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Slideshow: Machinima for the Masses

A PC game called lets filmmakers script and direct their own computer-animated films. The result: a flood of user-generated shorts that range from the lewd to the sublime. By Annalee Newitz.
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is a Monty Python-esque skit in which a beleaguered Jesus tries to convince some Romans that Easter isn't just about candy.Image: Courtesy of Lionhead Studios

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also manages to be a cautionary tale about homophobia.

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is a genuinely creepy tale of Jonathan Harker's first encounter with a vampire.

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(part one of a series) ends with blood and answering machine jokes.

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, we see the recent French riots from the rioters' point of view.

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