'The Frequency of Error' Releases -
12/05/2007
Greg Heier
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Max Damage Studios has returned to its roots. Over 10 years ago, the creators of this studio created radio dramas and sketches that were recorded on tapes. Though the technology is different the spirit remains the same, and MDS proudly presents our first radio drama album:
The Frequency of Error
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The Boat Sets Sail! - 08/17/2007
Greg Heier
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Ahh, the wonderful world of puns. The movie is out! Our thanks to
The Boat Crew during the production process. Despite the large turnout at
filming, they were very easy to work with. And now they have a
film...based partially on reality but mostly on immaterial conjecture because
that's usually funnier. Go watch it in our Videos section. Kudos to
the Boat Crew Alliance!
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News Shorts - 08/16/2007
Greg Heier
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- According to the Production Department, "The Boat" is on schedule for its
release tomorrow.
- Avid fans may have noticed two non-functioning videos on our Videos page:
Outback Adventures and Monk Training. This is because these
two videos were encoded using Adobe Premiere's WMV encoder. And apparently
YouTube does not properly handle the Premiere WMV encoder when it converts the
videos to flash (the sound and video get out of sync). We're working to
re-release these videos without using Premiere's encoder.
- The website dev team is considering implementing Flash on the main page and
possibly having our own Flash player to view the videos.
- Max Damage Studios artist Altron has had several techno pieces
selected for a documentary piece to be released in the coming weeks. We'll
link when its out.
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Movie
Release Date Changed - 08/07/2007
Greg Heier
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The release of the Boat Crew movie (now officially titled "The Boat") has been
pushed back to Friday, August 17th. There are a number of reasons for this
but primarily, the movie has a lot of technical post-production that we want to
make sure is done right. We could release pieced-together clips
of an assassin running around a PvP arena to 80s hair band music, but seriously,
do we really need another one of those videos floating around the Internet?
No, we want this to be good. We can however reveal that the movie is a
parody of NBC's show "The Office" and we look forward to finishing it up during
the next few weeks.
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Boat Crew Movie - 07/07/2007
Greg Heier
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We're excited to announce today the completion of filming for The Boat Crew Movie! (working title) Max Damage Studios has partnered with The Boat Crew alliance [boat] to create a film about the alliance, its goals, and why exactly they hang out on the ship in Lion's Arch. It's in post production now with an expected release date of August 3rd. Look for it then on computers near you.
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Wiki-Whacked - 06/27/2007
Greg Heier
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Several weeks ago I posted about the wide distribution of our videos all over the Internet. Well, a friend of mine came to me today with an interesting story. He has been trying to edit the "Machinima" article on Wikipedia to include Guild Wars machinima. While many other games are listed including WoW, the Sims 2, Half-Life, Second Life, etc, he noted that there is currently zero coverage of Guild Wars machinima in the article. He said his contribution mentioned Max Damage Studios, as well as Jack McDaniel (Kryta Bomber series creator) and a few other notible Guild Wars machinima creators. Considering that a Google search for "Guild Wars Machinima" has Max Damage Studios all over the first page, a Wikipedia mention seemed reasonable. Apparently not so. Not enough press? Not enough community recognition? Who knows. But it does motivate me to make the best projects I possibly can. And if you are a fan of our work, don't forget to spread word! Apparently, it still has farther to travel.
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New Movie All About Anime - 06/24/2007
Greg Heier
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Our newest movie is out and it's entitled "If Guild Wars Was Anime". It explores the possibility of Guild Wars being an anime series and exactly what that would look like. It's on the Videos page.
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Getting Around - 06/20/2007
Greg Heier
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Since the launch of Max Damage Studios back in 2005, we've seen the Internet community enjoy our material enough to spread it around themselves. YouTube was packed with our Guild Wars machinima videos, some gathering up nearly 1000 views a month (one of the reasons why we decided to switch our video hosting to YouTube is because it's just easier for most people to click on a video window in their browser than downloading a large file). I also stumbled across an animated short on Newgrounds that uses an audio clip straight out of CSI: Ascalon.
"Judging by these marks, it looks like a powerful AOE spell."
You can check it out here: Objection!
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It's Good To Be Back - 06/18/2007
Greg Heier
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It is good to be back. At least in some form. Yes, the website is a work in progress. Yes, we're trying to make access to our videos easier. Yes, it's been...awhile. But we're excited about the future of Max Damage Studios and we're kicking things off with a new video about Guild Wars: Eye of the North. Chris and Hector can be found in the Videos section.
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