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  • @atomic2968
    @atomic2968 2 года назад +7620

    I always love Arin’s “trying to pretend I don’t know this is a scary game in order to scare Dan” voice.

    • @thebeavpercabethftw9604
      @thebeavpercabethftw9604 2 года назад +348

      You'd think Dan would've learned by now.

    • @lilnug653
      @lilnug653 2 года назад +259

      @@thebeavpercabethftw9604 It's hard to think rationally when being talked to in that sexy voice

    • @spiddles
      @spiddles 2 года назад +277

      especially when dan says "is it a horror game?" and arin says "no👀" and dan's trusting nature believes it 😭😭😭

    • @SynFuZe
      @SynFuZe 2 года назад +7

      @@lilnug653 ...

    • @thebeavpercabethftw9604
      @thebeavpercabethftw9604 2 года назад +77

      @@spiddles I would've never trusted Arin again after Agro.

  • @crowderpiano
    @crowderpiano 2 года назад +2056

    Dude the guitar just peacefully coming back after the first scare fucking killed me

  • @JWulf11
    @JWulf11 2 года назад +590

    The timing on Dan saying "oh come on, is this what the whole game is?" and an immediate jumpscare death scene right after.

  • @arkraith4148
    @arkraith4148 2 года назад +2928

    "Wow I guess crouching really does help with stealth" - Arin, gamer of like 30 years

    • @ST-ye1hj
      @ST-ye1hj 2 года назад +254

      30 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF JACKIN OOOFF

    • @nosferat-ew
      @nosferat-ew 2 года назад +5

      @@ST-ye1hj 😂😂

    • @tdarkhorse4
      @tdarkhorse4 2 года назад +58

      waiting for him to realize that shields mean he doesn't take full damage from every attack.

    • @LeviathaN7_
      @LeviathaN7_ 2 года назад +12

      thank you! I love the guy but holy moly that was frustrating lol

    • @rus6685
      @rus6685 2 года назад +16

      It was hard to watch him crouch and only get caught when standing up, but it didn’t click.

  • @OurJynx
    @OurJynx 2 года назад +2912

    Dan needs to find a spooky experience Arin has never seen and show him it this Halloween. We'll finally get to see what it's like on the other side of P.T.

    • @Merlewhitefire
      @Merlewhitefire 2 года назад +142

      The problem is Arin is way more terminally online than Dan and Dan is studiously averse to scary shit, so... how

    • @mediocreandworse59
      @mediocreandworse59 2 года назад +162

      He can just take Arin to New Jersey

    • @Merlewhitefire
      @Merlewhitefire 2 года назад +92

      @@mediocreandworse59 Arin has done nothing to deserve New Jersey.

    • @requiemforameme1
      @requiemforameme1 2 года назад +12

      Well… they never played the fan-made VR version of PT…

    • @exploding_snail_
      @exploding_snail_ 2 года назад +6

      Bro, they release a Ghoul Grumps on April Fools and that's ^ what it is, that would be great

  • @ifistedabear
    @ifistedabear 2 года назад +1566

    Arin calling the fans out was uncalled for. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna have a JO session at the 4:16 mark.

    • @custardlongjohn
      @custardlongjohn 2 года назад +48

      The bear you fisted: 4:16

    • @cassandra5322
      @cassandra5322 2 года назад +59

      You need a crystal for that sess?

    • @EStramel09
      @EStramel09 2 года назад +41

      Don’t forget your crystal!

    • @neptune9719
      @neptune9719 Год назад +1

      lmao facts

    • @witcherjohn3440
      @witcherjohn3440 Год назад +2

      @@EStramel09god that is an og game grumps joke I had forgotten for a long time and it all came flooding back to me

  • @littleredridinghood3640
    @littleredridinghood3640 2 года назад +2238

    I always love dans dread sounds followed by Arin’s knowing bad things are coming

    • @believeinmatter
      @believeinmatter 2 года назад

      @[卐]Lakehuntist ⸜⁄ nah, you’re pathetic

  • @thatonetransguy8216
    @thatonetransguy8216 2 года назад +1220

    Jumpscare timestamps for those who need it!
    4:18 Loud noise and tall figure
    7:51 Just a little dark spook
    8:03 Lights go out and smiles appear
    8:19 Lights go out and smiles appear again
    16:22 A quick little pipe burst
    17:12 Not necessarily scary, more just creepy
    From 20:26 to 23:50 Party goers rush towards them pretty often
    25:41 Drawn out yelling and party goers rushing them
    26:43 All party goers in room rushing them
    30:41 Very sudden, party goers rush them
    33:24 Both yell loudly and suddenly before immediately getting rushed by party goers

  • @lordlemmingman
    @lordlemmingman 2 года назад +1615

    That is clearly a steel string guitar backing track, Dan asked for nylon string. These editors need to get their act together.

