The NYC Machinima Film Festival is an event that promote and reward worldwide Machinima productions.
It has been initiated in 2002 by Paul Marino (I might be wrong on this one but I know that he's one of the main man in the festival)
You can check Wikipedia and type Machinima or Machinima festival to find out more
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The "Mackies" are prizes (like hollywood awards) that rewards Machinima productions in many categories. (Best picture, best writing, best sound etc)
There's no money to win except fame and plastic glass figurine :pilotfly:
I strongly suggest to take a look at www.machinima.com to watch some machinimas (a lot of really good things) and www.machinima.org to have a good overview of the festival events.
And if you really like Bill & John, you can vote for us on gamevideos.com.
They will announce a special mackie for the public's favorite machinima. :music_whistling: