Halo vs. Metroid video ...

UPDATED: Added the video inline (above) to this post.

Yeesh. Stop whatever you're doing and go watch this fan video of Spartan (Halo) on Samus (Metroid) action. Ever wonder who would win in a fight between the two? Now you will.

This is the work of just one freaking guy (Monty Oum), who's so talented and getting so much play from this video that his deviantART space is sporadically unavailable.

The vid's a mix of Halo + Metroid + God of War + Devil May Cry + DOA4 + Hong Kong actioner insanity + The Matrix + pre-pubescent fantasy + genious that just makes it great fun.
Watch the whole thing. Even the closing credits. Even the tagged on sequence after the credits. There's a great write-up by Monty on the GameTrailers.com Website.

I dunno what Monty does, but everyone from Nintendo to Microsoft should be scrambling to get him in hand, in a creative consultancy at the least.

His self-deprecation is funny:

"It should also be noted that I am BY NO MEANS a real 3D artist. Real 3D artists would find my methods laughable and never touch to programs I use."

Why? Because (A) The thing is good, (B) Independent of the 3D, it's all the other stuff that shows how amazing he is: Creativity, Composition, Pacing, Camera, etc., (C) He's figured out ways to make what he wants to do doable (though he says he's "sorta sold out", he's sharply pulled together 2 rich franchises with rabid fanbases, mashed them together, found a technical way to make getting the assets easier, and produced something in somewhere around a couple of months of effort).

This is the kind of guy I would hire on execution and potential alone.

Good for him ...