This game is a liminal space nightmare | Escape the Backrooms

[@atomic2968]

I always love Arin’s “trying to pretend I don’t know this is a scary game in order to scare Dan” voice.

[@thebeavpercabethftw9604]

You'd think Dan would've learned by now.

[@lilnug653]

@@thebeavpercabethftw9604 It's hard to think rationally when being talked to in that sexy voice

[@spiddles]

especially when dan says "is it a horror game?" and arin says "no👀" and dan's trusting nature believes it 😭😭😭

[@SynFuZe]

@@lilnug653 ...

[@thebeavpercabethftw9604]

@@spiddles I would've never trusted Arin again after Agro.

[@crowderpiano]

Dude the guitar just peacefully coming back after the first scare fucking killed me

[@Ubermensch9240]

I wish he stayed. ;-;

[@dragonzerohero]

Do you guys know the name of the song?

[@littleredridinghood3640]

I always love dans dread sounds followed by Arin’s knowing bad things are coming

[@believeinmatter]

@[卐]Lakehuntist ⸜⁄ nah, you’re pathetic

[@JWulf11]

The timing on Dan saying "oh come on, is this what the whole game is?" and an immediate jumpscare death scene right after.

[@OurJynx]

Dan needs to find a spooky experience Arin has never seen and show him it this Halloween. We'll finally get to see what it's like on the other side of P.T.

[@Merlewhitefire]

The problem is Arin is way more terminally online than Dan and Dan is studiously averse to scary shit, so... how

[@mediocreandworse59]

He can just take Arin to New Jersey

[@Merlewhitefire]

@@mediocreandworse59 Arin has done nothing to deserve New Jersey.

[@requiemforameme1]

Well… they never played the fan-made VR version of PT…

[@exploding_snail_]

Bro, they release a Ghoul Grumps on April Fools and that's ^ what it is, that would be great

[@arkraith4148]

"Wow I guess crouching really does help with stealth" - Arin, gamer of like 30 years

[@ST-ye1hj]

30 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF JACKIN OOOFF

[@nosferat-ew]

@@ST-ye1hj 😂😂

[@tdarkhorse4]

waiting for him to realize that shields mean he doesn't take full damage from every attack.

[@LeviathaN7_]

thank you! I love the guy but holy moly that was frustrating lol

[@rus6685]

It was hard to watch him crouch and only get caught when standing up, but it didn’t click.

[@lordlemmingman]

That is clearly a steel string guitar backing track, Dan asked for nylon string. These editors need to get their act together.

[@Ratralsis]

Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder!

[@hoguemusic9706]

Found the fellow guitarist lol

[@stunts_ryanxofxdoom]

Finally someone said it 👏

[@TheNicholle23]

You’re like the Captain Holt for Game Grumps

[@stunts_ryanxofxdoom]

@@TheNicholle23 xD love this haha appreciate the laughter mate 🤙🏽

[@ifistedabear]

Arin calling the fans out was uncalled for. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna have a JO session at the 4:16 mark.

[@custardlongjohn]

The bear you fisted: 4:16

[@cassandra5322]

You need a crystal for that sess?

[@EStramel09]

Don’t forget your crystal!

[@neptune9719]

lmao facts

[@witcherjohn3440]

@@EStramel09god that is an og game grumps joke I had forgotten for a long time and it all came flooding back to me

[@spencermease8131]

I love how Danny always apologizes for screaming when that's exactly why we all watched this.

[@weavejer26]

Exactly, who doesn’t watch Ghoul Grumps for Dan’s screams of terror?! Lol

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

Finding out that Dan can't read music might be the second most encouraging thing I've ever experienced in my life. Maybe I'll write a song about it.

[@Willowin22]

Yep, made me feel better too. I can kinda read music but I mainly play or sing by ear. I’ve always felt lacking because of my shitty music reading skills. But hey, at least I can say I sound good whether I can read it well or not lol. As long as I can hear it, I’m good.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

@@Willowin22 Ooo, what sort of music do you produce? ;D

[@leomdk939]

Certain types of musicians must be excellent music readers (or at least acceptable readers), but there's a ton of very successful musicians throughout history that couldn't read a note of sheet music. For example, the Beatles didn't read music, either.

