2006 in machinima

The following is a list of notable machinima-related events in the year 2006. These include several new machinima productions, season finales, and the 2006 Machinima Festival.

Events

*January 30 — Hugh Hancock announced his resignation as editor-in-chief of Machinima.com.Hancock.]
*March 20 — July 16 — The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences presented a machinima exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.Playing the Movies.]
*June 20 — Jeff Pulver announced that Chris Burke's "This Spartan Life" video blog about network neutrality won the "Save the Net" Viral Ad Contest.Internet Communications Pioneer.]
*June 21 — Pentagon officials testified to the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that a machinima video made using Electronic Arts' "Battlefield 2" was terrorist propaganda. Georgia Institute of Technology assistant professor Ian Bogost and the video's creator disputed the claim.Tapper & Taylor, 1–2.]
*July 17 — The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences announced the 2006 Machinima Festival.The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences Announces the 2006 Machinima Festival & Call for Entries.]
*November 1 — GameStop began to take preorders for "Halo 3" and announced that the Legendary edition of the game will include content from "Red vs. Blue" and "This Spartan Life".Graft.]
*November 4 — November 5 — The 2006 Machinima Festival was held.2006 Machinima Festival.]
*November 26 — American football player Dallas Clark, a tight end for the Indianapolis Colts, complained about a commercial produced by Rooster Teeth Productions for Electronic Arts' video game "Madden NFL 07". In the commercial, he is tackled by Philadelphia Eagles players. [Chappell, Robinson.]
*November 30 — Rooster Teeth Productions released a director's cut of the controversial advertisement involving Dallas Clark; in it, Clark plays and dominates every position. [Robinson.]

Notable releases

*February 9 — The first season of ILL Clan's "Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will" premiered.#1 Introducing Will and Mal.]
*February 9 — Edgeworks Entertainment announced "The Heretic", a prequel to "The Codex".Winn.]
*March 29 — The first season of "Neverending Nights" ended with episode 21.Logue.]
*April 1 — Season 4 of Rooster Teeth Productions' "Red vs. Blue" ended with episode 77.Burns, Episode 77.]
*April 26 — Strange Company released the first episode of "BloodSpell"."BloodSpell": Episode 1.]
*April 27 — Season 1 of "The Strangerhood" ended with episode 17.Saldaña.]
*May 4 — "Red vs. Blue Season Four" and "The Strangerhood Season One" were released on DVD.Ramsey.]
*May 6 — Video blog 5 for "This Spartan Life", which concerns network neutrality, was released.Blog 05.]
*June 16 — Rooster Teeth Productions announced its new mini-series "".Burns, Out of Sight.]
*August 29 — The first season of "Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will" ended with episode 10.#10 Season Finale.]
*September 4 — "" ended with episode 5.Hullum.]
*September 28 — The second season of "TrashTa1k with ILL Will" began.#11 Freaky Alien Sex.]
*September 30 — rvbep|Season 5 of "Red vs. Blue" began for website sponsors with episode 78.Burns, Season Five is Alive.]
*October 4 — "Make Love, Not Warcraft", an episode of Comedy Central's animated series "South Park", aired. [Make Love, Not Warcraft.] As a result of cooperation with Blizzard Entertainment, the episode features segments of "World of Warcraft" machinima. [Marino.]
*December 8 — The last episode of Strange Company's "BloodSpell", episode 14, was released. [BloodSpell: Episode 14.]

Active series

*"BloodSpell" (premiered 2006)
*"Neverending Nights" (premiered 2004)
*"Red vs. Blue" (premiered 2003)
*"" (2006)
*"This Spartan Life" (premiered 2005)
*"The Strangerhood" (2004–2006)
*"Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will" (premiered 2006)

Awards

Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences

*Best Picture: ""2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees.]
*Best Series: "The Fixer"
*Best Direction: "Edge of Remorse"
*Best Virtual Performance: Puppeteering: "Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will"
*Best Virtual Performance: Custom Animation: "Company of Heroes"
*Best Voice-Acting Performance: "Deviation"

