Analyzing Evil: Mr. House From Fallout New Vegas 

I forgot to mention it in the intro, as I do sometimes, but some people are asking why I chose Mr. House as the first Fallout character to cover considering the moral ambiguity surrounding his character. Well that's because I didn't! The patrons did. Mr. House was the patron pick for this month, and so he happened to be covered before any of the other more villainous organizations/people in this universe due to their selection. Hope that clears things up for people wondering why I went with him first!

“Why did you allow President Kimball to get assassinated?” “He tried to make me pay taxes.” “………understandable….”

If House is evil, the why do I lose karma when I kill him? Checkmate 😎

At least Mr. House was genuinely grateful for my assistance.

Robert Edwin House is a peculiar character. He definitely has an ego and is a businessman first above all else, but I believe him to be a ruthless pragmatist who isn’t easily sidetracked nor does he concern himself with the affairs of others as long as they don’t conflict with his ambitions. His authoritarian tendencies are his worst quality, without question, yet he simultaneously seems the best suited to ensure the long-term survival of humanity. The man is perfectly controversial.

Man, if we're getting an episode for Mr. House, I'm really looking forward to when you might cover Father Elijah, The Think Tank,Ulysses and Caesar.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the fate of Vault 21. As someone who sided with House, i find it to be one of his most interesting displays of ruthlessness that make him such a compelling character. He displaced an entire community of potentially hundreds of people, destroyed most of their home, and only allowed the remains to function as a hotel that would serve his Strip, all because he didn't want the Vault's tunnels to be used against him - only for Benny to have a secret escape tunnel of his own that went completely undetected.

Mr. House is objectively correct about the BoS, though.

House is a really interesting character. He's almost an anti-villain.

"I prefer the term autocrat" - Mr. House

By crossing into New Vegas mythos you have opened Pandora's Box And I'm all here for it

I like how House actually has a plan for the future. The NCR is spread too thin and can't get anything done... though they would be my next pick, the legion seems like a horrible fate tbh, and yes man is basically putting all your chips into an AI that can go skynet any moment, although the morals of that ending would depend on your character

How can he be evil if he’s against taxes

Fallout’s universe fits this show perfectly and I mean that literally there’s so many characters you can go in depth with. You got Caesar, The master, President Eden, Father Elijah, Benny, Boone, and way more have no clue if you’ve done that or not but you very much should.

A man chooses a slave obeys, Mr House: Courier, why are you carrying a 9 iron?

I like how all 3 factions have the element of *Past , Present and Future* and their different leanings on each one are what give them their good and bad sides: *NCR* is focused on the present while taking inspiration from the past , but not considering the futue. Its the most "good" faction on a base level , but it doesn't remove the fact that many of its officials are corrupt and their lack of forethought could lead them to make the same mistakes the previous government made. No matter how many well-intentioned people there are. *The Legion* is all about bringing the past into the present. A time whem human life only mattered if you were born into privilege or if you were strong enough to be the last man standing. Its the most prosperous faction for sure, with the most territory, resources and army. But what does that prosperity really mean when it was built on the backs of slaves who are ready to rebel at any given opportunity or when vast army is mostly made up of just slightly more disciplined and better equipped raiders who are itching at the chance to get more power. The Legion, like the empire they take so much inspiration from, is a house of cards doomed to fall in on itself because they aren't looking to fix potential future problems, just bury them with more conquests, which is ironically having the opposite effect. In fact, the conversation with Legate Lanius you can have if your Speech is high enough is essentially just you pointing this out. How the Legion's constant rapid expansion will one day stretch them soo thin that actually *defending* all that territory will be impossible. Be it from attacks from rival factions, from rebellions and/or traitors in their own ranks. And, to Lanius' credit, he does show himself reasonable enough to hear you out and has a *genuine* "Oh, shit!" moment when he does the math himself and realises that you're right. He leaves to convince Ceasar to retreat to fix the festering problems with the Legion, which he HAS been warning him about for years, albeit not before giving you a great deal of respect by saying that he's looking forward to the day he meets you and NCR on the field of battle once their hold on the east of the country is stabilised. Basically, acknowledging you as an equal for your cunning alone. This , to be fair, shows that there *are* people in the Legion who are competent leaders and who can turn into something more than what it is, but its quite unlikely The titular character of the video House, is focused on the future and learning from the past, but is completely dismissive of the present. Sure, House has an actual plan to save humanity, with the intelligence, patience, longevity and resources to make it happen. But the problem is that the guy was completely blind, whether its willfully or not doesn't matter, to the festering problems his style of governing was creating. He didn't care about the growing inequality between the citizens of New Vegas and he didn't care about the growing anemosity between the factions helping run his city or that they were all basically mobsters. When your faction is mostly made up of robots who follow your every whim and people who are only following you out of self interest, with growing inequality on top of that, what does that say about the society House would have created? How many problems will his "ideal future" really have when its foundation is this rotted? Despite his longevity, House can't live forever so, like the Legion, even if he had the time he needed to build his utopia it would eventually crumble in on itself the moment he died.