    • @Ratralsis
      @Ratralsis 2 года назад +133

      Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder!

    • @hogue_music
      @hogue_music 2 года назад +46

      Found the fellow guitarist lol

    • @stunts_ryanxofxdoom
      @stunts_ryanxofxdoom 2 года назад +14

      Finally someone said it 👏

    • @TheNicholle23
      @TheNicholle23 2 года назад +12

      You’re like the Captain Holt for Game Grumps

    • @stunts_ryanxofxdoom
      @stunts_ryanxofxdoom 2 года назад +5

      @@TheNicholle23 xD love this haha appreciate the laughter mate 🤙🏽

  • @Pensive_Scarlet
    @Pensive_Scarlet 2 года назад +900

    Finding out that Dan can't read music might be the second most encouraging thing I've ever experienced in my life. Maybe I'll write a song about it.

    • @Willowin22
      @Willowin22 2 года назад +56

      Yep, made me feel better too. I can kinda read music but I mainly play or sing by ear. I’ve always felt lacking because of my shitty music reading skills. But hey, at least I can say I sound good whether I can read it well or not lol. As long as I can hear it, I’m good.

    • @Pensive_Scarlet
      @Pensive_Scarlet 2 года назад +7

      @@Willowin22 Ooo, what sort of music do you produce? ;D

    • @leomdk939
      @leomdk939 2 года назад +41

      Certain types of musicians must be excellent music readers (or at least acceptable readers), but there's a ton of very successful musicians throughout history that couldn't read a note of sheet music. For example, the Beatles didn't read music, either.

    • @richardpike8748
      @richardpike8748 2 года назад +7

      @@Willowin22 I can do the same, I can technically read music but nowhere near the speed to sightread. (I play piano FYI.) But I also play great by ear, and I think i'm good at improvising.

    • @coltinwright1603
      @coltinwright1603 Год назад +2

      Same

  • @spencermease8131
    @spencermease8131 2 года назад +729

    I love how Danny always apologizes for screaming when that's exactly why we all watched this.

    • @weavejer26
      @weavejer26 2 года назад +12

      Exactly, who doesn’t watch Ghoul Grumps for Dan’s screams of terror?! Lol

  • @santinoanguiano
    @santinoanguiano 2 года назад +345

    At 3:15 Dan coincidentally harmonized with my microwave. That was an experience

    • @tyjuarez
      @tyjuarez 2 года назад +21

      the whole electrical grid in 60Hz countries hums at b-flat

    • @icchasaki
      @icchasaki 2 года назад

      LMAO

    • @armani213
      @armani213 Год назад +4

      ​@@tyjuarezwas looking for you

  • @Sharkuterie327
    @Sharkuterie327 2 года назад +1817

    I totally screamed with Dan and Arin at the first jump scare. 😂

    • @swemtpotamtam
      @swemtpotamtam 2 года назад +70

      same here, almost spilled my drink when it happened 'cause I was watching it in the full screen mode asjdkfj

    • @fawkesdaddy
      @fawkesdaddy 2 года назад +15

      ​@@swemtpotamtam So it wasn't just me! 🤣

    • @thelionkim5660
      @thelionkim5660 2 года назад +18

      I actually spilled my drink when it happened. Now I have to clean up my tea.

    • @Squallshade
      @Squallshade 2 года назад +19

      That thing startled me too. If that is all Backrooms is, im not interested. SuperLiminal is a better game.

    • @christopheradams9173
      @christopheradams9173 2 года назад +2

      Me too honestly

  • @powergannon
    @powergannon 2 года назад +625

    I’ve never found the backrooms particularly scary but I have to say, seeing versions of it that contain monsters and other spooks make it significantly less scary to me. A big empty place with nothing in it is infinitely scarier.

    • @CiaphasKirby
      @CiaphasKirby 2 года назад +146

      Yeah, the last time I heard about the backrooms, it was a niche idea with just the yellow wallpaper and infinite space. No monsters or extra floors. The idea of accidentally clipping through reality and ending up there, with your only potential company being stumbling on the bodies of other people who starved to death was much more vivid to me.
      Although, I will say the kid who made the backrooms short movies did a really good job.

    • @azzythesmol
      @azzythesmol 2 года назад +18

      @@CiaphasKirby The short stories were very well made, I agree

    • @jaimie1938
      @jaimie1938 2 года назад +51

      Especially when those monsters are spiders with smiley faces and people with bags on their heads. Maybe it's scary for some people, but for me it's just silly

    • @_P2M_
      @_P2M_ 2 года назад +39

      @@CiaphasKirby
      The original post heavily implied there were some creatures there.
      Paraphrasing:
      "If you hear something, run, because it sure as hell heard you."

