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Machinima (muh-sheen-eh-mah) is filmmaking within a real-time, 3D virtual environment, often using 3D video-game technologies.

Or in this case, Second Life.

Tiny Nation is one of the best examples of this gendre yet. Do be warned - it's NOT PG. More like R-rated. In addition, the producers of this masterpiece, Illclan Animation Studios, has a nice section on machinima. That's where the definition above came from.

It's great to see that machinima continues to evolve and is becoming more "Hollywood" like. It means there's hope for educators to produce some high-quality "fun" video!