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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) - Film Review

UNLISTED VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/B2O7pmJL37AHey Patrons,We're back with another film review here on the /noclip Patron Feed. This time we travel to July 2001, a prosperous time in the new millennium where fully CG movies are but a twinkle in the eye of some film making radicals. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was a groundbreaking work for it's time, but how has time treated this once dangerous new movie. Have the performances b...

noclip_2 Discount Codes for /noclip Patrons

Hey folks!Don't worry I won't make a habit of up-selling all of you handsome and honorable Patrons but just in case you missed it in this month's Patron Show we've got some promo codes for noclip_2 - exclusively for /noclip Patrons -running for the rest of the month.We just passed 500 Patrons which is fantastic news. It's about half of our goal to keep noclip_2 sustainable with the current output we're working on.We've...

Disco Elysium Doc - 9 Minute Patron Sneak Peek

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/vc4Kjamyl1YHey Patrons,With our Disco Elysium series just a few weeks away I wanted to give you all an early look at how it's shaking out. So here is a 9 minute clip from the first episode of our series - an episode which largely focuses on the background of some of the Disco Elysium team as a way of laying the narrative groundwork for a dive into the design of the game.This project has been a long time...

Sydney & Melbourne Patron Meetup Details

Hey folks,Thanks for all your feedback on the previous post. I've tried to pick times and locations that suited most people so I hope these work. Here are the details for our meetups this week. SYDNEY PATRON MEETUP - FRIDAY @ 6:30pmLocation: The Resch House - Corner of George / Liverpool Streethttps://www.thereschhouse.com/pubNot the most exciting venue but it's central, not toooo close to SxSW, has plenty of space and decent selection of...

Live from Australia - October 2025 Patron Show

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/yrdu4__CMhIHey Patrons,This month's Patron Show comes from Sydney, Australia where I am to do a fireside chat with SkillUP at SxSW and finally engage with the Australian game dev community. It's my first time here and while I hope to film some stuff while out here I'm also meeting a bunch of folks - both indies and at studios - to get a lay of the land for how better /noclip can tell the story o...

Sydney / Melbourne Patron Meet-Up Discussion

I don't know this man but he kinda looks like meHey Patrons,Hello from down under. This post is only going to be relevant to those of you in certain Australian cities - but don't worry I've recorded a patron show that will be going live in the next day or so (depending on my Sydney hotel upload speeds). For folks in Sydney and Melbourne I wanted to get your feedback on what day(s) and locations might work best for a meetup. When we ke...

Warcraft (2016) - Film Review

UNLISTED VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/SrMyi6xn3AMHey Patrons,It's time to update your Battle.NET banking details and log back in to the World of Warcraft. In this patron-exclusive pod, myself, Frank, Jeremy and Jesse watch the 2016 Duncan Jones directed Warcraft movie. Will we see murlocks? Does Hogger make an appearance? Is the movie entirely set outside an auction house? Listen to find out. (or watch the video version, link above)Danny

[NEW DOC] The Making of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/FsxTQvo5QhMHey Patrons,The third, final, and arguably most substantive documentary from our trip to MachineGames is now available for everyone to watch. In it we dive into the design of the game's three main open levels, how the team mirrored the cinematic language of the source material, the GRIP system in charge of Indy's hands and loads more.00:00 - Intro01:40 - Todd's Idea05:27 - Open Levels08:57 - T...

PRIMER: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/lX5g_SfxEZUHey Patrons,Welcome to a brand new style of patron-exclusive video for supporter tier on /noclip.Too often we do documentaries on games and don't prep our audience on the game we're about to talk about. Especially those who haven't play the game, and don't plan to.In this Primer I (as spoiler free as I can) explore the world and mechanics of Indiana Jones & The Great Circle to get...

[EARLY ACCESS] The Making of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

[DO NOT SHARE] UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWig0-4R7TQHey Patrons,The third, final, and arguably most substantive documentary from our trip to MachineGames is now available for early access patrons. In it we dive into the design of the game's three main open levels, how the team mirrored the cinematic language of the source material, the GRIP system in charge of Indy's hands and loads more.As ever, chapters belo...

