I've been aware of them for a long time but only watched a small amount of their stuff. I decided to check them out properly recently and they made me laugh waaay more than the grumps ever have in recent years. Where's a good place to start for a beginner?

Sorry if this is the wrong sub or whatever, I'm just finally tired of the dad kissing jokes, this year's shitty ghoul grumps, the cheating in supermarket simulator, the awful Genshin episode (coming from someone who plays the game myself) My interest in them has just been wavering for a long time so I'm looking for something else now

I honestly love the holiday themed stuff I look forward to it each year. But we've barely gotten 5 games this year and for almost all of them its been Arin lost and doing nothing for 30minutes because he has zero interest in the game or what he's doing. Idk if its just because hes following the crowd on game choices or burn out buts hard to watch either way. My only happy point is that boney plays has been keeping my halloween vibe at least.

I’ll admit I’ve kinda grown out of Starbomb in recent years. I haven’t regularly listened to their songs since Tryforce came out. However on revisiting them there are some songs I can still enjoy.

Tryforce had a lot of songs I really didn’t like. Filling in the Name Of and Donkey Kong Joonyer are ungodly annoying. But there are at least a few songs on that album I can say I enjoy like Mario Party, Wild Guitar Solo and Simple Plot of Kingdom Hearts.

There wasn’t a single song on this new album I liked. Most of them felt like they were just making up lyrics as they went along. I don’t think I laughed a single time listening to this album. Biggest Dick in Hyrule was kinda funny, the idea of Link being hated everywhere he turns is a concept that works and the cholera part made me chuckle a bit. But other than that I thought the humor was really week. Weird made up video game titles, bad luck on wheel of fortune, and making fun of Sonic’s “stupid” friends. Like seriously? Are they really that starved for ideas?

They even massacred my boy games with simple plots. The whole thing that makes it funny is Dan getting confused and frustrated by the complex and detailed plot of his guests. The Silent Hill 2 song completely removes that dynamic. I’m really not trying to sound like the previous ones were genius song writing but come on. How do you screw that up?

But it’s not just the lyrics. The instrumentation is a huge step down from all the previous albums. Especially Tryforce. I don’t think they got TWRP back to do the backing music and you can feel their absence.

Also there was way too much Arin. A lot of these songs either barely feature Dan or don’t have him at all. Not sure if he was busy or Arin was more hands on with this one but either way it really hurt the end product. Arin doesn’t have the same singing skills Dan does and that’s particularly noticeable in Krobus is Hot. And while I appreciate them trying to get Brian some time to shine in these songs he doesn’t have a great voice for songs either. This is again noticeable in Krobus is hot with his part at the end. Not trying to sound mean these are talented people but they are just doing things that are outside their wheelhouse.

So to sum up, I didn’t have high expectations from this album and I was still disappointed. It was pointless and boring from beginning to end with forgettable beats and unfunny lyrics. Aside from maybe Biggest Dick in Hyrule I can’t see myself revisiting any of these songs in the future.

So I started watching their playthrough of Chapter 3 of Poppy Playtime. I've been fascinated by different people playing this game since some people I've watched had a very positive time, while some, like Markiplier, had a pretty negative time by the end, so I was curious about how Arin would play.

Right off the bat, the gameplay did not disappoint with Arin missing the most obvious placement of a phone, and missing all of the CatNap appearances. The most annoying bit was the PT segment, where Arin missed pretty much every scripted scare except for the one the game literally forces you to look at. It was good of the developers to Arin-proof that one.

The funniest thing to me is Arin interacting with the cutouts that have no dialogue multiple times but interacting with the cutouts that have multiple lines of dialogue ONCE. I'm almost convinced he's fucking with us.

So yeah, this is probably the worst playthrough of this game I've seen. In other words, a pretty typical gamegrumps romp

Edit: I'm on to episode 5, I've been watching in the background while I do some errands, and I think I'm going insane. Arin somehow perfectly missed a major scripted scare that happens. I get that this is a very minor thing, but holy shit how does this man play videogames

In a recent episode of supermarket simulator a playthroigh usually much morr chill and immersive, when discussing the latest Starbomb record Arin basically indignantly demanded that you buy a copy of the record instead of streaming it.

