2006 in machinima explained

The following is a list of notable machinima-related events in the year 2006. These include several new machinima productions, season finales, and the 2006 Machinima Festival.

Events

• January 30 – Hugh Hancock announced his resignation as editor-in-chief of Machinima.com.^[1]
• March 20 – July 16 – The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences presented a machinima exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.^[2]
• June 20 – Jeff Pulver announced that Chris Burke's This Spartan Life video blog about network neutrality won the "Save the Net" Viral Ad Contest.^[3]
• June 21 – Pentagon officials testified to the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that a machinima video made using Electronic Arts' Battlefield 2 was terrorist propaganda. Georgia Institute of Technology assistant professor Ian Bogost and the video's creator disputed the claim.^[4]
• July 17 – The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences announced the 2006 Machinima Festival.^[5]
• November 1 – GameStop began to take preorders for Halo 3 and announced that the Legendary edition of the game will include content from Red vs. Blue and This Spartan Life.^[6]
• November 4 – November 5 – The 2006 Machinima Festival was held.^[7]
• November 26 – American football player Dallas Clark, a tight end for the Indianapolis Colts, complained about a commercial produced by Rooster Teeth Productions for Electronic Arts' video game Madden NFL 07. In the commercial, he is tackled by Philadelphia Eagles players.^[8]
• November 30 – Rooster Teeth Productions released a director's cut of the controversial advertisement involving Dallas Clark; in it, Clark plays and dominates every position.^[9]

Notable releases

• February 9 – The first season of ILL Clan's Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will premiered.^[10]
• February 9 – Edgeworks Entertainment announced The Heretic, a prequel to The Codex.^[11]
• April 1 – Season 4 of Rooster Teeth Productions' Red vs. Blue ended with episode 77.^[12]
• April 26 – Strange Company released the first episode of BloodSpell.^[13]
• April 27 – Season 1 of The Strangerhood ended with episode 17.^[14]
• May 4 – Red vs. Blue Season Four and The Strangerhood Season One were released on DVD.^[15]
• May 6 – Video blog 5 for This Spartan Life, which concerns network neutrality, was released.^[16]
• June 16 – Rooster Teeth Productions announced its new mini-series .^[17]
• August 29 – The first season of Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will ended with episode 10.^[18]
• September 4 – ended with episode 5.^[19]
• September 28 – The second season of TrashTa1k with ILL Will began.^[20]
• September 30 – of Red vs. Blue began for website sponsors with episode 78.^[21]
• October 4 – "Make Love, Not Warcraft", an episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park, aired.^[22] As a result of cooperation with Blizzard Entertainment, the episode features segments of World of Warcraft machinima.^[23]
• December 8 – The last episode of Strange Company's BloodSpell, episode 14, was released.^[24]

Active series

• BloodSpell (premiered 2006)
• Neverending Nights (premiered 2004)
• Red vs. Blue (premiered 2003)
• (2006)
• This Spartan Life (premiered 2005)
• The Strangerhood (2004–2006)
• Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will (premiered 2006)

Awards

Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences

• Best Picture: The Adventures of Bill & John: Episode II^[25]
• Best Series: The Fixer
• Best Direction: Edge of Remorse
• Best Virtual Performance: Puppeteering: Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will
• Best Virtual Performance: Custom Animation: Company of Heroes
• Best Voice-Acting Performance: Deviation