    • @bleack8701
      @bleack8701 2 года назад +33

      @@CiaphasKirby who's to say the only creatures that glitched through reality and ended up there are human? Fear of the unknown is a powerful thing. Maybe there's something? Maybe there isn't. And if there is and you encounter it will you encounter it again? What if those noises you hear are something else?
      But in the end it's a game and you can't just get away with spoopy ambient noise and no monsters. There would be nothing to do.

  • @BountyHunter-ep8jk
    @BountyHunter-ep8jk 2 года назад +687

    4:16
    Once again, their comedic timing was AMAZING!

    • @kutekenzz
      @kutekenzz 2 года назад +22

      I'm so stunned at at the timing 😆😆 that was PERFECT

    • @EonWhite
      @EonWhite 2 года назад +25

      I also like how it just goes back to the calming overlayed music. 😂

    • @JsYTA
      @JsYTA 2 года назад +4

      Thanks for setting the most replayed time for us!

    • @TheBlargMarg
      @TheBlargMarg 2 года назад +9

      Dan has the best clairvoyance

    • @ladywithpinkglasses
      @ladywithpinkglasses 2 года назад

      It got me too 😂

  • @Nononanette1
    @Nononanette1 2 года назад +224

    To be fair, I only rewind the scary screams because I miss the scary parts cause they happen so fast. I'm either distracted or looking away when they happen so I have to rewind it to see what scared them 😂

  • @FuzzyStripetail
    @FuzzyStripetail 2 года назад +656

    In the technology bereft times of 1991, the most enlightening thing about working with Dan in a relatively empty office space was listening to him hum in harmony with the sound made by the fluorescent lights.

  • @wyndroze
    @wyndroze 2 года назад +149

    I will always adore Arin's terrified "AWHOOOHOOOHOO" scream

  • @justin99000
    @justin99000 2 года назад +510

    Dan's comedic timing never ceases to amaze me 4:10

    • @kitty._.cat321
      @kitty._.cat321 2 года назад +1

      IKR

    • @sora3mo168
      @sora3mo168 2 года назад +3

      how do you make those picture things in comments?

    • @alicemayumi
      @alicemayumi 2 года назад +7

      @@sora3mo168 they are a channel member, and that is an emote that you gain from becoming one, if you want to do it, just click the join button next to the subscribe one.

    • @dwoktheraynejonsohn4849
      @dwoktheraynejonsohn4849 2 года назад +4

      Arin's comedic timing in this episode is even better 26:42

  • @maggiemartin4722
    @maggiemartin4722 2 года назад +96

    “Most replayed” -Arin, right after I replayed the first jump scare.

  • @micheljavert5923
    @micheljavert5923 2 года назад +193

    Danny's comedic timing, even when he doesn't intend it, is just amazing. Wondering if the game is nothing but wandering around aimlessly followed immediately by a panic scream.

  • @KoderKat
    @KoderKat 2 года назад +56

    4:18 Honest to god, this moment is the first time in years that a jumpscare has genuinely gotten me to scream out loud. The guitar made me put my guard down!!! 😭

  • @chemicallylemon
    @chemicallylemon 2 года назад +563

    The backrooms both fascinate and scare me. Imagine one day you just kinda blink and there your are. An endless maze of poorly lit rooms and the longer you're there, the fear that you're completely alone is replaced by the fear that you aren't

    • @Excalibur250
      @Excalibur250 2 года назад

      Fermi paradox in a nutt

    • @clouds2589
      @clouds2589 2 года назад +52

      The original concept of the backrooms is terrifying. The SCP copycat people are turning it into kinda kills that sense of uneasiness.

    • @choccymilkconnoisseur2775
      @choccymilkconnoisseur2775 2 года назад +38

      @@clouds2589 100%. The original concept is great, but all these people adding stuff like ‘mr kitty’ is ruining it. It’s just not scary anymore

    • @thecommonman9524
      @thecommonman9524 2 года назад +3

      @@clouds2589 what exactly was the original concept?

    • @fevre_dream8542
      @fevre_dream8542 2 года назад +5

      At this point? Idgaf where I end up just get me TF out of *_here_*

  • @chestercastaneda4920
    @chestercastaneda4920 2 года назад +58

    4:15 Danny's luck and comedic irony combined is amazing.

  • @geyadronedihada4366
    @geyadronedihada4366 2 года назад +315

    I feel bad for Dan. On tour for a month on a cursed bus, comes home just in time to record ghoul grumps, then back on tour for another month, hopefully on a different bus.

    • @Mortimer107
      @Mortimer107 2 года назад +8

      Cursed bus?

