February 10, 2007 7:30 AM PST

Radix malorum est 'World of Warcraft'

by Caroline McCarthy
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Considering the medieval-fantasy appearance of much of the World of Warcraft universe, I suppose it's not that surprising that WoW-obsessed high school students would start using the game to enhance their English and history class projects. And here we have it: some kid actually put the game to good use and turned it into a machinima platform for a re-enactment of the Pardoner's Tale from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.

If you consider medieval humor to be unspeakably vulgar, well, then, ye be warned. And if old English literature isn't your preferred form of game video, you could try the Big Lebowski Wii machinima.

Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline.
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Machine Cinema?
by ack-thbbft February 12, 2007 4:45 PM PST
Shouldn't that be "machinema", not "machinima"?
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Yeah, grammatically it probably should be
by caroline.mccarthy February 13, 2007 8:15 AM PST
but it appears that the generally accepted spelling is "machinima."
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by worldofwarcraftcheatsa March 26, 2007 5:04 PM PDT
nice stuff
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