According to Guinness World Records, machinima is the art of making animated narrative films from computer graphics, most commonly using the engines found in video games.
The word 'machinima' is a portmanteau of the words machine and cinema. Machinima, originally machinema ( / m ə ˈ ʃ iː n ɪ m ə, - ˈ ʃ ɪ n-/) is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production.
