Interview with machinima author Baron Soosdon (all graphics in this article were created by Baron Soosdon) SugarChick(SC): Thanks so much for sitting down with us today to do this interview, it is really appreciated. To begin with I must shamefully admit that it wasn't until a few weeks ago that I stumbled across your work for the first time and saw your "I'm so Sick" video. Movies I have seen in the past just don't compare to the quality, artistic expression and overall skill that your work has. Frankly I didn't know that people could create anything that good, you've definitely changed my look on WoW machinima and made me a fan of yours forever. I think a big reason I was missing out on the quality of machinima is because most movies are linked using youtube. We're in a day in age where people want quick and convenient, but I'd definitely recommend people taking that extra step to download or view movies in full quality. Is the best way for people to view your work is by going to your Warcraft Movies page? Baron Soosdon(BS): Downloading is the way I personally recommend everyone to view my movies. YouTube really destroys most of the technical and artistic quality. But for the people who do not have time or interest to download movies, I always try to give a high quality stream available (ie. from Stage6, GameTube or somewhere else). SC: You also have a personal blog site http://baronsoosdon.blogspot.com and http://koti.mbnet.fi/nublock where people can learn more about you and your work, could you tell us a bit about those two sites? BS: The blog is currently my main homesite. It has all my ramblings about future and past projects. The other site which is very basic is not that often updated - due to my laziness. Maybe someday I will make a good homepage for myself, but currently it's not in my plans. SC: You use the artist name Baron Soosdon to be identified with, how did you come up with that? Your production company name is "Nublock movies" where did that originate from? BS: The name Baron Soosdon goes back to good old Molten Core ages. At that time, my main was a warlock called Soosisti. During the Baron Geddon encounter, our raid leader used to announce the hellfires of B.G. by saying "Hellfire! Stay away from Baron Geddon!". When we first downed that blob of fire, I hellfired and said "Hellfire! Stay away from Baron Soosdon!". After that it became an internal joke and eventually my artist name. Nublock Movies has a simpler explanation - noob + warlock = nublock. SC: Do you play Horde or Alliance and would you be willing to disclose your server and/or guild you're in? What is your current main characters class and race? BS: I started as horde and my mains will always be on horde. The closest thing I have to a main character is my undead shadowpriest Nöfnöf at the Twilight's Hammer (EU) server. Soosisti the orc warlock also resides there too, but he is now an alt of mine. They both are in a guild called The Beastro. I have been also leveling an alliance alt, a gnome rogue called Gnorgasm (Spinebreaker - EU) just to see the other side of the story. To my bad luck that realm is too dead SC: When you do play what do you spend your time doing, raiding, pvping or just hanging out? BS: Currently it's only random leveling. I have really lost interest to the mindless grind. PvE progress does not interest me that much anymore. Next Page >   Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4