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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5236390" data-attributes="member: 41321">Anyone here on EN World watching <a href="http://redvsblue.com/home.php" target="_blank">Red vs Blue</a>?I'm posting this in the Software forum instead of Media/Off Topic because although technically it qualifies as media, Red vs Blue generally appeals more to the computer gaming crowd.For those who don't know, Red vs Blue is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima" target="_blank">machinima</a> based on the Halo games.  The actors record dialog to go with in-game video from multiplayer Halo sessions to film the scene.  Most episodes are around 5 minutes long, but some can be 15 minutes or longer if they're at a critical point.  They are currently in their 8th season.I have actually never played any of the Halo games, but I love this series.  It's very funny, though the humor can be very non-grandma-friendly, and if it were a movie it would definitely be rated R for language.  The show started off as purely comedy, and I read that at first the episodes were being written from week to week, but it has matured into a very compelling plot in the later seasons that even incorporates some of the original random stuff in a way that makes sense.If you watched Red vs Blue a while ago but stopped, now's the time to get back into it.  They no longer rotate their archives, limiting what's available at a given time (which is what drove me away from it) and every episode from seasons 1-7 (and four episodes from season 8) are <a href="http://www.youtube.com/show?p=u5RTwuNMv6U&s=1" target="_blank">available from Rooster Teeth on You Tube</a>, and after there you can watch up to the current episode on the main website.I highly recommend watching all of the episodes in order, even if you've seen the early ones before.  The show builds on itself, and you may lose plot points and a lot of jokes if you skip episodes or if you saw them years ago and forgot bits.Seasons 6 is my favorite so far (though the current season is an extremely close second, and it's not even finished), where they start using the Halo 3 engine.  Not only are the videos much higher quality, but they dial the plot up to eleven and reveal some very interesting plot points about the Red vs Blue world and its characters.  You must watch seasons 1-5 in order to fully appreciate the revelations in this season, however.  Just skipping to Season 6 will ruin it for you (as will skipping to any season, really).The current season is amazing as well.  They changed some things in the way they "film" these episodes and... well... I think it's best if you're not expecting it when you get there, so I won't ruin it for anyone.  My jaw hit the floor when I saw the first of these changes, and I had to go back and watch that episode again.So, anyone else eagerly waiting for this week's episode?  (They normally come out on Monday nights, but this week they delayed it to this morning... with my luck it probably won't be out before I go to work so I'll have to watch it tonight when I get home.)</blockquote>

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