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Out of character: filmmakers take virtual actors out of the game and into a Web sitcom.(Rooster Teeth Productions)

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Whoever said you can't mix business and pleasure never met the guys from Rooster Teeth Productions: They produce Webisodes, or Web-based episodic shows, using content from their favorite computer game, Halo.

The weekly episodic CG series, called "Red vs Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles," comprises five minutes of animated gameplay video set within the game's world. However, it places the Halo characters in a unique situational comedy that, unlike the game, is not interactive. This process is accomplished using the new genre machinima, or 3D game-based filmmaking (see "Making Machinima," pg. 26), whereby segments from a computer game are captured on video and ...

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