red+vs+blue

//**Red vs. Blue**//, often abbreviated as //**RvB**//, is a set of related [|comic science fiction] video series created by [|Rooster Teeth Productions] and distributed through the [|Internet] and on [|DVD]. The story centers on two opposing teams of soldiers fighting a [|civil war] in the middle of a desolate box canyon (Blood Gulch), in a [|parody] of [|first-person shooter] (FPS) games, military life, and science fiction films. Initially intended to be a short series of six to eight episodes, the project quickly and unexpectedly achieved significant popularity following its Internet premiere on April 1, 2003. The fifth season of the original //**Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles**// series ended with episode 100, released on June 28, 2007. Three mini-series—//Out of Mind//, //Recovery One//, and //Relocated//—and the three-part //**Recollection**// Trilogy containing the full-length //Reconstruction//, //Recreation// and //Revelation// series (Seasons 6-8) have extended the plot. Season 9 premiered on June 14, 2011.[|[][|1][|]] //Red vs. Blue// emerged from [|Burnie Burns]' [|voice-over]-enhanced gameplay videos of [|Bungie Studios]' [|FPS] [|video game] //[|Halo: Combat Evolved]//. The series is primarily produced using the [|machinima] technique of synchronizing video footage from a game to pre-recorded dialogue and other audio. Footage is mostly from the [|multiplayer modes] of //Halo: Combat Evolved// and its [|sequels], //[|Halo 2]// and //[|Halo 3]//, on the [|Microsoft] [|Xbox] and [|Xbox 360] [|video game consoles]. Minute sections of the series were also achieved using the [|Microsoft] PC version of the same game. //Red vs. Blue// has been generally well-received within the machinima community as well as among film critics. Praised for its originality, the series has won four awards at film festivals held by the [|Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences]. It has been credited with bringing new popularity to machinima, helping it to gain more mainstream exposure, and attracting more people to the art form. Graham Leggat, former director of communications for [|Lincoln Center]'s film society, described //Red vs. Blue// as "truly as sophisticated as [|Samuel Beckett]".[|[][|2][|]] While special videos continue to be released online, the completed series is also available on DVD, making the series one of the first commercially released and successful machinima products. Rooster Teeth has created videos, some under commission from [|Microsoft], for special events, and //Red vs. Blue// content is included with the Legendary Edition of //[|Halo 3]//.