Touch the Skyrim Ep. 1: Griffin and Nick Meet BONE DOGG

In the pilot for this exciting new series, Griffin installs a bunch of dumb, dumb mods into Skyrim, and walks Nick through his magical new world. In each subsequent episode, he'll toss more and more mods onto the pile until the game ceases to load. Let's thump this melon.
Full list of installed mods is below:
ACTIVE MODS:
- All Trees are Hands by Dafini
- Skeletons: A Playable Race by Guile
- Really Useful Dragons by Trainwiz
- DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya Combat Music Includer by Wilf Wilderman
- No Spiders by FancyPants
- Zelda: Majora’s Mask Moon by BobbyChiller
- Cabbage Overhaul by The Crowverlord
- Bee Movie Script by ARRWDODGER
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[@deyedrah]

You never realize how many trees there are in Skyrim until they're all replaced by giant baby arms

[@sunnivaixchel6267]

I heard that first faint "choo choo" in the background and my face just lit up bc I just knew

[@elizawulf8180]

Bhruce Hammar lives!

[@evinbraley]

@@elizawulf8180 Wow, almost forgot about him and his mod. He'd totally make a flying train, if he hasn't already.

[@rebeccaucich1290]

"this is Roachy all over again" you think you've moved on & then the wound is freshened like that.....

[@bravetherainbow]

I saw it coming as soon as Griffin piled the two rats on each other and was like "Which one is it?!"

[@JSON1C]

1:52 ive watched this series SEVERAL times and I just realized griffin said "a HANDFUL of mods"

[@MishaShivers]

This series is just Monster Factory, where the game is the Monster.

[@Dabednego]

The co-host is the monster.

[@johnthedork723]

Yep.

[@lilyhope432]

@@Dabednego oOF

[@sarahfinch1808]

arby’s witch 24/7

[@madrut6679]

I'm so glad Griffin McElroy made this series all by himself without anyone else.

[@AnuragKumar-gc1pd]

Same

[@okokpokjijpij1242]

What is this meme. Why does Nick not exist?

[@penguinstarlette4028]

@@okokpokjijpij1242 Nick may have done a bad, like a really bad. I don't know if it's true, but Nick has been mostly shunned by the fandom.

[@person-iw8qj]

@@okokpokjijpij1242 he admitted to doing a pretty bad.

[@Falnky]

@@okokpokjijpij1242 He made a joke where the punchline was "send nudes" and some psychopath got upset and tried to ruin his career.

[@Jackie_Tracks]

'none pizza left sex' has basically killed me I've been laughing for like an hour straight someone please send help

[@lordtachanka903]

JackieTracks I missed it lol; time stamp?

[@sand__witch]

@@lordtachanka903 it's at roughly 6:13

[@solsticeval]

me too and I went looking for a comment about it oh dear god

[@janesmith1840]

It's like "there's nothing good on TV" sex, but for when you're out of pizza

[@juanjuri6127]

i will literally give you money if you deactivate the hand trees mod

[@alapazam]

Esta Fortaleza never

[@EskimoClownBoy]

Esta Fortaleza DEAR GOD PLEASE LETS OPEN A KICKSTARTER

[@gooseygooseman1383]

It's kind of grown on me, pun not intended

[@crazymuse007]

They remind me so much of Berserk

[@tuttutmonkeybutt]

Adilendian ayyyyyy

[@BebsieLaCookieQueen]

The evidence for Griffin's vore fetish is REALLY starting to pile up.

[@crumpetblogs1030]

Hannah Jayne stOP

[@johnthedork723]

CrumpetBlogs yOu CaN’t StOp ThE tRuTh

[@dustbunny6381]

The more vore jokes you make, the more likely it is you are actually really into vore. Source: I actually like vore and can spot a fellow freak a mike away

[@dustbunny6381]

*mile

[@marzipanmango]

@@dustbunny6381 Isn't that where you're titillated by people being inside other people? Like eaten? Tbh I don't get it at all (not trying to kink shame :P)

[@sycastells1212]

It's now May of 2020 and I have reached the Touch the Skyrim level of late-night video binging.

