From the creator of Skeletor's Coffee Shift | Parasocial

[@mediocreandworse59]

It's scary that there may actually be strangers out there who delusionally believe they're personally close to my friends Arin and Dan

[@cerberuskid]

Hey hey hey, maybe back off my two good friends Arin and Dan.

[@yeahno3333]

Hmmm my two good friends Arin and Dan never mentioned you?

[@briangruenewald7536]

Danny and Arnold… love those two guys 😂💙🧡

[@jbmp1390]

Who doesn't love Denny and Arnold?!

[@DarkPatu]

I'm thick as thieves with Dennis and Argol.

[@magiciandice]

Poor Dan throwing out that "Next time on GameGrumps" like it's a safe word

[@Martynde]

the best time was at the end of Teletubbies.

[@houdini9739]

i loved it with PT !

[@thatluckypanda_]

Dude that claymation intro was baller

[@noelloveslemmons]

Yooo it's Lukas! Also, much agreed, lol.

[@Piper7865]

Yah that was an excellent intro.

[@spencer6607]

I came here for this comment.

[@milliefreitag7937]

Hello gurl love the edits keep up the good work (also true and real)

[@nlald]

It’s clay all the way down.

[@nyyxs]

I don't know about anyone else, but I am so happy Skeletor is still holding down his job at the coffee shop. Although easily overwhelmed, he really does try his best.

[@zeroarts7623]

Lowkey feel like either a transition happened or the murder that killed the original character got possessed once skeletor lost his corporeal form....

[@cats1970]

He has to check to recipe board a lot but always serves with a smile!

[@kellygreen7236]

As a barista with anxiety I often feel as panicked as Skeletor during rushes and I'm grateful to still have my job

[@tinitis4144]

Those are some of my favorite GG episodes.

[@ivan4993]

​@@kellygreen7236I hope you just imagine the Skeletor voice in your head

[@AnalogStick95]

Dan freaking out before the scary thing happens and Arin continuing to not acknowledge it continues to be my favorite part of Ghoul Grumps

[@aazhie]

*chef kiss* It's the magic of GG!

[@ilnoediavolon]

One of my favorite running gag is Arin trying to fit his Walkable Cities Agenda into every conversation

[@iren9179]

😂😂😂

[@alcatrazvongola]

Dan going from falling for "deez nuts" jokes to successfully trapping Arin in them to finally making them in intros. Now that's character development!

[@L33PL4Y]

AND naming the new NSP album after it

[@LeinaDZiur]

You'd be surprised to learn how many men you don't know think it's normal to ask a woman if that's where she lives and if she lives alone, just to have a conversation. Had it happen the other day when an Uber driver picked me up at my place. Please, don't do this. It's terrifying.

[@nobody_5982]

same thing with asking a woman when her shift is over / what hours she works

[@rminkof]

Asking about relationship status is understandable, if forward: but ones address?

[@SakuraAvalon]

You see, this is why I only ask about why you covered up the murder of Jim Smith on August 17th, 1986.

[@LeinaDZiur]

@@SakuraAvalon I have an alibi, I was born a year after that

[@SakuraAvalon]

@@LeinaDZiur That's what they all say. I'm onto you.

[@WildeRay]

Danny saying "oh, that's nice" to the creepy message, and Arin just going "Wait what.." is like their whole mentality

[@MrSpartan993]

Skeletor the Barista will always have a special place in my heart.

[@psuede085]

Dan saying thank you to the virtual audience for their help was adorable.

[@s-e-e-k-i-n-g]

The iLoveNiina username after Asuka saying the players real name was Niina in the cafe is such a creepy touch

[@problematicgoose]

Her username has Niina in it. If you watch them in chat, they are always the one being creepy

[@gizoginjr]

That username is there the first stream, too, before her face is revealed.

[@ZillahEnoch]

@@problematicgoose Her username is Nina, her real name is Niina. It's a small difference, but just enough to make iLoveNiina all the more creepy.

[@beausammy2981]

I never noticed that! 😮

[@problematicgoose]

@ZillahEnoch fully thought that was a typo if it's pronounced the same-- wait, is it? It's so hard to tell what's translation errors

[@gothwaldo]

Arin putting trash in the main trash bin and then immediately getting confused about not being able to take trash back out of it, then thinking its bugged for a while, is classic game grumps

[@Creemefreeesh]

Literally screaming at the screen about the trash in the living room

[@joonbug9786]

Pissed me off so bad

[@poofballoon]

Tbh it confused me too, it's not very intuitive

[@VueiyVisarelli]

To be fair, I think he thought that he was removing it _from_ the main trash can as well, not realizing she was consolidating her trash before emptying it altogether. Personally, I don't dump all my trash cans into one bin, _then_ put it out, so it makes since he didn't think that's what you're supposed to do, either.

