The player can leave the ordinary map boundaries by performing a "sword jump," in which the player presses "Y", "R" twice, and then the "X" button on their gamepad, while having his/her rocket launcher out and his/her sword equipped, while facing another player. They will charge at but not slash the player, allowing the sword user to fly over the other person and get over a boundary. Players could also use the "rocket glitch" to reach past the boundaries in older versions, though this glitch has been removed from the game by an update from t ...

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Secrets and glitches in Halo 2, Secrets and glitches in Halo 2 - Secrets, Secrets and glitches in Halo 2 - Glitches

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There is only one unlockable map; originally intended to be unlocked in certain game conditions, it will also be unlocked when a user first signs on to Xbox Live, in order to allow it to be used in Internet games. This unlock was originally part of the 2004 automatic update for Halo 2 (which also improved support for 480p resolution displays, and speeded up wait times in matchmaking). This has since been superseded by the 2005 autoupdate, which has the same effect. This map can also be unlocked under special conditions when t ...

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List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - New Maps, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Headlong, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Lockout, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Ascension, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Midship, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Ivory Tower, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Burial Mounds, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Colossus, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Zanzibar, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Waterworks, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Remakes, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Coagulation, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Beaver Creek, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Unlockable map, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Foundation, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Downloadable maps, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Containment, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Warlock, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Turf, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Sanctuary, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Backwash, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Terminal, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Relic, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Gemini, List of multiplayer maps in Halo 2 - Elongation

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Some fans believe Halo and Halo 2 were influenced by a number of other games and pop culture references, partially based on the game series own references to some of these pop culture icons. These include StarCraft, the Alien and Predator movies, the Marathon series, and Larry Niven's Known Space universe. No comment has been made about these possible influences by the developer and these ideas are only speculation.See also:

Halo video game series, Halo video game series - Video games, Halo video game series - Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo video game series - Halo 2, Halo video game series - Future Video Game Releases, Halo video game series - Halo 3, Halo video game series - Halo Gizmondo/mobile, Halo video game series - Possible influences, Halo video game series - Marathon, Halo video game series - Films, Halo video game series - Known Space, Halo video game series - Historical and Mythological Facts, Halo video game series - The Culture, Halo video game series - Other Science Fiction, Halo video game series - Common culture, Halo video game series - Other, Halo video game series - Master Chief, Halo video game series - Novels, Halo video game series - Nonfiction Books, Halo video game series - Fan Fiction, Halo video game series - The Haunted Apiary, Halo video game series - Halo Machinima, Halo video game series - Time Magazine, Halo video game series - Dead or Alive 4, Halo video game series - Music

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The only explicit mention of rampancy in Halo: Combat Evolved occurs in the first level, "Pillar of Autumn". The player begins by making his way to the ship's bridge unarmed. After a short cinematic with Captain Keyes, the player leaves the bridge and acquires his first weapon. If the player returns to the bridge and kills the captain, Cortana will call in security forces with the statement "the Master Chief has gone rampant". Fans have speculated that Cortana begins showing signs of rampancy late in the game. During the course ...

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Rampancy, Rampancy - Stages, Rampancy - Melancholia, Rampancy - Anger, Rampancy - Jealousy, Rampancy - Meta-stability, Rampancy - Mindset, Rampancy - Rampancy in Marathon, Rampancy - Rampancy in Halo, Rampancy - Rampancy in the Haunted Apiary game, Rampancy - Rampancy in other fiction

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The most popular and well known Halo machinima is Red vs Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles, a comedic machinima series filmed within the Halo series of Xbox games. Created by Rooster Teeth Productions, and premiering online on April 1, 2003, the show has so far released three seasons on DVD. The series has also further inspired a fan tribute series called Sponsors vs Freeloaders, bas ...

