Dinohunters
Encyclopedia
The DinoHunters is an advertisement-supported
first person shooter and machinima
series created by Kuma Reality Games. Using Valve's
Source
for its engine, The Dinohunters is distributed in free downloadable episodes for the PC. The first episode
was released in 2006 through Kuma Reality Games' game client. Accompanying comedic machinima
movies were also created to bring the player closer to the world of Dinohunters, as well as advertise for The Dinohunters real life sponsors such as Schick
, which was replaced later by Jeep
(in levels, there are S.U.V.s that have license plates that say Jeep on them).
The story of Dinohunters is centered around a fictitious reality show on the Total Hunting Channel and sends a crew of washed up celebrities into the past to hunt dinosaurs for sport and big ratings. The crew consists of Australian stunt-man and actor Roger Wallaby, country singer Harlan Davis, native New Yorker Shaw, and their sexpot producer Candace "Candy" Spencer.
Dinohunters is one of the pioneers in the advergaming
space of the video game industry. For its first episodes Kuma Reality Games partnered with Schick
to promote its Schick Quattro Razor. Kuma Reality Games uses partnerships like this to also keep their other published games free: Kuma\War and The History Channel's ShootOut!: The Game.
. Featuring single and multiplayer modes, the game features a variety of different weapons and enemies for the player to encounter. Dinohunters currently features 6 playable episodes and 6 machinima episodes. New free episodes are released periodically.
Advergaming
Advergaming is the practice of using video games to advertise a product, organization or viewpoint. The term "advergames" was coined in January 2000 by Anthony Giallourakis, and later mentioned by Wireds "Jargon Watch" column in 2001...
first person shooter and machinima
Machinima
Machinima is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation...
series created by Kuma Reality Games. Using Valve's
Valve Corporation
Valve Corporation is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in Bellevue, Washington, United States...
Source
Source engine
Source is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation. It debuted in June 2004 with Counter-Strike: Source and shortly thereafter Half-Life 2, and has been in active development ever since...
for its engine, The Dinohunters is distributed in free downloadable episodes for the PC. The first episode
Episodic games
An episodic video game is a video game of a shorter length that is commercially released as an installment to a continuous and larger series. Episodic games differ from conventional video games in that they often contain less content but are developed on a more frequent basis.Such a series may or...
was released in 2006 through Kuma Reality Games' game client. Accompanying comedic machinima
Machinima
Machinima is the use of real-time 3D computer graphics rendering engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation...
movies were also created to bring the player closer to the world of Dinohunters, as well as advertise for The Dinohunters real life sponsors such as Schick
Schick
Schick may refer to:* Schick , a well-known brand of safety razor* Schick Technologies, a major manufacturer of digital X-ray systems for dentists*Schick test a test to determine susceptibility to diphtheriaSchick is the surname of:...
, which was replaced later by Jeep
Jeep
Jeep is an automobile marque of Chrysler . The first Willys Jeeps were produced in 1941 with the first civilian models in 1945, making it the oldest off-road vehicle and sport utility vehicle brand. It inspired a number of other light utility vehicles, such as the Land Rover which is the second...
(in levels, there are S.U.V.s that have license plates that say Jeep on them).
The story of Dinohunters is centered around a fictitious reality show on the Total Hunting Channel and sends a crew of washed up celebrities into the past to hunt dinosaurs for sport and big ratings. The crew consists of Australian stunt-man and actor Roger Wallaby, country singer Harlan Davis, native New Yorker Shaw, and their sexpot producer Candace "Candy" Spencer.
Dinohunters is one of the pioneers in the advergaming
Advergaming
Advergaming is the practice of using video games to advertise a product, organization or viewpoint. The term "advergames" was coined in January 2000 by Anthony Giallourakis, and later mentioned by Wireds "Jargon Watch" column in 2001...
space of the video game industry. For its first episodes Kuma Reality Games partnered with Schick
Schick
Schick may refer to:* Schick , a well-known brand of safety razor* Schick Technologies, a major manufacturer of digital X-ray systems for dentists*Schick test a test to determine susceptibility to diphtheriaSchick is the surname of:...
to promote its Schick Quattro Razor. Kuma Reality Games uses partnerships like this to also keep their other published games free: Kuma\War and The History Channel's ShootOut!: The Game.
Gameplay
Dinohunters is a first person shooter that uses Valve's Source EngineSource engine
Source is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation. It debuted in June 2004 with Counter-Strike: Source and shortly thereafter Half-Life 2, and has been in active development ever since...
. Featuring single and multiplayer modes, the game features a variety of different weapons and enemies for the player to encounter. Dinohunters currently features 6 playable episodes and 6 machinima episodes. New free episodes are released periodically.