Bogdanoff Asks What You See

This meeting has been a long time coming, hasn't it? You've come a long ways, literally and, I suspect, figuratively as well. I have to ask - now that you've reached your destination, what do you make of what you see? I've never seen anything like this place. A city devoted to vice and sin - what's not to love? I prefer the wasteland, to be honest.

A Fallout: New Vegas dialogue scene shows Mr. House, displayed as a green-tinted face on a giant monitor, questioning the player about reaching their destination and what they see. The player chooses between praising a sinful city and preferring the wasteland, making it a reaction meme for arriving somewhere strange, disappointing, or morally dubious. The clip is accompanied by dramatic video-game music, giving the exchange an ominous, deadpan atmosphere and making the joke feel like an absurdly serious inspection of a place.

• @itvbia / 3047 2020-07-06