Kyle + Rosemary

Here I present, in crappy YouTubeVision (it’s imbeddable, unfortunately) a machinima film I created, third in my Snacky’s Journal series, that swept the Blizzcon (Blizzard Entertainment’s Gaming Convention) Machinima Contest over this past weekend and took home the Grand Prize. Yes, you heard right. I beat the pants off of everyone else. I was a little surprised. Anyway, the film was screened for a huge convention audience - about 4,000 or so people I would guess.

You’ll notice some actual animation in there. Perhaps this is cheating? I don’t know the rules any more. I’m creating a sort of hybrid entertainment. I gotta have SOMEthing to do while waiting for my Nickelodeon short to air….!

Anyway, the convention was awesome and I met (and drank with) many of my fellow machinima-makers, and also a lot of talented Blizzard employees. Blizzard is pretty much the most successful gaming company in the world right now (if you are living under a rock and don’t know), and their design style and artistry is appealing and borrows a lot from the animation industry.

Also, the hybrid South Park episode that featured Blizzard’s World of Warcraft game was just nominated for an Emmy.