Machinima, a portmanteau of machine and cinema, is two things. As a common noun, the word refers to the use of video-game-graphics software, commonly called engines, to create animated videos. As a proper noun, it refers to the media company, which started life modestly in 2000 as little more than a website created to host machinima productions. But while the roots of Machinima lie in videos created with game engines, the company’s chair and CEO, Allen DeBevoise, foresees a much broader future. Read more