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In this first podcast of 2009, Phil and Ricky discuss video sharing sites and copyright, Child’s Play charity, intriguing indie games, Grand Theft Auto IV modding, and Ricky shares a review of character creation software Quidam 2.

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This Week’s Itinerary:

• Music Credits for this show:
  • Opening music is by Nine Inch Nails, from the album The Slip, the track title is “Demon Seed.”
  • This musical selection is used under the Creative Commons license graciously chosen by the artist. Please consider supporting them with a music purchase if you enjoy what you hear.
• MontyDan’s (sorry, I misspoke when I said Russell’s blog) blog re: Vimeo
• FILM: Faith, Hope & Charity
• WeGame – Good home for game footage and machinima alike
• Dave Tyner’s OSV video: UT3 vs Halo 3
• YouTube’s video fingerprinting
• Warner Music / YouTube Talks Collapse, Music Pulled
• Magnatune, AudioJungle, Jamendo – Creative Commons licensed music
• One Shared Vision – machinima videos in support of Child’s Play charity
• Ricky’s machinima director debut (for OSV): Junior G-Men
• CoolClones.com
• iClone3 / 3dXchange
• M dot Strange working with Unity
• Interactive 3d work: The Graveyard
• Intriguing indie game on Steam: Full Pipe
• Indie Game: You Must Burn the Rope
• GTA IV Modding has begun (Overman’s links to mod stuff)
• The Sims 3 (coming very soon)
• Some great Second Life machinima:
  • “Ephemeral” by Dizzy Banjo
  • “Pipeline” by Mescaline Tammas
  • “Breathing” by Lainy Voom
  • “Fall” by Lainy Voom
  • “Hosoi Ichiba” by Nitwacket
  • “Passage to Zhong Fu” by Verdi Millionsofus
• Best Selling MP3 Album of 2008 was FREE!
• Prince – 3 albums [in 2009], no record label
• Review: Quidam 2 by N-Sided
• Ricky’s Renderosity review of Quidam 2
• Free (less featured) alternative: Make Human