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And Now For Something Completely Machinima

Ricky Grove, Tracy Harwood, Damien Valentine, and Phil Rice

Machinima, real-time filmmaking, virtual production and VR. Four veteran machinimators share news, new films & filmmakers, and discuss the past, present and future of machinima.

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35:44

S6 E204 Rare! All Your History Belong To Us, Really...

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2025/12/03

On this episode of And Now For Something Completely Machinima, Damien, Tracy and Ricky dive into one of Machinima.com’s most unexpected gems: the documentary series “All Your History Are Belong To Us”, focusing on the Stamper brothers and their legendary studio, Rare. 💬 We talk about how the series charts Rare’s rise from a small UK outfit in Ashby-de-la-Zouch to a powerhouse behind classics like Donkey Kong Country, GoldenEye 007, and later Sea of Thieves – highlighting their pioneering

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35:32

S6 E203 genAI: Arido Taurajo (Nov 2025)

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2025/11/27

In this episode of Completely Machinima, hosts Phil Rice, Tracy Harwood, and Damien Valentine explore the stunning AI-powered operatic machinima “Arido Taurajo” — a groundbreaking short film created by Chantal Harvey (aka Mamachinima) in collaboration with digital artist James Morgan, AI composer Roboccini and soprano/AI researcher Maya Ackerman, among others.🎮 About the Film: Set in the World of Warcraft universe, Arido Taurajo tells the story of Dahlia, a female warrior torn between

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31:51

S6 E202 Promoting Star Citizens... (Nov 2025)

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2025/11/20

In this episode of Completely Machinima, hosts Phil Rice, Tracy Harwood, and Damien Valentine review two creative Star Citizen machinima commercials — Dumpers Depot and Big Benny’s Grab Eats — both made for a Star Citizen video contest.They explore how these 45-second in-game ads show off community creativity, storytelling, and production skills. Tracy breaks down what made Dumpers Depot Commercial more sophisticated in design and sound, while Big Benny’s... Grab Eat took home the win with

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28:42

S6 E201 Back To The Future: Unhinged (Nov 2025)

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2025/11/13

We're beginning Season 6 with one of the best machinima-animated shorts we've ever seen (probably)! 🎥 Back to the Future UNHINGED, Machinima Film Made in Blender In this episode of The Completely Machinima Podcast, hosts Phil Rice, Damien Valentine, and Tracy Harwood review “Back to the Future Unhinged”, a viral machinima short film by Landon’s Animation Wheelhouse, created entirely in Blender 3D.This chaotic, hilarious reimagining of Doc Brown and Marty’s adventures has racked up 700,000+

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3:42

Maker Series E5: Ricky's Wonderful World of Sound -...

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2025/11/06

🎬 Ricky’s Wonderful World of Sound – Footsteps In episode 5 of our Maker Series, Ricky Grove explores the often-overlooked power of footstep sound design — and how something as simple as a single step can define mood, build tension, and reveal character. 👣 What You’ll Learn: How footstep sounds convey location, emotion, and suspense in film. Why footsteps in the Spanish horror series 30 Coins masterfully foreshadow violence. The challenges of using video game sound libraries for cinematic

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3:06

Maker Series E4: Ricky's Wonderful World of Sound -...

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2025/10/30

🎃 Halloween Special | Ricky’s Wonderful World of Sounds: MONSTERS! 👹This Halloween, step into the dark side of Ricky’s Wonderful World of Sounds — where we explore the terrifying art of monster sound design! 🧟‍♂️What do monsters really sound like? From the primal screeches that haunted early humans to the eerie, unearthly noises that send chills down modern audiences’ spines — this episode reveals how sound designers craft the perfect scare.Discover: 🔊 Why you should hear the monster

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4:45

Maker Series E3: Phil's Music Notes - [Horror] Intervals

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2025/10/23

🕯️ Maker Series: Phil’s Music Notes – [Horror] Intervals 👻 🎃 A pre-Halloween special exploring the dark side of sound. At its core, music is a game of intervals — the spaces between notes that define every melody, every emotion. Even without musical training, we instinctively recognize the cheerful sound of a major chord or the melancholy of a minor. But some intervals go far beyond sad or happy… some are unnerving, unsettling, even evil. In this pre-Halloween edition of Phil’s Music

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6:39

Maker Series E2: Ricky's Wonderful World of Sound -...

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2025/10/17

How do you make virtual worlds sound real? 🎧 In this episode of Ricky’s Wonderful World of Sound, Ricky Grove reveals the secrets of sound frequency—the subtle audio magic that transforms machinima and 3D game-engine films into unforgettable experiences. Perfect for filmmakers, animators, and sound lovers alike.🎬 Ricky’s Wonderful World of Sound – Ambient Sound in MachinimaDiscover how sound transforms storytelling in filmmaking, with a deep dive into frequency—the subtle audio that sets

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3:57

Maker Series: E1 Ricky's Wonderful World of Sound -...

