BloodSpell Press

We've been lucky enough to garner quite a bit of press attention over the past few years - here are all the articles and comments we know of!

Press Articles

• The Making Of Machinima (The Guardian)
• BloodSpell on Wikipedia
• BloodSpell on Boingboing.net and More BoingBoing.net
• BoingBoing on our MPAA/FACT pisstake.
• Profile of BloodSpell on Bioware.com - interview with Hugh on the release.
• WIP report on BloodSpell at Bioware.com
• The Making of BloodSpell part 1, part 2, part 3 at Bioware.com - interviews with the crew.
• Des Machinima-Filmepos erster Teil zum freien Download on Gulli.com
• BloodSpell: Abend füllender Fantasy-Film in Spielegrafik on Netzwelt.de
• BloodSpell on SuicideGirls (boy, were we pleased about this one!)
• BloodSpell on URLWire
• Great big group project - BloodSpell on USAToday's TechSpace blog
• BloodSpell Spotlight on NWVault
• Numerous articles on BloodSpell over at 3dFilmmaker
• BloodSpell on OpenBusiness.cc
• Propping Up Some Successes on Paul Marino's blog
• BloodSpell: Machinima-Animationsfilm unter CC on Netzpolitik.de
• Indie fantasy movie 'Bloodspell' released on Regional Film and Video
• BloodSpell Machinima Goth Funks It Up on GameSetWatch
• Profile of Hugh and BloodSpell writeup
• Making Machinima on Filmmaker Magazine's blog
• Review of BloodSpell over at RPG.net
• BloodSpell reviews on Episodes 8 and 9 of Machinima Live.
• Review of BloodSpell Episode 1 on SciFi UK.
• Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of ArsGeek's HOW-TO on burning BloodSpell to DVD.
• BloodSpell - The Machinima You Wish You Could Make on GayGamer.net
• BloodSpell on the Forbidden Planet blog
• Author Alan Campbell on BloodSpell.
• Review of BloodSpell Ep 1-6 on The English Assassin and follow-up review of Ep 7 and 8.
• BloodSpell: Bigger Than Jesus, according to The Overcast.
• The Leipzig Controversy: BoingBoing, Greg Costikyan, Blue's News, 3D Filmmaker, Yigg.de, Xirdalium, Digg, Machinima Premiere (oddly, Machinima.com didn't report), Sorcerer's Place, and more.
• The Daily Telegraph on BloodSpell
• Animation World Network on BloodSpell's release
• BloodSpell Episode 8 reviewed on, er, The Machinima Review.
• Hugh and BloodSpell are quoted and referenced, respectively, in The Escapist
• We were featured on Creativecommons.org, although I seem to have lost the link.
• Ricky Grove writes a retrospective on the work of Phil Rice, BloodSpell sound designer and Machinima genius, including quite a bit on BloodSpell.
• 3D Filmmaker on Episodes 12 and 13.
• iCommons talked about us in their round-up of Creative Commons feature films.
• We got Dugg.
• Regarde.org also said some very nice things that I can nearly understand.
• Belligerati described us as Machinima Worth Watching
• Gulli wrote up a piece on us, which has been very popular.
• Cory at BoingBoing wrote up our final episode, describing now as "the perfect time" to watch BloodSpell. Thanks, Cory!
• SimonC over at GameSetWatch reported that BloodSpell has splattered to an end.
• Joe Gordon at Forbidden Planet reported on our final ep - and I'll get round to that interview soon, Joe, I promise!
• And the final episode is reviewed (and very nice things said) in the latest episode of The Machinima Review.
• BloodSpell on the Neverwinter Nights Podcast
• French blogger Pickiboon raved about BloodSpell.
• Matt "Swarm of Angels" Hanson said some very nice things about us over at Eternal Gaze.
• BloodSpell on Italian site Cinetma.org.
• Ben King, writer for More Four, introduces Machinima with BloodSpell as his top example.
• Channel 4's More Four features BloodSpell.
• Free Pixel talks about cultural influences in Machinima, citing BloodSpell.
• Hrej.cz on BloodSpell.
• The infamous drunken Overcast podcast, this being Part 1 discussing BloodSpell.
• WowInsider interview with Johnnie and Hugh talking about BloodSpell, Machinima for Dummies and more.
• BBC.co.uk article on Machinima for the Machinima Europe festival including a pretty extensive mention of BloodSpell
• Digital Planet Podcast including an interview with Hugh and Johnnie.

Other Offline Press

• CNN Europe, September 2005
• The List Edinburgh, September 2005
• Radio Cafe, BBC Radio, May 2005
• SFX Magazine, June 2006
• Hi-Tech Scotland, August 2006
• PC Plus Magazine, September 2006
• Imagine Magazine, September 2006
• The Daily Telegraph, September 2006
• Digital Planet, BBC World Service, October 2007

Comments on BloodSpell

• "A movie that defies most of the rules of traditional film-making." - The Guardian
  
• "I was glued to the screen." - Michelle, Brittanica Dreams Productions
  
• "Bloodspell is amazing. It's hard to describe how cool I find this to be." - Ezra Fergusson, co-director, The Return
  
• "Everyone at BioWare is waiting with anticipation for this project." - Jay Watamaniuk Community Manager BioWare
  
• "Wow! That is really amazing." - Matt Dominianni, The Ill Clan
  
• "There's some damned fine storytelling and editing/production work here." - Cory Doctorow, author and BoingBoing editor.
  
• ""You got me, man. YOU GOT ME!" " - Jason Choi, Machinima.com films editor
  
• "Blood, magic, angels and huge amounts of vicious smiting, so what more could you ask for?" - Alan Campbell, author of Scar Night
  

Shows and Appearances

• Cameo Edinburgh, October 2005
• Bradford Animation Festival, November 2005
• Machinima Film Festival, November 2005
• FMX, May 2006 (Audioblog)
• Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival, August 2006
• RvBTO, Toronto, August 2006
• Leipzig Games Conference, August 2006
• Medienwoche Berlin, August 2006
• Spectrum Festival, Edinburgh, October 2006
• Savannah Film Festival, November 2006
• Bitfilm Festival, Hamburg, November 2006
• Machinima Film Festival, New York, November 2006
• Brazilian International Free Software Forum, April 2007
• Art In Games at Abertay University, May 2007
• Pompidou Center, Paris, May 2007
• Annecy International Animated Film Festival, June 2007
• SiliCon San Jose, October 2007
• Machinima Europe Festival, Leicester, October 2007
• Arcadia, Montreal,November 2007
• Glasgow Games Society Convention, February 2008

Awards and nominations

• Nomination: Best Machinima Movie - GameShadow Innovation In Games Awards
• Nominations: Best Series, Best Technical Achievement - Machinima Film Festival 2006
• Best Machinima July 2006 - Sims 99
• Movie of the Month, July 2006 - Machinima Premiere
• Movie of the Month, August 2006 - Machinima Premiere
• Movie of the Month, October 2006 - Machinima Premiere
• Movie of the Month, December 2006 - Machinima Premiere
• Movie of the Season, Q4 2006 - Machinima Premiere
• Movie of the Year (Bronze), 2006-2007 - Machinima Premiere
• Nominations: Best Series, Best Technical Achievement - Machinima Europe
• Gold Medal Winner, Best Technical Achievement, Online Machinima Film Festival 2007.
• Gold Medal Winner, Best Custom Content, Online Machinima Film Festival 2007.
• Silver Medal Winner, Best Series, Online Machinima Film Festival 2007.