Patrolling the Mojave makes you wish for a video about Caesar.

There was an alternate ending that ended up being cut where after destroying his securitrons, the Courier could convince House to surrender to the NCR and allow New Vegas to be peacefully annexed. I honestly wish they'd left this in as it would open up a multitude of interesting possibilities. Not the least of which being House slowly taking over the NCR via the ballot box.

RIP Rene Auberjonois.

House is easily my favorite ending in the game. I always saw his endings as as a reflection of the Courier themselves. A good karma Courier resulting in a much more fairer House. The one thing that absolutely stood out to me the most from the rest of the factions is how he's not wanting to be the dictator, but a facilitator. He wants humanity to have a chance to thrive once again via interstellar travel and supposedly continue on without him. I've heard that the development team had to make some drawbacks to House like killing the BoS because he would've been an easy choice for players to side with over the rest. I'm one of the few that doesn't mind killing the BoS given how they refuse to adapt in the Mojave. In Veronica's quest, they literally gun down a bunch of harmless physicians and the fact that McNamara never addresses that not to mention he knows they'll die out shows how twisted the chapter is. If F:NV is to ever be given a canon ending, I think the House ending is the perfect canddiate as it leaves a lot of open ended scenarios with both the Legion and the NCR. Thanks for covering one of my favorite video-game characters of all time.

"Sorry to deny you a moment of primate triumph, but you'll have to go elsewhere to sound your barbaric yawp" These lines sum him up perfectly, the condesencion, the dismissal, the superiority sense. Love your content vile

I love Mr house. He's the only faction that has a plan for New Vegas, also that he's inspired by Howard Hughes.

The Dual Performance of Armin Shimmerman (Andrew Ryan) and René Auberjonois (Robert House) is always amazing in DS9, the heart of the show imo

I think Fallout NV is the perfect game for you to cover, because in a way every faction is evil and at the same time also has good points to them as well

RIP Rene. You were the heart and soul of DS9. Mr House was Lawful Evil. He had a plan, a possibly delusional one, but he never stepped out of a generally ethical framework to make it happen. The House always wins, because he stacked the deck; if you help him win, you win too.

I have some villains i like to suggest 1. The Master (the first fallout game) 2. Frank Horrigan (fallout 2) 3. DIO (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part1 and part3) 4. Caesar (fallout New Vegas) 5. Frieza (dragon ball)

Can we give a massive shout out to the late Rene Auberjonois for his amazing portrayal of Mr. House? He did fantastic and amazing here, and is missed.

Imagine if Mr. House was able to get in contact with the institute and have the same process done as Carrie did to be able to become a synth/ human hybrid

I admit I haven't clicked on a video in a while for various reasons, but this was a must-click for me. Mr House is one of the most interesting characters in all of fiction, and the constant debate that rages on to this day about who or what is best for the Mojave never gets old.

I appreciate the variety from your normal content by creating the first "Analysing Good" episode here.

My favorite character in New Vegas. And Ultimately, the one I enjoy working with the most.

"Analyzing Evil: Mr. House" - .....Oh this is going to be some fun, nuanced introspection on the man, isn't it?

Only natural that Caesar would be next

This meeting truly has been a long time coming.

Mr House has that "Vegas First" mentality and I'm here for it

Analyzing Evil? Now THAT is debatable.

The DS9 note made me think immediately of The Founders and Dominion, or even just Dukat on his own. They had such great villains on that show.

House is certainly more on the ruthless side than outright evil. But boy, does he have his moments that make you question just how many graves he will fill.

"Evil"

Analyzing Evil Ideas: 1. Silco(Arcane) 2. Lester Nygaard(Fargo) 3. Napoleon(Animal Farm) 4. Avon Barksdale(The Wire) 5. Tighten(Megamind) 6. Wheatley(Portal 2) 7. Dennis(It’s Always Sunny) 8. Jim Moriarty(Sherlock)

Tenpenny from GTA San Andreas

If Mr. House is evil, let me be evil.

