This week is our monthly news ep. We discuss various developments in the machinima and virtual production community. Tracy mentions the Reallusions 2024 3D Character Contest, highlighting Stefan Dufour's entry. Phil and Tracy discuss the potential of AI in character creation. Damien reports on Activision shutting down a Call of Duty mod and the impact of AI on modding. We also cover the Dragon Age: The Veil Guard game, the Secret Level series on Amazon Prime, and the new game inZOI. Phil introduces Daz AI Studio, a generative AI platform for DAZ Studio, and reflects on the impact of AI on the music industry, sharing the story of composer Sasha transitioning to AI-generated music.

1:14 Reallusion’s 3D Character Creator contest

3:41 Skibidi Toilet being made into a move with Michael Bay? No way!

5:03 Sandbox, the spiritual successor to Garry’s Mod

8:42 Celebrating TF2 community – a great fan-made trailer promo

9:21 Activision shuts down a key CoD mod – not the best choice, and we discuss how the community is responding to this, free mods and review bombs

16:58 Gamescon notes… Dragon Age; Secret Level on Amazon Prime; Inzoy

22:34 DAZ Studio has a great AI tool in it

25:25 Filmmusic.io update – the real impact of generative AI?

Credits -
Speakers: Phil Rice, Tracy Harwood, Damien Rice
Producer/editor: Phil Rice
Music: Animo Domini Beats