[@bugdracula1662]

it is nearly december 2020 and i to have reached touch the skyrim level of late-night video binging

[@LBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLB]

im watching this and car boys for the firs time in 2021

[@bigbadgammagnome]

Still early 2021, rewatching this for the uhhh fourth time? Fifth?? I promise I've not lost control of my life

[@bugdracula1662]

@@bigbadgammagnome good on you for ever having control

[@CountSnaqula]

Just finished car boys. Have to start this one tonight. April of 2021.

[@a92lovin]

Bone Dogg, stop Bone Dogg, stop You're gonna get in trouble

[@TheTetrapod]

*wee-ooo-wee-ooo-wee-ooo*

[@knockoutroundabout]

And then Skyrim is cancelled

[@bravetherainbow]

I JUST saw that vine on Nick's tumblr yesterday

[@johncoleman1930]

Can someone explain that vine for me, what happened?

[@polymphus]

"toss more and more mods onto the pile until the game ceases to load." if we get more than two episodes I will be very surprised

[@blurpleflorp]

was "skyrim job" one of the universally humiliating titles you considered?

[@polygon]

twitter.com/Babylonian/status/796064088316985344 -Nick

[@HunterJE]

Now this series will always be "Fus Ro Dumb" to me.

[@scrungybingus285]

"What If Todd Was One Of Us" was clearly the best choice

[@AwesomeFowl]

Rudi Simon mm

[@terminal7452]

Rudi Simon

[@Thepersonwhoposts]

the hand trees are so genuinely upsetting

[@zixise]

Jade Aprile so upsetting

[@aimoth9953]

Bone Dogg has a battleaxe proficiency and rustic hospitality

[@Spalfos]

Wild how Griffin got Hatsune Miku to make this series with him

[@manidk5475]

I appreciate this comment so much

[@nguiklian]

he boot too big for he got damn feet

[@rassilonsvids]

i think bone doggs should vote

[@scrungybingus285]

BEE MOVIE SCRIPT "VALUE: 420"

[@demilembias2527]

I like to imagine that bone meal isn't actually meal from bones but rather the customary meals that members of the skeleton community carry around with them to eat.

[@brookebleazard73]

title idea: Skyrim Demastered

[@SharpingtonTheGreat]

I feel its very important for Nick to be able to hear these mods. The train tooting alone is life changing

[@zero9435]

if only you had the hatsune miku mod on too, the skeleton mod erases every part of it but the hair.

[@zero9435]

imgur.com/a/Twrt3 yeah, here's the example y'all. you might still be able to fuck it up with miku hair.

[@RobertZabulonian]

Hemlock Rose that's beautiful

[@slendy9600]

Hemlock Rose mod discovered...

[@lenacarey2333]

Hemlock Rose this is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

[@heyitsKra]

I can’t believe how good of a voice actor Griffin is, that second character he’s doing sounds nothing like him!

[@Ray-hk1zm]

I dunno, it's awesome, but I can still tell it's him. Like, who else would be doing the video with him? He's clearly the only one in the video.

[@marly_goblin_boig4295]

Griffin doesn't have friends It's just him and his games That's it

[@marly_goblin_boig4295]

BUT ANYWAYS THESE COMMENTS MAKE ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE

[@Ray-hk1zm]

@@marly_goblin_boig4295 Can I ask why?

[@Ray-hk1zm]

​@@marly_goblin_boig4295 It's because Nick Did A Bad.

[@minimano7929]

"I'm certain we'll think of something better to call it before this bad boy goes live". NOPE.

[@scrungybingus285]

[cHoO cHoO] "What was that?" "Probably nothing"

[@matspicer2333]

The best decision I ever made was installing the mod to real life that added the Nick and Griffin characters.

[@MegaPENGUIN5]

Concept: Griffin redoes touch the skyrim and carboys but with Nick edited out and Justin doing random voice inserts to try and patch up the narrative.

[@BL_K9]

YAH :3

[@tentavision5019]

What if Todd was one of us?

[@gelotologistgrandma3791]

Just a boy like one of us?

[@subatomicseal7789]

What if Todd was a real person? Now that's the real question.

[@mephostopheles3752]

Like, Polygon fans? Or human? Because I think only one of those is possible at a time.

[@TealWolf26]

Just a stranger one of us, trying to make his game.