    • @violettanagy845
      @violettanagy845 2 года назад +43

      @@Mortimer107 Their bus broke down numerous times on the first leg of the tour. They almost didn't make it to the D.C. show!

    • @Mortimer107
      @Mortimer107 2 года назад +11

      @@violettanagy845 Oh, man, that sucks!

    • @geyadronedihada4366
      @geyadronedihada4366 2 года назад +5

      @@Mortimer107 check out leighton night with Brian wecht. The bathroom diaries.

    • @dem160d
      @dem160d 2 года назад +32

      @@violettanagy845 they could have always taken a hot air balloon

  • @Omnomnomfish
    @Omnomnomfish 2 года назад +64

    26:41 whoever is making a compilation of Arin's moments of instant regret

  • @SirRevolver1
    @SirRevolver1 2 года назад +247

    Arin be like "did you see something?" just to freak out Dan

  • @DiscoChixify
    @DiscoChixify 2 года назад +94

    Dan being an amazing and talented musician and saying “i don’t know, I can’t read music” is so heartening. It gives me hope that I too can make rad sounds and be loved for my creativity. ❤

    • @nickelbrickell
      @nickelbrickell Год назад

      No you can't sheep

    • @DiscoChixify
      @DiscoChixify Год назад +6

      @@nickelbrickell get a hobby

    • @scribblebee5412
      @scribblebee5412 Год назад +1

      ​@@DiscoChixifyIgnore the idiot, and do what you love.
      I've played music for years now and sight reading still gets me 😅
      I can do it but not at the level where i can play a piece i've never heard of just by sight reading, I mainly play by ear.

  • @AKO-ONLINE
    @AKO-ONLINE 2 года назад +116

    This was essentially a 34 minute long version of that part in silent hill shattered memories where danny frantically screams the walk-through to arin to get him through that part where he has to run through all the doors while the monsters jump on him

  • @6235river
    @6235river 2 года назад +35

    I don't know why but I have the exact opposite reaction to liminal spaces. Being in a place like this seems like so much fun because it's like an endless labyrinth and I love trying to solve mazes lol. If this is what purgatory is like then I'd be fine with that.

  • @bekss3
    @bekss3 2 года назад +176

    Love when Dan gets worked up because it turns out the game is scary and not just creepy
    Yomawari is still the funniest example

    • @naomidixon4640
      @naomidixon4640 2 года назад +8

      Their married couple argument after the weird shadow creature appears lives rent free in my mind. "You didn't know the dog died?! It's five minutes in you piece of shit!" 🤣

  • @tieflingcody7493
    @tieflingcody7493 2 года назад +22

    17:45 Arin's song about his dad not loving him is both untrue and hilarious. Danny adding to it with his talent is incredible, both incredible.

  • @grimms1916
    @grimms1916 2 года назад +111

    Yall gotta do complex: found footage now. Its the quintessential backrooms experience, cause it just gets what the whole idea of the backrooms is. Pure liminality, and all the scares are manufactured by your own mind

    • @nondescriptbeing5944
      @nondescriptbeing5944 2 года назад

      I gotta remember that one. I already played a simpler backrooms game like this on steam. You had to keep checking your watch or something to remember who you were

    • @grimms1916
      @grimms1916 2 года назад +8

      @@nondescriptbeing5944 its free on steam. The whole experience is 45 minutes to an hour long, depending on how much you get lost, and I cant recomend it more

  • @nerdypenguin9164
    @nerdypenguin9164 Год назад +40

    Now I want to see them attempt to play Vanish, and Arin's inevitable rage as the game continuously changes around him.

  • @frownmastr
    @frownmastr 2 года назад +438

    For Ghouls this year, you should have Danny play the Mortuary Assistant

    • @victorp8689
      @victorp8689 2 года назад +5

      OMG YESSS

    • @aleajohnson3669
      @aleajohnson3669 2 года назад +5

      Oh fuck that'd be terrifying ... good idea

    • @XemeraldXD
      @XemeraldXD 2 года назад +1

      Oh come on the poor man only has so much shit in his body, it cant all end up in his pants

    • @ResidentKen
      @ResidentKen 2 года назад +5

      They’ve filmed it already. Last month

    • @frownmastr
      @frownmastr 2 года назад +1

      @@ResidentKen have they not aired it? I cant find it

  • @brokendrumsticks2112
    @brokendrumsticks2112 2 года назад +45

    i love how after the first jumpscare the guitar comes back

  • @b00nz0r
    @b00nz0r 2 года назад +124

    ‘Look around… this seems safe’ as a demon comes from one of the holes in the floor lol

  • @requiemforameme1
    @requiemforameme1 2 года назад +19

    1:00 I’m surprised Arin didn’t freak out from the slowly rising sound that seems to get a little louder the longer it goes on for.

