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"label": "Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Funhaus was a Los Angeles comedy gaming YouTube channel (2015-2024) run by the former Inside Gaming cast under Rooster Teeth, known for Demo Disk, Dude Soup, and Open Haus, ending with Rooster Teeth's 2024 shutdown.", "snippet": "Funhaus was a Los Angeles comedy gaming YouTube channel (2015-2024) run by the former Inside Gaming cast under Rooster Teeth, known for Demo Disk, Dude Soup, and Open Haus, ending with Rooster Teeth's 2024 shutdown.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries", "markdown": "# Funhaus\n\n**Funhaus** was an American comedy gaming YouTube channel based in Los Angeles, operated as part of [Rooster Teeth](https://www.edgepedia.org/rooster-teeth) from February 2015 until April 2024. It was created by the cast of Machinima's Inside Gaming channel, who left that network in January 2015 and joined Rooster Teeth's newly formed West Coast branch, producing gameplay commentary, podcasts, question-and-answer videos, live-action sketches, and animated series.[1](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/funhaus) • [2](https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/05/rooster-teeth-funhaus-channel-los-angeles-office/amp/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Active years | February 16, 2015 to April 2024, ending with the shutdown of Rooster Teeth[2](https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/05/rooster-teeth-funhaus-channel-los-angeles-office/amp/) • [3](https://funhaus.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus) |\n| Founding cast | Adam Kovic, Bruce Greene, James Willems, Lawrence Sonntag, Matt Peake, Joel Rubin, and Sean Poole, all from Machinima's Inside Gaming[2](https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/05/rooster-teeth-funhaus-channel-los-angeles-office/amp/) |\n| Channel size | About 1.35 million subscribers, roughly 1.46 billion views, and about 4,151 videos at the time of archival[4](https://www.letsplayindex.com/channels/18313-funhaus) |\n| Largest series | GTA 5, Dude Soup (307), Open Haus (281), Movie Podcast (185), Demo Disk (178)[5](https://funhausarchive.com/series/) |\n| Most-viewed game | Grand Theft Auto V, with 217,320,865 views across 456 videos[4](https://www.letsplayindex.com/channels/18313-funhaus) |\n| Original production | *Arizona Circle* (2019), an 8-episode sketch series co-written, directed, and starred in by Elyse and James Willems[6](https://www.elysewillems.com/willemsteam) |\n| Final upload | \"Leavin' Ain't a Crime - A Farewell Love Letter from Funhaus\", posted April 27, 2024[4](https://www.letsplayindex.com/channels/18313-funhaus) |\n\n## Origin from Inside Gaming\n\nThe channel's founders ran Inside Gaming, a gaming news and commentary operation at the video network [Machinima](https://www.edgepedia.org/machinima). On January 27, 2015, the Inside Gaming crew announced on their daily news program that they were leaving Machinima; the last episode of the daily aired on January 30 as their farewell to the company.[1](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/funhaus) On February 5, 2015, Rooster Teeth co-founder [Burnie Burns](https://www.edgepedia.org/burnie-burns) announced on the Rooster Teeth site that the Inside Gaming crew would join the company under the name Funhaus as part of its newly formed West Coast branch, and the Funhaus YouTube channel was created the same day.[1](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/funhaus)\n\nThe channel accumulated over 81,000 subscribers within a few hours of launch, and Funhaus promised to release its first podcast episode early if the channel reached 100,000 subscribers by Sunday, February 8.[7](https://twinfinite.net/uncategorized/inside-gaming-introduces-new-channel-funhaus/) • [2](https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/05/rooster-teeth-funhaus-channel-los-angeles-office/amp/) Official content began on February 16, 2015.[2](https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/05/rooster-teeth-funhaus-channel-los-angeles-office/amp/) In addition to their own channel, the cast contributed to Rooster Teeth's news show The Know and appeared on the company's video podcast.[2](https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/05/rooster-teeth-funhaus-channel-los-angeles-office/amp/)\n\n## Format and series\n\nFunhaus described itself as \"a comedy channel first, gaming channel second\".[8](https://www.imdb.com/news/permalink/ni60943549/) Most gameplay videos followed a consistent structure: one crew member, usually Adam Kovic or Lawrence Sonntag, operated the controls while the other co-hosts sat in the background providing comedic commentary, with webcam footage of the crew shown in a corner of the screen.[9](https://roosterteeth.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus) The channel uploaded videos daily, with most being weekly episodes of recurring shows.[9](https://roosterteeth.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus)\n\n**Demo Disk** was perhaps the channel's most popular show. It began when a fan gave the group a binder of old demo disks; in each video James Willems picked a disk and handed it to Adam Kovic, who installed and played the game demo while James and Bruce Greene joked over the gameplay. Most of the games were terrible or broken, and every disk's life ended with Bruce snapping it to pieces.