List of machinima works

This is a list of notable works made with machinima techniques.

This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by with reliably sourced additions.

Title	Creator(s)	Genre	Game(s) or game engine(s)	Release date(s)
	KBS Productions	Comedy	Lock On: Modern Air Combat	2004–2006
	David Riedel	Social drama	The Movies	2005
Anachronox: The Movie	Jake Hughes	Science fiction	Quake II engine (modified)
Apartment Huntin'	ILL Clan	Comedy	Quake
Blahbalicious	Avatar, Wendigo, LordTrans	Comedy	Quake
BloodSpell	Strange Company	Fantasy	Neverwinter Nights	2006
Civil Protection^[1]	Ross Scott/Accursed Farms	Comedy	Half-Life 2	2006-
CNP	Alexo	Dark comedy	Halo 3 Halo: Reach Garry's Mod	2008– Present
Clear Skies	Ian Chisholm	Science fiction	Half-Life 2 and Eve Online	2008-2011
The Codex Series	Edgeworks Entertainment	Space opera	Halo 2	2005–2007
Common Sense Cooking with Carl the Cook	ILL Clan	Comedy	Quake II	2003
Counter-Strike For Kids	Janus Syndicate	Comedy/Parody	Source
Decisive Battles^[2]	The History Channel	Historical documentary	Rome: Total War	2004
^[3]	Max "Mithzan" LaPlume	Dark comedy	Minecraft	2011-2012
Deus Ex Machina		Drama	Halo 3	2007–
Diary of a Camper^[4]	United Ranger Films	Action	Quake	1996
"Down the Rabbit Hole"	ILL Clan	Drama/Action	Second Life	2007
Hard Justice		Comedy-drama	Halo 3	–
^[5]		Situational comedy, parody	Quake II
	Fire Team Charlie	Comic science fiction	Halo: Combat Evolved	2003–2005
Freeman's Mind	Ross Scott	Comic science fiction	Half-Life: Source	2007-^[6]
Freeman's Mind 2	Ross Scott	Comic science fiction	Half-Life 2"	2017-present
The French Democracy^[7]	Alex Chan	Political	The Movies	2005
Game: On^[8]	Ethan Vogt	Advertising	Unreal Engine 2	2004
Hardly Workin'	ILL Clan	Comedy	Quake II
^[9]	Ultra AleM	Comedy	GTA: San Andreas	–
I'm Still Seeing Breen	Paul Marino	Music video	Half-Life 2	2005
Jack and Holly	Blockhouse TV	Children's program	Moviestorm	2010
	Eddie Duggan / Wilf Duggan	Drama	Moviestorm	2010
"Make Love, Not Warcraft"	South Park Studios	Comedy	World of Warcraft	2006
Male Restroom Etiquette^[10]		Mockumentary	The Sims 2, SimCity 4^[11]	2006
Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator^[12]	Douglas Gayeton	Documentary	Second Life
Neverending Nights	Adam Freese, Tawmis Logue	Comic fantasy	Neverwinter Nights	2004–2006
		Comedy-drama	Halo 3	–
Operation Bayshield^[13]	Clan Undead	Comedy	Quake
PANICS	Rooster Teeth Productions	Comic science fiction	F.E.A.R.	2005
Playtime^[14]^[15]	^[16]	Dramatic comedy	Halo: Reach	–
Portal	G4	Comedy	Various^[17]	–2004
Quad God^[18]	Tritin Films	Action	Quake III Arena
Red vs. Blue	Rooster Teeth Productions	Science fiction	Halo series, Marathon Trilogy	2003–present
		Science fiction	Halo: Reach	–
The Seal of Nehahra	Mindcrime Productions	Drama/Action	Quake
Stolen Life^[19]	Nanoflix Productions	Science fiction	3D GameStudio	2007
^[20]	Aenus^[21]	Comedy	The Sims 4	2021–present
	GIO Studios	Comedy	Roblox	2019-present
The Strangerhood	Rooster Teeth Productions	Comedy	The Sims 2	2004–present
This Spartan Life^[22]	Bong + Dern Productions	Talk show	Halo 2, Halo 3	2005–2007
		Vlog series	Farming Simulator 17, Farming Simulator 19	–present
Time Commanders	LionTV	Historical simulation	Rome: Total War	2003–2005
Vlogger	Ricard Gras and Zentropa	Historical simulation	Half-Life	2011
War of Internet Addiction^[23]	Oil Tiger Machinima Team	Political	World of Warcraft	2010
Zinwrath	Dementia Studios, Myndflame Studios	Drama/Action	World of Warcraft	2005
Tales of the Past III	Falch Productions	Drama/Action	World of Warcraft	2007
SMG4	Glitch Productions	Black comedy	Super Mario 64 with Garry's Mod	2011

Notes[]