[@richardpike8748]

@@Willowin22 I can do the same, I can technically read music but nowhere near the speed to sightread. (I play piano FYI.) But I also play great by ear, and I think i'm good at improvising.

[@coltinwright1603]

Same

[@BountyHunter-ep8jk]

4:16 Once again, their comedic timing was AMAZING!

[@kutekenzz]

I'm so stunned at at the timing 😆😆 that was PERFECT

[@EonWhite]

I also like how it just goes back to the calming overlayed music. 😂

[@JsYTA]

Thanks for setting the most replayed time for us!

[@TheBlargMarg]

Dan has the best clairvoyance

[@ladywithpinkglasses]

It got me too 😂

[@thatonetransguy8216]

Jumpscare timestamps for those who need it! 4:18 Loud noise and tall figure 7:51 Just a little dark spook 8:03 Lights go out and smiles appear 8:19 Lights go out and smiles appear again 16:22 A quick little pipe burst 17:12 Not necessarily scary, more just creepy From 20:26 to 23:50 Party goers rush towards them pretty often 25:41 Drawn out yelling and party goers rushing them 26:43 All party goers in room rushing them 30:41 Very sudden, party goers rush them 33:24 Both yell loudly and suddenly before immediately getting rushed by party goers

[@tennesseewarminster8591]

Bless u 💙

[@megastephatron]

you’re the best! thanks 😊

[@mintyclover]

thank you!

[@Cyber-Flea]

Thank you!! 💜

[@taylorc6562]

Thank you

[@FuzzyStripetail]

In the technology bereft times of 1991, the most enlightening thing about working with Dan in a relatively empty office space was listening to him hum in harmony with the sound made by the fluorescent lights.

[@aXeL-qr9xs]

I fucking love Soundgarden

[@The1nvisibleJeevas]

Get it? EnLIGHTening?

[@santinoanguiano]

At 3:15 Dan coincidentally harmonized with my microwave. That was an experience

[@tyjuarez]

the whole electrical grid in 60Hz countries hums at b-flat

[@icchasaki]

LMAO

[@armani213]

​@@tyjuarezwas looking for you

[@Sharkuterie327]

I totally screamed with Dan and Arin at the first jump scare. 😂

[@swemtpotamtam]

same here, almost spilled my drink when it happened 'cause I was watching it in the full screen mode asjdkfj

[@fawkesdaddy]

​@@swemtpotamtam So it wasn't just me! 🤣

[@thelionkim5660]

I actually spilled my drink when it happened. Now I have to clean up my tea.

[@Squallshade]

That thing startled me too. If that is all Backrooms is, im not interested. SuperLiminal is a better game.

[@christopheradams9173]

Me too honestly

[@powergannon]

I’ve never found the backrooms particularly scary but I have to say, seeing versions of it that contain monsters and other spooks make it significantly less scary to me. A big empty place with nothing in it is infinitely scarier.

[@CiaphasKirby]

Yeah, the last time I heard about the backrooms, it was a niche idea with just the yellow wallpaper and infinite space. No monsters or extra floors. The idea of accidentally clipping through reality and ending up there, with your only potential company being stumbling on the bodies of other people who starved to death was much more vivid to me. Although, I will say the kid who made the backrooms short movies did a really good job.

[@azzythesmol]

@@CiaphasKirby The short stories were very well made, I agree

[@jaimie1938]

Especially when those monsters are spiders with smiley faces and people with bags on their heads. Maybe it's scary for some people, but for me it's just silly

[@_P2M_]

@@CiaphasKirby The original post heavily implied there were some creatures there. Paraphrasing: "If you hear something, run, because it sure as hell heard you."

[@bleack8701]

@@CiaphasKirby who's to say the only creatures that glitched through reality and ended up there are human? Fear of the unknown is a powerful thing. Maybe there's something? Maybe there isn't. And if there is and you encounter it will you encounter it again? What if those noises you hear are something else? But in the end it's a game and you can't just get away with spoopy ambient noise and no monsters. There would be nothing to do.

