This simple game can be used as a canvas for narrative and expression, letting players customise it. As a result, and similar to other games, most of the creative tools used for making machinimas come from the community of practice. Ethobot uses the mod ‘Blockbuster’, created by McHorse – a well-known Minecraft player within the community – as a cinematic tool to make machinimas, giving him most of the resources he needs, such as infinite actors, a camera system, and a way to import assets easily. His prowess with the mod took him to work alongside its creator in teaching people how to use it. These experiences have opened up new job opportunities for him, working as a machinima specialist and creative director for other projects.

With a director’s mind and an artist’s heart, he wants to impress people with the potential of his work at the highest level. However, he believes that not many of his peers make use of the possibilities that new software and tools open for machinima creation. Instead, innovation generally takes shape through the way machinima, as a filmmaking practice, is approached by each artist.