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WoW Moviewatch: Acolyte 1.5

Posted May 11th 2008 12:00PM by Moo Money
Filed under: Machinima, WoW Moviewatch

What is it about Darrowshire and stunning machinima? This is the second video in about a month to come of the Eastern Plaguelands quest line. Last month, we featured the work of Cranius and his musical talents. Now we're pleased to feature a star-studded film by Firebolt Productions, Acolyte 1.5. You may recognize them from their second place win in the Warcraftmovies Christmas Spirit Contest, Ugly Goblin's Christmas.

Acolyte 1.5 is not without faults, as it feels like half of the video has ads for websites. However, what we are finally presented with is an engaging storyline full of action and excitement. Don't miss the voice acting by Clint Hackleman, Drewbie, and Olibith, as well as the musical composition by Nathan Allen Pinard!

[Via Warcraftmovies.com]

If you have any suggestions for WoW Moviewatch, you can mail them to us at machinima AT wowinsider DOT com.

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WoW Moviewatch: Teh nOOb song

Posted Jan 5th 2008 12:00PM by David Bowers
Filed under: Machinima, WoW Moviewatch

If you read a post yesterday about noobs who like to pretend that other people are teh noobs, then you may already have clicked on the link for this song. It truly deserves its own spotlight, however. So on behalf of all the noobs out there who noobishly hope to one day not be so nooby anymore, let's give a shout out to Olibith and PurePwnage for another music video masterpiece: "teh n00b song" -- winner of the Warcraft Movies Fabled Few contest in the music category!

[Via Myndflame.com]

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WoW Moviewatch: Illegal Danish - Escape from Orgrimmar

Posted Jan 2nd 2008 11:15AM by Moo Money
Filed under: Machinima, Humor, WoW Moviewatch

Illegal Danish: Escape from Orgrimmar
(Given how anticipated the release of Illegal Danish: Escape from Orgrimmar was, we decided to bump up the notification and review. WoW Moviewatch will resume it's normal posting schedule tomorrow.)

One of the longest running jokes in Machinima history finally came to a close today with the release of the long-awaited sequel to Illegal Danish: Super Snacks. Illegal Danish: Escape from Orgrimmar was originally announced right after the premiere of IDSS, with a scheduled release date about 6 months later. However, it had been pushed back for over a year, leading many to compare it to Duke Nukem Forever, which, coincidentally, debuted a brand new trailer several weeks ago.

Around the same time that 3D Realms was releasing their DNF trailer, Myndflame made an announcement that IDEFO had a scheduled release date of December 31st, at 6pm EST. It would coincide with a real life wrap party to ring in the New Year. However, fans flooded the site, literally and figuratively. Not only were 75,000 people trying to access the site, but someone was also attacking it at the same time. Given the holiday, it would take some time to fix, thus not appearing until 2008.

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WoW Moviewatch: Chronicle of the Annoying Quest - Episode 19

Posted Jan 1st 2008 12:00PM by Moo Money
Filed under: Machinima, Humor, WoW Moviewatch

(Today's Moviewatch was previously intended to be the premiere of Illegal Danish 2: Escape from Orgrimmar. Unfortunately, Myndflame.com was hacked yesterday and the screening was delayed. As soon as it is up, it will be featured here.)

Myndflame is hard at work on a server fix, so you're going to have some extra time on your hands. Chronicle of the Annoying Quest, created by Bakasavant Productions, has 19 episodes for you to peruse! While they're not perfect, lacking in proper voice casting and stunning visuals, the storyline is pretty decent.

CotAQ tells the tale of a paladin that joins a Holy Order to get chicks. As he quests to become accepted by his peers, Ellers, and his sidekick, Guy, encounter obstacles along the way. For those of you that are new to the series, there is a recap at the beginning to catch you up.

[Via Warcraftmovies.com]

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WoW Moviewatch: HMS Theramore

Posted Dec 5th 2007 5:13PM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: Screenshots, WoW Moviewatch


If you're a fan of World of Warcraft machinima, chances are you're waiting for the next episode in Myndflame's Illegal Danish series, Escape from Orgrimmar (and if you aren't familiar with Illegal Danish, there's no time like the present to catch up by watching the original episode, Illegal Danish: Super Snacks). And while Escape from Orgrimmar isn't ready quite yet, Myndflame is placating us with this clip from the finished product, which also works as a stand-alone parody of the musical HMS Pinafore. (And for better-than-YouTube quality, check the DivX version.)

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Blizzard outlines 'acceptable use' for machinima

Posted Sep 8th 2007 9:02AM by Krystalle Voecks
Filed under: Machinima, Blizzard, News items

One of the things that I learned last weekend at Dragon*Con was a great deal more about machinima than I'd ever really known before. Sure, I've got FRAPS, and I've tried to make cool music videos too. Then I realized that I'd need something more interesting than my Tauren Druid running around to my favorite Rush song. So my dreams of making machinima went by the wayside, best left to the machinimators with that little thing called "talent."

One of the things that I always wondered about was just precisely what you could and couldn't get away with in regards to making films using World of Warcraft. After all, the characters on my account are Blizzard's IP. I could argue about not being paid for it, but I've always been curious about the larger legal issues involved.

