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Featured era: 2003
Red vs. Blue
“Why are we here?”
- Featured era
- 2003
- Peak era
- 2003-2007
- Company
- Rooster Teeth (Burnie Burns)
- Category
- Viral Videos
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Red vs. Blue, episode one: "Why Are We Here?"
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About This Video
- From:
- Rooster Teeth
- Added:
- June 3, 2008
- Length:
- 2:40
What Was It?
Red vs. Blue is a comedy web series created by Burnie Burns and his company Rooster Teeth, made from footage of the Xbox game Halo. Two teams of soldiers guard bases at opposite ends of Blood Gulch, a desolate box canyon, and would much rather bicker than fight, in a parody of shooter games, military life and science fiction films.
It grew out of Burns's voice-over gameplay videos and an argument over whether the game's Warthog looks like a puma. The first episode went online on April 1, 2003, and Slashdot, Penny Arcade and Fark all featured it that day. Halo's developer, Bungie, liked it and agreed to let the series continue without license fees.
Planned as six to eight episodes, it ran for twenty seasons and is credited with bringing machinima into the mainstream.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Arguing whether the Warthog looks like a puma
- Downloading episodes in QuickTime or WMV
- Sarge, Grif, Church, Tucker and Caboose
- Lopez, the Spanish-speaking robot
The Story
- 2003 The first episode was released on April 1 and featured on Slashdot, Penny Arcade and Fark that day.
- 2007 The original Blood Gulch Chronicles ended with episode 100 on June 28.
- 2024 The final season, Restoration, was released as a feature-length film on May 7.
Its Legacy
The series ended with Red vs. Blue: Restoration, released as a feature-length film in 2024 after Rooster Teeth shut down. Its early Blood Gulch episodes remain on YouTube as a landmark of machinima.
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