S5 E173 Machinima News Omnibig (Mar 2025)


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Mar 13 2025 67 mins   1

This is our regular monthly news update on things relevant to the world of machinima.

1:19 Projects: Isoterica’s latest release, DisUtopia; Hamilton in Animal Crossing by GK Animations; EvilDrPorkChop’s No Man’s Sky cinematic

4:28 Phil’s Chuck Norris vs 50K Cavemen – a true scientific experiment

11:20 ElevenLabs vs a cast – choices and rationale

15:30 The Remarkable Life of Ibelin – shortlisted for the Oscars (sadly, didn’t win) >>> but Flow, made in Blender did WIN!!! Congratulations to the creative team

20:00 John Gaeta’s Escape.ai platform

21:30 At All Costs, car chase physics sim/game

22:51 Second Life’s AI character design launched

23:08 Project Odyssey season 2 award winners

25:30 UK’s Govt consultation on genAIs and copyright processes

28:27 BBC Radiophonic sound effects released – subscription vs licensing

37:00 Valve releases source code for mod tools

36:45 Dune Awakening release date announced – worms and thumpers and all!

39:20 Tetris, a game release inspired movie – on Apple

41:37 Liberty City being ported by GTA5 – a fab mod of GTA4

47:06 John Martin, Reallusion, AI generated characters usiung Kling AI

54:15 Nvidia Omniverse launcher – implications for creators


Credits -
Speakers: Phil Rice, Tracy Harwood, Damien Valentine
Producer/Editor: Phil Rice
Music: Animo Domini Beats