  • @DenizenoftheAges
    @DenizenoftheAges 2 года назад +670

    Backrooms gonna terrorize Dan's fragile psyche

    • @VerbiGereando
      @VerbiGereando 2 года назад +15

      is not fragile.....is just sensitive

    • @Melbeezo
      @Melbeezo 2 года назад +6

      @@VerbiGereando I feel like that's the same thing

    • @taylorcorbett8848
      @taylorcorbett8848 2 года назад +18

      @@Melbeezo it's susceptible, not shatterable

    • @LoserCasts
      @LoserCasts 2 года назад +13

      My brain read this as "Dan's fragile physique" at first glance. 😑

    • @ZenSolipsist
      @ZenSolipsist 2 года назад +6

      His collective trauma grows with each passing day ☺️

  • @hell0mega
    @hell0mega 2 года назад +18

    "is this really all the game is?! *is immediately proven wrong*
    AMAZING timing for that first scare

  • @Sharon_Hocutt
    @Sharon_Hocutt 2 года назад +77

    that florescent hum is in the key of B. i will keep looping 2:58 because it's adorable

  • @heyitsjustaz
    @heyitsjustaz 2 года назад +369

    Arin: "It's like, a liminal space."
    Dan: "What's a liminal space?"
    Arin: *oh shit he called my bluff*

    • @MCOmegaX123
      @MCOmegaX123 2 года назад +97

      Except he literally perfectly, if a little sloppily-worded, described both the literal meaning ('transitional space, like a hallway') *and* the pop-culture meaning ('empty, kind of familiar, and just slightly unnerving').

    • @LycanLink
      @LycanLink 2 года назад +9

      Yeah, Arin frequently misuses words and phrases.
      I looked it up though, and I THINK he might be right for once... maybe. It's a confusing definition for my tiny brain.

    • @heyitsjustaz
      @heyitsjustaz 2 года назад +4

      lmao not to be shitty and double down on it but he quickly blurted a very vague description and said "anyway!"
      i mean Dan fell for it too don't feel bad

    • @MCOmegaX123
      @MCOmegaX123 2 года назад +40

      @@heyitsjustaz It was literally both actual definitions, just worded poorly. Look it up. A liminal space (actual definition, word for word) "a space which serves as a transition from one place to another" ("like a hallway" as Arin said), and (pop-culture definition) "a place with a familiar yet unnerving feel, completely empty of life except for you". Literally what Arin said.

    • @ashleyl7608
      @ashleyl7608 2 года назад +41

      @@heyitsjustaz He knew what it was, and he said what it was. He didn't have a speech prepared in case Dan asked. Sometimes things are difficult to describe on the spot, but he was still right. Like, what's your problem here? That the description was vague? Maybe that's because Arin is a human and not a walking Wikipedia entry and because he also wants to get the video started and not get bogged down with a lengthy definition when he could just give a brief description and go about his business like any normal human being would do.

  • @playlistsforbordem
    @playlistsforbordem 2 года назад +81

    The pipe area around 15:00 reminds me of a museum i interned in, the entire basement was a maze of poorly lit cement walls and pipes. Museum was over 150 years old so everything was patchwork of expansions with little to no thought in how they connected. An entire area of the structural department was dedicated to making sure they found every inch of the building because recorded plans were very few. I would gopher between departments and being alone in certain areas felt like there would be no help for me if i had a problem.

    • @andrewdiaz3529
      @andrewdiaz3529 2 года назад +3

      Yep. Part of the draw of liminal space art and games, capturing that feeling

    • @debu556
      @debu556 2 года назад +5

      that is quite terrifying to experience irl

    • @playlistsforbordem
      @playlistsforbordem 2 года назад +3

      @Mr Garcia Interns have no rights my man, especially archive interns. edit: did get to see them unload an egyptian tablet so there were some benefits lol

  • @Sirfy
    @Sirfy 2 года назад +30

    Danny screaming always startles me far more than the thing he was screaming at haha

  • @TheMrrccava
    @TheMrrccava 2 года назад +107

    So since the mentioned it, first person horror Pacman is just Dark Deception, they should 100% play that

    • @ethereality1565
      @ethereality1565 2 года назад +3

      yess, i love dark deception!!

