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(SPOILERS) Halo: The Fall of Reach is an animated miniseries based on the eponymous novel about John-117’s origin. The miniseries is bundled with the Halo 5: Guardians limited edition, collector’s edition, digital deluxe edition and Xbox one bundle.

(PG-13: Language) The year is 2331. Mankind has reduced Earth to a toxic wasteland devoid of other animals or any plant life. But a boy stumbles upon the discovery of a lifetime. Alvaro Garcia’s short has glaring plot holes, but it’s still fun to watch.

An astronaut desperately goes after her partner. Based on a song by synthwave artist Anthony Scott Burns aka PilotPriest, the details and small movements in BRVTVS Collective‘s wonderfully animated short really make it come to life.

For his short science fiction film, director Loïc Bramoullé digitally augmented imagery he shot during a trip to Myanmar to envision a future in which a space dragon and its companion study and hope to learn from the ruins of a long-lost human civilization.

Here’s a great way to pass the time while waiting for your food at a restaurant. Skullmapping made a short film that was meant to be played on a dinner table, about a tiny chef and a grill hidden in the customer’s plate.

This CGI viscosity demo proves oddly satisfying, as various putty and liquid creatures are stacked and smashed onto one another, resulting in some hilarious outcomes. Even the goopy and toothspasty bits in the middle are hypnotic.

A mining robot runs into its counterpart from a rival company. Will they work together to make their jobs easier? Or will they behave like their human masters? Find out in Jack Anderson’s neat short film.

New protagonist Spartan Locke and his teammates hit the ground running in the opening cinematic of Halo 5: Guardians. This reminded us of Avengers: Age of Ultron‘s opening battle.

RocketJump Film School has a great counterpoint to the video about how CGI is ruining movies. The fact is, many movies and shows use CGI. If you think a particular example is bad, don’t blame the tool, blame the one who wields it.

(Flashing lights) A pulsating RGB army chases teenagers in a forest made of spheres in this trippy, eye-popping music video for Green, a single by French electronic artist Azel Phara. Created by Bif and Mill+.

We’ve seen Mario dropped into a realistic world using Unreal Engine 4. Here’s the Blue Blur given the same treatment by YouTuber CryZENx. Now that’s going fast. Check out CryZENx’s channel for more UE 4 demos.

A look at some of the natural landscapes made by YouTuber koooolalala using Unreal Engine 4. At this point Memorex should just let Epic Games use their slogan. Check out kooolalala’s YouTube and Flickr pages for more.

We best enjoy movies that meld reality, practical effects, and limited CGI. Too much CGI feels consequence-free to us. Here, Story Brain explains “The WETA Effect,” which kicked off an era of unreal and unrelatable action sequences.

The cinematic trailer for an upcoming expansion of the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic is an ominous short film about the Emperor of the Eternal Empire and his twin sons. Knights of the Fallen Empire drops 10/27/15.

From the makers of Despicable Me comes a new animated comedy about what pets do behind their masters’ backs. Starring comedians Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, Albert Brooks, Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Hannibal Buress and more.

Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur is set in an alternate universe where dinosaurs didn’t die and eventually came to coexist with man. It follows a young human boy who befriends an Apatosaurus named Arlo. Coming this Thanksgiving.

LEGO already has a lot of video games, but here’s a fun look at how Portal, Skyrim, BioShock and Counter-Strike might have looked like if LEGO owned them. A well-made short by YouTuber andrewmfilms.

CD Projekt Red celebrates The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt‘s universally favorable reviews by releasing this intense computer animated short film, which shows the titular monster hunter Geralt of Rivia taking on an elusive creature.

A man rides a biomorphic motorcycle in Dylan J. Nathan’s proof-of-concept for his futuristic computer animated short film Extr0py. Either the dude is really small or the bike’s proportions are all wrong. Still pretty cool though.

(Gore) A crazy carnivorous bat and a cowardly flying fox become unlikely partners against a swarm of mosquitoes in this wacky and stylish animated short film by Max Maleo and Aurélien Prédal.

A girl befriends her eccentric neighbor, who tells her the story of The Little Prince. An animated adaptation of the classic existential tale about adulthood and human nature. Prepare your tear ducts for one hell of a workout.

Director Mark Zibert and effects shop Alter Ego pulled off this impressive promo spot for Cycling Canada, in which bicycles appear to be riding themselves across the Canadian landscape. Be sure to check out the behind the scenes reel too.

Director Kosai Sekine uses motion control and trippy VFX to mess with our heads by messing with the head of lead vocalist Yuki, as she warms our ears with her smooth vocals, backed by the ethereal electronic sounds of Animation.