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Looking at 'Machinima'
Slate's Michael Agger gives a little overview today of the growing genre, in which users create movies using characters from video games and then post the results on YouTube. Though he says the films look a bit like a "cultural freak show," Agger also finds that some auteurs are making Machinima films that are "well-crafted and clever."
Although the films are made largely by amateurs for the time being, writes Agger, it's only a matter of time before the mainstream catches on.
The Super Bowl this year featured a Coke ad that was a homage to Grand Theft Auto, and with video games firmly established as the lingua franca of teens everywhere, more machinima-esque shows and movies are sure to follow.