Our dream job sucks | Arcade Paradise

[@ashton7282]

Time to watch two guys do their jobs playing a game about doing your job while I get ready to go to my job

[@gingerkingds7804]

My brain hurts 😆

[@tourettesboy8240]

I'm doing this while at my job

[@justaramblin835]

It a job inception, not to be confused with an inception job.

[@estrangedstrayed6274]

Time to watch the boys do their job by playing videogames about playing videogames on the job while I do my job where I would rather be playing videogames 😵‍💫

[@LM-js4dn]

I’m watching this to distract myself before a job interview. 😬

[@TheBetterRianq]

I think the fascination with simulator games comes from them fulfilling the fantasy that putting in hard work alone allows you to earn enough money to grow a business in a meaningful way

[@TriforceTyffy]

yeah, and much more quickly in real life. 😅Also, it's almost a guaranteed success just by doing things that are much easier with a keyboard and mouse.😉 I love how they made this game have a lot more to it. Arcade and a laundromat...it's def NOT a front for an undercover drug operation.

[@paulz3381]

gotta love late stage capitalism

[@nicolereadstarot]

Nah, just the fact that we don't have to completely change our life to try something new. Also, hard work does pay off. My husband went from washing dishes to owning 2 ice cream shops since the backstreet boys reunion... And we don't and did not have a lot of money but his business is doing really good

[@stevenknauer6234]

aah, an escape from late stage capitalism. That actually makes a lot of sense

[@Prizzlesticks]

Media reflects society, so it isn't much of surprise to see games allowing the player to take ownership and command the business in order to prosper through the strength of their own ideas. The vast majority of us are at best working pointless mid-management positions but more realistically have no say or stakes in the company at all. It's the new empowerment fantasy. It's no coincidence that alongside the rise of simulation games is the increase in games with some level of remodeling and design, with some of the lowest homeownership rates for Americans under 40 in the last two decades. We're all more likely to be renters (or homeless), so what greater joy is there than determining your wall colours and whether or not you're using a nail or a command strip to hang your wall art? And of course, the rise of one of the most profitable PC game series of all times is the ultimate simulation game: The Sims. Where work, design, and mundane life intersect spectacularly. Because if your whole life sucks, escapism is inevitable~ ....Also, if a sim game allows you to name your eventual hires, you can name them after your coworkers and send them to clean the toilets when they're pissing you off irl. I'm just saying, that's impactful conflict mitigation right there.

[@GoPMism]

Arin: “How do I play this f****** Stack game?!” Dan just sitting there not even considering looking it up: “I don’t know man.”

[@mb9023]

It took me a while to find it in somebody else's youtube comments, apparently you have to press Spacebar to Insert Coin. Some people just use a controller instead.

[@requiemforameme1]

Well, first you open your browser of choice and search for your problem description + "StackOverflow", then copy paste the top upvoted answer and get a new error. Then a lot of crying. Sometimes drinking.

[@OfficialUnderDog]

@@requiemforameme1 lol

[@IslanKleinknecht]

Arin, not clicking on the Redefine Controls menu option right in front of him: "I have no idea how to do this"

[@marcomedina9021]

@@requiemforameme1 this comment lmao.

[@wardenhill4338]

Are we not going to talk about how fucking cool and artistically unique that intro was?

[@201hastings]

Looked like designs I’d find on an edgy school binder in the 90’s

[@sdfbcvbrshgdgfsdfgsdg]

it was stunningly creative for how different it was for most video games. Also it was such a vibe

[@BRBMrSoul]

Reminds me of stuff we’d make in flash back in day

[@bluespy8130]

For real. I wanna know what that song was that was playing during it.

[@Crocadillius1123]

It’s called vaporwave, I believe

[@yotsuyuyagiyama2443]

The manga Arin was talking about is called Phoenix: Resurrection for anyone wondering. Took way too long to find that out.

[@managlomp]

Thank you! I came here to find out if anyone knew

[@pingpongya795]

thANK YOU

[@MrFreakindude]

Please, please continue this game. You guys would definitely be missing out on fully enjoying this incredible game as each arcade cabinet is a fully playable game. I found it to be much better with a controller where you just press 'A' to start each game. From what I heard of other commentors, pressing Spacebar starts the game with keyboard controls.

[@ruppelspoopels]

Crazy how scams are more responsive than the actual channel.