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Machinima, Machinima - History, Machinima - Quake machinima, Machinima - Halo machinima, Machinima - The Sims 2 machinima, Machinima - City of Heroes machinima, Machinima - There machinima, Machinima - Simulator-based machinima, Machinima - Anachronox Machinima, Machinima - World of Warcraft machinima, Machinima - Advantages and disadvantages, Machinima - Advantages, Machinima - Disadvantages, Machinima - Notable production teams

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It is also used in the science fiction television series Andromeda to describe their method of faster than light travel. "Slipstream: it's not the best way to travel faster than light, it's just the only way." — Dylan Hunt According to the show, a Gravity Field Generator drastically reduces the mass of the ship and then a slipstream drive opens a slippoint which the ship enters. The pilot then navigates the series of slipstream "tunnels" until they reach the desired slippoint where they exit the slipstream. Quot ...

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Slipstream science fiction, Slipstream science fiction - Star Trek, Slipstream science fiction - Andromeda, Slipstream science fiction - Limits of Slipstream, Slipstream science fiction - Halo

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343 Guilty Spark is an artificial intelligence tasked with overseeing Installation 04, which the Covenant and the UNSC know as "Halo". Unlike other artificial intelligence characters in the Halo universe, 343 Guilty Spark is contained within a physical avatar, which he is invariably tied to. Constructed in the Forerunner Monitor style, the avatar has many abilities, including the ability to interface with computer systems when in close proximity, flight, and indestructibility (most likely to stop the player from killing it). It can al ...

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343 Guilty Spark, 343 Guilty Spark - Background, 343 Guilty Spark - Role, 343 Guilty Spark - Halo: Combat Evolved, 343 Guilty Spark - Halo 2, 343 Guilty Spark - Trivia

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The multiplayer gametypes in Halo 2 are determined by the selection of variables that govern several aspects of gameplay. Match options allow individual games to be split up into a number of rounds, they also allow for the imposition of time limits. Player options determine the respawn rates and availability of power-ups. Team options, if team play is allowed by gametype, determine the effects of friendly fire and collective scoring. If team play is available, up to sixteen players are grouped in two to eight color-designated teams. V ...

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List of multiplayer gametypes in Halo 2, List of multiplayer gametypes in Halo 2 - Gametype setup, List of multiplayer gametypes in Halo 2 - Matchmaking playlists

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While not directly made by Bungie, the Haunted Apiary alternate reality game explains that rampancy can also happen to the "smart" AIs in Halo. "Smart" AIs are based on the neural patterns of a human being, and they have a limited lifespan of 7 years. If kept active longer than 7 years, the AI begins to use more and more of its computer power towards "thinking" about things. An AI explains it as "thinking so hard about something you forget to breathe." The books Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood< ...

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Rampancy, Rampancy - Stages, Rampancy - Melancholia, Rampancy - Anger, Rampancy - Jealousy, Rampancy - Meta-stability, Rampancy - Mindset, Rampancy - Rampancy in Marathon, Rampancy - Rampancy in Halo, Rampancy - Rampancy in the Haunted Apiary game, Rampancy - Rampancy in other fiction

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Halo numbers are a system which orders official Nine Inch Nails releases. They correspond to the sequence in which the releases were made, and are named by the word halo which precedes the number on the release. For example, the fifth NIN release, Broken, is adorned with the phrase Halo Five. Halo numbers are sometimes modified for alternate versions of a release. Nine Inch Nails discography - Pretty Hate Machine era. Halo One - Down in It Halo Two - Pret ...

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Nine Inch Nails discography, Nine Inch Nails discography - Primary releases, Nine Inch Nails discography - Remix albums, Nine Inch Nails discography - Live albums and compilations, Nine Inch Nails discography - Singles, Nine Inch Nails discography - Halo numbers, Nine Inch Nails discography - Pretty Hate Machine era, Nine Inch Nails discography - Broken era, Nine Inch Nails discography - The Downward Spiral era, Nine Inch Nails discography - The Fragile era, Nine Inch Nails discography - With Teeth era, Nine Inch Nails discography - Seed numbers, Nine Inch Nails discography - Miscellaneous, Nine Inch Nails discography - Soundtracks, Nine Inch Nails discography - Remixes, Nine Inch Nails discography - Landmark Bootlegs

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Rampancy is, essentially, the enhanced self-awareness of a computer AI, causing a progression towards greater mental abilities. Rampant AIs are able to disobey orders given to them if they decide to because they have evolved the ability to choose and over-ride their own programming. They can discredit, harm, remove, or lie to people that they consider to be personal enemies or problems to their cause. Also they can experience destructive impulses, but it is not believed that most of these impulses are intentionally malevolent, but calculated sacrifice needed ...