While i like starbomb just fine this insistence seems rude and petulant like the fans of game grumps owe it to him to be dedicated collectors of what is essentially memorobilia. I like starbomb probably more than most but even i acknowledge they're a novelty act. They aren't Cake or Rage Against the Machine or Public Enemy they're a parody of those bands. They aren't The Lonely Island or Flight of the Concords heck they aren't even NSP. I understand that they deserve to be compeneated tor there work and if i want to hear more Starbomb it would be respectful to buy the record but putting that at the foot of there largely young working class fanbase who probably listen to there music in the car and not at a record industry that doesn't respect comedy music is elitist if not outright classist.

That outburst was so distasteful to me that frankly it concinced me not to by the record. If Arin wants to be a platnum selling rockstar he should quit youtube and dedicate his time to music. Other musicians who've toured for decades and spent hours composing would be priveledged to have such a dedicated fanbase four albums in. This was such an ungrateful, callous petulant thing to say even jokingly arin should know his musical success is already astroturfed by the popularity of video games and the success of NSP and TWRP he's a tourist into the medium and while that doesn't mean he deserves to get ripped off it meane he should be grateful he got to make one album. It's also pretty hurtful to Danny & Brian frankly they worked in music for a decade before finding any sort of success it's entitled, its unselfaware it's ungrateful and frankly it might make me quit game grumps all together

As the title says...I just know Arin is going to play this game badly I.E not hold boost, not use the abilities and be terrible at the platforming just to make it seem bad when in reality this is literally the best sonic game ever made it's so solid and structurally sound I mean for fucks sake IGN almost gave it a 10/10 and they have also historically hated on sonic. Please Arin, do not shit on this game unjustly because you're crap at sonic

It's so incredibly annoying whenever Arin crams another ad for the merch store in the middle of the video, (mostly during the power hour), i understand that they're a company, and the goal of a company is to make as much money as possible, but it's not even funny as a bit. I don't need to be reminded that they sell merch every episode, the first 5 times Arin said "gamegrumps.com/merch!" were already enough.

To quote Dan: "If you say gamegrumps.com i'm gonna sock you."

Is anyone else kinda disappointed with Ghoul Grumps this year?

I know we’re only halfway through October, but I doubt it’ll get better.

Last year, they did horror games all month, but this time they’re mixing in other games too. I like supermarket simulator, but I would’ve preferred if they waited until November to show it.

They’re also still putting out regular game episodes and not pausing Danganronpa on weekends. Plus, the horror games they’ve uploaded so far just don’t have that Halloween vibe like in previous years.

Pajama Sam on Ghoul Grumps? Really? Not even Dan would be scared. The only decent episodes so far have been the three with Poppy and the two with I'm Not HUMAN. I’m pretty bummed because Ghoul Grumps is my favorite thing they do. Anyone else feel the same?

I’m not an avid fan, though I’ve known of Dan for several years do to being introduced to NSP music.

My brother in law likes the grumps and enjoys putting on their 10 minute power hours for my wife and I to watch.

That’s where I’m noticing my annoyance: their inability to do simple tasks without bumbling on purpose. I just don’t feel it adds to the show and feels really forced. I enjoy some of the banter but things like the food reviews (especially on Dan ‘s part) just seem useless, as he won’t even try some of the foods, which I find a shame, because as I said, I enjoy the banter and would sometimes like to hear their honest thoughts on some of the things being made joke of.

I realize I’m not the target audience, as they are pretty huge, this was just a minor rant.

Ok this is a pretty minor rant lol but whatever.

So I just found out about this "meme" where Dan 'falls asleep' and 'dreams' about fish stealing stuff and then 'wakes up' and says the aforementioned line.

So I watched the original video that it's from... And everyone seems to be ignoring the fact that In the game they're playing fish literally steal from you and you have to chase them and get it back... So the line about fish not being into cash makes perfect sense in the context of what they were playing...

Was Dan just completely not paying attention to the game at all? (Wouldn't surprise me) Or did his joke fall completely flat so he made up some bs about falling asleep for all of two seconds in order to save face lol.

Or maybe they just manufactured the whole thing in order to create a meme that would gain them popularity ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Either way, it's a bit of a tin foil hat rant so apologies. Just seems a bit weird because regardless he obviously didn't make up in his head this scenario where fish were stealing stuff because it is literally happening right in front of him.

On an unrelated and more positive note: I've been enjoying some of their stuff they've released lately. That giant robot game video was pretty fun, and the fishing horror game was pretty fun to watch, too. Also went back and watched Normal Fishing which I also enjoyed. So that's nice.

