Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in XBox's Halo
Tags: Microsoft, Sony, Games, Gaming, Machinima
I don't know how I missed this in yesterday's reading of the NYTimes, but there you are. The New York Times magazine section had a wonderful article on the use of video games as creative cinematic tools. Of course there's a cool name for it -- Machinima -- and it is best demonstrated by the Red versus Blue videos by Rooster Teeth Productions that are entirely shot using Halo on XBox consoles for the video and voice-overs by the creators. Just proves once again the impact that video games are having on cinema and society. Once again, just when Hollywood thinks it owns movie-making and movie viewers, creative people manage to prove them wrong.
I don't know how I missed this in yesterday's reading of the NYTimes, but there you are. The New York Times magazine section had a wonderful article on the use of video games as creative cinematic tools. Of course there's a cool name for it -- Machinima -- and it is best demonstrated by the Red versus Blue videos by Rooster Teeth Productions that are entirely shot using Halo on XBox consoles for the video and voice-overs by the creators. Just proves once again the impact that video games are having on cinema and society. Once again, just when Hollywood thinks it owns movie-making and movie viewers, creative people manage to prove them wrong.
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