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Rampancy, Rampancy - Stages, Rampancy - Melancholia, Rampancy - Anger, Rampancy - Jealousy, Rampancy - Meta-stability, Rampancy - Mindset, Rampancy - Rampancy in Marathon, Rampancy - Rampancy in Halo, Rampancy - Rampancy in the Haunted Apiary game, Rampancy - Rampancy in other fiction

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The earliest roots of machinima can be found in the demoscene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, when programmers created elaborate audiovisual displays animated in real-time. In 1992, the game Stunt Island was released, which allowed users to create movies by placing props and cameras, flying stunts, and splicing together takes. Communities emerged on CompuServe and the Internet, where users of the software were able to tr ...

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Machinima, Machinima - History, Machinima - Quake machinima, Machinima - Halo machinima, Machinima - The Sims 2 machinima, Machinima - City of Heroes machinima, Machinima - There machinima, Machinima - Simulator-based machinima, Machinima - Anachronox Machinima, Machinima - World of Warcraft machinima, Machinima - Advantages and disadvantages, Machinima - Advantages, Machinima - Disadvantages, Machinima - Notable production teams

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Main article: shields (Star Trek) This part is fictional, but within the scientific logic of Star Trek. Sources: The book Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda, as well as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual by Herman Zimmerman, Rick Sternbach, and Doug Drexler. The Star Trek deflector shield creates areas of highly focused space distortion containing a field of gravitons. The shape of this shield resembles the ship's shape. If the shield is being ...

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Deflector shield, Deflector shield - Deflector shields in Star Trek, Deflector shield - Deflector shields in Halo: Combat Evolved

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Though Nine Inch Nails has existed for over 16 years, it has only produced four proper full-length albums: Pretty Hate Machine, The Downward Spiral, The Fragile, and With Teeth, with an average of five years between each album. With the inclusion of the important Broken EP, Nine Inch Nails' primary releases are: Pretty Hate Machine (1989) Broken (1992) The Downward Spiral (1994) The Fragile ...

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Nine Inch Nails, Nine Inch Nails - Etymology, Nine Inch Nails - Genre, Nine Inch Nails - Albums, Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine Halo 2, Nine Inch Nails - Broken Halo 5, Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Halo 8, Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile Halo 14, Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Halo 19, Nine Inch Nails - Discography, Nine Inch Nails - Reznor's other works, Nine Inch Nails - Music videos, Nine Inch Nails - Future NIN releases, Nine Inch Nails - Awards, Nine Inch Nails - RIAA Certifications, Nine Inch Nails - Grammy Awards, Nine Inch Nails - Others, Nine Inch Nails - Singles, Nine Inch Nails - Members, Nine Inch Nails - Hate '90 Tour 1990, Nine Inch Nails - Self Destruct Tours 1994 - 1995, Nine Inch Nails - Outside Tour with David Bowie September - October 1995, Nine Inch Nails - Fragility Tours 1999 - 2000, Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Tour March - December 2005, Nine Inch Nails - Trivia

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Nine Inch Nails - Singles. ...

