new media founded 2004 headquarters dallas texas & los angeles ca key people alexander winn ryan luther products the codex the heretic vox populi forsaken website http www.edgeworksent.com edgeworks entertainment is a machinima and new media production company created by alexander winn and ryan luther . at midnight on february 9 2005 episode 1 of their new machinima series was released . the codex crew which then consisted of alexander winn ryan luther patrick malone and meghan foster all got together to celebrate the launch of the the codex series . lauren jenks joined the crew after a few months and the series reached 20 episodes before it ended on august 13 2005 when episode 20 the end of all things was released . on february 9 2006 edgeworks entertainment announced their new addition to the codex series the heretic with the addition of three more members of the staff and again on february 9 2007 the first episode was released . in 2009 edgeworks launched a community driven review site called vox populi and 2010 sees their newest creation a live action webseries named radical . contents 1 main crew 2 productions 2.1 the codex series 2.1.1 the codex 2.1.2 the heretic 2.1.3 the reclaimer 2.2 vox populi 2.3 forsaken 2.4 radical 3 references 4 external links main crew edit alexander winn co founder writer producer director editor composer and actor . ryan luther co founder producer webmaster puppeteer actor . meghan foster puppeteer actor . patrick malone puppeteer actor . lauren jenks puppeteer actor . jeff guebert puppeteer . robert bruff puppeteer . john cottingame puppeteer . productions edit the codex series edit the codex series is the name for the overarching story of the machinima series the codex and the heretic . collectively the series have received over 80 million hits as of april 2008 . the codex edit the codex is a 20 episode online machinima series set in bungie studios halo video game universe . along with its sister series the heretic it is part of the greater codex series . it relates the story of a covenant invasion of a human world in order to recover a forerunner artifact and the story of the humans resistance of that invasion . since its initial release on february 9 2005 the codex has earned a large international fan base and has been featured in numerous print radio televised and online news media such as npr 1 mtvu 2 xbox world 360 magazine in britain 3 and the front covers of the dallas observer 4 and houston press . 5 in his september 29 2005 long tail blog entry chris anderson editor in chief of wired magazine described the codex as the best machinima he had ever seen and an excellent example of his long tail theory . 6 the codex is the highest trafficked peer produced halo machinima series in existence ranking second only to the professionally produced series red vs. blue . the heretic edit the heretic is the second machinima series made by edgeworks entertainment . like its predecessor the heretic is set in bungie studios halo video game universe . it is a prequel to the popular series the codex . the heretic tells the story of how the codex was found and how the various characters in the codex came to be involved with it . at 12 01 am february 9 2007 edgeworks entertainment released episode 1 seeds of doubt . 1 the reclaimer edit the reclaimer was planned to be a sequel to the codex and also the final series in the codex series . however production of the series has officially been halted until further notice as a result of microsoft s release of their game content usage rules which made certain elements of the series impossible . 7 vox populi edit vox populi is the first non machinima endeavor from edgeworks entertainment . it is a community driven review site in which registered members can post reviews for at the time of release movies and video games . 8 in the following weeks edgeworks also added television and book review sections . 9 10 forsaken edit forsaken logo . forsaken was a planned machinima series by edgeworks entertainment and would have been the group s first to be made in the world of warcraft game engine . according to edgeworks the series centered on an over the hill hero who must rise to the challenge when the forces of evil begin their bid for control over the land of azeroth . 11 the series was announced on april 12 2006 with a teaser trailer 12 and was to be written and directed by malone and co produced by malone and winn . 13 forsaken would have been the first edgeworks production not to be written or directed by winn and edgeworks cited the new series as the first step towards making a community for artistic development and distribution . 14 unfortunately due to the series being rendered impossible thanks to a patch released for world of warcraft production of the series has halted as of january 3 2007 and it seems unlikely that it will ever be completed or released . 15 radical edit on 9 february 2010 5 years after the release of the codex it was announced 16 that edgeworks would be creating a new original live action web series called radical . a teaser trailer was released along with a new forum section and media components . production will be started late spring 2010 with a release date of the first episode also around that time . references edit turning video games into movies . marketplace npr . retrieved 2008 04 26 . machinima master . mtv university . archived from the original on september 11 2007 . retrieved 2008 04 26 . xboxworld 360 . retrieved 2008 04 26 . lights camera play . dallas observer . retrieved 2008 04 26 . hollywood halo . houston press . retrieved 2008 04 26 . the long tail . retrieved 2008 04 26 . microsoft 1 community 0 . the reclaimer . edgeworks entertainment . archived from the original on 2007 12 17 . retrieved 2007 08 15 . vox populi . edgeworks entertainment . retrieved 2009 03 20 . random facts . vox populi . edgeworks entertainment . retrieved 2009 03 20 . vp conquers the small screen . vox populi . edgeworks entertainment . retrieved 2009 03 20 . dead link videos . edgeworks entertainment . edgeworks entertainment . archived from the original on may 14 2006 . retrieved 2006 05 21 . winn alexander . the motherload . forsaken . edgeworks entertainment . archived from the original on february 22 2007 . retrieved 2006 05 21 . bios . forsaken . edgeworks entertainment . archived from the original on 2006 05 14 . retrieved 2006 05 21 . about edgeworks entertainment . edgeworks entertainment . edgeworks entertainment . archived from the original on 2006 05 14 . retrieved 2006 05 21 . forsaken cancellation . forsaken . edgeworks entertainment . archived from the original on 2007 03 22 . retrieved 2007 01 03 . radical announcement . edgeworks entertainment . retrieved 2010 02 10 . external links edit edgeworks entertainment official website the codex official website the heretic official website vox populi official website radical official website web page that details 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