Come and have a laugh

woftam · April 29, 2020, 2:12am

No I don’t know the motivation behind it but it is funny a/f

Grubby · April 29, 2020, 11:33am

Jose · April 29, 2020, 5:49pm

It’s good to see @Steampugs in the video too. Another award perhaps?

Sprkslfly · April 29, 2020, 6:38pm

I caught that Grubby… That’s how I knew it was from 2013.

I also interpreted (assumed) FMX to be “only the showcase location” (or: where it was publicly presented). Kind of like what SXSW is for independent/upcoming musical talent.

I just wondered if there was info (or a tye-in) on some type of government/corporate program somewhere that they (the company who made the video) were perhaps trying to win a contract for (in providing promotional videos targeting families/children; IE: Obesity prevention program). Outside of that, it would surprise me that a company would invest the time and resources to produce such a video “for the laughs”. Though, not impossible of course.

Was just a passing thought/curiosity. chuckles
I only asked because of the wide variety of interests held by many of us here, and the fact that we tend to retain nuggets of unique information surrounding such matters.

Grubby · April 29, 2020, 6:42pm

Ah, it’s a conference on animation, effects, games and transmedia, so assuming it was just made to showcase at the conference

Sprkslfly · April 29, 2020, 6:47pm

With graphics server farms being so insanely expensive (for this level of quality), I just assumed that there was a deeper reason.

I’m a ways behind the curve on that front anymore though (since the loss of [H]ardOCP’s reporting days). Not like I was involved in any way in the industry… But as an avid pc gamer, naturally “big animation” (of the CGI nature) always inherently fascinated me!