[@yingyuedraws4375]

@@ruppelspoopels no it is a scam

[@_cityjunk]

Keeping cereals in the fridge is key if your place is full of rats and moths and ants but also sometimes cleaning helps

[@パガイ]

Can attest; until I got airtight containers, the fridge was the only place safe for cereal

[@Dood.on.the.yard1]

I stayed at an infested place for a while. The only safe place was something with a working gasket, after a couple of days we picked up a broken fridge and used that for dry goods.

[@CalibanTaylor]

or if it's humid. i keep my cereal in the freezer and it doesn't get stale

[@TheBlargMarg]

And at this point, Arins internet Cafe empire crumbles and the hobo he has made friends with struggles to survive without Arin giving him 200 baseball bats.

[@thatsprettylane]

My hopes were up, too

[@buckmoonmedia5113]

When are they gonna drive more trucks through Europe?!

[@GreenCorgiQueen]

Video games that revolve about playing video games are a whole different level of meta

[@RT804]

The fact that video games that involve doing actual work are novel to some people explains a lot of where we are right now. Dan was right. If you enjoy mowing lawns so much you can actually do that and get paid for it!

[@randomsht1857]

Yes they are on a different level of Facebook

[@requiemforameme1]

To be fair, I wish laundromats near me had arcade machines. This further supports my business idea to open a laundromat/arcade/bar called “Suds”.

[@ethanwilde4716]

@@requiemforameme1 that's a killer name.

[@requiemforameme1]

@@ethanwilde4716 Thanks. Could host singles night called "Dirty Laundry". 😂

[@danimatics489]

LOL! Arin not being able to figure out how to play any other game but airhocky for the whole episode even though you just hit ENTER is such a game grumps classic!😆

[@jonathanrobinson8926]

There was a lot more lore in that opening than I expected.

[@googiegress]

Better than Cyberpunk 2077 right?

[@pylotlight]

@@googiegress not even close. cp77 was amazing

[@infernalkiwi]

"Arcade is where the money is at" He's not wrong. As an Arcade Tech in a Bowling Alley/ Axe Throwing lanes, the Arcade is actually 47% of the entire facilities profit by itself.

[@kneau]

"Axe Throwing lanes" -- wait... WAIT. I can become a professional axe thrower!?! This changes everything.

[@googiegress]

@@kneau You can be a professional repairer of all the shit drunks break when their axe throws go awry, if that's what you mean.

[@allierw55]

very cool job

[@MenachemSchmuel]

and when you consider that's in the modern era where 90% of people can play games whenever they want on their phones, and a slightly smaller portion have arcade-tier or higher games to play at home, think about the money that was worth back in the 80s!

[@infernalkiwi]

@@googiegress 100% accurate. I watched a full grown "adult" spit at a game screen once when they lost.

[@iamcool544]

My rich dad that gave me a whole laundromat as an investment after I dropped out of college is SUCH a drag

[@googiegress]

Small loan of a million dollars. Although, since owning a small business is kinda like buying yourself a job with lots of overtime, the laundromat is more of a nepotistic job offer with lots of strings attached than a huge gift. Like, if you actually owned the laundromat / arcade, you'd have to use a bank as a safety buffer instead of daddymoney. But if you improved the business and added a lot of value, it's the owner who gets that value.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@googiegress indeed. working for your dad is exactly as good as your relationship with your dad. i've known friends who were basically enslaved, with careful tactics keeping them from leaving without giving up more than a sane person would. and from the sound of it, Lesley's dad doesn't care much for him. Then again from the sound of it Lesley is kind of a lout. but whose fault is that?

[@Mister_Rux]

Sounds like a boomer backstory

[@angrynoodletwentyfive6463]

@@KairuHakubi I thought her name was Ashley...

[@KairuHakubi]

@@angrynoodletwentyfive6463 you know I've made dumber mistakes than that, maybe. but it is a dude.

[@musickid43]

Well they finally did it. Arin not reading instructions has led him to be unable to get past the title screen.

[@Reisen_Inaba]

underrated comment

[@RudyTheNinja]

We gotta get this to the top

[@evandavis5223]

Arin is the reason games need the tutorials he complains about.

[@philipkelly7369]

@@evandavis5223 Damn dude I have never seen someone say something so devastatingly true

[@joselynhernandez5373]

Why does no one realize that Arin saying “eh” started happening around the time of his obsession with Ram Ranch? He’s turning Canadian

[@googiegress]

I think he's turning Canadian I think he's turning Canadian I really think so yeah

[@tylociraptor8131]

As a Canadian, I welcome him lol

[@ameliaphaff2691]

Join us.