Notes

References

*cite web|date=February 9, 2006|title=#1 Introducing Will and Mal|url=http://trashtalk.illclan.com/trashTalk01.php|publisher=ILL Clan|accessdate=2006-07-24
*cite web|date=August 29, 2006|title=#10 Season Finale|url=http://trashtalk.illclan.com/trashTalk10.php|publisher=ILL Clan|accessdate=2006-09-03
*cite web|date=September 28, 2006|title=#11 Freaky Alien Sex|url=http://trashtalk.illclan.com/trashTalk11.php|publisher=ILL Clan|accessdate=2006-09-28
*cite web|title=2006 Machinima Festival|url=http://www.movingimage.us/site/screenings/pages/2006/index_machinima_festival.html|publisher=American Museum of the Moving Image|accessdate=2006-11-14
*cite web|date=November 5, 2006|url=http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=455|title=2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees|work=Machinima.com|publisher=Machinima, Inc|accessdate=2006-12-03
*cite web|date=July 17, 2006|title=The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences Announces the 2006 Machinima Festival & Call for Entries|url=http://festival.machinima.org/|publisher=Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences|accessdate=2006-07-24
*cite web|date=May 6, 2006|url=http://www.thisspartanlife.com/blog05.shtml|title=Blog 05|work=This Spartan Life|publisher=Bong + Dern Productions|accessdate=2006-07-25
*cite web|date=April 26, 2006|url=http://www.machinima.com/films.php?id=2274|title=BloodSpell: Episode 1|work=Machinima.com|publisher=Machinima, Inc|accessdate=2006-01-03
*cite web|date=December 8, 2006|url=http://www.machinima.com/films.php?id=14404|title=BloodSpell: Episode 14|work=Machinima.com|publisher=Machinima, Inc|accessdate=2007-01-03
*cite web|last=Burns|first=Burnie|authorlink=Burnie Burns|date=April 1, 2006|title=Episode 77 -- The Arrival|url=http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=214|work=Red vs. Blue|publisher=Rooster Teeth Productions|accessdate=2006-07-23
*cite web|last=Burns|first=Burnie|authorlink=Burnie Burns|date=June 16, 2006|title=Out of Sight|url=http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=234|work=Red vs. Blue|publisher=Rooster Teeth Productions|accessdate=2006-07-24
*cite web|last=Burns|first=Burnie|authorlink=Burnie Burns|date=September 30, 2006|title=Season Five is Alive|url=http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=278|work=Red vs. Blue|publisher=Rooster Teeth Productions|accessdate=2006-09-30
*cite web|last=Cappell|first=Mike|date=November 26, 2006|url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061126/SPORTS03/611260488/1100|title=Commercial irks Clark|work=The Indianapolis Star|publisher=Gannett Co. Inc|accessdate=2007-01-03
*cite web|last=Graft|first=Kris|date=November 1, 2006|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4118&Itemid=2|title=Three Flavors of Halo 3 for Gamers|work=Next Generation|publisher=Future Network USA|accessdate=2006-11-14
*cite web|last=Hancock|first=Hugh|authorlink=Hugh Hancock|date=30 January 2006|url=http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=444|title=Hugh Hancock leaves Machinima.com|work=Machinima.com|publisher=Machinima, Inc|accessdate=2006-09-28
*cite web|last=Hullum|first=Matt|authorlink=Matt Hullum|date=September 4, 2006|title=OoM V and the ATL|url=http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=263|publisher=Rooster Teeth Productions|accessdate=2006-09-24
*cite web|date=June 20, 2006|title=Internet Communications Pioneer, Jeff Pulver, Announces Winner of 'Save The Net' Marketing Contest at VON Israel|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060620/datu020.html?.v=60|accessdate=2006-07-25
*cite web|last=Logue|first=Tawmis|date=March 29, 2006|title=Episode 21: Accumulation|url=http://neverendingnights.com/?p=72|work=Neverending Nights|accessdate=2006-08-07
*cite web|title=Make Love, Not Warcraft|url=http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/display_episode.php?season=10&id1=1008&id2=151|work=South Park Studios. The Show. Episode Guide|publisher=Comedy Partners LLC|accessdate=2006-11-05
*cite web|last=Marino|first=Paul|authorlink=Paul Marino|date=October 6, 2006|title=For those playing along at home|url=http://blog.machinima.org/2006/10/for-those-playing-along-at-home.html|work=Thinking Machinima|pubilsher=Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences|accessdate=2006-11-05
*cite web|title=Playing the Movies|url=http://www.acmi.net.au/playingthemovies.jsp|publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image|accessdate=2006-07-24
*cite web|last=Ramsey|first=Geoff|authorlink=Geoff Ramsey|date=May 4, 2006|title=They're here…|url=http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=223|publisher="Rooster Teeth Productions|accessdate=2006-07-25
*cite web|last=Robinson|first=Jon|date=November 30, 2006|url=http://sports.ign.com/articles/748/748281p1.html|title=Dallas Clark is Totally Wicked|work=IGN|publisher=IGN Entertainment, Inc|accessdate=2007-01-03
*cite web|last=Saldaña|first=Jason|authorlink=Jason Saldaña|date=April 27, 2006|title=Strangerhood 17 wants to be your friend|url=http://sh.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=221|work=The Strangerhood|publisher=Rooster Teeth Productions|accessdate=2006-07-23
*cite web|author=Tapper, Jake & Audrey Taylor|date=June 21, 2006|title=Terrorist Video Game or Pentagon Snafu?|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Technology/story?id=2105128|work=Nightline|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=2006-07-24
*cite web|last=Winn|first=Alexander|date=February 9, 2006|title=The Return of "The Codex"|url=http://www.thecodexseries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2563|publisher=Edgeworks Entertainment|accessdate=2006-07-24