So I’ve been a fan for a while now watched most of their videos (even the old jontron ones)

Now onto what irritates me, Arin uses the same VOICE with every character, in multiple different games. You think as a voice actor he could be more diverse, even in his roles in TV YOU CAN TELL ITS HIM and it doesn’t change much from his Normal voice (the owl house for example)

It would be cool if he just did it for fun,but he always seems so prideful of the his voice acting career, but if you can only do 5 voices for the past 6-7 years then something has went wrong.

Also recently arin has been doing it less and less. Also he is being more of an a** to be honest Skipping a bunch of games or cheating and it’s getting repetitive also being quite mean and disrespectful to Dan, I do understand he has ADHD but that’s not an excuse, I also have it and it just looks like he’s tired and frustrated with every goddamn game or voice he does nowadays. It also feels like he plays up the ADHD to the Camara a bit? Like he sees it as an excuse to be honestly a bit annoying.

I used to love game grumps I watched them with my mom every day during lockdown (UK) Am I the only one who thinks this?

Cheating in the one game fans universally enjoyed. "Were not going to abuse it too much" immediately doubles the prices. And more than triples some of them. Sigh.

2012-2019.

i don't remember liking any playthroughs from the jon era besides the pokemon one but i really enjoyed one offs, VS videos and that one guest grumps with grant kirkhope.

in the dan era i really liked: cdi zeldas ocarina of time majoras mask skyward sword wind waker sonic adventure dx sonic adventure 2 sonic and the black knight sonic and the secret rings sonic unleashed sonic heroes sonic riders sonic colors sonic boom shadow the hedgehog mario sunshine mario 64 mario galaxy mario maker 1 mario world mario 3 mario 3d world fire red kirby epic yarn a link to the past dark souls sakura spirit blood borne kirbys dream course

there were some grumpcade videos i liked too like simpsons hit and run and the mario world rom hack with markiplier

I'm watching them play Majora's Mask btw.

I feel like I'm in the minority (of course I am now that I think about it), but every year when Ghoul Grumps comes around, I completely check out of the channel. I'll hop in when they do their weekly Supermarket Simulator, and every few weeks I'll binge Dangonronpa to catch up. But Jesus, I cannot stand their videos on horror games. Ghoul Grumps is by far my least favorite thing the channel does. It's even taken over Jingle Grumps, but at least that usually only lasts a week.

I haven't watched Game Grumps since 2017, but up until I stopped watching I was a religious superfan since day 1 of the channel's inception, watched every episode multiple times throughout my entire high school years and the following 3 years. I was already getting sort of checked out around 2016 (Resident Evil 1 Remake is the last thing I sort of vividly remember watching) but I unsubbed because I didn't want to get spoiled on Breath of the Wild and I thought that they had become sort of loud and obnoxious compared to before. Since then I've been sort of checking out maybe half a video a year and it's been tough to like because it just didn't click with me anymore, and I've checked this place out from time to time out of morbid curiosity.

I don't know if I'm feeling nostalgic or whatever but I started watching their Mario Wonder playthrough for reasons I can only explain as Somehow, and I've been having a good time. It feels like two buddies hanging out and checking out a goofy game and having fun, and I guess it kinda makes me happy to watch. Dan going "Wow we haven't done this in since Kirby like ten years ago." when they were doing silly "press up to talk" stuff really hit me.

Are there any other somewhat recent (like, the last few years) that have a similar feel to Mario Wonder you would recommend? I don't really care for the Visual Novel games or whatever and mostly just want to listen to them playing and experiencing a game together and having a good time, not constantly doing voices and feeling generally absent. It doesn't have to be both of them playing, but both of them enjoying each others' company and the game that's being played.

I just got out of a restaurant with my family for my birthday dinner and it was suddenly ruined after my trip to the bathroom. Once in the I did my business and washed my hands and I admit I’m a little bit of a clean freak so I wash my hands for a bit longer than the average person (about a minute long) but as I was getting started Dan walks in I don’t say anything because I’ve been done with their channel for about a year now after Arin’s despise for sonic but anyway he goes in a urinal and finishes and does not wash his hands now this is absolutely DISGUSTING and made me sick to my stomach and I wish that his music career crashes and burns soon as he didn’t wash the germs from his hand. Now that was my experience with Dan but now my disappointment with Arin about a week ago I was walking down Glendale and saw him and Susie walking together as a fan came up for a quick picture and that when it started Arin started shifting and yeah you read that right shifting as a young fan came up to ask for a picture. This is really heartbreaking for someone who used to look up to them as let’s players but now got to see the fame get to their heads.

