There are ample examples of this particular form of machinima that Lowood calls “textual productions” because they add to the existing narrative content provided by the game developer. While those types of narratives could be classified as fiction films, machinima offer other genres as well. Documentaries, like My Trip to Liberty City, that is based on the video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City, bring an outside perspective into the game world and take the game content to a level independent of the original game text. In this particular machinima, created by Jim Munroe, the avatar leaves the comfort of the car and explores the city on foot (Horwartt, 2008). This changes not only the intention of the game that is based on performance within the car, but adds the same artistic freedom of expression, which is often found in documentaries. Other genres include comedies or political machinima dealing with topics like fair trade or implications of war and riots.
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