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In January 2000, Hugh Hancock, the founder of Strange Company, launched a new website, machinima. com.

The new name surprised the community ; a misspelled contraction of machine cinema ( machinema ), the term machinima was intended to dissociate in-game filming from a specific engine.

The misspelling stuck because it also referenced anime.

The new site featured tutorials, interviews, articles, and the exclusive release of Tritin Films ' Quad God.

The first film made with Quake III Arena, Quad God was also the first to be distributed as recorded video frames, not game-specific instructions.

This change was initially controversial among machinima producers who preferred the smaller size of demo files.

However, demo files required a copy of the game to view.

The more accessible traditional video format broadened Quad Gods viewership, and the work was distributed on CDs bundled with magazines.

Thus, id's decision to protect Quake IIIs code inadvertently caused machinima creators to use more general solutions and thus widen their audience.

Within a few years, machinima films were almost exclusively distributed in common video file formats.