Meaning & use
Machinima
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Filmmaking that uses real-time computer graphics engines, especially those of video games, to create animated movies.
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The fan film was shot entirely as machinima using an open-world game's engine.
Machinima became a popular art form among gamers who wanted to tell their own stories.
A note on using this word
A blend of 'machine,' 'cinema,' and 'animation,' coined in the 1990s by the machine-based movie-making community.
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