The song White and Nerdy probably doesn’t need much introduction. It’s by Weird Al, if you need to look it up. However, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that most of our readership has some familiarity with the lyrics. I wouldn’t even be surprised to find out someone has the lyrics tattooed on his or her body. (And if you do, please send pictures.)

Gunther has created a machinima to go along with the song, which makes this a perfect blend of nerdy and White and Nerdy. The upside is that this is a great head start into the world of machinima. The downside is that now I have the song stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

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I’ve continued to enjoy Bullworth’s WoW.joystiq.com”>Raid Eats series. It’s fun, quick and a great parody of TV’s Good Eats. While I imagine most folks are aware of the game tricks WoW.joystiq.com/tag/bullworth”>Bullworth puts on display, I’m not sure that’s really the point. The videos are just nice little bite-sized pieces of fun.

In Raid Eats 4, Bullworth is out with his nephew when he’s horrified to find that the boy enjoys McVendors. Of course, this doesn’t sit well with the master of cow cuisine. He takes the boy on a wonderful journey of raid food, including a visit from Nutritionist R. It’s a good addition to the Raid Eats series, though I wonder if we’ll ever see Bullworth’s sister again.

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We often utter a small sigh of nostalgia as an expansion leaves us. Don’t get me wrong. I am very excited to see a new world and I can’t wait to play Cataclysm. But I have fond memories of my years in Azeroth. I sometimes look back on the way things “used to be” and miss old, familiar faces.

I’ve covered Yesterday’s News by Slashdance before, but as I sit here wondering what the future will be like, I am reminded of the sad story of the dwarf who makes the summoning stones. The summoning stone was once hailed as an innovation that saved immense time and trouble. Now? They’re barely used. This is a fantastic story, and it all sums up how I feel looking forward to Cataclysm. The ability to capture that kind of complex emotion is part of the brilliance of Yesterday’s News, and I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did.

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WoW.joystiq.com/2010/10/01/WoW-moviewatch-yesterdays-news/”>WoW Moviewatch: Yesterday’s News originally appeared on WoW.joystiq.com”>WoW Insider on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Have you been interested in learning how people like Olibith create the amazing visual pieces that they do? Well, Olibith is now working on a series that will give you a guided tour on operating WoW Model Viewer and creating your own machinima. You can find it WoW-model-viewer-olibith-6″>over at GameCreds. If you don’t know Olibith, he’s the guy who did WoW.joystiq.com/2010/03/16/WoW-moviewatch-beware-of-the-baby-b/”>Beware of Baby B. He knows what he’s talking about.

You’ll find this series enlightening on the ways of the mysterious machinimator, especially if you haven’t fired up WoW Model Viewer before. It’s a fascinating look into how WoW.joystiq.com/tag/olibith”>Olibith creates his characters and animates them. I’m looking forward to later entries into the series and am already planning on creating a video using only the techniques Olibith describes.

I hope between Olibith’s guides and WoWcrendor’s WoWdirectors.com”>WoWdirectors.com, we get to see a new wave of machinimators creating WoW films. It’s a unique method of telling fan stories, and it’s always been one of my favorite things about the WoW community. Good luck to everyone who takes this opportunity to learn!

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If you’ve been living under a rock where you could never, ever see machinima or fan videos about the World of Warcraft, you might not know the name WoW.joystiq.com/tag/WoWcrendor”>WoWcrendor. For those machinima-less folks, I’ll quickly explain. WoWcrendor is what he calls a “WoW director.” These are the devoted fans who take the time to create movies and machinima based on our hobby. (We have a WoW.joystiq.com/category/WoW-moviewatch/”>column about it here on WoW Insider. I’m just saying.) WoWcrendor’s work is usually especially well received because he consistently manages to nail a funny but loving tone in his videos. He clearly loves both the game and the game’s community, even though they drive him up the wall. I’ve always secretly thought his videos were his way of releasing that anxiety without its blowing his head off via internal combustion.

Well, WoWcrendor also loves machinima. In order to help encourage new directors to join the scene, he’s recently launched WoWdirectors.com/”>WoWdirectors. His basic idea is to provide a place for brand new machinimators to go and learn his craft. While community sites like Myndflame have existed for a while, WoWcrendor is hoping to bring his same sense of basics and story to the scene. He’s building some how-to guides, critiques, and generally trying to get folks together to talk publicly about the machinima hobby.

