Completely Machinima S1 Ep 2 (March 2021)

And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a monthly, long form podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines), real-time technologies and virtual reality.

Episode produced by Phil Rice, joined by hosts Ricky Grove, Tracy Harwood, and Damien Valentine.

Our second podcast features a discussion of recent news in the machinima and VR sphere, four very diverse short films, a cameo by Baby Yoda, an interview with SIGGRAPH Asia’s Ricard Gras, and much more!

Contact and Feedback for this show: https://completelymachinima.com/#talk

Fully detailed and link-infused notes for this episode are available at:
https://completelymachinima.com/2021/03/04/season-1-episode-2/

6m 55s – News

• Red Dead Online PC Connection Troubles
• 1.7 Million New VR Users in 2020
• Rob Weaver on UEBS
  • Vid: 11,000 Penguins VS Santa Claus Army
• Sneak peek at MetaHuman Creator

34m 38s – Sponsor: Machinima P1mp – The Fat Cat Conference

38m 01s – Films

Damien’s Pick

• Vid: “The Hamilton Incident” by Vindicator Jones (rel 19 Mar 2017)

Tracy’s Picks

• Vid: “A Tribute to Halo – UE4 (4.26) (Unreal Engine)” by William Faucher (rel 9 Feb 2021)
• Vid: “Baby Outlaw & Star Wars – Grogu, Mandalorian & Gangster Blurrg (Unreal Engine)” by Kite & Lightning (rel 17 Feb 2021)
• Vid: “Cassini Logs (Unreal Engine)” by Alex Popescu and Tim Ben Cole (rel 27 Jan 2021)
  • Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge Australia Finalists

Ricky’s Pick

• Vid: “The Ship (Unreal Tournament 2004)” by Mednios(Egils Mednis) (rel 2009)

Phil’s Pick

• Vid: “I Built a 1000 Mile Long Hallway – The Sims 4” by GraystillPlays (rel 24 Aug 2019)

1h 17m 47s – Interview: Ricard Gras

• Ricard Gras, Games Chair at SIGGRAPH Asia 2020

1h 26m 56s – March Machinima History with Ben Grussi

• Vid: “Killer Robot” by Peter Rasmussen
• Vid: “Anna” by Fountainhead Entertainment
• Vid: “Eschaton: Darkening Twilight” by Strange Company

1h 30m 45s – Group Discussion

• Mobile Machinima?
• Why still use games?

Contact and Feedback for this show: https://completelymachinima.com/#talk

Music Credits are spoken at the tail end of the podcast audio.

For complete details and links, please see the full liner notes at:
https://completelymachinima.com/2021/03/04/season-1-episode-2/