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Red vs. Blue Season 3 Begins
Thanks to HavokDevNull for the news that Red vs. Blue Season 3 has begun! From the site: "Episode 39 'Best Laid Plans' weighs in at 8 minutes and 45 seconds and is available in Divx, Quicktime, and WMV. You can download it from our Video Page. Thanks for being so patient waiting around for it. "
i've never watched this before, and now i'm realizing why. someone should have voiced over a hamster or a wombat or something, at least animals can move around more than video game characters who raise and lower their gun for minutes on end to simulate talking. ... maybe i'm just old fashioned.
Red vs. Blue is an online web show, using Halo characters. They use the Divx codec and they are are fairly large in they're amount of work completed as you can see it being they're third season. The ones I've been able to get a hold of revolve around the Master Chief who gives orders to fully vocalized named different colored Halo characters
A: Yeah, we know.
Q: No seriously. What the hell?
A: Oh. We just write scripts and then use videogames to act them out. It's a new style of animation that some people call machinima. It allows to make weekly pieces of animation with a small group of people.
Q: That was a long response.
A: Yes it was.
From the RvB FAQ.
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they have Microsoft's and Bungie's total permission and endorsement. The Halo team loved RvB so much that they actually commissioned original cartoons to promote the game. Go to any store that sells XBoxen and watch the little promo video long enough, and the RvB gang will appear and start doing their schtick about why you need to buy an XBox.
May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage. RAmen.