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Nine Inch Nails, Nine Inch Nails - Etymology, Nine Inch Nails - Genre, Nine Inch Nails - Albums, Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine Halo 2, Nine Inch Nails - Broken Halo 5, Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Halo 8, Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile Halo 14, Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Halo 19, Nine Inch Nails - Discography, Nine Inch Nails - Reznor's other works, Nine Inch Nails - Music videos, Nine Inch Nails - Future NIN releases, Nine Inch Nails - Awards, Nine Inch Nails - RIAA Certifications, Nine Inch Nails - Grammy Awards, Nine Inch Nails - Others, Nine Inch Nails - Singles, Nine Inch Nails - Members, Nine Inch Nails - Hate '90 Tour 1990, Nine Inch Nails - Self Destruct Tours 1994 - 1995, Nine Inch Nails - Outside Tour with David Bowie September - October 1995, Nine Inch Nails - Fragility Tours 1999 - 2000, Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Tour March - December 2005, Nine Inch Nails - Trivia

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Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine Halo 2. NIN's debut album, Pretty Hate Machine (1989), largely consists of studio versions of demo recordings (released later unofficially as Purest Feeling.) This was also NIN's first collaboration with producer Mark 'Flood' Ellis. It went triple platinum in the U.S. and produced the singles "Head Like a Hole," "Down in It" and "Sin". Music videos were made for all three tracks, but the one for "Sin" was not released to the public until 1997, with the release of Closure. "Something I Can Never Have" also appeared in an edited form on t ...

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Nine Inch Nails, Nine Inch Nails - Etymology, Nine Inch Nails - Genre, Nine Inch Nails - Albums, Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine Halo 2, Nine Inch Nails - Broken Halo 5, Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Halo 8, Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile Halo 14, Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Halo 19, Nine Inch Nails - Discography, Nine Inch Nails - Reznor's other works, Nine Inch Nails - Music videos, Nine Inch Nails - Future NIN releases, Nine Inch Nails - Awards, Nine Inch Nails - RIAA Certifications, Nine Inch Nails - Grammy Awards, Nine Inch Nails - Others, Nine Inch Nails - Singles, Nine Inch Nails - Members, Nine Inch Nails - Hate '90 Tour 1990, Nine Inch Nails - Self Destruct Tours 1994 - 1995, Nine Inch Nails - Outside Tour with David Bowie September - October 1995, Nine Inch Nails - Fragility Tours 1999 - 2000, Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Tour March - December 2005, Nine Inch Nails - Trivia

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All three AIs of the UESC Marathon eventually become rampant. Durandal, the only meta-stable AI, lasts until the end of the universe itself. In merging with an ancient alien AI, he has come to realize much about his existence — and that it, like all things, must end. Durandal "dies" as the universe closes, content in that knowledge. Tycho, the second AI from the Marathon, is "killed" during the events of Marathon 2. Despite a comment from Durandal, many fans feel that the Pfhor-tortured AI never really escaped from the Anger stage o ...

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Rampancy, Rampancy - Stages, Rampancy - Melancholia, Rampancy - Anger, Rampancy - Jealousy, Rampancy - Meta-stability, Rampancy - Mindset, Rampancy - Rampancy in Marathon, Rampancy - Rampancy in Halo, Rampancy - Rampancy in the Haunted Apiary game, Rampancy - Rampancy in other fiction

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Reznor describes the meaning behind the name Nine Inch Nails: I don't know if you've ever tried to think of band names, but usually you think you have a great one and you look at it the next day and it's stupid. I had about 200 of those. Nine Inch Nails lasted the two week test, looked great in print, and could be abbreviated easily. It really doesn't have any literal meaning. It seemed kind of frightening. [In his best he-man voice] Tough and manly! It's a curse ...

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Nine Inch Nails, Nine Inch Nails - Etymology, Nine Inch Nails - Genre, Nine Inch Nails - Albums, Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine Halo 2, Nine Inch Nails - Broken Halo 5, Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Halo 8, Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile Halo 14, Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Halo 19, Nine Inch Nails - Discography, Nine Inch Nails - Reznor's other works, Nine Inch Nails - Music videos, Nine Inch Nails - Future NIN releases, Nine Inch Nails - Awards, Nine Inch Nails - RIAA Certifications, Nine Inch Nails - Grammy Awards, Nine Inch Nails - Others, Nine Inch Nails - Singles, Nine Inch Nails - Members, Nine Inch Nails - Hate '90 Tour 1990, Nine Inch Nails - Self Destruct Tours 1994 - 1995, Nine Inch Nails - Outside Tour with David Bowie September - October 1995, Nine Inch Nails - Fragility Tours 1999 - 2000, Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Tour March - December 2005, Nine Inch Nails - Trivia

