S5 E167 Cyberpunk: V - Never Stop Fighting (Jan 2025)

30/01/2025 26 min Temporada 5 Episodio 167
S5 E167 Cyberpunk: V - Never Stop Fighting (Jan 2025)

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This week's pick is a machinima run through of the female V character in Cyberpunk 2077, by Charles Liu, edited to a Johnny Cash classic, Hurt. Sound design in this is everything, and we especially like how the fade is used to emphasise the game footage vs the words of the song at different points in the film.  Check out our views -1:14 Intro to film, music video, a perfect complement to I’m Still Seeing Breen (S5 E163)?3:37 Music storytelling vs film storytelling – interplay and aesthetic choice6:10 Phil’s perspective: over saturation?10:15 Masterful editing16:06 Sets the scene for Cyberpunk 2, let’s hope they address the narrow narrative arc of potential offshoot stories possible in the world for machinimators to hone their skills on?22:05 Relationships with NPCs in game matterCredits - Speakers: Phil Rice, Damien Valentine, Tracy HarwoodProducer: Damien ValentineEditor: Tracy HarwoodMusic: Animo Domini Beats