[@janrupertalfeche8959]

He said before that working with TWRP led to him using "eh" a lot.

[@EnochBP]

I dont know why but everytime he says it, it cuts right threw my ears. I get some people like it, I guess, but I wish he'd stop. Is this the first time Dan called him out on it?

[@psbox362]

12:13 I'm pretty sure Arin is describing the plot of Saya no Uta. It's a horror visual novel that's inspired by Lovecraft.

[@John_EMIYA_Miller]

And it was made by Gen Urobuchi, who also wrote the scripts for Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, Kamen Rider Gaim, and other works. One of his standard MOs is to take a light-hearted concept like magical girls (Madoka) or fruit samurai (Gaim)... and make it f*cking grim and twisted. Addendum: I've also seen others in the comments suggest the 'Resurrection' section of the forever unfinished Phoenix manga. After looking into it... yeah, turns out that Arin wasn't misremembering and that's what he was referring to. Still, it's a neat concept that isn't played around with enough. Guess I've now got something new to read.

[@leiathrix]

When I heard Arin describing the plot I immediately thought of Saya no Uta too!

[@Timmzy27]

Some tips: Wait for 3 laundry baskets to appear before doing any, then do them all at once. It’s best to start your last baskets of laundry at 18:00 (3 min wash, 3 mins drying) Empty your hoppers after 23:00 only (unless they’re full) I’m not sure what PC controls are but you can play the cabinets I think by pressing “E”. Each cabinet has Goals, complete as many as you can, the cabinet will earn more $$$ money as a result. (Use to buy more cabinets) You have “To do” tasks on your PDA, complete them for £££, this currency is used for permanent upgrades such as sprinting from the PC in your office ( I recommend saving for the Assistant Assistant manager to auto empty out hoppers, this will save A LOT of time when you have a full Arcade). Trash spawns at the start of the work day, clean first while you wait for 3 laundry baskets to appear.

[@Cuiasodo]

The people pixelating when you walk past is both an interesting way for the game developers to side-step having to animate NPCs and handle movement and behavior for them and ALSO kind of a fun way to show how people blend into the background when you work a job where you see a ton of strangers that you barely interact with day to day.

[@dadrester]

My dudes... Thanks for playing. Each game has a how to play section in the "Arcade Management" section of the PDA. To start a game just press space or E and it'll take you into the game. Later on you get a side scrolling beat em up which has a pixel art laundromat in it which you can go into, with a little arcade and playable games... Game in a game in a game

[@inconspicuousboi3251]

“Our Dream Job Sucks” is a weird title for a Game Grumps video because the entirety of Game Grumps is two grown men sitting together and working their *dream job* 😂

[@Amins88]

Well, it's a dream job of a lot of people. And I'm sure they enjoy doing it. But wasn't Arin's dream job to be an animator and Dan's to be a musician?

[@nathaliaskye]

I was thinking the same thing when I saw that title.

[@marw9541]

@@Amins88 Well Dan is touring and being a musician so he is still living the dream, Arin on the other hand, his dream was to be important and have people like him and not work hard. So he's living his dream too basically

[@Amins88]

@@marw9541 Yeah, I wasn't saying it like they're NOT still living their dreams. Just that their dreams didn't necessarily start out as running a gaming channel. But sometimes dreams don't end, they just evolve.

[@NotVal501]

I really like Arcade Paradise, I bought it a couple months ago when I didn't have classes and throughly enjoyed playing it (sometimes while watching GameGrumps for a background video) - glad to see you all experiencing it!

[@ANameToGoBy]

If you don't mind me asking, how's your place looking? This game looks like a fun micromanagement game and I'm interested if it's got some longevity to it.

[@danimei3624]

@@ANameToGoBy Besides air hockey, I have about 15 arcade cabinets, and the arcade seems to be about the size of the laundromat (minus the bathroom); however, there are apparently 35 arcade games to unlock. As to longevity, one thing that helps is that when you play a cabinet, it becomes more popular and generates more revenue (this helps with buying more cabinets). Another thing that helps longevity is that people will challenge you to beat their high scores on certain cabinets. At the point I am right now, I rarely do any of the laundry stuff. I still do occasionally because there is a daily (in-game time, not rl) challenge system unlocked after a certain point. Hope that helps!