Mr. House will always be my favorite person to affiliate with in New Vegas.

i know our timelines differ, but this man could be watching skibidi toilet videos right now, and thats scary to think

Man Elijah is far more evil than House.

Always my favourite Ending for NV. He has a vision for the future and the track record to prove that he is actually capable to bring it into fruition. Of course his autocratic leadership style is unsuitable for the long term, but it sill beats NCR, Legion and Yes-Man

You can definitely say House is Machiavellian, apathetic, & purely utilitarian, but I wouldn't say evil. Sure those traits definitely make him rub up against the line, but he doesn't truly cross it.

Here are some villains you could analyze in a future video: -The Major, from Hellsing Ultimate -Shogo Makishima, from Psycho-pass -John Dupont, from Foxcatcher -Vaas Montenegro, from Far Cry 3

Now I need Caesar, Ulysses and Joshua Graham.

Mr. House is still the best choice for the New Vegas

Mr. House is a very rare human.

Great stuff as always, Vile. Hope to see these covered some day! - Joe Cooper (Killer Joe) - Nino Brown (New Jack City) - Jake "The Muss" Heke (Once Were Warriors) - Dr. X (from the Operation: Mindcrime albums by Queensrÿche)

I've waited so long for Mr.House to get an episode and it did not disappoint

I think what makes discussion around New Vegas endure is that you could theoretically make one of these videos for every major faction in the game. NCR, Legion, Yes Man/Benny, and House all do heinous things in order to further their own interests and take control of the Mojave.

Surprised that Cesar or Lanius weren't first. House has always been my personal favorite choice, but I can't deny his shade.

I’d love to see a video about Elder Arthur Maxson. I have my own idea but I’d love to see an analysis of him by the Vile Eye.

I support Mr. HOUSE as the superior ending to Fallout New Vegas. It's canon as far as i am concerned. With a paragon courier as his top lieutenant.

I got a few suggestion for new episodes Micah Bell - Red Dead Redemption 2 The Greek - The Wire Phil Leotardo - The Sopranos Misty Quigley - Yellowjackets Livia Sopranos - The Sopranos Bob - Twin Peaks Ultron - Avengers

Killing Mr. House and Ryan with a golf club is a yet another reference to Howard Hughes. Who loved Golf, and owned golf clubs.

ANALYSISING EVIL TIGHTEN FROM MEGAMIND

Fallout NV's baddies are great characters to study. Can't wait to hear him cover Caesar and Ulysses and (debatably evil) Joshua Graham.

Now with the release of the show, you might want to revisit Mr. House again.

He doesn't *actually* say that one "understandable" quote guys, jesus.

Hellll yeah, I didn’t even think there was gonna be a fallout vid. Loving it

Still the best choice for the Mojave by far. Not to mention he also saved your life.

quick note, RobCo WAS putting prisoners' brains into robot and making a torture bots, so don't think House was just the normal brand of "ruthless businessman". Honestly the greatest bit of House writing was the "if you want to see the fate of democracy look at the window" line simply because he just blatantly manipulating you. Like he's just assuming you didn't know the resources war was fought because of a overconsumption of resources and one side was a literal dictatorship like he arguing is needed. like his whole pitch is the demonize his opponent by stating "democracy=war" while just restarting the cycle of consumption that doom the world in the first place, like he's just gambling on being able to get to space. granted the only other people really working on sustainability are the OSI and the Institute.

Found your channel a couple of months ago, another great video. Such well-structured and concise videos.

Vile Eye breaking into Fallout: New Vegas?! Oh, hellllll yeah. Such a number of legendary characters of fiction that the Fallout franchise can offer up.

"i prefer the term Autocrat" Mr house. A perfect summation of him. No different from old time/modern déspots. Like the game said, he's a smarter caesar. Amazing work vile! Was playing Fallout when this dropped! Perfect timing! Huge fan!

A good villain to do a video on would be Kane from “Command & Conquer.”

I would rather live in the Freeside ghetto than have to worry about raiders in the wastes

now we need an analyzing evil: House M.D.

Been waiting for a Fallout Analyzing Evil for the LONGEST

Robert House is the perfect morally gray character for the world of fallout. You're hard pressed to debate his reasoning because a lot of what he believes is logical based on how events played out. But his methods of obtaining his goals puts him at a place between the NCR & the legion on the morality scale.

