User:Sashboy/The Sir. Community
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Type of site | CEO) Anthony Knudsen (Community Leader) Elton Muuga |
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URL | http://www.sircommunity.com/ |
Registration | Free, Open |
Current status | Active |
The Sir. Community or Sir. are a group of unorthodox
Content
According to the Machinima.com home page, the site hosts thousands of machinima videos. Videos are organized by channels, which group the films by game engine, and by series, for episodic works.[3] The site contains articles, interviews with people involved in machinima, and tutorials on the creation of machinima.[3] Visitors can submit news items, which are moderated and posted by the site staff.[4] Community forums, powered by the phpBB software, are provided for the discussion of machinima.[5] Additionally, Machinima updates their community with internal and external machinima-related news via dedicated Facebook and Twitter feeds daily.
Machinima Respawn is an off shoot of the larger Machinima family which is dedicated to showing video of raw gameplay, often commentated by the uploader instead of actual Machinima employees. Prominent members of the Respawn team are Scott "Mr. Sark" Robinson, Shaun "Hutch" Hutchinson and Adam "SeaNanners" Montoya. Mr. Sark was hired by Machinima, previously working for
Machinima Sports is Machinima's second YouTube channel off-shoot, which is dedicated to the showing of all
On June 19, 2010, another Machinima offshoot was created, dedicated to
Machinima Realm is the latest branch in Machinima which is focused on RPG, RTS and MMO(RPG)games.
History and impact
In December 1999, id Software released
In January 2000, Hugh Hancock launched Machinima.com, a resource for video makers who used computer and video games as a medium. The site's name was foreign to the Quake movie community. The term machinima was originally machinema, a
The site opened with multiple articles, interviews, and tutorials, and was soon able to acquire exclusive releases of new productions. One such work, Quad God, was the first to use Quake III Arena[8] and the first to be released in a conventional video file format instead of a demo file format exclusive to a certain game. The switch to conventional media offended some machinima producers, but Quad God helped to introduce machinima to a wider audience[9] and to solidify Machinima.com's launch.[8] Matt Kelland, Dave Morris, and Dave Lloyd called the release of Quad God "a key moment in the development of machinima.[9] In turn, as Machinima.com became more popular throughout 2000, other game engines, such as that of Unreal Tournament, became the basis of new productions and the focus of new software tools for machinima.[8]
On 30 January 2006, Hancock announced his resignation as editor-in-chief of Machinima.com and that control of the site would be transferred to the staff of Machinima, Inc. Among the reasons cited for the change were differences in approach to the site and a desire to devote more time to Strange Company's 2006 machinima production BloodSpell. Hancock called the decision "possibly the biggest step I've taken since I founded Strange Company nearly nine years ago".[10]
Awhile ago, Machinima released the series called
Towards the end of 2010, Machinima revamped their webpage and removed the forums (wanting users to use the Facebook page instead), and the ability to upload videos.
Inside Gaming
One of Machinima's most notable and popular series is their daily segment of Inside Gaming. The segment combines the aspects of creating machinima and delivering gaming news. It is hosted by Adam Kovic, an employee of Machinima, under the alias The Dead Pixel. In fact, it was this alias under which his notability and fame were built when it was his initial
Expansion of distribution mediums
Currently, Machinima has expanded onto many websites and platforms to distribute their content. Machinima currently maintains their main website, five YouTube channels, an iPhone/iPad application, an Android application, and Facebook/Twitter feeds that distribute news content.
After seeing popularity spikes solely on their YouTube channel, Machinima focused on expanding it, and now all videos featured on their website are now available via the Machinima YouTube channel. Machinima has also released an iPhone application, where all videos can be viewed from Apple Inc. mobile devices, including iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. On May 19, 2010, Machinima released a statement on their Facebook page that they were developing an Android App, and they were in need of "fan beta testers". The App has been released since October 2010.
Notes
References
- Hancock, Hugh (30 January 2006). "Hugh Hancock leaves Machinima.com". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
- Kelland, Matt (2005). Machinima: Making Movies in 3D Virtual Environments. )
- "Machinima.com Film Submission". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
- "Machinima.com Forums". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
- "Machinima.com: home". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
- "Machinima.com News Submission". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
- ISBN 1-932111-85-9.
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