[9](https://roosterteeth.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus)\n\nOther recurring formats included **Open Haus**, a weekly Q&A show in which the crew answered six to seven questions submitted on Reddit threads, and **Wheelhaus**, the spiritual successor to Steam Roulette, in which the crew played random Steam games.[9](https://roosterteeth.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus) The archive lists 42 unique series, ranging from Dude Soup (307 videos) and Open Haus (281) to smaller runs such as Ryan's Bargain Bin (11 videos) and Phasmophobia (5 videos).[5](https://funhausarchive.com/series/) The channel also produced scripted work: *Sex Swing*, an animated series voiced by Bruce Greene, James Willems, Joel Rubin, Lawrence Sonntag, and Adam Kovic, and *Arizona Circle*, the 2019 sketch series from Elyse and James Willems.[10](https://roosterteeth.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus/Creation_Timeline) • [6](https://www.elysewillems.com/willemsteam)\n\n## Rivalry with Achievement Hunter\n\nFrom the day Funhaus began, a rivalry ran between it and Rooster Teeth's other gaming channel, [Achievement Hunter](https://www.edgepedia.org/achievement-hunter), with jokes at Achievement Hunter's expense common in Funhaus videos. When Jon Risinger designed the Funhaus logo, one reason the team chose orange was that it is the opposite color to Achievement Hunter's green. The two groups also competed in videos playing games such as Rainbow Six: Siege, Smite, and GTA 5.[9](https://roosterteeth.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus)\n\n## Cast changes\n\nThe founding lineup changed over the channel's run. Joel Rubin left in 2016.[1](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/funhaus) Elyse Willems joined the crew and later served as co-creative director and lead producer.[11](https://thenewsette.com/2020/04/22/elyse-willems-co-creative-director-and-lead-producer-at-funhaus/) In September 2021, Alanah Pearce announced she was leaving Rooster Teeth, and in January 2022 Matt Peake left Funhaus for the game studio IllFonic.[3](https://funhaus.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus) The members at the channel's end in April 2024 included James Willems (the only founding member still listed), Omar de Armas, Charlotte Avery, Patrick Brown, Don Casanova, Jacob Fullerton, Ryan Hailey, John Holland, Rick Reveche, Daniel Schneider, Armando Torres, Lindsey Washburn, and Adam Brouillard.[12](https://funhaus.fandom.com/wiki/Crew)\n\n## End of the channel\n\nIn 2024, Rooster Teeth shut down, ending Funhaus.[3](https://funhaus.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus) The channel closed with a farewell video, \"Leavin' Ain't a Crime - A Farewell Love Letter from Funhaus\", which drew 559,158 views, and a two-part livestream titled \"THE END OF FUNHAUS\"; the final gameplay video, \"Are You Ready for the FINAL Funhaus Gameplay?\", was posted on April 26, 2024.[4](https://www.letsplayindex.com/channels/18313-funhaus) • [3](https://funhaus.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus) The crew also released much of the Rooster Teeth First exclusive content onto the public YouTube channel.[3](https://funhaus.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus)\n\nOver its run the channel earned more than 1.6 billion views according to James and Elyse Willems, who credit Funhaus with thousands of hours of video and live content spanning gameplay, animated series, competition shows, and podcasts.[6](https://www.elysewillems.com/willemsteam) [Community](https://www.edgepedia.org/community) archiving projects such as the Funhaus Archive preserve the full catalog of 42 series for viewing after the channel's end.[5](https://funhausarchive.com/series/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Funhaus, Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/funhaus)\n2. [Rooster Teeth Debuts Funhaus Channel, New LA Offices, Tubefilter (February 5, 2015)](https://www.tubefilter.com/2015/02/05/rooster-teeth-funhaus-channel-los-angeles-office/amp/)\n3. [Funhaus, Funhaus Wiki (Fandom)](https://funhaus.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus)\n4. [Funhaus YouTube Channel Stats, Let's Play Index](https://www.letsplayindex.com/channels/18313-funhaus)\n5. [Browse by Series, Funhaus Archive](https://funhausarchive.com/series/)\n6. [James & Elyse Willems, ElyseWillems.com](https://www.elysewillems.com/willemsteam)\n7. [Inside Gaming Introduces Their New Channel, Funhaus, Twinfinite (February 5, 2015)](https://twinfinite.net/uncategorized/inside-gaming-introduces-new-channel-funhaus/)\n8. [YouTube Millionaires: Funhaus Sees Itself As \"A Comedy Channel First, Gaming Channel Second\", Tubefilter via IMDb (March 30, 2017)](https://www.imdb.com/news/permalink/ni60943549/)\n9. [Funhaus, The Rooster Teeth Wiki (Fandom)](https://roosterteeth.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus)\n10. [Funhaus/Creation Timeline, The Rooster Teeth Wiki (Fandom)](https://roosterteeth.fandom.com/wiki/Funhaus/Creation_Timeline)\n11. [Dream Job: Elyse Willems of Funhaus, The Newsette (April 22, 2020)](https://thenewsette.com/2020/04/22/elyse-willems-co-creative-director-and-lead-producer-at-funhaus/)\n12. 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