>Saves your life >Pays you for doing your job with no strings attached >Never betrays you >Against taxes >Actually has a plan to save the human race >Doesn't want to see anyone suffer because he doesn't enjoy it That isn't a villain, that's the only sensible faction to side with.

Great video as always. Just wanted to suggest Akira Nishikiyama from the Yakuza series as another video game Analyzing Evil.

I violently crave a Joshua Graham episode.

RIP Mr. House. Character assassinated by the TV show. 🌹

I love Mr House. Such a complicated villain that I choose to side with.

Gotta cover more Fallout characters now!

Kain from Legacy of Kain; or also Cain from Command and conquer

May have to revisit House after the show 😉

Still the best choice for the Mojave

Do Frank Horrigan next

Mr House really isn't evil though, especially when compared to other Fallout antagonists. The worst you can say about him is that he is Machiavellian in the sense that he is not so much concerned about whether an action is right or wrong, but what is going to be best for the State. Now that doesn't mean anything goes, but it does mean needing a willingness to perform acts of necessary cruelty if it advances the glory and interests of the state in the long term; key word there is necessary. New Vegas is between two much larger powers that wants to take it over and will do anything to make it happen. It is well established in the game that the only reason the NCR hasn't tried to annex it is because the Legion is a bigger problem. In a situation like that you need to be willing to get your hands dirty because you don't have the time or luxury to think about the moral implications. Whether or not you like House comes down to if you believe democracy is inherently good or not. If you do Mr. House is evil. If you don't Mr. House may not be a "good guy" but he is hardly a tyrant either. If we are going to say House is evil then it is only fair to say that President Kimbal is evil as well for the things he does.

An analysis of Father Elijah would be absolutely amazing. He has probably one of the most intriguing stories in fallout lore and is such an underrated character in general.

Hey! You should do these guys from Fargo: - Lorne Malvo - The Gerhardts - V.M. Varga and Narwhal - Wrench+Numbers

YESSSSS NEW VEGAS CONTENT

Seeing you cover Fallout is something I'd never expect, but I adore it. New Vegas is my favorite game of all time. I look forward to what's in store!

I remember my first playthrough of New Vegas, thanks to the internet, I was able to both kill House and take control of his army of security bots, while also making friends with the Boomers, so come the siege on the dam, I was able to push both invading armies out with a combination of bomber raids and threats to target New California next (and beating up Ceasar's main honcho).

Makes me appreciate a great game even more...well done sir

So thats what you look like, cool! Im here after binging Fallout show, real good, Mr. House makes a cameo too.

I am such a huge fan of fallout new Vegas. I really hope you do the master and Frank horrigan also

Since you mentioned DS9 I'd like to see Dukat on this channel.

Analyzing Evil: Park Yeon Jin from The Glory Analyzing Evil: Dragovich from Call of Duty Black Ops Analyzing Evil: Fredrich Steiner from Call of Black Ops

Thing is, House isn’t evil though. For all intents and purposes, he’s actually right in his analysis of the Legion and NCR, both are fundamentally worse for the Mojave and the country as a whole than he is. He has a plan and a solution and means to get there, he just needs time. And for a lot of people comparing him to Musk in the modern day, House is actually a real genius with a history of success, he doesn’t make discussions solely in his own narcissism. The only similarity is that they’re both rich businessmen. House is directly inspired from Howard Hughes as can be seen by the numerous clear references. None of the New Vegas factions are inherently “good” in the conventional sense, especially the Legion, but House is clearly the best option out of all of them, and the only one the has a plan for long term success and sustainability. Also, if you’re covering the Fallout games now, might I suggest the Master, the Enclave, the Institute, Caesar and his Legion, the corrupt NCR bureaucrats, Alistair Tenpenny, Kellogg, Benny, Father Elijah, The Children of Atom, Ulysses, and the reformed Joshua Graham? The latter two are my favorite characters in the series.

He wasn’t evil he was a genius and ran probabilities endlessly as his physical body had withered

I am so happy you are finally looking at the Fallout series! The depth of story telling in this set of games is brilliant. Looking forward to seeing Caesar, The Institute and The Brotherhhod of Steel in your series as well.

At this point, Mr House is a techno-lich. He seems to be completely detached from being a human being and is more akin to the state a corporation is. His wants and desires are strange and the only two recognizable traits are ambition… and whatever those love bots are for.

So mr house was a covid babyyy huhhh.