Red Dead Redemption, directed by John Hillcoat

If you’re the sort that’s unlikely to devote hours of your life playing open-world videogames, then you may prefer to experience the excellent animated world of Rockstar Games’s Red Dead Redemption in short film form. Renowed Australian Director John Hillcoat (The Proposition, The Road) has been given free reign to use the computer animation from the film and in true machinima style combines gameplay sequences and cutscenes from the game to create a new narrative.

Enjoy this 29 minute adventure into the heartlands of the Wild West without the inconvenience of touching a single controller. (Though personally I would recommend that you give it a go – it’s an awesome immersive gaming experience.)