2007 in machinima explained

The following is a list of notable machinima-related events in 2007.

Events

• January 31 – Phil Rice's work Male Restroom Etiquette, made with the Electronic Arts games The Sims 2 and SimCity 4, was showcased in Animation World Network's Best of the Web 2007.^[1]
• February 24 – February 25 – The Australian Centre for the Moving Image hosted a machinima film festival, presented by the Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences.^[2]
• October 12 – October 14 – The first Machinima Festival Europe was held in Leicester.^[3]
• October 24 – ILL Clan as part of the Electric Sheep Company produced 20 minutes of machinima shown during an episode of entitled "Down the Rabbit Hole", made within the virtual world of Second Life.

Notable releases

• February 9 – The Heretic premiered.^[4]
• May 18 – The Heretic ended with episode 7.^[5]
• May 19 – The release of episode 4 of This Spartan Life was completed.^[6]
• June 28 – Red vs. Blue Season Five ended with episode 100.^[7]
• December 3 - Freeman's Mind premiered.^[8]

Active series

• 1-800-Magic (2007)
• The Heretic (2007)
• Neverending Nights (premiered 2004)
• Red vs. Blue (2003–2007)
• (2007)
• This Spartan Life (premiered 2005)

References

• Web site: Demott, Rick and Darlene Chan. AWN's "Best of the Web" Showcase 2007. January 31, 2007. Animation World Network. August 9, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071016170018/http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3162&page=1. October 16, 2007. dead. mdy-all.
• Web site: Episode 1: Seeds of Doubt . . . August 9, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070514092856/http://www.thecodexseries.com/th/index.php?page=videos&act=1 . May 14, 2007 . dead. mdy-all .
• Web site: Episode 7: Children of the Ark . . . August 9, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070720055901/http://www.thecodexseries.com/th/index.php?page=videos&act=7 . July 20, 2007 . dead. mdy-all .
• Web site: Machinima Film Festival. Australian Centre for the Moving Image. August 9, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070825061550/http://www.acmi.net.au/machinima_film_festival_2007.aspx. August 25, 2007. dead. mdy-all.
• Web site: May 19, 2007. News: 05.19.07. August 9, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070902183658/http://www.thisspartanlife.com/index.php?id=68. September 2, 2007. dead.
• Web site: Sorola. Gus. Gus Sorola. June 28, 2007. Episode 100 Online. Rooster Teeth Productions. Red vs. Blue. August 9, 2007. https://archive.today/20130104143023/http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=459. January 4, 2013. dead. mdy-all.

Notes and References

1. DeMott and Chan.
2. Machinima Film Festival.
3. http://www.dmu.ac.uk/machinima/index.php Machinima Festival Europe 07
4. Episode 1: Seeds of Doubt.
5. Episode 7:Children of the Ark.
6. News: May 19, 2007.
7. Sorola.
8. Livingston, Christopher. "YouTube Comedy Series Freeman's Mind Arrives in Half-Life 2." Pcgamer. April 02, 2017. Accessed March 11, 2019. https://www.pcgamer.com/youtube-comedy-series-freemans-mind-arrives-in-half-life-2/.