[@ANameToGoBy]

@@danimei3624 Ahh it does! Thanks for filling me in! Sounds like you had a bit of fun playing! Definitely gonna try this game out sometime in the future.

[@danimei3624]

@@ANameToGoBy I've definitely enjoyed it! Kinda wish the grumps would revisit so they could try the games that Arin couldn't figure out how to play.

[@leiilei5440]

Wrigley used to sell soap and baking powder and offered gum for free with orders but they discovered some places where buying products just for the gum and reorganized to be a gum company. Gum is like huge business

[@pinkfoosballtable7875]

arin 15 minutes into the episode where he runs a laundromat: "oh shit im supposed to do laundry"

[@OoWaFFleSoO]

To be fair, laundromats are generally self-service. The customer does their own laundry. Some laundromats offer cleaning services, but not enough for Arin to assume he'd have to do all the laundry.

[@Sybato]

@@OoWaFFleSoO yeah but there was a laundry tutorial right before, so it's safe to assume this isn't self-service.

[@JaySay]

Guys, look out for the DLC of this coming out this Christmas. It's _Arcade Paradise - _*_Arcade Paradise_*_ Edition._ I heard you can play the game, within the same game. There's a game mode called infinite recursion, but no one's certain exactly what it means or what it does. Sounds spooky.

[@dadrester]

You're joking but there is actually a working arcade with 5 playable mini arcade games inside one of the games "Knuckles and Knees"

[@dadrester]

Setting a score on each of the micro arcades gets you the "arcadeception" achievement

[@rachelgreenwald7946]

The mere mention of anomalies and Huge Man makes me eager for more Observation Duty even more than usual, Ghoul Grumps 2022...?

[@TsunamiSephi]

I would love a full playthrough of Arcade Paradise. It’s one of my all-time favs and in a perfect world exactly the job I’d want: Owning a clean, liminal laundromat hiding an epic arcade.

[@coleminee]

I really hope you guys keep playing this! It just feels like there’s gonna be more lore and stuff to see. Plus you gotta show your dad that an arcade could really make money out here in the 80s

[@jonathanrobinson8926]

I thought at first that they were playing more Coin Game. I would love to see more of that.

[@conker572]

I could watch endless videos of Dan and arin playing simulator games

[@MokuTom]

please dude.. don't encourage them, you're literally funneling them towards the downfall of the channel ;/

[@nitroglycerific9295]

Surprisingly, this game gets pretty emotional at the end. I kinda wish the Grumps had finished it to see the full story arc play out, but even one episode was a delight.

[@MDK-fo7jw]

How long it takes Arin to figure out he can actually play the cabinet arcadegames: He doesn't.

[@jone7344]

The sheer production value of this game is insane.

[@Scynn]

I swear Arin is allergic to checking keybindings in pc games lol

[@LinkDawnbringer]

and he was SO close this time too

[@deraile]

Worse is I feel this bot's reply would also be Arin's, dismissing your advice 😂 "Thanks for the feedback, here's your prize: Me giving zero f√cks 🎁🎊👌"

[@TheBlargMarg]

Arin is also allergic to reading tutorials and listening to important messages to progress the game.

[@Scynn]

It's why we enjoy watching. Doesn't matter, laughed and love the episode anyway.

[@bideobamers]

I dont think Arin would know what a "key binding" is in the first place. He's not exactly a gamer

[@judderbud]

As I was watching this, I remember a childhood dream of mine to open up an arcade/pizzeria called Budzzz. Making my own pizza and full of nothing but retro arcade games and a nice lounge area for you and your friends to enjoy comic books, MTG, and the pizza you ordered. Grumps, PLEASE keep playing this for the lovelies!

[@digitaleyes99]

"Way to edge me, Dream" - Arin Hanson (2022)

[@Paradoxum177]

Best part is he probably doesn’t even realize

[@DrAcula1298]

I never comment on youtube videos but you guys actually respond to enough requests. So I hope others join me in this. I want more episodes of internet cafe simulator. For some reason I loved that series so much and I hope I get to see more someday!

[@gracejordan110]

AGREED

[@comfortablymum]

Only Arin can make running a laundromat seem like dream job

[@rodmullen64]

That's because you'd be working with arin

[@NomadTheProtogen]

Making money is a dream to begin with.

