I really, really wish I could heap praise on this. They’ve been working on it for two whole years but it just looks dreadful. Cheesy, badly voiced dialogue, laughable polygon nudity, badly animated blocky characters… no, I’m sorry, this is not going to do the image of machinima any favours. I had no idea the Neverwinter Nights engine had aged so badly either. (via BoingBoing)

Laugh all you like, but the game I’ve seen the most genuinely great machinima for is The Sims 2. The community is just astonishingly creative, it’s amazing how Will Wright’s ideas and work (and of course that of the Maxis team) has inspired so much further creativity from the players. For instance, put your possible distaste for Avril Lavigne aside and watch this fantastically well done video. Trust me, watch and be impressed at the effort and talent that went into this.