Home Improvisation - Gameplay Overview

Justin and Griffin build Werner Herzog a nightmare playground in his basement using Home Improvisation, the newest, hottest IKEA simulator around.
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[@aprilfuul]

I opened this video thinking "How long will it take before one of them does the Tim Allen noise?" Ten seconds. It took less than ten seconds.

[@butchnighthawk1673]

this ought to count as a monster factory

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

Butch Nighthawk let’s get some fan art of the structure goin

[@Dylan_Platt]

"Following the directions" is just the construction equivalent of all middle sliders.

[@duckyells1767]

Premonition

[@DeeDee-ye5qe]

@@duckyells1767 LMAO i was about to say like boy do i have great news for you !!!

[@plemgrubern]

erik satie is truly fitting to this game, as he once described his music as ''furniture music''

[@chipbipple2593]

Entering Griffin's conception of "living room" is like looking at one of those computer-generated photographs. It looks ok for about 1/5 of a second before you realize that the computer tried to make a picture with more than one person in it and the second person has all of their features concentrated on one side of their face, chicken eyes, and mouths for ears.

[@2goblinsinatrenchcoat]

Extremely underrated comment lmao

[@bEccleston]

oh how i miss the days when that was all AI could do

[@jauken83]

For anyone not in the know, Justin and Griffin have a podcast with their third brother, Travis. It's called My Brother My Brother, and Me; and its hilarious. If you liked this, you'll fit right in over there.

[@dv8754]

jauken83 MBMBAM is my JAM! Also they're D&D podcast they do with their dad, The Adventure Zone!

[@LiaThePenguinologist]

+jauken83 oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

[@TemptedDuckship]

+jauken83 Oh god, I had no idea, thank you!

[@MerileeGoLucky]

I went to IKEA for the first time a couple weeks ago and in the 5 hour round trip I listened to McElroy podcasts 100% of the way, and the whole ~3 hours it took me to assemble my newly acquired furniture, so I'll literally always associate IKEA with these boys.

[@AstroFuture404]

for some reason gymnopedie no 1 is both the most fitting and least fitting thing that could possibly be playing while assembling furniture in a musty basement

[@fastfredyischristian]

It's kind of weird seeing someone I watch regularly be from West Virginia. It's that whole "Ooo! Ooo!. I live there!" when you see your hometown in a famous movie feeling.

[@lhbusinesshub3930]

Isn't Travis a master carpenter I wonder if he would feel pride, shame, and/or rage after watching this video

[@RollerbladeCat]

pride in the fact this game exists, shame with how those poor furniture pieces are being treated, and rage over how the glue gun works so perfectly

[@taakotuesdays]

All of the above in that order

[@janesmith1840]

Is Travis a carpenter, or are you just thinking of his D&D character?

[@amaice]

John Smith Travis did know an awful lot about carpentry for that role...

[@TheIanlincoln]

@@janesmith1840 Travis was a master carpenter and technical director for the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

[@alexanderjones5109]

so by the end magic brian is making the sculpture

[@ghoulstreet]

This Kevin Macleod soundtrack is really doing it for me

[@alexl2929]

I wonder if this video is what inspired our eldest brother’s life long obsession with woodworking, which began in late May.

[@TemptedDuckship]

I feel like I need Justin and Griffin to just constantly be in ikeas "helping" people with their furniture.

[@AkimboJoe]

One of the best let's plays I've seen in a long time. The Herzog impersonations at the end were great.

[@yukonhyena2957]

6:54 reading the names of these killed me "Fhqwhgads" "Ting"

[@isobelikard9194]

come, on, fhqwhgads, i said a come on fhqwhgads

[@user-sg6ww7ts6n]

2021 woodworking legend justin would bully this justin

[@taakotuesdays]

Really slipped into the Magic Brian space at the end there

[@LiaThePenguinologist]

i thought that questioning grunt was pretty spot on

[@22kaybee22]

I lost it at the plates

[@FilipTarpov]

McElroys, please do a gameplay overview world tour. I'll pay whatever you desire just to see you live in action. I'm literally crying in my office, god, help me.

[@ellencarpenter]

Taken me four years, but I just noticed the subtle "fhqwhgads" at 6:54

[@Soul_Kit]

Everybody to the limit Everybody to the limit Everybody come a fhqwhgads

[@samcatart5670]

I HAVE SPENT WEEKS LOOKING FOR THE VIDEO GAME THAT PLAYED GYMNOPEDIE NO 1 IN THE BACKGROUND. I was starting think it was a fever dream. But no. No it was this game. Thank god this showed up in my recommendeds again for whatever reason 🙏

[@rowen9]

Before Justin’s woodworking!

[@GlennBRust]

Only the McElroys could make a furniture simulator entertaining. And only Griffin could make it art.

[@liquidl5380]

Every once in awhile I think of Justin's soft, plaintive "How could this be?" at 9:45 and I just fucking lose it wherever I am.

[@corwinlw]

why is this not part of the monster factory series

[@NopeDontDoItImTellingYouNow]

Gotta say that calling the boys from Monster Factor humans is stretching it a bit

[@ashdweeb9063]

Bat but there's some real good boys in this video

[@MrDoctorColossus]

@@ashdweeb9063 *Soft... Soft boys

[@DeeDee-ye5qe]

GREAT news!