^ Jeffries 2008; GameAxis Unwired staff 2007, 7
^ Gaudiosi 2004
^ Definitely Accidental (Minecraft Machinima) : Machinima : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive, retrieved 2020-08-07
^ Lowood 2006, 32–33; Kelland, Morris & Lloyd, 28
^ Grove 2007, 2; Salen 2002
^ "Accursed Farms". 2013-06-09.
^ Totilo 2005a
^ Totilo 2005b; Lagrone 2005; Vogt 2004
^ First episode of the series (Italian and English)
^ Grove 2006, 4
^ Rice 2006
^ Andrews 2007; Weiss 2008
^ Lowood 2006, 37–38; Moss 2001
^ "playtimeshow". 2013-06-09.
^ "playtimeshow". 2013-06-09.
^ "CruelLEGACY Productions". 2013-06-09.
^ Kahney 2003, 2
^ Kelland, Morris & Lloyd 2005, 30; Marino, 2004 & loc-12
^ Ball 2006; Cincotta 2007, 1
^ The Rimmers - Episode 1
^ Aenus Twitch Channel
^ Nitsche 2007
^ Chao, Loretta; Ye, Juliet; Back, Aaron (2010-02-11). "Chinese Video Takes Aim at Online Censorship". The Wall Street Journal.

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Cincotta, Katie (February 22, 2007). "Genre busters". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
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Gaudiosi, John (May 17, 2004). "Rome: First a Game, Now on TV". Wired News. Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
Grove, Ricky (December 4, 2006). "A Profile and Filmography of Phil Rice (aka 'Overman'): Part 1". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
Jeffries, L.B. (July 16, 2008). "Redefining the Game: A Look at Machinima". PopMatters. PopMatters Media. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
Kahney, Leander (July 9, 2003). "Games Invade Hollywood's Turf". Wired News. Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
Kelland, Matt; Dave Morris; Dave Lloyd (2005). Machinima: Making Movies in 3D Virtual Environments. Cambridge: The Ilex Press. ISBN 1-59200-650-7.
Lagrone, Sam (November 25, 2005). "Machinima? It's a DIY movie". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina: The McClatchy Company. OCLC 11750106. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
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Marino, Paul (2004). 3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima. Scottsdale, Arizona: Paraglyph Press. ISBN 1-932111-85-9.
Moss, Ben (March 28, 2001). "Showcase: Operation Bayshield". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
Nitsche, Michael (2007). "Claiming Its Space: Machinima". Dichtung-Digital Contributions on Digital Aesthetics (37). ISSN 1617-6901. Archived from the original on 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
Rice, Phil (September 13, 2006). "Male Restroom Etiquette". . Archived from the original on April 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
Salen, Katie (October 19, 2002). "Father Frags Best". Quake! Doom! Sims!: Transforming Play: Family Albums and Monster Movies. Walker Art Center. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
Totilo, Stephen (December 5, 2005a). "First Film About French Riots Comes Courtesy Of A Video Game: Short movie 'The French Democracy' created using 'The Movies.'". MTV.com. MTV Networks. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
Totilo, Stephen (November 17, 2005b). "Machinima Film Festival: A Sundance For Video Game Set". MTV.com. MTV Networks. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
Vogt, Ethan (November 9, 2004). "Interview: Game: On". Machinima.com (Interview). Interviewed by Machinima.com staff. Machinima, Inc. Retrieved 2009-04-23.^{[permanent dead link]}
Weiss, Joanna (May 15, 2008). "'Molotov' launches the virtual reality show". The Boston Globe. ISSN 0743-1791. Retrieved 2009-04-13.

[1] Jeffries 2008; GameAxis Unwired staff 2007, 7

[2] Gaudiosi 2004

[3] Definitely Accidental (Minecraft Machinima) : Machinima : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive, retrieved 2020-08-07

[4] Lowood 2006, 32–33; Kelland, Morris & Lloyd, 28

[5] Grove 2007, 2; Salen 2002

[6] "Accursed Farms". 2013-06-09.

[Totilo_2005a-7] Totilo 2005a

[8] Totilo 2005b; Lagrone 2005; Vogt 2004

[9] First episode of the series (Italian and English)

[Grove_2006-10] Grove 2006, 4

[Rice_2006-11] Rice 2006

[12] Andrews 2007; Weiss 2008

[13] Lowood 2006, 37–38; Moss 2001

[14] "playtimeshow". 2013-06-09.

[15] "playtimeshow". 2013-06-09.

[16] "CruelLEGACY Productions". 2013-06-09.

[17] Kahney 2003, 2

[18] Kelland, Morris & Lloyd 2005, 30; Marino, 2004 & loc-12

[19] Ball 2006; Cincotta 2007, 1

[20] The Rimmers - Episode 1

[21] Aenus Twitch Channel

[Nitsche_2007-22] Nitsche 2007

[23] Chao, Loretta; Ye, Juliet; Back, Aaron (2010-02-11). "Chinese Video Takes Aim at Online Censorship". The Wall Street Journal.

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