[@panicynot]

I can't be the only one saying over and over: "you JUST did it. Why can't you remember JUST doing it?"

[@stacie677]

Dan saying “Wake up, put the nikujaga on the table” killed me.

[@ediegar]

SAME lmao

[@lewiserox]

Idk why but I wasn't expecting Dan to immediately know what a Vtuber is

[@RogueCamaro]

I had the same thought, they’ve never mentioned vtubers before that’s probably why

[@RHM087]

To be fair they are still somewhat friends with RubberRoss, who has a few VTuber friends

[@lewiserox]

@@RHM087 Yeah it's not that it seems impossible. It's just I'm used to Arin explaining modern internet things to Dan lol

[@christianhagenswold597]

Ross’s girlfriend is a Vtuber so it makes sense

[@hgrey8725]

Dude, same. Had to do a mental double take as soon as he uttered "Vtuber" and I have no clue why lmao

[@MaelstromALPHA]

I have no idea if anyone at GameGrumps would see this to pass the info on to Arin, but when recording/capturing PC games VSync is generally a good idea (it will cut down on screen tearing) but if you select "every second v-blank" (or v-bank.. in the case of this game) it actually caps the frame rate to half of your monitor refresh rate (so 30fps for a 60hz monitor etc). The choppiness you were getting is because of this, not the graphics settings being too high!

[@Baconadian]

I really love the idea that Skeletor stopped being a villain so he could pursue different jobs and lifestyles, but still puts the same type of energy into everything he does no matter how mundane.

[@Jitterzz]

I really liked the Closing Shift play-through, so it would be very cool to see more of this! I put in my vote for this to be a series.

[@taewae]

idk how this developer can perfectly capture the everyday horror of a single young woman's life... the way all the men's gazes look so eerie... how a seemingly innocent comment or question from a man can seem sinister when you don't know their intentions... it's seriously so well done

[@morriganENVT]

Hearing Dan, unprompted by Arin, say 'Oh, you're a vtuber' gave me such whiplash.

[@TheHoonShow]

I wasn‘t expecting Dan to say that tbh

[@undead_opera_singer]

Ohhhh, I hope this is a series. And that they play more Chilla's Art games in the future.

[@v_bunny]

same, love their games!!

[@Ghost-lt4sf]

I don’t think Dan’s sweet little heart can take more Chilla’s but I hope so too!

[@cmcdnc9561]

Yes please

[@whiteaaron117]

Yes grumps please I would love this

[@raiseasato]

Arin not looking back at the guy taking his trash had me shook. He missed such a good creepy moment.

[@mashedrose]

what happens?

[@madisonmartinez5928]

@@mashedrose The guy who was mouthbreathing near the trash bin takes the player's trashbag out and walks away with it.

[@gangyzgirl]

Poor Dan. He gets scared for our amusement. We really need a month where he gets to play what he wants.

[@briangruenewald7536]

I vote either January or February :)

[@LSDeadly]

March since that's his birthday month

[@ericalang7846]

dan grumps

[@animalxing8697]

Sierra month!

[@Shadowkunakari]

I would love a Dan Month, that way we can keep Ghoul Grumps for a month

[@vBUMPERv]

I'm so glad Arin remembered to do the Skeletor voice

[@spookyvalentine9122]

Was coming just for this comment

[@kieragreywolf546]

I love the fact that Chilla worked in characters from Closing Shift. The first hooded man Arin hovers over is the stalker from Chilla's Coffee (with your character being the pony tailed girl working behind Skeletor (Senpai the Douche)). With shiny hooded guy being the stalker for this game. Man, stalkers really do love Chilla's coffee. The characters from the first game weren't kidding about there being a lot of stalkers around lately.

[@kittykatkountry1317]

I think the girl barista is the main character from closing shift. If it is, glad she made it.

[@jharris3110]

This could possibly take place before the end of that game too

[@kittykatkountry1317]

@@jharris3110 mari n mayumi aren't high school girls anymore so it would have to b after

[@sickmuse_]

If I'm not mistaken, think the customer that was talking about Hassaku was referring to the detective from Closing Shift too. So I'm guessing Parasocial takes place probably some years after where Mari and Mayumi are already grown adults

[@jekkabean]

40C was the bath temp. The box on the wall is the bath controller. That's why you couldn't bathe until you touched the box - the little song that played was telling you the water was ready.

[@Shadowlily1112]

Arin has converted me into a "walkable city" fan. All I want is a walkable city...

