Here's a very cool milestone for machinima: "A Question of Honour", a Second Life machinima by Iono Allen, has been shortlisted in YouTube's Play showcase, a collaboration between YouTube and the legendary Guggenheim museum in New York. Iono's machinima was one of 200 videos chosen among thousands of submissions, and it's an atmospheric, beautifully shot short. Watch:
This depiction of seppuku was shot in the Hosoi Ichiba sim/ A jury is going to select up 20 finalists who'll have their videos shown at the Guggenheim itself, one of the world's greatest art museums. But to get this far is itself a massive honor for Iono Allen, his cast, and the creators of Hosoi Ichiba, and excellent recognition of machinima as an emerging art form. Considering the other machinima contest Peter Greenaway just helped judge, it's a great week for the medium.
Hat tip to this story goes to Lainy Voom, whose work frankly deserves to be on this shortlist as well.
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