We Just Launched noclip_2

TRAILER: https://youtu.be/K7lf23WkbGoHey Patrons,We have a more detailed post about this over on the noclip_2 Patreon but I just wanted to quickly let you know that as part of our ninth birthday celebrations we have officially launched our second channel noclip_2.The video and the post above should answer most of your questions but the long and short of it is that while /noclip's mission has been to document the history of games, noclip_2&#39...

NEW DOC Announcement & 9th Birthday Q&A - Patron Show Sep 2025

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/ucTVR8MenJYHey Patrons,This Friday, September 12th, we celebrate Noclip's 9th Birthday - so I figured a bumper Patron Show was in order. As a result not only are we announcing an exciting new documentary being filmed later this year, but I also answer about 40 Patron Questions that were submitted earlier this week.Massive thanks to everyone who sent in questions, all of you who have supported us this ye...

Call for Questions - Year 9 Postmortem Patron Show

Hey Patrons,This coming Friday /noclip celebrates its 9th birthday and we enter our TENTH year of production. Which is quite frankly wild. Thank you all so much for supporting us throughout that time - many of you from the start, or close to it. We are all so old.We have a trailer / announcement video dropping that day but before we get to all that I wanted to round up our ninth year with a Postmortem Patron Show - looking back at the year that w...

NEW DOC: The Making of Wolfenstein

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/E189QG28rnEHey Folks,Our long awaited documentary on the MachineGames' Wolfenstein series is now available to watch on YouTube.There are loads of terrific anecdotes about some of the main moments from each game, along with discussions about tech, world building, characterization and much more. Massive thanks to Olle for helping me film this one in Uppsala earlier this summer, and to Frank for capturing so much g...

Noclip PAX West Panel - Saturday, 5pm @ Leaf Theater (room 420)

If you're attending PAX WEST in SEATTLE this coming WEEEKEND, make sure to check out the /noclip panel on Saturday @ 5pm / Leaf Theatre. Expect exclusive announcements, special guests, clips, and more! Also, fun bants and general comradery!See you there friends.Danny

NEW DOC: The Origins of Machine Games

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/SAEdFG7_X_wHey Everyone,Here is the first in our three part series on Machine Games. It's the shortest of the three episodes and focuses on the pre-history of the studio when the founders worked at Starbreeze Studios on games like Enclave, The Darkness and Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.As ever, here are the chapters:00:00 - Intro01:27 - Early Days03:50 - Enclave06:57 - Chronicles of Riddick13:59...

EARLY ACCESS - The Making of Wolfenstein

[DO NOT SHARE] UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E189QG28rnE (NEW VERSION - Sep 4th)Hey Patrons,Here is an early access cut of out documentary on MachineGames' Wolfenstein series. In it we dive into several aspects of the development of the main two games. There are loads of terrific anecdotes about some of the main moments from each game, along with discussions about tech, world building, characterization and much more. ...

[EARLY ACCESS] The Origins of Machine Games

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK [DON'T SHARE] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-BOiSJWnR0Hey Early Access Patrons,Here is the first in our three part series on Machine Games. It's the shortest of the three episodes and focuses on the pre-history of the studio when the founders worked at Starbreeze Studios on games like Enclave, The Darkness and Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.As ever, here are the chapters:00:00 - Intro01:27 - Early ...

Machine Games, Doc Updates, noclip_2 - Patron Show August 2025

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDHTAZW0tWMHey Patrons,The summer is almost over but we're not on vacation over here. In this month's Patron Show we show off the first clip from our Machine Games series, talk about why the Disco doc was delayed until September and explain what noclip_2 is. Chapters below.00:00 - Intro01:38 - [clip] Machine Games Doc2:46 - Doc Updates14:16 - noclip_2If you have any questions, stick t...

Noclip's Machine Games Documentary Series Begins in August

Hey everyone,Thanks for visiting our page here. It's once again time for one of those "our Patrons know this but we've not announced it officially yet" posts.So, next month we'll be releasing a three part series focused around the work at Machine Games that we filmed earlier this year. Thanks to our patrons we were able to send a two camera crew to Uppsala Sweden (where I had to go to the ER - shoutout to the Swedish Healthcar...