    • @asmozinho
      @asmozinho 2 года назад +1

      I immediately thought of that

  • @ashleypaquette74
    @ashleypaquette74 2 года назад +10

    That stringy creature scared the shit out of me and then Dans scream made it so much worse 😂

  • @syaoran5476
    @syaoran5476 2 года назад +50

    i believe Liminal spaces are spaces that, like arin said are inherently transitional, but specifically bereft of the typical amounts of people, most usually become liminal at night like truck stops, airports, even hospitals (mostly the hallways). The backrooms are essentially an apex concept due to the office-like aesthetic making it seem like things should be clustered with cubicals, furniture and objects and signs of people but since there are none it messes with the expectations and pattern recognition of our minds and it sets us on edge. ^^

    • @Nowolf
      @Nowolf 2 года назад +10

      'liminality' is also not just associated with places in between, but also, for example, times in between. so, midnight, the point in time between two days, is a big deal as well.

    • @azzythesmol
      @azzythesmol 2 года назад +1

      That's probably part of why I hate hospitals 😭

  • @Saxeh
    @Saxeh 2 года назад +12

    30:29 - Arin flexes some knowledge of compositional technique, right there. (He's correct).

  • @nickdrawssometimes4578
    @nickdrawssometimes4578 2 года назад +40

    6:51
    If you guys want to see a horror first person pac-man you should play Dark Deception!!! I'd love to see your guys' reactions to it!

  • @ericalang7846
    @ericalang7846 2 года назад +10

    love that arin thought the crouching mechanism was just cause

  • @spacesquid95force25
    @spacesquid95force25 2 года назад +115

    I love Dan catching up horror trends such as FNAF and the backrooms. Arin should show him some analog stuff.

    • @CrumbleLoaf
      @CrumbleLoaf 2 года назад

      They should play the courage the cowardly dog arg would be funny not like the scariest but would be fun

    • @AymenZero
      @AymenZero 2 года назад +2

      I never found analog horror scary. It's mostly funny to me. Idk why, maybe it's the randomness of it.

    • @CrumbleLoaf
      @CrumbleLoaf 2 года назад +1

      @@AymenZero its not like ahhh scary some are more just creepy and stuff

    • @Nowolf
      @Nowolf 2 года назад +2

      @@AymenZero I think it helps if, y'know, you never actually watched stuff on VHS. the idea that for kids these days, 'analog' refers to something mysterious and unusual, as opposed to just...the default nature of existence, is something to think about.

  • @Bangaudaala
    @Bangaudaala 2 года назад +19

    I'll never get tired of Arin's MC voice

  • @mega_bird700
    @mega_bird700 2 года назад +87

    Liminal spaces make me feel more uneasy than scared, which is pretty cool for a creepypasta.

    • @benjammin1304
      @benjammin1304 2 года назад +13

      Same. I think it's because as social creatures the idea of an endless space with no interaction unlocks something in us

    • @coyoteclockworkstudios3140
      @coyoteclockworkstudios3140 2 года назад +2

      There's a Latin word, "genius loci", which means "spirit of place." Some places were harmonious and welcoming, and others were bad or eerie. It was believed benevolent or evil spirits inhabited such places.
      I feel some very weird mojo in liminal spaces. They definitely have spirit of place, in a bad way.

    • @6235river
      @6235river 2 года назад +5

      @@coyoteclockworkstudios3140 that's probably because liminal spaces are meant to be transitional. you aren't meant to inhabit the space or linger in the space, so the uninviting aura is pretty fitting.

  • @shadowoftime01
    @shadowoftime01 2 года назад +17

    That was kind of fun, the first jump scare, all 3 of us screamed like little baby mans in unison.

  • @JaySay
    @JaySay 2 года назад +40

    Dan playing all these games with Arin makes me want a jolly style holiday song for Halloween in the style of "The Holiday Season" where Arin enjoys a lot of spooky halloween stuff, and Dan's just continuously crying and getting terrified with each thing. Bonus points if they both have to sing along and Arin's all cheerful and happy, and Dan's sobbing through words and manic.

  • @funnathanrandall
    @funnathanrandall 2 года назад +13

    I like to think Dan finds walkthroughs to hide from video horror..... And he never avoids it.

  • @SirKingCora
    @SirKingCora 2 года назад +6

    17:47 - My dad always said to do those necessary things you like least first, after you wake up. That way you get it over with and can get on with your day. Since then, I've noticed he only calls me at around 6am.

  • @NeonyRicey
    @NeonyRicey Год назад +2

    14:56
    Arin: "I just hear the sounds of crunchin' and munchin"
    me eating popcorn in bed watching this: OvO"

  • @MBeastModeZ0
    @MBeastModeZ0 2 года назад +33

    Little did Dan know that it's Ghoul Grumps time.

  • @user-uw7cs5lc9r
    @user-uw7cs5lc9r 2 года назад +6

    arin perfectly predicting the "most replayed" is awesome XD

  • @atomic2968
    @atomic2968 2 года назад +44

    Hope Dan mentions House of Leaves again because liminal space is inextricably linked with it in my mind.