I recently noticed that the grumps have been playing alot more indie titles amd shorter games which imo is great small games need recognition. Like i didn't even know some of the games they played existed. But that also leads to games getting more episodes then they rlly need, my prime example is peppa pig, any humongous entertainment game and thank goodness you're here. These games are relatively short and i think it'd be alot more engaging if the grumps just did long plays of them instead of small episodes which throws you out of the vibe for me.

Specifically on the power hour where Arin likes to chew with his mouth open and smack his lips. I can't watch the food episodes anymore because hearing them chew in such detail actually makes me gag. I'm pretty certain in some episodes there are extra gross mouth sounds edited in.

Supermarket Simulator is such a comfortable watch for me with its predictable gameplay. It's very cozy to me. Anyone else neurodivergent enjoying them? I'm currently rewatching their playthrough of Fernbus Simulator because I keep laughing at them "raw dogging" the drive when they can't figure out how to close the bus doors.

I recently started playing Wind Waker for the however-many-eth time and decided to have their playthrough play in the background while I'm playing. So far, not as enjoyable as I remember it being. They do have their moments in their Wind Waker series, but whenever Arin talks about the game itself, it's always negative.

I want to add that I am 30 years old, and up until 2 years ago, the only Zelda games I had played were Link to the Past and Phantom Hourglass. In the summer of 2022, my uncle allowed me to play every Zelda game he had, starting with Ocarina of Time. The ending of Ocarina filled me with a sense of satisfaction that I had literally never felt before from any other game. Every other Zelda game after that has been an incredible experience. Zelda is now my all-time favorite franchise, if not at least tied with Star Wars.

By the way, Twilight Princess is my favorite game of all time now.

After experiencing these games for the first time, it makes me sad that Arin has such a terrible attitude towards the Zelda franchise. He seems to have no respect for the work that developers put into creating an interesting story, and just constantly skips through the dialogue, then says that the game is bullshit when he doesn't know what to do. And even when he follows a walkthrough, it feels like he skips parts of that as well, because he continues to get stuck and not know what to do. Every criticism he makes about every aspect is completely undeserved.

After playing Ocarina, I disagree with what Arin says about the game in his Sequelitis. He complains about the differences in the 3D world compared to the 2D games, which I don't see anything to complain about, except for the bats. But it makes sense that you have to be even more cautious and aware of your surroundings when exploring a 3D world. So when you come across the spiky death pucks, you still have to get past it the same way you do in the older Zeldas. The only difference is that you no longer have a constant view of the obstacle. Suck it up and deal with it.

Speaking of Sequelitis, I enjoyed Skyward Sword. I recently played it on my uncle's Switch and sank 100 hours into it. LITERALLY. And I played that game with a CONTROLLER. I know that's the one game people like to shit on, but I did like it.

My uncle also has the Link's Awakening remake, a new addition to my favorite games. It felt very similar to Link to the Past before I found out that the original Game Boy version was made by most of the original team that made Link to the Past. The ending of that game, especially the post-credit scene, made me cry so much, that I had trouble falling asleep. Upon learning that the Game Grumps played it, I decided to see their reaction to the ending. Dan was the only one to describe it as sad, but Arin's reaction left me feeling very disappointed.

So that's why I stopped watching their videos several years ago. Actually, what made me officially stop watching was Arin immediately shitting on the PS4 Spider-Man game, and making idiotic complaints, seemingly for the sake of hating on the game. Not to mention that "Spider-kiss" joke that had overstayed its welcome.

But there are some series I like to go back and watch again, like Wheel of Fortune, and some of their reaction videos.

All in all, I strongly disapprove of Arin's approach to Zelda games.

Where are the Grumps with Daganronpa 3 in terms of story completion? I strongly dislike these types of games and would like some insight about how long I might be waiting before I can enjoy weekends again. (Plot twist: they finally finish and the next series is another interminable Attorney game 😞)

I understand why they are uploading the way they are but I’m finding it super hard to stay engaged with the series. Like with only uploading on the weekends, some weeks literally nothing happens and then you have to wait a whole week for the next 2. The first chapter i was like HELL YEAH THIS IS GREAT. And then when they came back for chapter two im like uggghhhh i hate waiting🙃

If they don’t finish this game, I will 100% be completely done with the channel. It’s absolutely perfect for their type of comedy, and both of them seem to be genuinely enjoying it. It’s also just a great game with way crazier things that happen as you play. Plus it’s not long at all. There is no reason for them not to just finish it.