Movies from video game footage?

April 16, 2008 5:52 PM

Help me find this NPR story about making movies from video game footage.

I think it was two days ago (April 14, 2008) I heard part of a radio article or show on KPCC (NPR) about making feature length movies using video game "footage". I would like to find the entire article and listen to it but my googlefu isn't working. I would also like find a website or some other venue where I can view some of these movies and learn some of the technology used to make them. Ideas?

posted by snowjoe to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Best answer: The word you're looking for is "machinima".

http://www.google.com/search?q=npr+machinima
posted by cmiller at 5:58 PM on April 16, 2008

Ah, that's not a radio show. Sorry. That's the general term, though.
posted by cmiller at 6:00 PM on April 16, 2008

Best answer: Is this it?
posted by BitterOldPunk at 6:05 PM on April 16, 2008

Best answer: I'm sure it was -- I heard that story during the drive home last night.
posted by pmurray63 at 8:29 PM on April 16, 2008

Response by poster: Six minutes for a great answer. Four and a half hours for me to check for answers. Ask MetaFilter rocks! Thanks!

That's a great search cmiller!
posted by snowjoe at 10:35 PM on April 16, 2008

Ah, that was the problem. Public radio is a bigger ecosystem than NPR™.
posted by cmiller at 9:06 AM on April 17, 2008

For your second question, Machinima.com is a great source for these types of movies from a wide range of games, from Halo to the Sims. They also have a fairly popular YouTube channel.
posted by Rhaomi at 11:27 AM on April 17, 2008