Machinima.com has a great interview with the South Park crew discussing the recent South Park-World of Warcraft episode. You get a little behind the scenes info on where the inspiration to use WOW came from, plus a few techie details on how the episode was created. For example, they treated the game capture sessions just like regular shoots using a Mac Pro with SnapzPro software for capturing. The captures were then imported into Avid systems and cut into the show which gave them immediate feedback if the captures worked in the scene, or if they needed to re-capture from the game. And just like a real location shoot, they did have some issues such as random players walking into the area they were capturing. But unlike a real shoot (hopefully), they were able to kill off anyone who wondered into the shot and continue on. Check it out, it's a fun read.

[via Create Digital Motion]