2006 in machinima

2006
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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.
• March 20 – July 16 – The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences presented a machinima exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 17 – The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences announced the 2006 Machinima Festival.
• 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.
• November 4 – November 5 – The 2006 Machinima Festival was held.
• 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.
• 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.

Notable releases

• February 9 – The first season of ILL Clan's Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will premiered.
• February 9 – Edgeworks Entertainment announced The Heretic, a prequel to The Codex.
• April 1 – Season 4 of Rooster Teeth Productions' Red vs. Blue ended with episode 77.
• April 26 – Strange Company released the first episode of BloodSpell.
• April 27 – Season 1 of The Strangerhood ended with episode 17.
• May 4 – Red vs. Blue Season Four and The Strangerhood Season One were released on DVD.
• May 6 – Video blog 5 for This Spartan Life, which concerns network neutrality, was released.
• June 16 – Rooster Teeth Productions announced its new mini-series Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind.
• August 29 – The first season of Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will ended with episode 10.
• September 4 – Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind ended with episode 5.
• September 28 – The second season of TrashTa1k with ILL Will began.
• September 30 – Season 5 of Red vs. Blue began for website sponsors with episode 78.
• October 4 – "Make Love, Not Warcraft", an episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park, aired. As a result of cooperation with Blizzard Entertainment, the episode features segments of World of Warcraft machinima.
• December 8 – The last episode of Strange Company's BloodSpell, episode 14, was released.

Active series

• BloodSpell (premiered 2006)
• Neverending Nights (premiered 2004)
• Red vs. Blue (premiered 2003)
• Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind (2006)
• This Spartan Life (premiered 2005)
• The Strangerhood (2004–2006)
• Tra5hTa1k with ILL Will (premiered 2006)

Awards

Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences

• Best Picture: The Adventures of Bill & John: Episode II
• 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

References

• "#1 Introducing Will and Mal". ILL Clan. February 9, 2006. Archived from the original on August 15, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2006.
• "#10 Season Finale". ILL Clan. August 29, 2006. Archived from the original on September 10, 2006. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
• "#11 Freaky Alien Sex". ILL Clan. September 28, 2006. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved September 28, 2006.
• "2006 Machinima Festival". American Museum of the Moving Image. Archived from the original on December 1, 2006. Retrieved November 14, 2006.
• "2006 Machinima Film Festival: WINNERS & Nominees". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. November 5, 2006. Archived from the original on October 14, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
• "The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences Announces the 2006 Machinima Festival & Call for Entries". Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences. July 17, 2006. Archived from the original on May 9, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2006.
• "Blog 05". This Spartan Life. Bong + Dern Productions. May 6, 2006. Archived from the original on November 21, 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2006.
• "BloodSpell: Episode 1". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. April 26, 2006. Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2006.
• "BloodSpell: Episode 14". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. December 8, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
• Burns, Burnie (April 1, 2006). "Episode 77 – The Arrival". Red vs. Blue. Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2006.
• Burns, Burnie (June 16, 2006). "Out of Sight". Red vs. Blue. Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2006.
• Burns, Burnie (September 30, 2006). "Season Five is Alive". Red vs. Blue. Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2006.
• Cappell, Mike (November 26, 2006). "Commercial irks Clark". The Indianapolis Star. Gannett Co. Inc. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
• Graft, Kris (November 1, 2006). "Three Flavors of Halo 3 for Gamers". Next Generation. Future Network USA. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2006.
• Hancock, Hugh (January 30, 2006). "Hugh Hancock leaves Machinima.com". Machinima.com. Machinima, Inc. Archived from the original on November 15, 2006. Retrieved September 28, 2006.
• Hullum, Matt (September 4, 2006). "OoM V and the ATL". Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2006.
• "Internet Communications Pioneer, Jeff Pulver, Announces Winner of 'Save The Net' Marketing Contest at VON Israel". June 20, 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2006.
• Logue, Tawmis (March 29, 2006). "Episode 21: Accumulation". Neverending Nights. Retrieved August 7, 2006.
• "Make Love, Not Warcraft". South Park Studios. The Show. Episode Guide. Comedy Partners LLC. Archived from the original on October 27, 2006. Retrieved November 5, 2006.
• Marino, Paul (October 6, 2006). "For those playing along at home". Thinking Machinima. Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on March 22, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2006.
• "Playing the Movies". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Archived from the original on July 14, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2006.
• Ramsey, Geoff (May 4, 2006). "They're here…". "Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2006.
• Robinson, Jon (November 30, 2006). "Dallas Clark is Totally Wicked". IGN. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Archived from the original on January 1, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
• Saldaña, Jason (April 27, 2006). "Strangerhood 17 wants to be your friend". The Strangerhood. Rooster Teeth Productions. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2006.
• Tapper, Jake & Audrey Taylor (June 21, 2006). "Terrorist Video Game or Pentagon Snafu?". Nightline. ABC News. Retrieved July 24, 2006.
• Winn, Alexander (February 9, 2006). "The Return of The Codex". Edgeworks Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2006.