[@mollyluise]

This game is so good, I actually cried at the end. I wasn’t expecting it but I got sucked in while my husband was playing it… the laundry part doesn’t even scratch the surface to how this ends up

[@TheomanZero]

24:00 - "Who the f**k would ever steal your dirty-a** gym clothes?" Okay, who wants to explain musk fetish to Dan?

[@Paradoxum177]

A WHAT??

[@KairuHakubi]

or just, yknow, the douchebaggery of randos who feel powerful by stealing worthless things and ruining lives in small petty ways. also quit censoring. that's morally reprehensible.

[@Paradoxum177]

@@miguelnewmexico8641 T H E W H A T ? ?

[@wasabij]

HE SAID, WHO WANTS TO EXPLAIN MUSK FETISH TO DAN?

[@MysticJem2016]

@@wasabij explaining fetishes to Dan is probably someone's fetish

[@DarkblueRadiance]

If anyone is interested, the Osamu Tezuka manga that Arin was talking about is called "Phoenix: Resurrection".

[@Woodcocce]

Thank you! I'm gonna check it out, sounds interesting.

[@spaghetto1810]

**Guy aggressively fades out of existence** Dan: “I don’t think you can talk to them”

[@Brazbit]

It is really too bad that they appear not to have revisited this game. The game is a lot of fun if you actually play the various arcade cabinets and build the arcade. By not figuring out how to launch the arcade games they limited themselves to all the tedious tasks that the game evolves away from as you build the fun game. Plus, the twist in the game would make for an excellent episode in itself.

[@fatalrob0t]

Man, my brain can't comprehend the concept if paying someone else to do your laundry, which is what this game looks like. I grew up going to laundromats because we didn't have the utilities. I learned how to do it on my own by helping my grandma do up to ten loads of clothes. When I went back to one of the places I had grown up going to when I didn't have a washer and dryer to use, I was extremely shocked that it had become a "washing ladies." Women were washing other people's clothes. And I just... could not figure it out.

[@shilohshelagh6512]

It goes deeper, one of the games you buy is an adventure game, that has the king wash featured, and you get to pay arcade games in it! You play a game, where you play a game, where you play a game.

[@ZenSolipsist]

I specifically remember their last visit to a laundry mat ending in murder, so really the sky is the limit here ☺️

[@VoidCael]

Danganronpa 1?

[@riabouchinska]

My last visit to the local laundromat almost ended in murder when I discovered that they randomly raised the price of the wash cycle by 25 cents

[@RemyJustice97]

I was gonna say Bloodwash, but DR1's plausible

[@Alfredopizzaluver151]

For some reason I really like clean up management games. I guess the easy tasks in a video game is more appealing than real life chores lol

[@drink111]

Agreed. All the dopamine or cleaning, none of the effort... Or real cleaning, unfortunately 😅

[@Homeskilet13]

yes i agree. my issue with working today is im used to working at my college while i has classes they could only schedule me 20 hours and they worked around my schedule so i had the same schedule for three months when the semester changed now i like am pulled in a million different directions and i have no time to relax or wash clothes nothing....its depressing and i wish it could be like these games 🙃

[@Motabee]

The intro to this game is so grunge I love it

[@caitlintheroux5804]

So you guys planning on finishing Harvest? We all want more random vintage games ‘round these parts.

[@CalibanTaylor]

yeah, i think we all want some...quality time

[@joshingaboutwithjosh]

This is such a good abstract way of demonstrating the value of pivoting a business and its existing model

[@forkshifter]

If your house is too humid, putting dry things in the fridge helps keep it crisp

[@spykkielee7627]

No one is pressuring you to exceed human capabilities with workloads, you can take breaks, and basic efforts are rewarded? This IS modern escapism!

[@mrdudetou]

I have worked in a Arcade. 🤣 It can be fun and boring at times. Giving the gifts to kids and adults a like. Watching some regulars that have the most insane skills at getting tickets or beat games with style or just beat games on a single credit. is entertaining to watch. There was a funny time that a guy and his girlfriend bought chips from the snack machine but they got stuck. The buff boyfriend guy tried hard to movie the machine but couldn't get it to drop. I at the time was not a very strong looking guy. I placed my hand on the top of the machine and pushed it up and let it drop (not to hard) letting the chips drop loose. The guy looked embarrassed and explained he could have done that. His girlfriend was giggling at how embarrassed he was. Cute couple. There are more stories. Good times. 😂

[@Zantis03]

Please finish this game! I've played to the end and it's very fun! Plus y'all can both play!