  • @moisesmontgomery
    @moisesmontgomery 2 года назад +7

    so weird that dans usually strays from a perfect fifth chord but always the harmonic 7th when he harmonizes

  • @bluicarys732
    @bluicarys732 2 года назад +13

    I have to imagine this is a game for a very specific kind of phobia. I've worked in goverment buildings that had similar lighting issues and blank endless hallways, its more numbing than anything.

  • @AtomicFlounder42
    @AtomicFlounder42 2 года назад +10

    I already know arin is gonna have a hard time with the birthday party tables lmao

  • @Huzaku
    @Huzaku 2 года назад +15

    That first one actually scared the crap out of me. It was just such a long time without anything happening, I don't blame you for screaming Dan. I almost fell out if my chair lmao

  • @arok555
    @arok555 2 года назад +1

    I was watching this video while i was sick and it made my day! Loved the part where you got scared … and scared … and scared again , and again

  • @epicdvb3931
    @epicdvb3931 2 года назад +87

    Getting some ghoul grumps build up I see

  • @samolson1610
    @samolson1610 2 года назад +14

    26:42 That's the hardest I've laughed in a while 🤣

    • @renhig7743
      @renhig7743 2 года назад +1

      Shit was hilarious 😂

  • @Amy_Dunn
    @Amy_Dunn 2 года назад +18

    well, now I absolutely need a video of Dan and Arin watching those recent KanePixel Backrooms videos.

  • @TimothyBH123
    @TimothyBH123 2 года назад +5

    Almost spilled my drink during that first scare. Just finished taking a sip and then my whole arm and hand shook with tremors. Just wasn't expecting that, lol.

  • @siresquawks
    @siresquawks 2 года назад +9

    Day 13 since the death of the giraffe town playthrough. With this streak of tittles I can’t even tell what the episode is going to be anymore.

  • @chellastation
    @chellastation Год назад +10

    Dan, "Man, this game is boring, when is something going to happen!" JUMPSCARE! That was great 🤣

  • @callmecrowleykoh
    @callmecrowleykoh 2 года назад +75

    Around the 27:00 mark, another perfect moment of Arin's superhuman comedic timing 😂

    • @mousepat9256
      @mousepat9256 2 года назад +8

      Also 16:17

    • @1112-m6p
      @1112-m6p 2 года назад +17

      It's 26:43...
      Timestamps are pointless if you use one that happens *after* the part you mean

    • @PuffyOne1898
      @PuffyOne1898 2 года назад

      Stop calling him a comedic genius. He’s shit.

    • @agiar2000
      @agiar2000 2 года назад +7

      @@1112-m6p
      I prefer 26:42.

  • @SamuelTheShifter
    @SamuelTheShifter 2 года назад +14

    My fetish is Arin talking himself down from being scared

  • @sweetstxr
    @sweetstxr 2 года назад +3

    "this is what first person pac-man must feel like and its fucking terrifying!" now I wanna see them play Dark Deception just for that

  • @nikt12
    @nikt12 2 года назад +5

    classic Arin.
    Figures out he can lean left and right.
    Proceeds to NEVER use it again when he needs it.

  • @KnusperShorts
    @KnusperShorts 2 года назад +22

    jumpscares are at:
    4:17
    16:20
    18:56
    you're welcome

  • @chancematters
    @chancematters 2 года назад +11

    Ah, the classic game grumps bit where Arin kisses your dad. It’s always funny.

  • @starshine5812
    @starshine5812 2 года назад +9

    dan: is this a horror game
    arin: who can say

    • @Bro-cx2jc
      @Bro-cx2jc 2 года назад

      "Certainly not this guy"
      This Guy: ̷̪͍̃A̵͇̟̓M̷̬͊̅͘ ̶̧̛͇̍̚T̷͔͗̈́H̶͈̖͉͝Ę̸̮̦́͘ ̶̭̗͑̇E̶̢̛̝̟̾Ā̵̫̌͘T̷̠̈́Ȩ̷̨̱̌̑̒R̸͇͓̠̂̈́͆ ̸̹̽O̷̞̱͒̐̍F̴͔̦̆̎̒ ̶̱̾̚B̸͔̬̎R̵̰̖̂̌̽Å̴͍̬͜͝I̸̖̒ͅN̶͚̻̠̂͝͝Ṡ̴̱̰͛

  • @otomeleifu
    @otomeleifu 2 года назад +34

    I hate what the backrooms has become but dang it if I’m not excited to see Dan scared let’s go

    • @frankie9373
      @frankie9373 2 года назад +23

      same
      feels like it turned into scp 2.0
      and I like scps but backrooms was way different and focused on liminal spaces and emptyness and now it's so riddled with monsters and whatever that it completely lost its original point
      (btw if youre looking for a backrooms game thats more in the spirit of the original backrooms "the complex: found footage" is pretty good as far as Ive seen and free)

    • @kinnarawanderer
      @kinnarawanderer 2 года назад +8

      @@frankie9373 my buddy asked "What's the Backrooms?" And I was like "Its SCP but if the memes and preteens got at it right from the outset"

  • @gadpivs
    @gadpivs 2 года назад +6

    Now I want a whole hour of Arin having Dan react to actual (good) backrooms videos made by Kane Pixels, Matt Studios, GeoNosis, etc.