[@JESUSWASAJUGGALO]

what if todd was among us

[@abigaileldritch]

BRING BACK THIS SERIES BUT WITH JUSTIN INSTEAD please

[@trauntualafigghtetr6209]

I know you commented this 4 years ago but just go ahead and delete this

[@mckinneym.2743]

​@@trauntualafigghtetr6209why?

[@HopefulWriter14]

@@trauntualafigghtetr6209I also would like to know why

[@williamgrant2800]

@@mckinneym.2743he got accused of something but it turned out not to be true

[@abigaileldritch]

@@trauntualafigghtetr6209i know you commented this 8 months ago but just go ahead and delete this

[@ItsFefnir]

So what you're telling me is that this is the story of a skeleton named Bone Dogg, who must save the world from a rogue Thomas the Tank Engine who wants nothing more than to establish a prominent rail service throughout Skyrim in an admittedly haphazard way. Yeah, I'm on board with this.

[@mikehenderson7907]

Sodor is expanding their empire. There will be no survivors.

[@favoritemustard3542]

I see what you did there! *_On Board_* lol

[@jmcrofts]

shoutouts to None Pizza Left Beef

[@connorpalmer6454]

What a crossover, love your vids and the fgc

[@keanulover420]

bummed about this election, but at least I can see the image of a short skeleton named BONE DOGG punching a man while yelling "I'M DRUNK"

[@giggleloop13]

'Bone Dogg, stop! Bone Dogg, stop it - you're gonna get in trouble!" Cut to Bone Dogg being arrested for savagely slicing up too many dudes.

[@iamafriendly]

I will give you cold hard, cash, if you turn off those goddb damn trees nick and girfon please i will support you emotionally and with cash if you turn off the god damn fuckign ham trees

[@blarg2429]

I think they should find mods to turn other things into giant hands TBH. It's great. Thinking of getting the mod myself now that I know it exists.

[@tinmanlobster]

i love girfon's videos.

[@LordNokturne]

How is it not No Man's Skyrim, Griffin?! Griffin!!!

[@MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot]

Oh god that is a MUCH better title!

[@YadonTheCat]

"None pizza left sex"

[@Lantern_Larry]

Car boys and touch the skyrim are what introduced me to the magic that is Griffin. All these years later, I still go back through old content. (Cough eating banana cough) TAZ and mbmbam have been more influential in my life then I could ever imagine thanks to these yt series.

[@lavalampbamboo]

I give it three episode before either Busto 2.0 or the Final Pam shows up

[@ratsalad1]

really love this series that Griffin did all by himself

[@flame_warp]

Honestly the hands reaching up towards the majora's mask moon with a skeleton archer standing stoically in the foreground is Kinda metal

[@nickfhr]

this video just cured my depression and my anxiety and my slew of other mental illnesses, simultaneously, the moment the words "skeleton as a playable race" appeared on screen. With all sincerity, though, my girlfriend and i lost our fucking minds over this video while watching it together, Thank You For This Gift Onto The World

[@SirLancelotized]

"Every animal is a 'stuffed' animal if you wan to get technical."

[@Soprie]

I wish fans would make an edit of the series where they cut out all the parts of the Bad Man and its just Griffin.

[@GilbertDeer]

kzbin.info/aero/PLs1WqV0WgE7pQAZXuw80t4nFcP1SsLktL

[@Baconomics1]

@@GilbertDeer this is amazing thank you

[@redj1101]

Imagine How Is Touch The Skyrim

[@andypalmer5095]

I can't *stop laughing* **what have you done to me**

[@lilyhope432]

What is this referencing?

[@menilakataraseefluppenimia6970]

Touch the Skyrim with Griffin and noone else

[@buhbo3250]

Can we just talk about how he got meridia's beacon on the first big chest as the first item so he couldn't avoid it?

[@saltystick_99]

The "mod discovered" voice clip is burned into my head in the best possible ways.

[@EnkerZero]

Kira Yoshikage's wet dream

[@bradeng1606]

EnkerZero A land where lives are always quiet

[@governor_explosion]

Everything's quiet, the trees are giant hands...