[@SanFran51]

Arin you are supposed to press E to play once you are on the machine.

[@jaklacroix]

It's agonizing

[@robintst]

The dates in this game say it's set in 1993 but if you were there, you know the 80s bled over into the 90s for a little bit so it's pretty accurate. The first 3 years of any decade is usually still like the previous, it's about the half-way mark where the things that define it to future observers start to crop up.

[@toyfreaks]

Occupational games seem to provide catharsis to people in that profession or who used to do that job. Restaurant simulators are that residual stress therapy for me. Your playthrough of Plate Up was amazing to watch!

[@CalibanTaylor]

everytime i play a cooking game i still feel my head chef breathing down my neck and screaming at me

[@tastyboi77]

Finding out that Arin has watched "I Think You Should Leave" by quoting "Hope I don't jaack owff" was the highlight of my day.🤣

[@Specsy151]

I bet Arin knows that Bozo did the dub

[@TheOnlineScrub]

As a software engineer I love that they picked stack overflow as the first purchase lol

[@romeants8049]

Who’s wang do I have to felate upon for you fellas to play Harvester again? That game was fucking nutty and hilarious. I NEED to see Stephanie say 13,000 pages of dialogue without even looking at the main character

[@TheRealAtello]

That game intro was actually extremely well done. It just radiated that 80s teen movie energy in both the artstyle and cinematics. Edit: The production and polish in this game seems way above what you'd expect from the hundreds of "xyz simulator" games you see nowadays. Kudos to the studio that made this!

[@StarrChild.]

I really wish Game Grumps would give these games more episodes. Even just two. I'm so sad we see great games that they seem to be enjoying only get a little spot

[@som3dud3z]

"Is this all that games are now?" Nah, there's plenty of games that aren't just job simulators, but you've made some weird quest out of chasing them down, and playing all of them.

[@ArcanaCheckPls]

I can't be the only one that wants to see them play more of this. This and the internet cafe one.

[@killerqueens7693]

i figured out what manga arin is talking about in 12:17 its a manga called "the phoenix" or "phoenix: resurrection" it sounded interesting so i wanted to find it

[@newshit7199]

me at 14:00 when Arin is playing games instead of doing the laundry: Your Dad's gonna yell at you

[@agroed]

Real life Arin doing laundry: yeAH yeAH you liKE IT? OHHH fuuuUUUCK Game Arin doing laundry: Dude, this shit sucks.

[@NoSkillGamerz.]

i hope we get another episode of this once they realize how to press start on the arcade games lol. also they are all based on real games in a way

[@susanschubert1222]

I know right? So close to pac man/GTA

[@meb0887]

Fun fact: Pizza King is an actual restaurant chain that is exclusive to Indiana and Ohio (sort of). It used to be, and still is one of my favorite restaurants. Their pizza is fantastic.

[@davidasylum1870]

Imagine your dad walking in on you playing this game and watching you do laundry, pick up trash and see you play a mini-game of you throwing it in the dumpster. And he remembers you pissing and moaning about you doing chores around the house.

[@NWolfsson]

6:35 Dan! That was obviously that one Windows screen saver that is a red brick maze!

[@captainclutchh9814]

I started watching the grumps a long time ago. I met my fiance and we loved watching them together. Really bonded over episodes. Binge watched them constantly. I'll say it hurts to come back and watch them now alone. But the memories and the laughs keep me going 😔 stay strong everyone

[@m00k61]

This game is right up my alley. Love when I discover games I wanna play on this channel.

[@susanschubert1222]

This game has actually become my favorite game in the past month, I hope you enjoy it too!

[@KotharKorinth]

Man I hope they come back to this and that computer cafe game

[@lunaliciousgeek]

I think these are appealing because we like the feeling of getting paid cash quickly and often, for doing something actually feasible. We get dopamine from that $$$ and It makes our real life mundane chores feel valuable

[@KittiLumpo]

idk where the intro guy lives or why he fridges his cereal but my aunt lived in florida for like forty years and to this day keeps like unopened boxes of mashed potatoes in the fridge to, quote, "keep them away from the roaches" in a state where i have never once seen a roach (outside of a zoo enclosure) i cannot fathom where she thinks theyre going to appear from

[@James_Amarant]

I swear Arin really needs to start doing like 5 to 10 minutes prep work to figure out the controls and what you're supposed to do in a game before they start the episode because so often it feels like the majority of an episode is spent just working out how to play the game, sometimes he doesn't even figure it out before he stops playing, it's probably also why people always claim arin is bad at video games because his approach seem to be "I'll figure the game out on the air, while I have split focus"

[@SammichFella]

The cereal in the fridge is a sign he’s tryna keep the roaches/mice out of it. That’s the only explanation I know of since it’s common in poorer areas or in the country side cuz of field mice.