[@PuppyOrion]

Sooooo, New York?

[@tanuki01]

@@PuppyOrioneven NY isn’t walkable enough by the metrics of a proper walkable city, even if it’s better than a lot of places. Then again, we’re living on infrastructure initially designed for horse and buggy and continually retrofitted for modern vehicles so there’s only so much you can do

[@ppleeatpple]

@@tanuki01 it's basically the closest the US has although it's way different than European walkable cities. I do like that NYC has relatively good public transit so that even if something isn't walking distance, it's just $2.90 away

[@tanuki01]

@@ppleeatpple that’s fair

[@justin99000]

I knew this was coming because dan said they played this before they did 7 day ghost. Very excited because dan said this spooked him

[@NerdAlert4224]

I love the claymation open, it’s so cool

[@olimar243]

Im very happy that arin went back to Skeletor voice as the barista IMMEDIATELY

[@andrewgelos9778]

Love that Dan sang “Don’t sync, I know just what you’re thinking” right as I did same thing.

[@LadyWhiteMage]

I was waiting for him to start singing it lol

[@feraacedia1825]

It’s pretty cool that the game gives hints diegetically via the game chat

[@tanuki01]

The only thing better would be chat mods saying not to backseat, and way more emotes

[@ChipsMcClive]

Yeah, though, I don’t think it’s going to mess with the player’s blood sugar.

[@gasolinejoy]

This is definitely the creepiest thing they've done so far. I'm legit nervous. Feels a little too real! Shame neither of them noticed on the second stream onward, the scary commenter's name literally uses the protagonist's real name Niina in their handle, not her v-tuber name...

[@gizoginjr]

That username is there in the first stream, too.

[@skippythealien9627]

man i dunno what it was but yeah this playthrough was so fucking unsettling lol

[@DavidEllis94]

Yeah but Nina is also in the Vtuber's name, so it's kinda obvious anyway I think

[@WillowTree474]

​@@DavidEllis94it changed from Nina to Niina! Not a huge difference but it's there.

[@DavidEllis94]

@@WillowTree474 It was Niina the whole time. Take a look at the first stream. I figure it's more just a misspelling than a weird detail meant to mean something. But hey, could be wrong

[@TheSuperSpaceSquid]

A claymation intro where they make claymation models, in a video in which they broadcast playing games while they're playing a game? That's some next level Inception there!

[@hgrey8725]

Holy shit

[@CARDSSerus]

Massive respect to whoever spent the time and effort to make the intro. Great work!

[@Nucleite]

They named a game after our relationship with Dan and Arin.

[@magustg1]

That control box on the wall that says 40 degrees Celsius isn't the thermostat, it's the hot water control. It's SUPER common in Japanese homes and apartments to have a control box for the hot water heater in the living room, kitchen, and of course bath. With most of them you can even automatically fill the bathtub with a push of a button!

[@StephenCinAZ]

Of course they somehow completely missed the scare during the bathtub scene. XD

[@OmegaGamer1989]

Wait what was supposed to happen in the bathtub scene?

[@mumu21241]

@@OmegaGamer1989 You can very clearly hear someone enter the house but Arin was busy singing over it so he probably didn't notice.

[@OmegaGamer1989]

@@mumu21241 lmao oh lovely lol

[@knittingnudibranch]

@@OmegaGamer1989 If you are looking at the mirror, you can also see the bathroom door open slowly and then close again. But Arin was looking around a lot, so they didn't notice it

[@MrChannelforwatching]

The bathroom door slowly opens and closes again while you're inside the bath, meaning there was someone inside your house.@@OmegaGamer1989

[@molly7366]

36:49 Arin not figuring out the thing on the wall isn’t a thermostat but remote controls the bath and its water temperature even after having to press it to fill the bath is killing me slowly

[@Gaschdisturbed]

Well, that's just counterintuitive house design. Why would that be out in the corridor instead of next to the bath?. "Gee, I'd like to change the water temperature, better get out of the bathtub, out of the bath and dripping wet walk out into the living room."

[@ppleeatpple]

I would chalk it up to that not being common in America BUT he absolutely knows about Japanese culture and living AND he references it in Seven Nights Ghost (although they may have played that after this)

[@Desparil]

36:48 That's not a thermostat, that's for the water heater. The one in Seven Nights Ghost was also set to 40 degrees Celsius, I'm guessing that's the default temperature for hot water in Japan.

[@omnitoad2187]

Actually an interesting horror concept. A character looks in the mirror, but the mirror image has a frame stutter.

