Four Eyed Monsters

A bold and unique experiment in film distribution. The American team behind the indie feature Four Eyed Monsters has taken the radical step of making their feature film available (officially) on their own site and on YouTube for free.

But they are very cunning in how they work this. I suspect the machinima community should watch the progress of this project very closely.

Learn all about it at:
http://foureyedmonsters.com/watch/

Mars Is Full of Holes

They are discovering crazy new things on Mars hand over fist these days. Water, enough water to cover the planet to a depth of eleven metres, coastlines, all sorts of things. Now they have found these holes. They’re just holes in the ground. Something that some people don’t know the difference between them and something else. So why do they have me so captivated? Because they are so deep they can’t see any light reflected off the bottom. Really deep. They can’t see light on the “sides”. People, that is scientists are saying they are caved in lava tubes. “Caved in”? But those holes are such neat circles. Could they be punched through by a meteor? But that’s not the thing that gets me. So far it’s all been pictures of the surface. These are the first images we’ve had that give a sense of there being an underground. Sure I’ve seen the ground penetrating radar of the ice under the pole. But they are so technical. But these holes look like the entrance to something. It’s one of those wonderful moments where a discovery comes in the form of an avalanche of questions. It’s not just the physical underground. These holes are like the entrance to the emotional interior of Mars. You can’t examine it from orbit. You have to go there. You have to go inside.

Windows onto the abyss: cave skylights on Mars
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000984/

Mars by Stealth
http://www.zipworld.com.au/~raz/index.html

Stolen Life Video Interview

Jackie Turnure and I did another video interview today for a vodcast for a game web site. We talk about the making of stolen Life and the future of machinima. I’ll post a link when it’s up. It’s almost getting easy. To be conscious enough of how it’s going down to make sure that what you are giving them fits there kind of show but relaxed enough that it is genuinely spontaneous.

To help put the word out about the recent release of the Stolen Life DVD there are a number of reviews coming up on a wide range of web sites who I expect will give their own particular take on it.

In the mean time this is the Stolen Life Review by Mat Van Rhoon
[Click Here]

Robot Improv

Robot Improv
Robot Improv is the result of ongoing research into displaying believable dramatic behavior on mobile robots. Two robots perform a short play based on an elementary acting exercise (one tries to leave the room, while the other tries to get him to stay).

Robot Improv

Robot Comedy Act?

Robots are becoming even more popular in Japan.
They are popping up everywhere. The latest is Hitachi’s EMIEW robot that’s booked to share the stage with the “Pen Ton” penquin hotel mascot.

Robot Stand-up Comedy
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/04/29/manandrobot_standup_.html

Robot Comedy Act?
http://www.robots-dreams.com/2006/02/robot_comedy_ac.html

Stolen Life IGN Interview

Patrick Kolan of IGN AU interviewed me about the Stolen Life screening at the Sydney Film Festival and all things machinima.

IGN AU interview by Patrick Kolan
http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/794/794523p1.html

Stolen Life DVD Now Available

Nanoflix is thrilled to announce that the Stolen Life DVD is now available for purchase online. Just go to the Stolen Life web page and click the “Buy Now” button.

http://www.zipworld.com.au/~raz/nima/SL_Tumb/sl_ss.html
Here you can also download trailers, interviews and screenshots.

Peter Rasmussen
Nanoflix Productions
http://www.Nanoflix.net

Stolen Life is a feature length Machinima movie starring Claudia Black of Stargate and Farscape and Chris Jones of Tex Murphy.