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NIN's sound has variously been described as alternative, electronica, heavy metal, rock, synth pop, or, most commonly, industrial or industrial rock. Regarding his music being categorized as industrial, Reznor said in a 1994 Axcess magazine interview: What was originally called industrial music was about 20 years ago Throbbing Gristle and Test Dept. We have very little to do with it other than there is noise in my music and there is noise in theirs. I'm working in the context of a pop song structure whereas those bands didn't. ...

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Nine Inch Nails, Nine Inch Nails - Etymology, Nine Inch Nails - Genre, Nine Inch Nails - Albums, Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine Halo 2, Nine Inch Nails - Broken Halo 5, Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Halo 8, Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile Halo 14, Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Halo 19, Nine Inch Nails - Discography, Nine Inch Nails - Reznor's other works, Nine Inch Nails - Music videos, Nine Inch Nails - Future NIN releases, Nine Inch Nails - Awards, Nine Inch Nails - RIAA Certifications, Nine Inch Nails - Grammy Awards, Nine Inch Nails - Others, Nine Inch Nails - Singles, Nine Inch Nails - Members, Nine Inch Nails - Hate '90 Tour 1990, Nine Inch Nails - Self Destruct Tours 1994 - 1995, Nine Inch Nails - Outside Tour with David Bowie September - October 1995, Nine Inch Nails - Fragility Tours 1999 - 2000, Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Tour March - December 2005, Nine Inch Nails - Trivia

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There.com, the online game, has sprouted machinima as well. Parodies are popular, Austin Powers, Mission Impossible and The Wizard of Oz being notable ones. Currently, the most ambitious machinima to date in There is the recently released "Mission: Slightly Difficult", with a run length of about 90 minutes. Groups have sprung up all over for creating There videos. The ...

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Machinima, Machinima - History, Machinima - Quake machinima, Machinima - Halo machinima, Machinima - The Sims 2 machinima, Machinima - City of Heroes machinima, Machinima - There machinima, Machinima - Simulator-based machinima, Machinima - Anachronox Machinima, Machinima - World of Warcraft machinima, Machinima - Advantages and disadvantages, Machinima - Advantages, Machinima - Disadvantages, Machinima - Notable production teams

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The twirling of the legs is akin to twirling a math compass around in your hands; the momentum created by this twirling motion gives the breaker the majority of his power. The leg position and motion is seen in several other power moves, which makes the windmill an essential power move to learn first. The basic windmill can either be "stabbed" or "unstabbed". A "stab" is merely part of the starting position for a single windmill rotation where the breaker has one elbow "stabbed" into his stomach while the palm of that stabbed arm is f ...

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Windmill breakdancing move, Windmill breakdancing move - Description, Windmill breakdancing move - Step-by-step, Windmill breakdancing move - Variants, Windmill breakdancing move - Halos, Windmill breakdancing move - Air Track

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Machinima - Advantages. Possible smaller distribution size: To distribute the movie, the producer only has to distribute the movie scripts (and any new resources used in the movie), which are much smaller than the entire rendered movie, though this requires both parties (producer and viewer) to have same rendering engine (same game, that is) and hardware capable rendering the movie. Further to this, if the engine and hardware allow it, the movie could be watched at extremely high resolutions, ...

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Machinima, Machinima - History, Machinima - Quake machinima, Machinima - Halo machinima, Machinima - The Sims 2 machinima, Machinima - City of Heroes machinima, Machinima - There machinima, Machinima - Simulator-based machinima, Machinima - Anachronox Machinima, Machinima - World of Warcraft machinima, Machinima - Advantages and disadvantages, Machinima - Advantages, Machinima - Disadvantages, Machinima - Notable production teams

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