Diary of a Camper: first film to be widely viewed and distributed 100 second demo file contained to the action and gore but put in a context of a story (instead of the usual deathwatch) Very simple narrative, but it established Machinima
Upon launch of website, the underground community was surprised by the new term: machinima. Initially it was spelled: machinema, a contraction of machinima cinema and was intended to disassociate the in-game film production process from a specific game engine. The variant with the “I” stuck because it included a reference to anime.
Output of movie is immediate
Output is slower, due to post production time. But quality tends ot be higher.