2006 in machinima

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]
• March 29 – The first season of Neverending Nights ended with episode 21.[12]
• April 1 – Season 4 of Rooster Teeth Productions' Red vs. Blue ended with episode 77.[13]
• April 26 – Strange Company released the first episode of BloodSpell.[14]
• April 27 – Season 1 of The Strangerhood ended with episode 17.[15]
• May 4 – Red vs. Blue Season Four and The Strangerhood Season One were released on DVD.[16]
• May 6 – Video blog 5 for This Spartan Life, which concerns network neutrality, was released.[17]
• June 16 – Rooster Teeth Productions announced its new mini-series Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind.[18]
• August 29 – The first season of Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will ended with episode 10.[19]
• September 4 – Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind ended with episode 5.[20]
• September 28 – The second season of TrashTa1k with ILL Will began.[21]
• September 30 – Season 5 of Red vs. Blue began for website sponsors with episode 78.[22]
• October 4 – "Make Love, Not Warcraft", an episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park, aired.[23] As a result of cooperation with Blizzard Entertainment, the episode features segments of World of Warcraft machinima.[24]
• December 8 – The last episode of Strange Company's BloodSpell, episode 14, was released.[25]

Active series

• BloodSpell (premiered 2006)
• Neverending Nights (premiered 2004)
• Red vs. Blue (premiered 2003)
• Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind (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[26]
• Best Series: The Fixer[26]
• Best Direction: Edge of Remorse[26]
• Best Virtual Performance: Puppeteering: Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will[26]
• Best Virtual Performance: Custom Animation: Company of Heroes[26]
• Best Voice-Acting Performance: Deviation[26]

Notes

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. Logue.
13. Burns, Episode 77.
14. BloodSpell: Episode 1.
15. Saldaña.
16. Ramsey.
17. Blog 05.
18. Burns, Out of Sight.
19. 1. 10 Season Finale.
20. Hullum.
21. 1. 11 Freaky Alien Sex.
22. Burns, Season Five is Alive.
23. Make Love, Not Warcraft.
24. Marino.
25. BloodSpell: Episode 14.
26. 2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees.

References

• "#1 Introducing Will and Mal". ILL Clan. February 9, 2006. Archived from the original on August 15, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2006.
• "#10 Season Finale". ILL Clan. August 29, 2006. Archived from the original on September 10, 2006. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
• "#11 Freaky Alien Sex". ILL Clan. September 28, 2006. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved September 28, 2006.
• "2006 Machinima Festival". American Museum of the Moving Image. Archived from the original on December 1, 2006. Retrieved November 14, 2006.
• "2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. November 5, 2006. Archived from the original on October 14, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
• "The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences Announces the 2006 Machinima Festival & Call for Entries". Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences. July 17, 2006. Archived from the original on May 9, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2006.
• "Blog 05". This Spartan Life. Bong + Dern Productions. May 6, 2006. Archived from the original on November 21, 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2006.
• "BloodSpell: Episode 1". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. April 26, 2006. Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2006.
• "BloodSpell: Episode 14". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. December 8, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
• Burns, Burnie (April 1, 2006). "Episode 77 – The Arrival". Red vs. Blue. Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2006.
• Burns, Burnie (June 16, 2006). "Out of Sight". Red vs. Blue. Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2006.
• Burns, Burnie (September 30, 2006). "Season Five is Alive". Red vs. Blue. Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2006.
• Cappell, Mike (November 26, 2006). "Commercial irks Clark". The Indianapolis Star. Gannett Co. Inc. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
• Graft, Kris (November 1, 2006). "Three Flavors of Halo 3 for Gamers". Next Generation. Future Network USA. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2006.
• Hancock, Hugh (January 30, 2006). "Hugh Hancock leaves Machinima.com". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. Archived from the original on November 15, 2006. Retrieved September 28, 2006.
• Hullum, Matt (September 4, 2006). "OoM V and the ATL". Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2006.
• "Internet Communications Pioneer, Jeff Pulver, Announces Winner of 'Save The Net' Marketing Contest at VON Israel". June 20, 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2006.
• Logue, Tawmis (March 29, 2006). "Episode 21: Accumulation". Neverending Nights. Retrieved August 7, 2006.
• "Make Love, Not Warcraft". South Park Studios. The Show. Episode Guide. Comedy Partners LLC. Archived from the original on October 27, 2006. Retrieved November 5, 2006.
• Marino, Paul (October 6, 2006). "For those playing along at home". Thinking Machinima. Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on March 22, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2006.
• "Playing the Movies". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Archived from the original on July 14, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2006.
• Ramsey, Geoff (May 4, 2006). "They're here…". "Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2006.
• Robinson, Jon (November 30, 2006). "Dallas Clark is Totally Wicked". IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Archived from the original on January 1, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
• Saldaña, Jason (April 27, 2006). "Strangerhood 17 wants to be your friend". The Strangerhood. Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2006.
• Tapper, Jake & Audrey Taylor (June 21, 2006). "Terrorist Video Game or Pentagon Snafu?". Nightline. ABC News. Retrieved July 24, 2006.
• Winn, Alexander (February 9, 2006). "The Return of The Codex". Edgeworks Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2006.