Machinima video games

Machinima video games are a breed of new games that simulate real life situations to create interesting stories. Some machinima video games are based on life simulation games, while other are based on action or roleplaying games. Machinima is a new word that describes the future of making movies in a 3d virtual world, by merging the storytelling possibilities of cinema with the world building possibilities of a video game. When the words machine and a cinema are merged, a new storytelling medium is created, Machinima. Machinima is a powerful storytelling medium for the 21.st century, and it is already here.All you need to do, to create your own machinima is a video game, a story, and some time to record your playing in the game. One of the first games that started using Machinima was Quake, by giving you tools, so that you could record your playing. When some people took this a step further by creating their own stories with in the game, machinima was created. We have seen some of the first step of the medium, which is evolving using a video game as the platform of its world. In this world you can direct the action using your console, or PC to record a machinima. Movies have developed storytelling as a medium, and they have done it very well.Have you ever watched a movie, that made you forget where you are, and transported you to another world. From Life simulation games to machinima video games A good story can make us forget all about our problems, and bring us into another world, where anything is possible. Most games are based on other worlds, or worlds that are based on a simulated reality.In a life simulation game like the Sims 2, you can build a house, and move people into houses and give them a life. The game is an example of the possibilities of storytelling in games. You can even publish a web page of your Sims, and download objects from the Internet for their new home. As a machinima video game you can use it record their lives, and you create a soap opera that could last for a long time. One machinima that test the storytelling capability of the Sims 2 is Strangerhood, which uses the Sims 2 game to tell a story. Another way to think of storytelling is by using the objects within the game to tell a story. Just like in a movie, where you are the director, and are calling all the shots. There are not many games, that allow you to do this, but is it then a game, if you are creating a movie ?

A game might be a simulation of the real thing, where you get the chance of creating stories based on objects within the game. The Sims 2 is one such example, and it also allows you to exchange them with other people on the Internet.

Sims Life Stories is a new twist on this concept. It is not an expansion for the Sims 2 game, but a game where you could be playing a story in a machinima like StrangerHood. The game Sims Life Stories has two kind of story modes, one is story directed and the other is open ended classic mode. These two modes allow for different kind of playing.

Using machinima to tell stories
Already Machinima can be used to tell stories with video games, by recording the game, and then edit it, and tell stories of your own. Ever wanted to create your own adventure or action movie, now you can, by using a video game.Imagine using Grand Theft Auto to tell stories of your own or even Halo to make a sci-fi war movie. Several machinimas have even been made using these games like "My Trip to Liberty City" and "Halo:Red VS Blue"

One area Machinima merges in with film making is in the use of pre-visualization, or previz. Video games offer an excellent way to plan shots and look for different outcomes depending on what kind of situation you have in the game.

This is already a reality in todays video games, and more games are allowing gamers to become movie directors.One such machinma video game that plays directly on this ability is the machinima video game The Movies.In the Movies you will be able to see how movies have developed storytelling as a medium, from romance to science fiction, and you will be able to make a movie of your own. The game is a Machinimists dream come true, a game where you can both run a movie studio, play a game, and create your own machinima movies.

In the game you can create movies, with an entire cast of characters that are directly under your control, and you can also manage a movie studio. The game gives you a powerful tools that you can use to make your machinima masterpiece. Not only can you make a masterpiece, you can play a game that allows you to be a be a movie mogul.

In the game you can use different script genres to tell a story, and use voice overs to tell a story within the game. The game takes you through the development of movies history in a Hollywood studio setting.From the start of movie making as a medium to the silent movie era through the talkies (talking movies), and movies in color. The game gives you all the storytelling possibilities of making original machinima movies. In addition to making movies you will be in charge of a movie studio, where you can hire, and fire actors.

The storytelling possibilities of the game, is one of the aspects, which makes it very exciting, because you can exchange trailers, or movies with other people on the Internet.

The community aspect of the game is one of the more promising aspects of the game. On the Movies game website you could find fame and fortune, if your movie hits big time. In the online box office your movie has a chance of proving itself against the movies of other movie makers.

Not only will you be able to make movies, your movie has a chance of making some virtual money. Virtual money along with the fame your movie generates can give you the possibility of buying more virtual movie props for your next big movie.

The Movies offer gamers a look into the world of movies, and gives you an opportunity of playing with the storytelling possibilities of cinema.Not only will you be able to play, you will be able to plan your own movie using the games movie sandbox.

As a machinima video game it allows you to have your own actors, sets and props to create the Science fiction, action or comedy with its impressive set of tools. The Movies is one of the machinima video games we have been playing since it was released, and unlocking all the sets, and technology has been one of the most challenging aspect of the game.

In the sandbox mode of the game you can create movies without worrying about not having enough cash to buy sets in the game. The sandbox allows you to decide how much money you want to start with when starting in the sandbox. You don't have to finish the game to play in the sandbox, but you have to unlock all the technology in the game itself, if you want to use it in the sandbox. When you have unlocked all the technology, and sets in the game itself, you have a good way of creating any kind of a machinima movie.

Machinima as an artform is growing, just as cinema has gone through its stages of growth. The web offers any machinimist the possibility of distributing Machinima to anyone in the world.