http://www.machinimafordummies.com/articles/2007/10/25/the-state-of-the-art en-us 40 Blogging the writing of "Machinima For Dummies" <p>I tend to watch music videos for a good sense of the state of the art in FX and editing - what you see there will get to feature films about two years later. </p> <p>If you want the same kind of insight into Machinima right now, I recommend you watch the world of <a href="http://www.myndflame.com/index.php?categoryid=3&amp;p803_shownum=10&amp;p803_sectionid=12">Baron Soosden</a>, combining World of Warcraft, Unreal Tournament, Half-Life 2 and some truly spectacular editing using Sony Vegas and After Effects. </p> <p>Seriously, this stuff (particularly his latest videos, <a href="http://www.myndflame.com/index.php?categoryid=3&amp;p803_sectionid=12&amp;p803_fileid=125&amp;p803_js_on=1">I&#8217;m So Sick</a> and <a href="http://www.myndflame.com/index.php?categoryid=3&amp;p803_sectionid=12&amp;p803_fileid=128&amp;p803_js_on=1">Unlimited Escapism vol. 0</a> ,) is just amazing. Incredibly high-quality work for video editing as a whole, never mind just Machinima. Not particularly narrative, but technically stunning. He&#8217;s one of not a lot of Machinima creators whose new work I <em>immediately</em> watch. </p> <p>Check it out. </p> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:45:00 +0100 urn:uuid:bb51ebd0-11d1-4e8a-8592-b9ba20d923c5 Hugh "Nomad" Hancock http://www.machinimafordummies.com/articles/2007/10/25/the-state-of-the-art Machinima For Dummies recommends http://www.machinimafordummies.com/articles/trackback/11545