Many new forms of media have emerged over the years. The Internet has increased the pace of media tenfold. That might not be a good thing. With the ability to gather information from around the world in seconds, the entertainment sections of the media have exploded. This has resulted in a lot of splinters from creative groups on the Internet. The most common way to understand this is to turn to people who consider themselves “youtubers”. Both may have seen years of videos and may only know a few videos that the other has seen. How is this possible? Simple, they have been in different parts of the Internet. One might have constantly watched anime videos as a hobby and search for funny pictures in his free time. The other might simply use YouTube to find ideas to use in his shop and watch truck videos on YouTube. This can lead to incredibly popular new types of media that are hardly talked about outside of the website. One of these new types of media is called “lets-play”. This happens when a single person, or in some cases a small group, plays a video game in front of the camera and comments during the game. Commentary is often based on the type of game. Serious payment was usually used to dole out tips and tricks, casual gaming was followed by jokes and talk about gaming in general, and joking was used to provide pure entertainment. A group of people who called themselves Roosterteeth took full advantage of this latest "let's play". Over ten years ago, a game known as Halo came out and was played by millions of people. One thing that made it interesting was that the multiplayer came with a theater mode. One player could fly through the air and act as a camera while the others ran around as the default spacesuit on...... middle of paper...... This final season lacked credits, suggesting that season 12 is not far behind. They managed to climb as high as they could, given the circumstances. They had gone from messing around with a game to selling gadgets and DVD box sets. The viewing of the episodes is paid for by advertising, allowing the public to see them for free. While other Internet phenomena have managed to get a space on television, Annoying Orange for example, they can do nothing else with their royalties with Bungie and Microsoft, the creators of Halo. They have made major improvements that would amaze any internet actor or “youtuber”, so why are they so little known? It's because the Internet is so vast that the media has divided itself into small sections that may only have a few things in common. So, here's Red vs. Blue and Roosterteeth, the kings and queens of the Halo region on the Internet.
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