes - which, by the standards of this Bill, is very quick indeed. Of course, it was all leading up to the eagerly-anticipated Clause 17 (the one about changing copyright law without Parliament's approval). Let's power through these simple-looking clauses, and I'll leave Clause 17 to another day. Read more...
Psyk's Popcorn Jungle, May 15, 8:42pm
Academy Award Nominees - Short Form - Animation/Live
Weak year for the short fiction categories (what happens if there's a short animated documentary - what category is it in?). Usually it's the shorts that show the most imagination, but this year it might actually be the full length documentary category. Unfortunately, I have not had a chance to see any of the short docs. Read more...
Shattered Keyboard, May 15, 8:15am
International Documentary Challenge
Congrats to the 12 finalists. Read more...
Shattered Keyboard, May 14, 8:17pm
The Way Back
Peter Weir's new movie, The Way Back is based on a novel of a group of prisoners who escape a Siberian prison and then trek all the way to India. An ensemble of actors, including Colin Farrel and Ed Harris, it's a classic tale of men against nature, men against themselves, men against men. Familiar territory, as the last movie Weir directed was Master and Commander. Read more...
Shattered Keyboard, May 14, 8:17pm
Clause 10 : Obligations to limit internet access: assessment and preparation. Well, this was a major stumbling block. One of the most controversial aspects of this Bill has undoubtedly been the idea of restricting people's internet access. Unsurprisingly, there was a lot of spirited debate as a result. Read more...
Psyk's Popcorn Jungle, May 14, 8:17pm
Bill Plympton
The multi-oscar-nominated independent animator, cartoonist, and illustrator showed some of his projects last night. Read more...
Shattered Keyboard, May 14, 8:17pm
SL on CBS Sunday Morning with David Pogue
Watch the video that features Eric Rice (known in-world as Spin Martin) HERE. Read more...
The Faux Press in Second Life, May 14, 8:17pm
On 10th April this year, I went to Odessa with my girlfriend. It was a bit of a last-minute thing: I decided we should go, we went to the train station and got tickets, and a day or two later we took the 7-8hr night train to Odessa. Read more...
Psyk's Popcorn Jungle, May 14, 8:17pm
Before Clause 4, Lord Lucas brought in Amendment 15 to deal with ACS:Law and Davenport Lyons - and Tilly Bailey & Irvine, apparently - who are law firms that... you know what, I'll just let Lord Lucas explain it: Read more...
Psyk's Popcorn Jungle, May 14, 8:17pm
GDC 2007: Machinima in the house - Pt. 1b
Another interesting development that's quasi-Machinima related is the new addition to the Sims franchise - MySims - a cute and cuddly affair from Maxis headed to the Wii and Nintendo DS. Read more...
Thinking Machinima, May 14, 8:17pm
Rooster Teeth winds down Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles
This news is bouncing around numerous gaming sites, but not to post about it here would be a misstep. This past Sunday, Burnie Burns of Rooster Teeth announced that they would conclude their web series, Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles with Episode 100. Read more...
Thinking Machinima, May 14, 8:17pm
Machinima Festival Europe 07!
This has been cooking in the background since the start of this year, but now we're finally able to shout it out to the world - the first European Machinima Festival is taking place October 12-14th, 2007 in Leicester, England, at De Montfort University! Read more...
Thinking Machinima, May 14, 8:17pm
Machinima Fest Shown Down Under
I'm writing this post from LAX airport, as I'm currently en route to Melbourne, Australia to give a presentation of the Machinima Film Festival at the Australian Centre of the Moving Image - this weekend, February 24th and 25th. I had a great time last year presenting at ACMI, and I'm sure this year will be no different. Read more...
Thinking Machinima, May 14, 8:17pm
Fox Atomic and MoU launch Machinima contest
A short posting this time... Read more...
Thinking Machinima, May 14, 8:17pm
Machinima vid takedown'ed by Viacom
No doubt as part of the Viacom vs. Youtube battle, YouTube has complied with Viacom's request to yank this SL Machinima piece, The Birth of Stephen EagleMan, created as part of last fall's Colbert Report's Green Screen Challenge. Read more...
Thinking Machinima, May 14, 8:17pm
Machinima Europe Festival 07 & Machinma Festival 08
For those keeping track, some news to share on the festival front. Read more...
Thinking Machinima, May 14, 8:17pm
Microsoft makes grand steps into making Machinima "legal"
In an unprecedented move (and hopefully one, others will make in the near future), Microsoft announced today new content usage rules that allows for machinimators to make their Machinima epics without fear of MS lawyer retribution. Read all about it here. Read more...
Thinking Machinima, May 14, 8:17pm
Destroy TV reaches far and wide - one frame at a time (updated)
(Updated 6/23/07 to include Annie Ok's contribution to project) Read more...
Thinking Machinima, May 14, 8:17pm
GDC 07: Up-and-coming goodness
Just finished touring this year's Game Developer's Conference, and it was another year of "wow that's cool!" There was a number of items that could help/affect Machinimators in the future. Some were interesting interfaces, features and new games/technologies to forge additional Machinima works. Read more...
Thinking Machinima, May 14, 8:17pm