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		Definition of machinima in English: machinimanoun məˈʃɪnɪməməˈSHēnəmə mass nounThe practice or technique of producing animated films through the manipulation of video game graphics.  Example sentencesExamples -  More than just a cheap way to make an animated movie, machinima allows game players to comment directly on the pop culture they so devotedly consume.
 -  We see glimmers of that in some machinima projects, like Red v Blue or in Flash-shorts like Homestar Runner, a clubbish sense of ownership by its fans that turn them into relentless marketers of the net-art.
 -  Already, a small cult of machinima has started up, using game engines as studios to create movie-like scenes.
 
 
 Origin   Early 21st century: blend of machine and cinema, probably influenced by anime.    Definition of machinima in US English: machinimanounməˈSHēnəmə 1A method of making animated film using software similar to that designed for making video and computer games.  Example sentencesExamples -  Already, a small cult of machinima has started up, using game engines as studios to create movie-like scenes.
 -  More than just a cheap way to make an animated movie, machinima allows game players to comment directly on the pop culture they so devotedly consume.
 -  We see glimmers of that in some machinima projects, like Red v Blue or in Flash-shorts like Homestar Runner, a clubbish sense of ownership by its fans that turn them into relentless marketers of the net-art.
 
 - 1.1 The genre of films created by machinima.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Film enthusiasts are creating machinima, films made with computer gaming technology, some of it available for free on the Web.
 -  Gamesblogger Aleks Krotoski writes about The making of machinima (Hollywood storytelling with videogame animation), while Natalie Hanman looks at Logging on to find love.
 -  Now the punk-rock of machinima has arrived: Mame Jump, where a programmer uses old-school video games to produce the most surreal video to Van Halen's ‘Jump’ that I've ever seen, nor hope to see.
 -  It's made using the Halo engine (as are many other machinimas) and it mostly operates on verbal and situational humor, but then again there are machinimas with a fair degree of ‘acting.’
 -  THIS SPRING, ELECTRONIC ARTS DECIDED to promote the Sims 2 by hiring Rooster Teeth to create a machinima show using the game.
 -  One of the more popular machinima concepts is to create a music video using characters in a game (there were a bunch of Star Wars ones that got passed around for a while).
 -  Fallen is a machinima music video created in Star Wars Galaxies about a tragic romance between a female Imperial officer and a male Rebel fighter using the song ‘Fallen’ by Delirium.
 -  Combining machinima, metriod-style side-scrolling, and classic console RPG elements, Paradox has a deep and convoluted plot.
 -  This Half-Life 2 machinima is worth a moment if only for its strangely appealing Dutch rap.
 -  By now, you've probably seen some machinima - the art of using video-game 3D engines to create little movies, by positioning the characters in dramatic situations and adding overdubs.
 
  
 
 Origin   Early 21st century: blend of machine and cinema, probably influenced by anime.     |