Blizzard has finally put out what they consider to be their acceptable use policies in regards to machinima created using Blizzard's IP. After listening to the talk that Matt Kelland and Clint Hackleman gave during the Machinima 101 panel at Dragon*Con, I'm pretty happy to see that Blizzard has taken such a step to reach out to the community. This open letter lets artists know they have the potential ability to get licenses to show their work, and just how much commercial "sponsorship" is acceptable. It also defines where many of the boundaries are (for example their edict that movie/video content remain consistent with World of Warcraft's "T" rating) that I feel will hopefully help to clear some things up on where the artists stand in all of this legally.

For those of you who are budding machinimators, check out Blizzard's open letter. It's fairly straightforward reading, and they've gone so far as to put a contact email address in for specific concerns not outlined in their letter. With these guidelines in hand, hopefully artists will feel free to go in even more creative directions in the future.

[via Hugh "Nomad" Hancock, author of Machinima for Dummies]

Machinima 101: The basics

Posted Sep 5th 2007 9:00AM by Dan O'Halloran
Filed under: Machinima, Walkthroughs, Features


You've seen a crazy good PvP video that shows a top ranked player's latest moves or maybe a short clip of the latest epic mount and now you want to make a Warcraft film of your own. With two simple programs you can make a video in an hour or less. It's not going to be an epic story of love and war across the ages, but it can be anything in game you want to show your friends, guildmates or the world whether it's a guild event, a boss fight or an Arena battle.

In this article, I'm going to cover the very basics of Machinima (making movies using game footage.) By the end of this feature, you'll be able to record, edit and post a short video of your exploits in Azeroth. You can see a demonstration of how to make a Warcraft film by clicking on the short video tutorial above. Otherwise, read on for step-by-step instructions complete with screenshots and recommendations for advanced techniques.

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Interview with Myndflame: Where's Illegal Danish 2?

Posted Aug 6th 2007 8:34AM by Amanda Rivera
Filed under: Machinima, Interviews, BlizzCon


While wandering the BlizzCon floor on Saturday I ran into the Myndflame team. Clint Hackleman was kind enough to spend a couple of minutes to speak with me about "Escape from Orgrimmar," the much-anticipated sequel to Illegal Danish. I was very eager to speak with him considering that those of us who attended the first BlizzCon were promised Illegal Danish 2 would be released the first day of BlizzCon 2007. Here's what he had to say.

When asked about the delay in releasing the film, Clint said that they considered the film not ready yet, and much like Blizzard don't want to release an inferior product. Myndflame was showing an updated trailer of the machinima on the show floor, and when I asked if I could get a copy to show the readers, Clint let me know they were only showing it at BlizzCon. So I asked the ugly question: Why was the film not ready yet? What happened? The answer is the World Series of Video Games happened. Myndflame was invited to set up a booth at the WSVG, and with that a potential partnership looking towards good things to come. Good news for both sides, but bad news for the fans waiting for another Illegal Danish piece. But take heart, Clint says that the film will only be two weeks behind, and then we will finally be able to see the next chapter in the story.

I also was interested in how they make films. Clint mentioned that Myndflame has been a professionally sponsored machinima studio for a year now, so he and his brother D.W. focus only on turning out movies for us to enjoy. A piece normally takes about 9 months to make, 6 months of writing and composing and 3 months of actual production. This seems like a long time, but their goal is to create a piece that is about 24 minutes in length, so there is a lot that goes into such a long movie.

All in all, I was very pleased with the info I received talking to Clint. I know if I got an invitation to visit the WSVG I would probably be a bit behind on my projects as well. Good luck guys in finishing up the film, and we'll keep an eye out for it when it hits the presses.

WoW Moviewatch: Zinwrath

Posted Jun 19th 2007 12:00PM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: Machinima, WoW Moviewatch


I don't know about you, but one of my favorite pieces of WoW machinima is Myndflame's Illegal Danish. It was one of the first piece of WoW machinima I saw, and it left me fascinated by the way you could tell stories in what I'd thought was just an ordinary video game. And if, like me, you've been waiting on the sequel to Illegal Danish for a while now, I offer this as a substitution. It's not the latest episode of Illegal Danish, but it is an older work by Myndflame that has similar sensibilities and some of the same characters. I present: Zinwrath!

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WoW Moviewatch: The Murloc Dance

Posted Jun 10th 2007 12:00PM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: Machinima, WoW Moviewatch


I'm not sure how I missed out on this Myndflame video, now nearly a year old. As with all of their music videos, it's expertly edited with some catchy tunes in the background -- and, best of all, this video features everyone's favorite Azerothian character, the Murloc! Dance on my Murloc brothers, dance on!

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WoW Moviewatch: Learn 2 Play

Posted May 2nd 2007 12:28PM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: Machinima, WoW Moviewatch


Today we bring you another great video from Myndflame. It's a music video, and I'll let the words speak for themselves. But if you enjoy it, you may also like some of Myndflame's other great machinima pieces, like Druid Epic Flight Form and this WoW 2008 expansion leak.

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WoW Moviewatch: Druid Epic Flight Form

Posted Mar 4th 2007 5:48PM by Paul Sherrard
Filed under: Druid, Machinima, WoW Moviewatch

Those folks over at Dementia Myndflame are at it again. Myndflame, for those not in the know, are the folks behind Zinwrath, Illegal Danish, and the upcoming Illegal Danish: Escape From Orgrimmar. They've put out some of the funniest WoW Machinima that I've seen yet, and continue the tradition with this quick spoof ad for what the upcoming Druid epic flight form might be like. We all know that Bliz should nerf druids, and this little video just takes it to the next step.

Thanks to Clint Hackleman, Dementia Myndflame's Lead Producer, for the submission!


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