[game_preservation] More Retro Machinima (with Andrew raving about glossaries, oh yay)

[Andrew Armstrong]

Oh, hold my own horses, my mini-glossary I did write a mini machinima 
definition for myself, I wonder if this fits. Again, I wanted to find 
examples (there should be a lot more blue links or references!) but not 
too bad re-reading it now for 2 paragraphs despite being a bit "meh" on 
the descriptive side of content. Note while I want to get 
pronounciations, alternative spellings etc. I've obviously not done it 
to any standard here ;)

Just an example as it were.


      Machinima

    /Pronounced:/ "Ma-shin-e-ma" 

 From the words "Machine", "Animation" and "Cinema", it is the 
description of a range of videos made from filming videogames. These 
sometimes are specially made for a game to explain some story (released 
separately from the game, so thus not a cutscene), or be a fully 
released online video of a games content and playthrough (such as 
Anachronox 
<http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Anachronox%22%20AND%20collection%3Aanimationandcartoons>). 


Most commonly they are fictional films, based sometimes on the original 
characters but often new ones, with their own plot and filming unrelated 
to the normal game. There are also music videos, films, and series of 
works rather then one off's, or series based on the original characters. 
Usually the "cast" is played by player avatars in the multiplayer mode 
of the game.

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