Check out WoWdirectors and let them know what you think. Knowing the man as I do, I’m sure he’d be thrilled to have your feedback.

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There’s a joke around the WoW Insider offices. Occasionally, we need quick language to describe when we’ve previously seen something. It could be a tip like, “Felicia Day appeared in a Sears commercial,” or, “Onyxia Deep Breathes more.” And the code language we use for that situation is “BLIND.”

WoW.joystiq.com/2010/02/08/WoW-moviewatch-craft-of-war-blind-rerun/”>Craft of War: BLIND was actually released a long time ago, but it went on a brief hiatus. When it came back, a bunch of viewers thought it was brand new. Even more notable, however, is the vast skill and talent of Percula. The artwork of BLIND is amazing, and the machinima has stood every test of time. (Even if people like to argue about the music every time BLIND appears.)

So to celebrate the turning of the season, let’s get this out of the way. Here’s BLIND.

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I tend to shy away from featuring too many previews or trailers because you never know if the advertised video will actually ever come to fruition. However, WoW.joystiq.com/tag/kidsake”>Kidsake has a pretty good reputation, and his previous work is well-loved enough that I thought I’d take a chance. As you can see, the video for PLATE just looks awesome.

Kidsake’s work has always been beautiful and haunting. WoW.joystiq.com/2010/04/28/WoW-moviewatch-gods-gonna-cut-you-down/”>God’s Gonna Cut You Down is still one of my favorite mood pieces. I’m eagerly looking forward to PLATE, as I’m excited to see what he’ll do with it.

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WoW.joystiq.com/2010/09/20/WoW-moviewatch-plate/”>WoW Moviewatch: PLATE originally appeared on WoW.joystiq.com”>WoW Insider on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When my wife and I first saw The Device Has Been Modified by WoW.com/tag/baron-soosdon”>Baron Soosdon, all I could think at the time was, “If only these powers could be harnessed for good.” The imagery, action and content of Soosdon’s epic video was so compelling that dozens of backstories instantly came to mind. It was an inspirational video, and it doesn’t seem an iota dated even now.

While the original song is by WoW.com/tag/joco”>JoCo for the video game Portal, the Baroon took that source material and made it something incredibly new. (For the sake of story, however, the good Baron does link this Gnomeregan with Aperture Science.) I think it fits the twisted remains of gnomish technology better than any kind of freaky cube, anyway. The Device Has Been Modified is one of my favorite machinima, and I think it’s definitely worth WoW.com/2008/04/07/WoW-moviewatch-the-device-has-been-modified/”>another look.

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SPOILER WARNING: This video has spoilers about Cataclysm. This review has spoilers about the video. This spoiler warning has spoilers about both.

WoW.com/tag/melvenor”>Melvenor is pretty well-known to the fans who love “big book” lore. He creates movies intrinsically tied to the lore of World of Warcraft, putting his own artistic vision and deep effort into the videos. Sons of Grim Batol is the first chapter in his Faces of Cataclysm series, which sets up a pretty exciting followup for later episodes.

My favorite bit came when the dwarves, confronted with the unconquerable might of a lone, shirtless troll, drolly shoot him down. I know this kind of deadpan slapstick isn’t exactly bleeding-edge humor, but it still tickles my funny bone.

I love Melvenor’s stuff, so here’s hoping for a relatively swift second chapter to the Faces of Cataclysm series.

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You can’t go for a walk down memory lane without stopping to enjoy Boomdeyada WoW. Originally created as an entry for a contest, Boomdeyada WoW has taken on a life of its own. This epic machinima by WoW.com/tag/irdeen”>Irdeen Productions has achieved well over a million views on YouTube and continues to grow with every week.

Boomdeyada WoW does more than just parody the Discovery Channel’s video. It celebrates the world of Azeroth with its viewer, throwing both punchlines and gentle jabs at our own community. It’s a video that loves its subject and the rest of the world. I think if I had my way, I’d open up BlizzCon with a view of the video. I’ve not seen many single videos that shares so much enjoyment in just a few minutes.

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