MODS

Mods - History and Theory

Mod Corner - a brief history of mod level editors
o p e n s o r c e r y . n e t
The Escapist Limit and Measure
Triumph of the mod - Salon.com

Source SDK - Help and Tutorials

3D Buzz - Half Life 2 level design video
3D Buzz
Half-Life 2 Multiplayer Faq - HalfLife 2 Knowledge Base
High School HL2 class
Interloopers Half-Life 2 Tutorials - Getting Started
Interlopers.net - News & Design Resource - Half-Life 2 Tutorials
Main Page - Valve Developer Community
Mod wizard complete - Valve Developer Community
Source SDK Files and Directory Structure - Valve Developer Community
Tutorial - Editing Half-Life Models
Valve Hammer Editor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
VERC
Your First Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Room
Your First Map - Valve Developer Community

Specific Mods

Dystopia. A Cyberpunk Game for the Source Engine.
Garry's Mod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Half-Life 2 Top 100 - Mod DB
Mod DB - Top Mods
Steam - Garry's Mod

XSI Mod Tool - Help and Tutorials

MESMER TUTORIALS
Noesis Interactive Media - FREE CONTENT
Noesis Interactive
Softimage - Education
Softimage Support - XSI Certified Graphics Cards
SOFTIMAGEXSI Mod Tool - Limitations
SOFTIMAGEXSI Mod Tool
Troubleshooting Startup Problems - XSI-Wiki

MACHINIMA

Machinima - Practice

Choreography creation - Valve Developer Community
Faceposer reference - Valve Developer Community
Locoweed's 3DGS Site - mulitplayer tutorials
Machinima.com - The Sims 2, Movie Making Tips
Machinima.com - How-To Articles
Machinima.com - which Engine to start with making machinimas
Moviestorm - standalone machinima package
Original 3D character from XSI into Face Poser for facial animation
SourceTV - Valve Developer Community
TheSims2.com - Help - Detail

Machinima - Theory

Digital performance and emergent authorship
Games Studies 0101 Games telling Stories by Jesper Juul
Multi-user performance of Commedia dell' Arte in 3D
Players as authors