[@miss.brun0]

The Watching Arin Play Parasocial Experience: "Arin, there's a garbage bin over there. Arin, a bin. By the TV. Arin. There's a bin over there. Arin, there's a bin. No, you didn't bug it. Arin, by the TV. Arin there's a bin. Arin."

[@brigade7678]

so painfully long... then he proceeds to lower the graphics to trash quality- maybe he thought that would debug the trash can?? ;P

[@Gaschdisturbed]

To be fair, that part was hard to understand. I also thought that was just another bin you have to collect the bag from.

[@Phuqr]

Arin ability to immediately blame games for his ignoring things is amazing

[@cicadawilkinson6227]

It’s so relatable 🤭

[@Choshako]

I know, imagine what Suzie must put up with in their marriage with that habit 😂

[@CoolGutrun]

@@Choshako Are you being the *title of the game* right now? I think that's a bit *title of the game*

[@TheSpektrum1989]

yeah "around the house" is not just "streaming room and living room." it's like a microcosm of how he gets with Zelda games.

[@cky83]

i mean, there's fucking arrows pointing at the next thing you're supposed to interact with, too. he looks right at them and then ignores them to stare at a tv for 10 mins. at this point, i'm almost convinced he does it on purpose to drive up comments/engagement, lol.

[@Lucid_XP]

25:22 as an asmr lover I understood Dan 100% here. I personally love Japanese and mandarin asmr. russian is also soothing to the ear!

[@TheSnorlax7]

*Reverse Message* Dan: “The bananas have gone bad!”

[@L33PL4Y]

Thank you. Sad that you only had four likes before I found this.

[@LennartDorpmans]

The scariest for me was Arin unable to gather the trash for what felt like a million years.

[@DiabloGraves]

Alright, fine, if you're going to make an animation that good I guess I'll look at the merch store

[@brigade7678]

same! It did in fact make me click on the store... love that TENNIS shirt

[@skullghost3]

The bananas has gone bad is todays backwards phrase

[@MegaCMalta]

Rewatching this and realizing that Dan correctly guessed that the stalker moved in next door but then didn't remember having called it in the final episode 😂

[@tantris8685]

In the intro I wanted Dan to say "Well tonight, Mr. Hanson, you're in one"

[@buritters]

Dang. I wish Arin would have kept an eye on the guy next to the trash bins. On another playthrough I watched, you can see him grab your trash bag back out after you deposit it there and run away with it.

[@chumbus]

YESSS!!! CHILLAS ART!! They always manage to make things so unsettling

[@Kitty745Kat]

I don't know how to feel about Chilla's games being just. the horror of being a woman who feels defenseless and helpless. It's fucking relatable and super effective tho lmao

[@justin99000]

So wait we've already seen skeletors life if he was a barista. Is this the what if scenario of skeletor being a streamer?

[@sosansational]

god i want them to do this now

[@meganhausman1443]

I want the whole V-Tuber experience with it too. Like Skeletor avatar. Everything. It would be beautiful.

[@StephenCinAZ]

That matcha cake honestly does look pretty good!

[@tophatgamer7638]

unfortunate that they missed the window opening in the bath part lmao

[@adanomic949]

Arin somehow managed to look away from almost every scary event in the game by not sitting still.

[@drudle]

Dan's point to 500 viewers versus 10,000+ streamers is exactly an issue people have with imagining societal issues. It's the concept of "one murder is a tragedy, a million is a statistic." Collectively we've evolved past small, primitive villages but the human mind hasn't caught up from an evolutionary standpoint. We still can't comprehend huge numbers realistically which means we generally can't fathom issues that affect large groups.

[@quinntic2887]

I’m so happy Skeletor is still thriving as a barista 😊

[@AmAngery]

I saw Skeletor Coffee and I had to click. Love this series from GG!

[@MrSpartan993]

CURSE YOU HE-MAN!

[@Thryx20]

I just wanted to say that I love you guys and you're one of the few channels I come back to KZbin for. Thank you.

[@Haxicab]

The guy booking it into the elevator actually spooked me!

[@pearlchoi5734]

It’s such a treat to see the claymation promos! Big props to the artists!

[@Zestfulyellow]

Reverse Message: "The banana's has gone bad"

[@GageisME333]

Thank u very much friend person

[@Mutant_X98]

Dude, Dan was not having a good time. I get it man, that shit had me anxious all the way through.

[@CptOmega2]

The scariest part of any game is Arin's terrifying inability to play them.

[@editorialpond751]

Whoever made that opening with the clay models you are a talented person

[@aazhie]

Agreed! I loved it :D

[@buckmoonmedia5113]

For me, the most relatable part of this game was having no idea what to do with the VSync

[@Kethersdad]

I love that right after Arin was yelling "HOW BATH?!?" the video cut out for a Grammarly add.

