Tags: Elder Scrolls   Games   Machinima   Music


After discovering Red vs. Blue years ago, I've been a fan of machinima. For those who haven't yet discovered this art form, it's where videos are created using footage from video games. Often, a new soundtrack is added to the video to tell a new story or re-interpret the game somehow. New dialog, new music, whatever. It's the visual version of what DJ's have been doing for decades: remixing existing work to create something new.

I just discovered some amazing musical machinima based on Oblivion by Stuart Maxwell. He remixes both the audio and video from the game to create hip-hop in "Not Bad Work For Some Folks", a bad dream in "Drugs", and funny drum'n'bass (vsnare?) in this one:

I don't think he knows me...

Reynald Jemane is my favorite Oblivion NPC, so I was sold in the first two seconds!

My personal favorite by Maxwell is "Drugs", but it's a bit heavy and surreal for most folks, I'm sure. But if you like surreal stuff, definitely check it out. It's a beautifully directed dystopian nightmare.

For some World of Warcraft machinima, check out Burning Twilight.