References

• Web site: February 9, 2006.
  1. 1 Introducing Will and Mal
  . ILL Clan. July 24, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060815232707/http://trashtalk.illclan.com/trashTalk01.php. August 15, 2006 . dead.
• Web site: August 29, 2006.
  1. 10 Season Finale
  . ILL Clan. September 3, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060910142942/http://trashtalk.illclan.com/trashTalk10.php. September 10, 2006 . dead.
• Web site: September 28, 2006.
  1. 11 Freaky Alien Sex
  . ILL Clan. September 28, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20061016180243/http://trashtalk.illclan.com/trashTalk11.php. October 16, 2006 . dead.
• Web site: 2006 Machinima Festival. American Museum of the Moving Image. November 14, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20061201184208/http://www.movingimage.us/site/screenings/pages/2006/index_machinima_festival.html. December 1, 2006 . live.
• Web site: November 5, 2006 . 2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees . . Machinima, Inc . December 3, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061014213825/http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=455 . October 14, 2006 .
• Web site: July 17, 2006 . The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences Announces the 2006 Machinima Festival & Call for Entries . . July 24, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060509065525/http://festival.machinima.org/ . May 9, 2006 . mdy .
• Web site: May 6, 2006 . Blog 05 . . Bong + Dern Productions . July 25, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061121000141/http://www.thisspartanlife.com/blog05.shtml . November 21, 2006 . dead . mdy .
• Web site: April 26, 2006 . BloodSpell: Episode 1 . . Machinima, Inc . January 3, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060507013102/http://www.machinima.com/films.php?id=2274 . May 7, 2006 . mdy .
• Web site: December 8, 2006 . BloodSpell: Episode 14 . . Machinima, Inc . January 3, 2007 .
• Web site: Burns . Burnie . Burnie Burns . April 1, 2006 . Episode 77 – The Arrival . https://archive.today/20130201182930/http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=214 . dead . February 1, 2013 . . . July 23, 2006 . mdy .
• Web site: Burns . Burnie . Burnie Burns . June 16, 2006 . Out of Sight . https://archive.today/20130111080621/http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=234 . dead . January 11, 2013 . . . July 24, 2006 . mdy .
• Web site: Burns . Burnie . Burnie Burns . September 30, 2006 . Season Five is Alive . https://archive.today/20130201113719/http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=278 . dead . February 1, 2013 . . . September 30, 2006 . mdy .
• Web site: Cappell . Mike . November 26, 2006 . Commercial irks Clark . . . January 3, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071016070224/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20061126%2FSPORTS03%2F611260488%2F1100 . October 16, 2007 .
• Web site: Graft . Kris . November 1, 2006 . Three Flavors of Halo 3 for Gamers . https://archive.today/20130115050335/http://www.next-gen.biz/news/three-flavors-halo-3-gamers . dead . January 15, 2013 . Next Generation . Future Network USA . November 14, 2006 .
• Web site: Hancock . Hugh . Hugh Hancock . January 30, 2006 . Hugh Hancock leaves Machinima.com . Machinima.com . Machinima, Inc . September 28, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061115032952/http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=444 . November 15, 2006 . mdy .
• Web site: Hullum . Matt . Matt Hullum . September 4, 2006 . OoM V and the ATL . https://archive.today/20130201205842/http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=263 . dead . February 1, 2013 . . September 24, 2006 . mdy .
• Web site: June 20, 2006. Internet Communications Pioneer, Jeff Pulver, Announces Winner of 'Save The Net' Marketing Contest at VON Israel. July 25, 2006.
• Web site: Logue. Tawmis. March 29, 2006. Episode 21: Accumulation. Neverending Nights. August 7, 2006.
• Web site: Make Love, Not Warcraft . South Park Studios. The Show. Episode Guide . . November 5, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061027133239/http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/display_episode.php?season=10&id1=1008&id2=151 . October 27, 2006 . dead . mdy .
• Web site: Marino . Paul . Paul Marino . October 6, 2006 . For those playing along at home . Thinking Machinima . . November 5, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070322184235/http://blog.machinima.org/2006/10/for-those-playing-along-at-home.html . March 22, 2007 . mdy .
• Web site: Playing the Movies. Australian Centre for the Moving Image. July 24, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060714231445/http://www.acmi.net.au/playingthemovies.jsp. July 14, 2006. dead. mdy-all.
• Web site: Ramsey . Geoff . Geoff Ramsey . May 4, 2006 . They're here… . https://archive.today/20130201201221/http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=223 . dead . February 1, 2013 . . July 25, 2006 . mdy .
• Web site: Robinson. Jon. November 30, 2006. Dallas Clark is Totally Wicked. IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. January 3, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070101040955/http://sports.ign.com/articles/748/748281p1.html. January 1, 2007 . live.
• Web site: Saldaña . Jason . Jason Saldaña . April 27, 2006 . Strangerhood 17 wants to be your friend . https://archive.today/20130105033314/http://sh.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=221 . dead . January 5, 2013 . . . July 23, 2006 . mdy .
• Web site: Tapper, Jake & Audrey Taylor. June 21, 2006. Terrorist Video Game or Pentagon Snafu?. Nightline. ABC News. July 24, 2006.
• Web site: Winn . Alexander . February 9, 2006 . The Return of The Codex . . July 24, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204324/http://www.thecodexseries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2563 . September 27, 2007 .

Notes and References

1. Hancock.
2. Playing the Movies.
3. Internet Communications Pioneer.
4. Tapper & Taylor, 1–2.
5. The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences Announces the 2006 Machinima Festival & Call for Entries.
6. Graft.
7. 2006 Machinima Festival.
8. Chappell, Robinson.
9. Robinson.
10. 1. 1 Introducing Will and Mal.
11. Winn.
12. Burns, Episode 77.
13. BloodSpell: Episode 1.
14. Saldaña.
15. Ramsey.
16. Blog 05.
17. Burns, Out of Sight.
18. 1. 10 Season Finale.
19. Hullum.
20. 1. 11 Freaky Alien Sex.
21. Burns, Season Five is Alive.
22. Make Love, Not Warcraft.
23. Marino.
24. BloodSpell: Episode 14.
25. 2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees.