And Now For Something Completely Machinima
Ricky Grove, Tracy Harwood, Damien Valentine, and Phil Rice
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Recent Episodes
S6E230 S6 E230 Exploring “Dysfunction” – A Haunting Second Life Machinima Breakdown (June 2026)
What happens when machinima stops telling a story… and instead pulls you inside a fractured mind?In this episode of And Now For Something Completely Machinima, hosts Phil Rice, Tracy Harwood, and…
S6E229 S6 E229 Wracu Review: Blender Brilliance, Storytelling Debate & the Future of Machinima (June 2026)
In this episode of And Now For Something Completely Machinima, hosts Phil Rice, Damien Valentine, and Tracy Harwood dive deep into “Wracu”, a stunning student film by Chase McGill.Created in Blender…
S6E228 S6 E228 Star Wars Battlefront 2 Machinima Breakdown | Cinematic Storytelling, Mods & Virtual Production (May 2028)
In this episode of And Now For Something Completely Machinima, hosts Phil Rice, Damien Valentine, and Tracy Harwood dive into a stunning fan-made cinematic created inside Star Wars Battlefront II…
S6E227 S6 E227 Automation Situation 2 | AI, Satire & the Future of Humanity (May 2026)
In this episode, we dive into Automation Situation 2: Too Little, Too Late by Guillaume H @thegiom — a haunting, AI-driven short film presented as a 1930s educational reel. Is this clever satire… or…
S6E226 S6 E226 The Egg (Andy Weir) | Machinima, Philosophy & Project Hail Mary Connections (May 2026)
In this episode of Now For Something Completely Machinima, we dive into a fascinating review of The Egg — a thought-provoking short story by Andy Weir, brought to life through machinima animation by…
S6E225 S6 E225 Machinima News Omnibus (May 2026)
In this episode of And Now For Something Completely Machinima, Phil Rice, Tracy Harwood, and Damien Valentine dive into the latest news in machinima, virtual production, AI creative tools, game…
S6E224 S6 E224 The Murderer | Surreal Horror, David Lynch Vibes & Garry’s Mod Mastery (Apr 2026)
Dive into one of the most unsettling and artistically ambitious machinima films we’ve ever reviewed. In this episode of Now For Something Completely Machinima, we explore “The Murderer” by Yago…
S6E223 S6 E223 Hater | Nightmare Puppeteer by -M- (Apr 2026)
In this episode of Completely Machinima Reviews, Damien Valentine, Ricky Grove, Phil Rice, and Tracy Harwood discuss Eater, a character vignette of a larger work (Hate Speech). The film is a…
S6E222 S6 E222 GMod: Wallace Breen's Day Off (Apr 2026)
In this episode of Completely Machinima, Phil, Tracy, and Damien dive into “Wallace Breen’s Day Off” — a chaotic, meme-filled Garry’s Mod machinima that embraces absurdity, cartoon violence, and…
S6E221 S6 E221 Black Mesa: Hostiles by JoAcoNS (Apr 2026)
In this episode of the Completely Machinima Podcast, we dive into Hostiles — a stunning Half-Life-inspired machinima short that pushes the boundaries of virtual production, animation, and…
S6E220 S6 E220 Starfield: Farseer (Apr 2026)
Can Starfield become the next great machinima platform? In this episode of the Completely Machinima Podcast, the team breaks down a fascinating Starfield mod trailer that mixes machinima, virtual…
S6E219 S6 E219 Demoscene: ix by Moppi Productions (Mar 2026)
What happens when real-time graphics stop trying to impress technically and start feeling like cinema? In this episode of And Now For Something Completely Machinima, Phil Rice, Ricky Grove, Tracy…
S6E218 S6 E218 Dune Awakened with FFXIV (Mar 2026)
What happens when a Twitch streamer can’t talk about a game because of an NDA… so they recreate the experience inside another MMO instead?In this episode of Now For Something Completely Machinima,…
S6E217 S6 E217 Substitute | Ersatz (Mar 2206)
In Episode 217 of And Now for Something Completely Machinima, we explore “Ersatz” a haunting new solo animated film by Saint Greaver created in Blender’s Eevee engine. Set within a surreal World War…
S6E216 S6 E216 Machinima News Omnibus (Mar 2026)
In this episode of Completely Machinima, Damien Valentine, Tracy Harwood, and Phil Rice unpack the biggest talking points at the intersection of machinima, AI, and creator rights.We start with a…
S6E215 S6 E215 So, the Self-Aware Robot is Made (Feb 2026)
In this episode of And Now for Something Completely Machinima, the team dives deep into the chilling Blender short I Made a Self-Aware Robot by the enigmatic creator Lights Are Off.Tracy brings the…
S6E214 S6 E214 Ancient Paths - Ozymandias (Feb 2026)
In this episode of Now for Something Completely Machinima, the team revisits Ozymandias (1999) — one of the earliest and most controversial works of machinima, created by Hugh Hancock and Strange…
S6E213 S6 E213 Can Starfield Become a Machinima Platform? One Mod Might Prove It: Defying Fire (Feb 2026)
Starfield is one of the most cinematic games Bethesda’s ever shipped… so why haven’t we seen much machinima from it? Today we’re looking at a mod that might finally crack that open: a fully built…
S6E212 S6 E212 How Second Life Brought “May It Be” (Lord of the Rings) to Life with Cinematic Machinima (Feb 2026)
What happens when Tolkien’s world, Enya’s music, and cutting-edge virtual performance collide?In this episode, we explore a breathtaking Second Life film that reimagines “May It Be” as a haunting,…
S6E211 S6 E211 Fantasy: Quest of the Key (Jan 2026)
This week, we review a supporter-recommended iClone fantasy machinima that surprised us with its polish: “Quest of a Key - Chapter One” by AuroraTrek. We’re always saying we want more story-driven…
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