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Though Machinima ceased consumer-facing operations earlier this month and laid off the majority of its staff, a handful of the gaming-focused digital network’s shows will live on at Rooster Teeth. Rooster Teeth's rescue mission feels a little serendipitous given that both digital OGs create content in the gaming space, and both are owned by At&T.

First, Austin-based Rooster Teeth will resume production an iconic brand within the Machinima empire: Inside Gaming -- a hub for quick updates on what’s happening in the gaming industry. Adam Kovic, who founded Inside Gaming in 2008 but left with his team in 2015 to found the Funhaus gaming channel at Rooster Teeth, will be involved in the relaunched production. The cast of the revamped venture will also include editor-in-chief Lawrence Sonntag, Kovic, another original member named Bruce Greece, and former IGN reporter Alanah Pearce. Staffers from Rooster Teeth’s The Know news channel and...

In 2015, Austin-based Rooster Teeth expanded into Los Angeles with the launch of Funhaus, a channel that brought over most of its hosts from Machinima's old Inside Gaming crew. Two years later, Funhaus has flourished, picking up a dedicated following thanks to a combination of gameplay, humor, nonsense, and even scripted content, such as the new animated series Sex Swing. The members of the Funhaus gang -- (from left to right above) James Willems, Elyse Willems, Bruce Greene, Lawrence Sonntag, Matt Peake, and Adam Kovic -- now count more than a million subscribers on their channel, and we caught up with Greene and Kovic to hear some of their thoughts.

Tubefilter: How does it feel to have one million subscribers? What do you have to say to your fans?

Bruce Greene: It constantly blows our mind. It's one of those things where it feels like just a number until we...

Rtx 2016 is in full swing, and with it has come a deluge of announcements. The sixth annual gaming and internet culture event conceived of and orchestrated by Austin-based digital entertainment company Rooster Teeth kicked off in the beloved internet entity's hometown of Auston on July 1, 2016. And as is typically the case, several upcoming series and projects for the Fullscreen-owned brand were revealed.

At the Funhaus Live panel, the gaming group’s Bruce Greene, James Willems, Elyse Willems, Lawrence Sonntag, and Adam Kovic played several interactive games with audience members before closing out the session with the announcement of the upcoming series Sex Swing: The Animated Series. While no further information has been revealed as of yet, the animated show will likely be based on two popular Funhaus shorts where Greene, Willems, Sonntag, Kovic, and other Funhaus employees play returning members of the fictional rock band Sex Swing (who only play...