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October 11, 2006
G Man Sings the Blues
I've seen more interest lately in the UK for Machinima, which is using video games to create videos. The Red vs. Blue (based on Halo, in it's 5th season with an estimated 1 million viewers, 1500 comments on last week's episode alone!) creators were at the Edinburgh festival and last week's London Games Festival had a few screenings although the ones I saw at the Dana Centre which were supposed to be highlights were simply game play videos set to related music - not near as creative as getting the game characters to act out what you want with voice overs. My favourite has been The Strangerhood, based on The Sims.
I found this video on You Tube. It's a music video created by using scenes in Half Life 2 and a mod to get the G Man to sing a power ballad! It cracks me up (it's a little out of character for him). Apparently this video has been played on MTV as well. Great example of games being platforms for creativity beyond the initial development for anyone.
If you liked that, you'll love A Few Good G Men, based on the film of a similar name with the voices of Cruise and Nicholson.
Speaking of Half Life 2, has anyone noticed that this building in Manchester looks like the Citadel?
Posted by Ron Edwards at October 11, 2006 12:44 AM
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