I recently had a Q&A session with Clint Hackleman, of Myndflame Machinima. Myndflame is one of the most recognized machinima companies today and, one of the few who feel that machinima could become a lucrative form of entertainment. It was interesting to know what Clint had to say on this subject.

Leading a person to believe machinima could become a form of entertainment that could rival CGI animation “big boys” is very difficult to do. However, after listening to Clint talk for just a few minutes, my mind began to see the vision he painted of machinima making it on the big screen. Maybe Clint Hackleman and his support network of machinima makers (all of them can be found at myndflame.com) have more potential the most would give them credit for.

TGM: Tell me a little bit about your involvement with machinima and how it’’s progressed since you first started.

Clint: It’’s been almost two and a half years and one wild ride. The WoW community certainly doesn”t represent the entire Machinima community, but I feel like we”re the tightest bonded group of producers out there. We”re all working together closely and most of us have had long conversations online and in person. This collaborative effort has certainly paid off as we”ve all impacted each other’’s work and seeing the growth and improvement of the genre has kept us motivated. Larger affiliates are taking notice, game companies are getting involved, and we”re just beginning to unravel what will be a massive revolution in game-based entertainment.

TGM:How do you feel having such large companies working with you?

Clint: It’’s amazing because it has taken an incredible amount of…

To read the entire interview, just head over to The Geek Media’s blog