[@WaffletheKodiak]

omfg please play this more its so chill and the presentation is so nice i love this stuff

[@aceof8S]

I had never considered the ol' "transition song being a radio/ipod track" reveal as an example of Diegesic storytelling

[@plentyoflulu4694]

I did not expect arin of all people talk about a 70's Japanese comic book

[@fernandod4046]

Do you know what the title was? It sounded interesting

[@plentyoflulu4694]

@@fernandod4046 I sadly don't remember. It is incredible and the art was soo sperimentale

[@fernandod4046]

@@plentyoflulu4694 well it took me a lot of looping to make out what Arin was saying but I think he said Osamu Tezuka. Who made hundreds of titles. Well... time to start reading them all!

[@plentyoflulu4694]

@@fernandod4046 Phoenix. i think it's Resurrection

[@ashtonholmes-sterling3260]

Danny: "That dude's a riot." Me: "Yeah, a quiet riot."

[@cmodom83]

I kept expecting a jump scare in this game - thanks Blood Wash!

[@grimwolf9988]

Ah, the existential nightmare of setting aside time to play a video game, in which you're too busy working to be able to play video games.

[@clandestine_cat]

Anyone remember that old school PC game called Hover? It was capture the flag with bumped cars. The screensaver on the computer made me think of it.

[@DKArmstrong]

Yeah that was cool it was one first games I played on pc and I was kinda surprised neither of them reckoned the screensaver.

[@clandestine_cat]

@@DKArmstrong it was one of my favorite games and I recall the music being stressful as hell but also lit lol! I can still hear the sound when you get the opponents flag. Such good memories with Hover.

[@leeokami22]

I loved this game, it starts off a bit slow but as you buy more and more arcade cabinets it adds so much variety. I find myself still going back to this despite finishing the story simply for all the games

[@clydefr0g]

In the wise words of Matt from Supermega: “I *love* this game design.”

[@hollowknut9473]

Fun fact: If you put dry snacks in the fridge they stay fresh longer. Also keeps pests from getting into them. If you're like me and don't stuff a full family size bag of chips down the food hole in one sitting, you'll appreciate a nice cool fresh chip out of the fridge.

[@tyffaneelavely8087]

You didn't close before you left. You had the "open sign" and the name still lit up. Might be why there was so much overnight garbage. Just a thought 😉 I wouldn't expect Arin to do it any other way though lol.

[@TOMIKUMA]

I think the comic Arin was talking about is either "Black Jack" or "Phoenix/Hi no tori" I remember reading about it and was weird... Very cool concept tho

[@kingzaforce6762]

15:40 Arin realises he might actually have to do laundry at his laundromat and surprised. This is just like that one time in Lawnmower Simulator.

[@SamuraiEchidna]

Many years later, and Game Grumps is still hilarious. This was uploaded on my birthday, BTW! Have a great day.

[@purrpocalypse]

Why aren't there more episodes of this?

[@leafruns7672]

6:33 That was a screen saver, I don't think they had those in the '80s. Granted I wasn't conscious of computers then but I recognize that one from the 90's. the maze, it was... mesmerizing...

[@qwazsx1775]

I want them to make this into a series

[@alexanderzweber8453]

Day 7322: Arin "humans who can't figure games out without manuals aren't capable of living" Hanson still can't figure out how to press every key on the keyboard to figure out how to play a game.

[@GreenWizardBaking]

Watched Secret Sleepover Society play this a little while ago and knew the grumps would love it!

[@AMetalWorld]

‘Who would steal your gym clothes?’ Well Dan, an old acquaintance of mine got expelled for sneaking into the locker room, stealing peoples phones and iPods, and selling them back to them. So I know at least one person lol

[@TheMetroidblade]

I really hope they do at least one more episode of this.

[@lordwazzlegaming567]

Up up down down left right left right B A start in the menu, it unlocks a cool and useful secret :)

[@MegaCMalta]

AIM and eBay didn’t exist in the 80s. Wtf? 😂