Clipping, Cockbytes and Facials, among other things

Aite, so Bloodspell EP3 is out. Another exciting chapter in the wrist slitting, punk rock, magical fantasy adventure. The story is deepening and some major conflict happens in this episode.

While enjoying the episode one thing really stood out. It was a 'kill' in the third act (protecting from spoiler) that knocked the guy right through some stairs, with his feet sticking out at the bottom. I'm really surprised they let this take through, that knocked me right out of the story. But overall, I'm enjoying the series more and more. Its great to have this ongoing series.

Also, the CockByte boys have released the Season 4 DVD of Red Vs Blue. The big news about this is you can pick it up at your local Gamestop/EB Games. This is actually quite huge news. This is the first machinima production to get distributed to such a degree. Once they hit Walmart... well. WOW.

If its still Thursday and your reading this, you have a chance to hang out with Paul Marino of Machinima Book Authorship and Academy fame, over in Second Life. He'll be there with Pierce Portocarrero, who is one of the more (most?) prominent Second Life Machinima filmmakers to date. His site is worth the visit. I may drop by SL to say 'hi' if home on time (Sirius Newmann).

The third annual Nicktoons Network Animation Festival is accepting admissions until May 31st. If you have something to enter your work may be judged by Shawn and Marlon Wayans, Seth MacFarlane, and Bill Plympton. It would be very cool to get your work in front of them, among other Nicktoon executives.

Finally, if you want to brush up on your facial animation skills, I highly recommend checking out this site. It's an interactive online application that lets you learn about the various facial muscles and the kind of emotions they portray.

As a side note, to all those Buffy fan's out there, you'll have a chance at a Season 8 of the series, although you'll be seeing it in comic format. ;)