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WoW Moviewatch: Back In Your Head
To quote Gnomechewer, the creator of this video, you should "just know that the love you squander today may end up being the love who is killed by a group of 5 people only to later come back as one of the Wretched who serves an Eredar demon lord and you'll never get another chance after all that noise." Or to paraphrase, in Back In Your Head, Jaina gets told. Ziebart wanted to shout out to Gnomechewer while we're reviewing some of our staff favorites. And he's absolutely right; Gnomechewer does some absolutely amazing stuff with his videos. In this odd pop payback song, you get to see the Kael'thas and Jaina "romance" taken in an entirely different light. It's a lot of fun and a little mesmerizing to watch. Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at moviewatch@wowinsider.com.
WoW Moviewatch: Homesick: The Making of a Supervillain
Gnomechewer remains one of my favorite machinimators by far, and his most recent work doesn't dull those feelings at all. Homesick: The Making of a Supervillain (which you can also see on Vimeo) continues Gnomechewer's history of blending game footage (not just WoW, you see a bit of Garry's Mod as well) with music that absolutely fits the tone. It helps that my musical tastes are pretty similar to his, admittedly. Not everyone will see his choices the same way I do, for sure.For some reason, I also find myself fascinated with the way Gnomechewer blends the pulp medieval setting of Warcraft with modern day technology and communications. Warcraft has always had some element of technology which I've adored, but that level of modern technology isn't something I would enjoy in WoW itself. In this format, though, it's very intriguing. Another good example of this is his machinima Back In Your Head, which displays the effects of media and social networking on Jaina Proudmoore and Kael'thas Sunstrider's hypothetical celebrity relationship.The end of this particular video is a bit grim and a bit abrupt, which Gnomechewer said was a result of running out of HD space, but I still found the ending neat. Abrupt, but neat. It felt like enough of a twist that it wasn't too bad, but I find myself wishing hePreviously on Moviewatch...
