Ever thought of engaging students by pairing a Shakespearean soliloquy with the footage of a sniper-rifle kill in a video game? That’s what happens in Machinima Theater – and it’s very successful, says Nathan Fitch.
A large assault weapon picks off an enemy in the distance, a familiar visual for any fan of first-person shooters. But the audible bang of the weapon isn't the only sound being heard. A narrator orients the audience: "I—Ismenus, Niobe's oldest son—was guiding my horse's reins when an arrow planted itself in my chest."
Huh? Perhaps a line from Greek mythology about Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, isn't the commentary or soundtrack you'd find paired to your run-of-the-mill FPS even in the most avant-garde of Twitch chats. At Pierrepont School in Westport Connecticut, that's precisely the point. Members of EK Theater (who double as students at Pierrepont) are busy preparing for their forth-coming adaptation of Osiris, a classic Egyptian story... Keep reading on Arstechnica
A large assault weapon picks off an enemy in the distance, a familiar visual for any fan of first-person shooters. But the audible bang of the weapon isn't the only sound being heard. A narrator orients the audience: "I—Ismenus, Niobe's oldest son—was guiding my horse's reins when an arrow planted itself in my chest."
Huh? Perhaps a line from Greek mythology about Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, isn't the commentary or soundtrack you'd find paired to your run-of-the-mill FPS even in the most avant-garde of Twitch chats. At Pierrepont School in Westport Connecticut, that's precisely the point. Members of EK Theater (who double as students at Pierrepont) are busy preparing for their forth-coming adaptation of Osiris, a classic Egyptian story... Keep reading on Arstechnica