  • @ZenSolipsist
    @ZenSolipsist 2 года назад +54

    Yay! Danny and Arnold’s worst nightmare 🥳☺️

    • @nameless473
      @nameless473 2 года назад +2

      Donny*

    • @KnusperShorts
      @KnusperShorts 2 года назад

      *Aaron

    • @normal-potato05
      @normal-potato05 2 года назад +2

      @@KnusperShorts is that also a joke, Danny and Arnold is a bit form Grumps Dream Course

    • @scartrace
      @scartrace 2 года назад +1

      @@KnusperShorts Arin**, also "Danny and Arnold" is one of their Obama bits

    • @KnusperShorts
      @KnusperShorts 2 года назад +1

      @@scartrace and Aaron is one of their bits from new super mario 3d world

  • @weirdaj5656
    @weirdaj5656 2 года назад +2

    I've said it once and I'll say it a million times.. Dan and Arins comedic timing are impeccable
    and also that jumpscare made me scare my poor sleeping cat xD

  • @loreleimarivaine6241
    @loreleimarivaine6241 2 года назад +32

    Dan’s gonna fucking hate this and I can’t wait.

  • @succcles5397
    @succcles5397 2 года назад +2

    19:38
    Dan and Arin: Heyyy it's my party! :D
    Me: * Sh!ts pants at the sight of the balloons *

  • @Sauere
    @Sauere 2 года назад +30

    Can’t wait to draw pleasure from Dan’s terror!

  • @Imberis
    @Imberis 2 года назад +4

    I love that the pleasant music continues through their horrified screams.

  • @Mrdrdxse
    @Mrdrdxse 2 года назад +4

    When Dan started yelling “get to the table” over and over again, it sounded like that parody of Chop Suey “Table Table Table”

  • @hatethegam384
    @hatethegam384 Год назад +1

    17:47 Arin says his parents are awesome, but these improv'd trauma songs are so specific, it makes you wonder.

  • @MaybeMockingbird
    @MaybeMockingbird 2 года назад +3

    Them saying “this must be what first person Pac-Man feels like” makes me want to see them play Dark Deception!! Spooky mazes, great jumpscares, beautiful Bearce?? They definitely need to play it!

  • @streetpunkstreams4730
    @streetpunkstreams4730 2 года назад +5

    Picturing Dan in an office job fried my brain

  • @ishipitlikefedex2610
    @ishipitlikefedex2610 2 года назад +4

    I may just be misremembering my backrooms lore, but aren't the smilers supposed to be harmless?

  • @TheOneAsrians
    @TheOneAsrians 2 года назад +2

    that first jumpscare got me so bad that i screamed out loud and scared my cat
    i am not easily startled by horror games so this means a lot i think

  • @zakillemall2032
    @zakillemall2032 2 года назад +11

    You know, I woke up feeling pretty grumpy this morning.. Now I feel Grumpy. Thanks Dan & Arin 😁

  • @zcubeDbz
    @zcubeDbz 2 года назад +1

    "Is that all there is?"
    Less than a second later
    "AHHHHH!!!"

  • @Toproposearewrite2970
    @Toproposearewrite2970 2 года назад +5

    "Pacman's a closet horror game"
    *Dark Deception has entered the chat*

  • @jasonadams6461
    @jasonadams6461 2 года назад +5

    I'd never heard of this game before and let me tell you I almost fell off my couch and dumped all my fish sticks the first time that thing jumped out...

  • @SpinningToWin
    @SpinningToWin 2 года назад +22

    Dan's amazing musical ability despite his apparent lack of being able to read music is nothing short of incredible

    • @ShinAkuma2
      @ShinAkuma2 2 года назад +5

      I mean, not really. You don’t need to be able to read to hear and produce language of any sort.

  • @somegeese
    @somegeese 2 года назад +7

    Dan getting scared of the character model's shadow is literally me
    and getting scared by the steam

    • @somegeese
      @somegeese 2 года назад

      i came here to comment and found that i have commented. i have no memory of this place send help

  • @animeAJproductions
    @animeAJproductions 2 года назад +6

    For 4mins I'm watching along with the boys, thinking "this is it, huh?" And suddenly outta nowhere!!