[@englebre21]

That chair is the single greatest thing I have ever beheld, among all constructions by hand of God or man, the apex of creative achievement. Good day, *sir*

[@zempmasterz]

My god polygon fire everyone that's not griffin and justin pay them 10 times what they get now. this the funniest thing ever!

[@culturearson]

zempmasterz They are why I tune into Polygon. Phil is cool too.

[@bravetherainbow]

+zempmasterz doesn't Justin own Polygon? so he fires everyone except Griffin

[@chromaphasia453]

zempmasterz don't know if you've figured this out but like... polygon is a news site...? I think....? Maybe

[@mossmeow]

the plates breaking makes me laugh every time tbh

[@spongiformencephalitis]

ah... simpler times... how i miss them

[@scoobysnax]

Griffin, you've lived in West Virginia-- you know DAMN WELL we only have Walmart and K-Mart to buy furniture from.

[@Dusty_Teacup]

you know erik satie often referred to his music as "furniture music"

[@tanyacockle6469]

When he ordered the plates and they smashed on the ground I fucking lost my shit

[@TheShandango]

Griffin sounds like Timon from Lion King and that makes everything he says 50x funnier

[@punchymchurtyfist7575]

8:00 CRAZY DIAMOND

[@sepiasmith5065]

I am. astonished to see only 99 comments on a fantastic McElroy video game video "this structure was in late-access. this structure was in hospice." LMFAO the McElroys never fail to be iconic and horrific

[@Itsleira]

The amount of stress I had watching this video, hoping for a nice relaxing time. I’ve seen them play Catlateral Damage, I should’ve known.

[@CharmingCharmanderz]

7:37 didn’t know Griffin has access to 「CRAZY DIAMOND」

[@nix6940]

Improv Isashaun really let me down. I had him on my fantasy team and, well, you know how he played this season.

[@shockofthenew]

NEW Industrial Basement Playset* "For kids you hate! Can you find the fun inside the structure?!" *may contain human teeth

[@experitha3541]

Not the fucking royalty free ukulele

[@LiaThePenguinologist]

14:34 _Entropy_ - Griffin McElroy, 2015

[@janesmith1840]

Ongo Gablogian would adore it

[@TwentySeven1337]

7:33 CRAZY DIAMOND!

[@felixsturm323]

Improv Ivershan, a great Ukrainian athlete.

[@teajay2622]

Ok but Justin is acting like people don't go to Ikea on vacation. I went on a vacation once with the sole purpose of going to Ikea. I did some sightseeing but only because I was already in town for the ikea

[@gomjabbar5785]

This comment gave me chronic depression

[@Duckyn]

But is the Tim Allen grunt art?

[@Nami]

iTurducken In its purest, most concentrated form.

[@li0dud3]

Awe it looks like a gUN! Me, internally and also externally I said it out loud: cOuNt ThE sHeLlS!

[@ofishallydone]

a most beautiful home

[@Azriel12399]

I cannot give this video enough up votes!

[@meiji4785]

Aw looks like a gun! AWESOME!! *RAT TAT TAT TATAAT*

[@dafkakafka]

as a jew, justin saying "mazel tov" after griffin broke the plate made me SPIT OUT MY DRINK

[@ashc97]

herzog... youve got really good taste in directors bro

[@angelkanarias]

Really good improv!

[@Sizzle4242]

I want a chair that mimics the Glave from Krull...sigh

[@richefortgaming]

Improv Isation, 8 x MVP for the Houston Rockets, all-time baller

[@atticus725]

Tears of laughter

[@fridajohnsson6841]

the chair and the table are called "Cinnamon buns"..

[@MissLaBoeuf]

Please take Juice to an IKEA and get him some meatballs!

[@caustic1611]

Anyone else catch the Homestar Runner reference within the game itself?

[@BearJoyner00]

This hurts

[@Blakehii]

what is the song at 8:38?

[@ezzbbj8]

+Shake N' Blake Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1

[@kls0110]

“Improv Isation is the best power forward in the league” 💀 💀 💀

[@CoryMck]

Justin listens to 99% invisible‽

[@kmlac6596]

Cory Mck he and Roman Mars did a mock podcast at a festival/con called “Smart Stuff” 😂

[@CoryMck]

@@kmlac6596 just watched. It's great: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGOTcpWrhsqZacU

[@smh02]

lmaooo improv izashawn for 2016 mvp

[@overcastart5769]

why are they talking like magic brian

[@jo_magpie]

Frog Fractions 2?

[@OhanaFilms]

Wait, this is a game? I don't understand anything anymore.

[@juliam.426]

14:10 no

[@DavesAndTheCocoPuff]

whats the song that starts at 6:13?

[@gomjabbar5785]

Does your chain hang low - werner herzog

[@dafkakafka]

someone PLEASE make an edit with 2:06 and the "im in the ghetto ratatataaa" video

[@bamboshbubb2594]

Does Justin have.... Furniture???

[@therealteammagma2350]

itz jus lic art

[@aerosmith55npr]

KZbin ads make me sad!

[@operaticundertaker5004]

"What the f- hell"

[@franzliszt8868]

10:30

[@snootsnoot5590]

here's the music (you know which one im talking about) *tear falls* c a r b o y s....

[@corpseil]

why is there minecraft music in the background

[@matty4479]

i waS wondering the same thing stranger

[@capriottimultimedia]

What's up with the Minecraft music

[@kat4421]

5:45 know we know “WHo bRokE ThIS VasE” (any Sanders sides fans in here?)