[@kingofhearts4402]

The “WAKE UP, PUT THE NIKUJAGU ON THE TABLE!” Was so underrated

[@VividSauce]

The music that plays at 6:20 is from Ecco the Dolphin on Sega CD. The track is titled Time Forgotten.

[@Thryx20]

I kinda wish you guys didn't skip ahead for stuff like when coming home in the elevator, i get that not everything is that fun, but in games like this you kinda want to have everything as there's secrets and events hidden in places and you might not realise it but some viewers might and it's pretty funny if you do miss something obvious

[@projektlapis5172]

"Can you imagine living in a place where you just have to walk to get somewhere?" That sounds like an American thing that I am too European to understand

[@alexasaikal2756]

"Next time on Game Grumps" is Dan's safeword lol

[@NightyKnight09]

4:42 The letter E: randomly appears on screen My rotting internet brain cracked out on memes: “oh haha it’s a markiplier reference”

[@timothy6966]

I could watch them play these kinds of games forever. Something about the semi-scary, story-based, stuck-in-a-room-with-a-stalker is really doing it for me.

[@BRIMxmusic]

34:47 that "pretty cute" message was sent by joji

[@davidurieta3887]

I was literally tense the entire time 😂

[@ppleeatpple]

They didn't notice that the username asking about the bath is iLoveNiina. Niina is her real name. Senra Nina is her online name

[@eeza]

People i've watched who played this keep mistaking the bath device for a thermostat 😅 the 40°C is for the bath water's temperature (still pretty hot though tbh 😬) and the tune that followed a few seconds after Arin clicked on the device is the signal that your bath is ready! i believe it's quite standard in Japanese homes. Evelien (Gab Smolders) caught on that after a beat since she stayed in Japan for quite some time! 😊 Also, James in the cafe, i think is that "Nihongo jouzu" dude from the game Closing Shift and the barista who catered to us is the MC's senpai in that game (MC is at the back of the dude making the drinks). Chilla's Art outdid themselves with this one and i hope Dan and Arin get to finish it!

[@FaulterYT]

That jumpscare really got me, watching from my phone as I wash dishes and I thought the window next to my head shattered

[@lordmandalorex3620]

22:18 I swear they are playing one of the actual customers they served in the previous cafe game

[@ohemdoublegee]

I think so because in that game wasn't there a background conversation between two girls about a stalker?

[@filmfangirls9163]

​@@ohemdoublegeethere was! And they mention the girl is still missing.

[@OnyxCyanide]

Also, the guy who was talking about why did Hassaku go was talking about the detective in the previous game of the same name.... Sitting near "one of the other stalkers" from the same game without knowing.

[@XanBcoo]

Arin and Dan exclaiming "I just came" in unison, just like in my fanfic!

[@EmilyGrumbine]

At long last, Barista Skeletor returns!

[@cheesymice]

I love that Skeletor is still working at Chilla Coffee.

[@justin99000]

Okay but that claymation ad sketch was actually brilliant

[@smartcakes303]

I will never not be surprised by how oblivious the guys are when they play games

[@sleepyote]

That claymation intro was trippy

[@spoonraider]

The elevator jumpscare actually made me scream, I almost threw my damn sammitch 😭😭😭

[@AnnaTheFallMaiden]

that was THE WORST i fucking JOLTED at the elevator jumpscare

[@sramowl1520]

i love the claymation-ception. so trippy.

[@UltraDraft]

Man i really feel bad for dan, he seemed genuinely scared and disturbed lol.

[@andrewmenees473]

I was so relieved you did the Skeletor voice at the coffee shop.

[@rrael]

The real horror is the screen tearing. I bought a g-sync monitor years ago so it was real spooky seeing it again.

[@skippythealien9627]

Dan making fun of Chop Suey had me on the floor lol

[@DarbiniG]

“An actual game grumps high five! Haven’t had one of those in a long time…” ARIN YOU BETTER START GIVING DANNY MORE HIGH FIVES, YOU’RE NEGLECTING HIM

[@oddnoble-y3g]

thanks for making another gem my friends! you guys always make my terrible days much better with your uniqe humor! I can't wait to see the next one guys!

[@HamHamSky]

The pure delight I felt after singing that No Doubt song only to have Dan do the exact same thing 5 seconds after

[@StephenCinAZ]

39:56 - I hope they realized that this was the hot water control after playing Seven Days Ghost.

[@Jesse-ej6jo]

That thermostat set to 40°C was for the bath. Dont ask me why but for some reason some, dont know about all, japanese homes will have a console to set the baths temperature just plastered outside of the bathroom.