[@ConSolo29]

donT.. do this to me

[@lukaasadorian5824]

peeved that Nick has single-handedly made these videos, and car boys, incredibly awkward

[@morganj426]

who? griffin made those series on his own

[@ezrawyrd9275]

Yeah it's weird how this video has a lot of Griffin talking and then these weird long pauses like he's waiting for someone else to talk

[@nickgwinner3136]

Wood Hightower that sounds like something Justin would say, don't it?

[@littleratfella6857]

This video was Griffin and Pat, the Creators of Car Boys and Cool Games Inc

[@benpebbles4111]

what did he do?

[@j.r.1704]

I thought I was having a really good day, and then I found out this is what Nick, and Griffin haven been teasing on Twitter. This isn't a good day, this is an amazing day

[@sslugboy]

i'm happy you're happy, bless you for having joy

[@KeatsTube]

Is it just me, or does Bone Dogg look a lot like Bart?

[@jae1058]

wow! toe to tip, he sure looks just like bart!

[@clockworkgarlic]

He really looks like bart is the thing...

[@Gormelious]

Just like Bart.

[@bravetherainbow]

please stop, all of you. please.

[@lolbye9914]

Take it to the bank boys, this one's just like bart!

[@jameswilcox511]

Griffin how dare you bring up Roachie.

[@Jay-uw4bu]

This has potential to be amazing but hopefully the game wont die by episode 3

[@MadamSparklyStar2000]

i'm supposed to be writing like 3 essays but this is a way better use of my time

[@Berry_Goosey]

Please install a mod called Man-Hide Suit. It will put some meat on BONE DOGG's bones, and give everyone nightmares.

[@MaddieGaliardo]

rewatching this because i still think about it

[@__mads__]

Maddie Galiardo me too

[@liquidsoap89]

When Nick and Griffin teased a new video, this was NOT what I was expecting! Well played boys, this is gonna be GREAT!

[@liquidsoap89]

Holy shit Griffin, you've taken almost all of the mods that I could recommend you to use! Thomas, battle music, SPIDERMAN! This is magical! Some suggestions for more: Spycrabs - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=117888324 Better loading screen tips - nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12234/? No more arrows to knees - nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/15428/? Explosive chickens - nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17427/? Musical bear - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92471077 A laugh track - nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/1632/?#

[@bravetherainbow]

I have the laugh track installed and keep forgetting to uninstall because it only happens every so often, so I'm like "FUCK" every time I break a lockpick

[@MattVariety]

I really really wish there was a mod that replaced the theme when you fight a dragon with the Seinfeld theme. You're just walking along, soaking in that sweet Nordic-inspired environment, when suddenly bwwwwWWMP BUH DAMB DA DAH DAH-DAH, DAM DAM DA DA-DAH

[@RedPandaGamer]

"I'm sure we'll think of something better to name" This is obviously untrue because Touch the Skyrim with a bad midi version of the song is the greatest thing ever.

[@sapphirewolf4031]

I heard the train whistle in the beginning and just started grinning because I already knew exactly what was coming

[@VictorLameirao]

I love that polygon is mainly nick and griffins channel.

[@elliel8626]

Victor Lameirao and justin!

[@southpawYT]

wow this comment aged badly

[@Snickersnek]

"Huh, I wonder what kind of mods they added? Maybe some overhaul mods, a few graphical, model, and quality of life ones? Maybe a- oh no.. no... the trees are hands. The trees are hands. Those kinds of mods, okay."

[@avva4090]

Y'all are absolutely hilarious. I'm going to play Skyrim now. Edit: "Every meal is a bone meal for Bone Dogg"

[@aundreacanning5604]

“I thought it was going Macho Man Randy Savage.” Reminds me of the good ‘ol Steam Train days.

[@Ellie-jr4zy]

Interesting how griffins just talking and no one is answering and there’s all these weird silences...

[@Rudymentary]

god, yeah its almost freaking me out

[@babayagas]

this so encapsulates all of my interests that I frankly feel targeted.

[@truckgod3852]

you know, I thought I had seen it all after seeing busto and his antics, but now, seeing Thomas the train rain down fire on a town, lesser trains falling from the sky and exploding on impact, and thousands of giant hands reaching towards the fire-drenched horizon, I might have been wrong

[@karatexperience]

Right now we're just as far from the release of this series as this series is from the release of Skyrim itself.

