I've been browsing trying to broaden my perception on machinima, and i came about at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Machinima (a portmanteau word for machine cinema and/or "machine" "animation") is both a film genre and a collection of associated production techniques. The term concerns the rendering of computer-generated imagery (CGI) with ordinary PCs and the 3D engines of video games (typically first person shooters) in real-time (on the computer of either the creator or the viewer) rather than offline with huge render farms.
it's good to know that even on a normal pc you could get your hands dirty doing machinima. considering dat some of the best games includes some tools to do this. Half life2 for example, has an interface for demo playback and editing. It gives you the ability to post-produce your demo files; this includes adding fades, changing Field Of View(zooming) and others. and the fact that you'd be able to manipulate the camera via a controllable camera system in some games, no wonder you can come up with spectacular movies!
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