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The Premiere Episode Of ‘Dr. 1Up’ Diagnoses Solid Snake!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: I can’t wait for more Dr. 1Up.

The web series premiered today as part of the newly re-launched Machinima Prime. In the series, the biggest and most fearsome names in the video game universe – including Master Chief (Halo), Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) and Nathan Drake(Uncharted), Raiden (Mortal Kombat) – visit Dr. 1Up in his office so he can treat their ailments.

The series starts in the doctor’s waiting room, and we get a great cameo from The Last Of Us alumni Joel and Ellie.

Here’s the series’ synopsis:

Dr. 1Up is visited each week in his office by the biggest and most fearsome names in the video game world – including Master Chief (Halo), Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) and Nathan Drake (Uncharted), Raiden (Mortal Kombat), and much more – so he can treat each character’s ailments. Dr. 1Up is directed by Ukrainian Yuri Baranofsky (Break A Leg, The Temp Life, Leap Year) and written by Woody Tondorf (The Morning After, The Dark Knight Legacy).  The series stars Noel Carroll as Dr. 1Up, YouTube personality Bree Essrig as Nurse Janet and Haley Mancini (Most Popular Girls In School, Smosh’s 16 bit High, Mad Men) as Dovahkiin. Additionally, each episode will feature notable actors and YouTube personalities including Inside Gaming Host Adam Kovic who plays Master Chief and premiere voiceover star Matthew Mercer (Attack on Titan, Destiny, Arkham Origins, Resident Evil) who portrays Solid Snake.

Take a look at the Solid Snake episode below, and be sure to subscribe for more!

http://youtu.be/g1kWGzrRWRA

‘Human Revolution – Deus Ex’ Is A Short Film Worthy Of The Series’ Title

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: While it was announced that a Deus Ex: Human Revolution feature film was in the works all the way back in 2012, we haven’t heard any news of the film since (though a new Deus Ex game has been announced).

A short film that was just released by Machinima should be able to fill that void for some time, because it’s freaking awesome. I’ve been a big fan of the Deus Ex series since playing the first game for Playstation 2 in my early teens, and I feel as though this short is a fantastic representation of what a feature could look like.

The video describes itself as:

Based on the video game Deus Ex Human Revolution, the film dives into the world of Adam Jensen, a serif industries’ security consultant that gets augmented after an incident that almost took his life away. Although the film doesn’t follow the narrative of the game exactly, it remains true to the theme while focusing on the relationship between Adam Jensen, and his ex girlfriend Megan Reed, a scientist hand picked by Serif Industries to head Cybernetic Augmentations. Megan is taken by the Illuminati and is asked to assist them in turning on a mysterious device but she refuses to cooperate. Jensen has been looking for Megan since she was kidnapped and has finally pinpointed her location. Adam faces a complication that he did not account for; Yelena Federova, an Augmented assassin is at the facility where Megan is being held. The film also taps, even if briefly, into Adam’s mind and the struggle he must face on daily basis.

The short was directed by Moe Charif, who you’ll also see in the video as Adam Jensen. Take a look at Human Revolution – Deus Ex below, and let us know what you think!

http://youtu.be/LO2Rx8YlSWY

Watch ‘Skyrim: Into The Void’, A Fantastic Live Action Fan Film!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: This is freaking awesome.

Machinima Prime has just debuted a fantastic new Skyrim live action fan film. Created by Warialasky, a Machinima partner based in Utah who is best known for his Skyrim, Goldeneye, Tetris and Splinter Cell live action pieces, this latest live-action Skyrim short follows Dovahkiin, the noble dragonborn hero, who is cursed in a fight with a vampire.

The video clocks in a nearly 20 minutes, and had me invested right from its opening scene. I haven’t seen any of Warialasky’s other work, but following this unreal Skyrim short, I’ll be looking them up immediately.

Take a look at Skyrim: Into The Void below, and let us know what you think!

http://youtu.be/xy5LizCEGF8

Dovahkiin has completed the task of eliminating Alduin and saving the world from destruction, only to have contracted vampirism along his journey. Most of Skyrim remains oblivious to this feat and shun him from their towns because he has become a vampire, leaving Dovahkiin to wander the wilds.
 
The head of the Dark Brotherhood, Astrid, captures Dovahkiin and brings him to a remote cabin in the marshes, believing she can use him. Promising a cure for his vampirism, Astrid convinces Dovahkiin to assist the Brotherhood on a mission to rescue a captured member of the Brotherhood. This forced partnership brings them face-to-face with the Necromancers and a battle for their survival ensues.