[@CraftySquidz]

Bone Dogg, Emperor of Fury, dispenses justice as he reads from his holy book of Bees. Non can stop him. He is the beefiest boy.

[@alexoliver8419]

Thank you guys so much for helping me through the loss of my dog. She was there for 14 years of my life (and I'm 18) and I wanted y'all to know how much I appreciate you doing what you do. :)

[@abeautifulview5434]

Re:Skyrim - Starting Life Over In Another Skyrim -

[@veraeroes]

the game looks like a CoolGames Inc product now, i love it

[@orangewaters1559]

for the record, just here for Griffin.

[@PygmonLives]

The spiders caught me off guard, I started laughing but ended up gagging.

[@laitentierdotcom]

oh boy these boys

[@Em-vw8cf]

Those hands are the worst thing that has ever happened to me

[@KayleDevanandAWSOME]

A Godspeed You Black Emperor reference? YES PLEASE

[@Sud0wood0]

Lift yr Meaty Palms like Antennaes up to Majora's Moon

[@AlexOzenberger]

#ImWithSoftBoys

[@BrothersWeird]

When they go hard, we go soft!

[@Xxx_EvilSmurf_xxX]

Lilgreenman that's my secret, I'm always soft.

[@eli9214]

very excited about this new era

[@AnnDVine]

HOW DO YOU DISEASE OR POISON A SKEKETON WHAT

[@AnnDVine]

WHY DID I SAY "SKEKETON"

[@HammerspaceCreature]

Top skek

[@pawprint6677]

it goes into the B O N E S

[@AnnDVine]

One of the lesser known Spongebob villains, Shelleton!

[@kreo45]

ataxia: the loss of control over *muscles*

[@Breepable17]

k but touch the Skyrim is the best name I've ever heard

[@lenacarey2333]

I am so excited for this I'm actually vibrating

[@hostile-elf]

can you imagine a guard sitting down and picking up the bee movie script and reading it on his break

[@redumulis2448]

Huh. Despite being immune to illness, they still contracted, "Ataxia".

[@bravetherainbow]

"I will watch you sleep" it's funny because Bone Dogg just stood there too. I wanna see the cutting room floor footage of Bone Dogg and Hadvar standing there for 8 hours doing nothing just looking at each other

[@bobhigtheonionwizard2223]

Touch the Skyrim, Car Boys, Monster Factory. Peak Polygon.

[@ignaciogmartinho]

"I'm here to show you Todd's vision". *buckles up, makes popcorn.*

[@corner1333]

you know griffin practiced his down with the sickness voice no one does it that well first try

[@HunterJE]

1:15 Vanilla Skyrim, wasn't Tom Cruiserim in that?

[@calskuthorpe7406]

Vanilla Skyrim is my favourite Tom Cruise movie.

[@Daniel-tk8fl]

I love these videos, but why is Griffin just talking to himself the whole time?

[@Ray-hk1zm]

I dunno - everything Griffin says is really funny, and the other voice he's using is really great, too!

[@Ray-hk1zm]

I mean it sounds awful, like the voice an awful person would have, the voice of an awful person, that belongs to a bad dude, but it's very well-done.

[@elirangel7481]

This series ages like a fine wine.

[@KerbalRocketry]

"In each subsequent episode, he'll toss more and more mods onto the pile until the game ceases to load." Soo 3 episode series?

[@sepiasmith5065]

"it's stuffed like... yeah there's stuff in it" oh my goddd

[@imeanokaysureman]

1:51 "a handful of mods" I see what you did there

[@levihan3777]

I installed a poop alchemy mod on the PS4 version, because I was playing a witch who used poop in all of her potions. That was interesting.

[@FuckTheYoutubeUsernameChange]

funny how Griffin keeps on talking to himself during this video series :-)

[@Rudymentary]

i know right ????

[@danifreedude2097]

>be me >drinking chocolate milk while enjoying quality mcelroy content >griffin /kills lokir >spits out milk onto sketchbook >feelsbadman

[@redj1101]

Daniela Menendez please don't try to greentext in a youtube comment ever again

[@danifreedude2097]

can't stop won't stop *backflips out of a window*

[@Krookzior]

wait is that Mr. get a ticket to japan himself?