Just a small pointer to the right to Paul's blog.
He has all the facts and rumours about the RIAA shutting down RPGFilms, a major machinima hosting site.
Apparently the site is back up and running...

3dfilmmaker back on track
I am very pleased to announce that machinima's number one news site 3DFilmmaker is back online after it was taken down by terrorists little kids fooling around.

3DFilmmaker is hosted by Ken Thain, machinima producer of the recent "the Everseason" movie.
Watch the 3Dfilmmaker RSS feed to your right closely!

New Machinima Book out!

Matt Kelland writes:

The long-awaited machinima book has finally come out! (Actually, it seems to have come out a short while ago, but the publishers neglected to tell me!)

Many thanks, once again, to everyone who contributed pictures, quotes, and suggestions. I'm aware that I've promised a few free copies to some contributors - as soon as the publishers send them to me, I'll ship 'em on out. For those who can't wait, here are the details.

UK readers:
ISBN: 1904705642
Publisher: Ilex
RRP: £17.95 (Amazon price £12.56 or less)
Via amazon.co.uk

US readers:
ISBN: 1592006507
Publisher: Muska & Lipman
RRP: $29.99 (Amazon price $19.79)
Via amazon.com
(Buy Paul Marino's book as a bundle with it for $46.18!)

Thanks Matt! I already ordered mine. Expect a review in the next machinimag Issue...

No machinima at Ottawa
Update: Chris Robinson writes that there were only 4 submissions to the machinima category. He also states that the category will be removed permanently.

It seems that the machinima category at the Ottawa international animation festival has been gone.
Reason is undertermined yet, but rumour has it that there have been too few submissions.
All machinima entries we know of have been rejected.
We'll keep you updated on this one.

machinima at Demoparty in holland!
That's right folks, the demozone.nl demoparty will host a machinima competition.
As far as i know, it's the only demoparty to have machinima as part of their program.
Head over to their site and give it a look.
And let's see what comes out of it...

machinimag Issue06 released
The long delayed new Issue of machinimag arrives with 32(!) pages weighting about 4.2 MB. Go grab it while it's fresh, and be careful not to stain your fingers, the ink might still be wet...
Comments, suggestions and reviews very welcome!

Machinima FilmFestival site live!

Finally, the 2005 Machinima Film Festival has a date, a place and awaits your submissions!
The Fest will be held on November 12th at the American Museum of the Moving image in New York.
Submissiom deadline is October 6th.
For more info and to see it with your own eyes, head over to the official festival site!