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machinema

machinema is the alternative form of machinima.

Meaning of machinima

Noun

machinima (countable and uncountable, plural machinimas or machinima)

  1. The rendering of computer-generated imagery using low-end (real time) 3D engines such as those found in video games, as opposed to the high-end, complex 3D engines used by professionals.
    • Fiona's been off at some kind of anime camp in New Jersey – Quake movies and machinima workshops, Japanese staff who claim not to know a word of English beyond ‘awesome’ and ‘sucks’, which for a vast range of human endeavor, actually, is more than enough…2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 135
  2. (uncountable) The genre of films created by such techniques.

Questions about machinema

What is machinema the alternative form of?
Machinema is the alternative form of machinima.

Words near machinema in the dictionary

  1. machineguns
  2. machineless
  3. machinelessness
  4. machinelike
  5. machinely
  6. machinema
  7. machineman
  8. machinemen
  9. machiner
  10. machineries
  11. machiners

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