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2025/10/09

How do you make virtual worlds sound real? 🎧 In this episode of Ricky’s Wonderful World of Sound, Ricky Grove reveals the secrets of ambient sound—the subtle audio magic that transforms machinima and 3D game-engine films into unforgettable experiences. Perfect for filmmakers, animators, and sound lovers alike.🎬 Ricky’s Wonderful World of Sound – Episode: Ambient Sound in MachinimaDiscover how sound transforms storytelling in filmmaking, with a deep dive into ambient sound—the subtle audio

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37:40

S5 E200 Finale E200 Part B Our Predictions for 2026

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2025/10/02

This week, we continue our discussion, reflecting on Season 5 and our predictions for 2026.... yep, sure is a lot going on in the world of #machinima! Do add your own thoughts into the comments (on our show notes).1:01 Our predictions for 2026 1:10 Tracy’s thoughts! 4:26 A quick interjection on the Minecraft short we reviewed 6:47 Damien’s views and perspective on tools being used 7:38 Ricky’s prediction on genAI and it’s layering out and ethical approaches 10:27 Who is the world’s smartest

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50:49

S5 E200 Part A Our Year in Reflection 2025

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2025/09/25

In this first part of our 200th episode of Completely Machinima Podcast, Ricky highlights ⁨@NeuralViz⁩ AI-driven films as a significant advancement, while Phil praised the fast-paced, subtle social commentary. We discuss legal developments affecting AI use, such as Warner Brothers suing Midjourney. The success of Blender's "Flow" at the Oscars is noted, emphasizing the growing capabilities of open-source tools. The conversation also touches on the breadth of aesthetic approaches to

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S5 E199 Unreal: Reflekt (Sept 2025)

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2025/09/18

This is our final film pick for Season 5, and it stimulates quite a discussion. The film is a concept test of tools and techniques, but the story and aesthetic is less inspiring. Check out our thoughts and do add your own comments below. 1:47 Introduction to Reflekt by @derunique 4:00 Anachronistically broken 10:25 Gelling the story? 11:54 The aesthetic of Unreal 13:19 Who is the apocalyptic soldier Unreal tutor? 14:00 The attraction of Unreal – its all about the technology, and little

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S5 E198 RDRD John Wick (Sept 2025)

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2025/09/11

This week's film selectiion is a technical masterpiece, made in RDR2. It is both an homage to the game and the film. John Wick's Red Dead Redemption is made by eli_handle_b.wav, and is worth every second of your time watching it! 1:49 Introduction to film, editing quality, compositing and matching RDR2 to John Wick – technically outstanding!4:11 How?!!! Skill level is well above average7:00 This is not just cut scenes9:13 A tribute to both the game and the film9:47 There are no scripted

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S5 E197 Minecraft: Kid Flash (Sept 2025)

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2025/09/04

A DC inspired short made with love and artful skill, this week's pick is also an homage to the creative talent of a young creator now sadly passed. Despite us not necessarily being the target audience - due to certain demographic features - we really enjoyed reviewing this. Check out our comments and do add your own. 1:32 Introduction to the film: form and creative technique – Smallville comedy vibe X superhero, and a shout out for collaborations everywhere 6:00 The challenge of being a

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S5 E196 Draxtor's Dimensional Discoveries: Lynette...

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2025/08/28

This week, we discuss a 2013 episode of @Draxtor's interviews series with artists filmed in Second Life series, this episode with Australian artist @lynettewallworth270. 1:43 Get involved in the latest Star Citizen contest, links in Show Notes 3:26 Introduction to the pick 9:12 Phil describes early traditions of interview shows filmed in virtual worlds, such as Late Night with Toxie (filmed in Quake) and This Spartan Life (Halo) 12:44 Could this episode now be updated using AI? 13:33

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S5 E195 genSlurp: We Vlogged Fall of the Empire (Aug...

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2025/08/21

This is not genSLOP... or is it?! This week's discussion focusses on a recent genAI meme, vlogging from the Fall of the Empire as a Stormtrooper tourist. The series we take a look at is by Galactic Archives, which has garnered a phenomenal number of views in just a couple of weeks. Its quite different to The Glurons we discussed a couple of months back by NeuralViz, which remains a standout for us. There are some excellent learning points from the way this short / series has been created

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S5 E194 For the Empire: Worst Jobs in Star Wars (Aug...

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2025/08/14

We love AFK! This week's ep covers another of AFK's ambitious world building attempts to round out the Star Wars universe... and of course it works. What do you imagine the worst jobs to be for the most hapless Stormtroopers? These totally make sense to us! Check out our comments, our overview of AFK's background and other projects, and what we really think of this short. 1:39 Intro to film3:14 Humor and world building6:12 The most clever way to integrate sponsorship?10:26 Memories of

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S5 E193 Zombie Fest: They Were Once Here (Aug 2025)

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2025/08/07

This week's pick is the complete contrast to the Happy Wheels gag-fest, Ep 191: the film is called They Were Once Here by Werlias and it has everything you would expect from a Project Zomboid machinima, plus some things you wouldn't. Its a dark and sad tale, beautifully told, and delivers a real emotional punch. It makes excellent use of Zach Beever's classic composition for the game, and harnesses a bunch of mods to achieve the outcome. Catch our review and reflections on this one. For

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S5 E192 Machinima News Omnibus (July 2025)

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2025/07/31

This week, we cover a lot of things this month, as usual, but start with a tribute to a machinima pioneer who has sadly crossed the bridge into an unknown world - Tutsy NAvArAthnA. We then go through some more fascinating projects that we want to share, more about genAI and machinima, a bunch of new tools and techniques, some wise words from some great artists, latest games and relevant updates. All links on our show notes link below.1:39 Tribute to Tutsy3:45 Projects 5:50 Conversations7:40

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S5 E191 Machini-ick: Happy Wheels (July 2025)

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2025/07/24

In days of yore, when Machinima ruled the digiwaves, they commissioned stuff like this week's pick... we have a rather more heated discussion than usual about the pros and cons of the choice and the commissioning strategy. Check out our thoughts and let us know what you think. Maybe you were caught up in this mess, we certainly hope not... or at least, we hope the lesson was well learned. Ricky tells it from his experience, as part of the Hollywood set - seen it all before. Enjoy the

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