How Games Are Made: TREES

YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EaMz6WLZN4Hey folks,The second episode of our series HOW GAMES ARE MADE focuses on the wonderful world of our often leaf-covered friends; trees. In it Zabir and Riley explain how each game has to approach trees differently, the work to model them, create variety and much more.As ever, chapters are below:00:00 - Intro01:00 - The Look2:22 - Modelling6:51 - Creating Variety11:34 - Interactive Trees15:61...

[EARLY ACCESS] How Games Are Made: TREES

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/1EaMz6WLZN4(DO NOT SHARE PLEASE)Hey folks,The second episode of our series HOW GAMES ARE MADE focuses on the wonderful world of our often leaf-covered friends; trees. In it Zabir and Riley explain how each game has to approach trees differently, the work to model them, create variety and much more. As ever, chapters are below:00:00 - Intro01:00 - The Look2:22 - Modelling6:51 - Creating Variety11:34 - Inter...

2025 Schedule, New Clips, Conventions - Patron Show July 2025

UNLISITED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/iLNhqLpZt2wHey Patrons,We are half way through 2025 so what better time to chat about what you can expect for the rest of the calendar year. We're starting to get a lot of these post-production edits out the door and have most of the next six months scheduled. Exciting times!For those of you with BUSY SUMMER DAYS, here are the chapters:0:00 - Intro1:03 - Thank You7:39 - [clip] Battlefield 3 Feature8:45...

NEW VIDEO: The Story Behind Battlefield 3's Divisive Campaign

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/_kfST9l8nIEHey folks,A little surprise here for ya.We've barely talked about this one because it's a bit of a side project but a couple of months ago I sat down with David Goldfarb (Battlefield 3 Campaign Lead) to talk about the design of the game's single player because for some reason the game was going viral on social media with people talking about how good it was.Now look, I love the campaign in BF3...

A Minecraft Movie - Film Review

UNLISTED VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/8S_3aAMRSSYHey Patrons,This month on the patron-exclusive feed we explore the wonderful world of Minecraft. Specifically the movie. Or rather A Movie. A Minecraft Movie about Minecraft. Jack Black. Chicken Jockey. You get it.La-la-la Lava, Ch-ch-ch-chicken!Ooooooh Noclip Patron Pod is tasty as hell!Please send help.Danny

[EARLY ACCESS] The Story Behind Battlefield 3's Divisive Campaign

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzJH_Z-FvkSurprise!We've barely talked about this one because it's a bit of a side project but a couple of months ago I sat down with David Goldfarb (Battlefield 3 Campaign Director) to talk about the design of the game's single player because for some reason the game was going viral on social media with people talking about how good it was.Now look, I love the campaign in BF3, b...

How Games Are Made: SOUND DESIGN

YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/lbOghip5CPI?si=HDZJWKoKr91pJQbqHey folks!After two years of production we've finally got the first episode of this series ready to roll.This is the first in a series of videos we have filmed that dive deep into specific areas for design. From character design to making doors, from creating marketing materials to lighting. Each episode focuses on the particular challenges that arise when thinking about these spec...

[EARLY ACCESS] How Games Are Made: SOUND

UNLISTED YOUTUBE (DON'T SHARE): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbyH9E2xaIwHey Early Access Patrons,After two years of production we've finally got the first episode of this series ready to roll.This is the first in a series of videos we have filmed that dive deep into specific areas for design. From character design to making doors, from creating marketing materials to lighting. Each episode focuses on the particular challenges that aris...

Patron Show May 2025 - Disco, Sweden, Future of Games Coverage...

UNLISTED YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/bC8_-8TYQbgHey folks,It's been a weird week in the world of games coverage so a sizable chunk of this month's Patron Show is dedicated to my musings on the future of the games reporting and what, if anything, we can do about it.There's also loads of project updates, some chat about con appearances later this year, some preservation stuff, and a bunch more. Chapters below!00:00 - Intro02:03 - Dwa...

PATRON BONUS - Borderlands (2024) Film Review

As you know we are enjoyers of fine cinema here at Noclip. So apologies for us taking to long to get around to talking about Eli Roth's video game masterpiece; Borderlands. In this episode myself and Jeremy discuss the bizarre blocking and questionable casting of this box office bonanza. Spoilers are everywhere, though if you haven't decided to waste your own time watching this, you probably weren't planning to.Also here is the VIDEO ...