[@justin99000]

Dan's comedic timing never ceases to amaze me 4:10

[@kitty._.cat321]

IKR

[@sora3mo168]

how do you make those picture things in comments?

[@alicemayumi]

@@sora3mo168 they are a channel member, and that is an emote that you gain from becoming one, if you want to do it, just click the join button next to the subscribe one.

[@dwoktheraynejonsohn4849]

Arin's comedic timing in this episode is even better 26:42

[@Nononanette1]

To be fair, I only rewind the scary screams because I miss the scary parts cause they happen so fast. I'm either distracted or looking away when they happen so I have to rewind it to see what scared them 😂

[@AymenZero]

I enjoy seeing them scream and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

[@VueiyVisarelli]

_Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure._ 😉

[@nickelbrickell]

We don't care

[@nathanmitchell5787]

Nah we both know your furiously JOing

[@chemicallylemon]

The backrooms both fascinate and scare me. Imagine one day you just kinda blink and there your are. An endless maze of poorly lit rooms and the longer you're there, the fear that you're completely alone is replaced by the fear that you aren't

[@Excalibur250]

Fermi paradox in a nutt

[@clouds2589]

The original concept of the backrooms is terrifying. The SCP copycat people are turning it into kinda kills that sense of uneasiness.

[@choccymilkconnoisseur2775]

@@clouds2589 100%. The original concept is great, but all these people adding stuff like ‘mr kitty’ is ruining it. It’s just not scary anymore

[@thecommonman9524]

@@clouds2589 what exactly was the original concept?

[@fevre_dream8542]

At this point? Idgaf where I end up just get me TF out of *_here_*

[@maggiemartin4722]

“Most replayed” -Arin, right after I replayed the first jump scare.

[@geyadronedihada4366]

I feel bad for Dan. On tour for a month on a cursed bus, comes home just in time to record ghoul grumps, then back on tour for another month, hopefully on a different bus.

[@Mortimer107]

Cursed bus?

[@violettanagy845]

@@Mortimer107 Their bus broke down numerous times on the first leg of the tour. They almost didn't make it to the D.C. show!

[@Mortimer107]

@@violettanagy845 Oh, man, that sucks!

[@geyadronedihada4366]

@@Mortimer107 check out leighton night with Brian wecht. The bathroom diaries.

[@dem160d]

@@violettanagy845 they could have always taken a hot air balloon

[@KoderKat]

4:18 Honest to god, this moment is the first time in years that a jumpscare has genuinely gotten me to scream out loud. The guitar made me put my guard down!!! 😭

[@micheljavert5923]

Danny's comedic timing, even when he doesn't intend it, is just amazing. Wondering if the game is nothing but wandering around aimlessly followed immediately by a panic scream.

[@chestercastaneda4920]

4:15 Danny's luck and comedic irony combined is amazing.

[@bekss3]

Love when Dan gets worked up because it turns out the game is scary and not just creepy Yomawari is still the funniest example

[@naomidixon4640]

Their married couple argument after the weird shadow creature appears lives rent free in my mind. "You didn't know the dog died?! It's five minutes in you piece of shit!" 🤣

[@6235river]

I don't know why but I have the exact opposite reaction to liminal spaces. Being in a place like this seems like so much fun because it's like an endless labyrinth and I love trying to solve mazes lol. If this is what purgatory is like then I'd be fine with that.

[@grimms1916]

Yall gotta do complex: found footage now. Its the quintessential backrooms experience, cause it just gets what the whole idea of the backrooms is. Pure liminality, and all the scares are manufactured by your own mind

[@nondescriptbeing5944]

I gotta remember that one. I already played a simpler backrooms game like this on steam. You had to keep checking your watch or something to remember who you were

[@grimms1916]

@@nondescriptbeing5944 its free on steam. The whole experience is 45 minutes to an hour long, depending on how much you get lost, and I cant recomend it more

[@Omnomnomfish]

26:41 whoever is making a compilation of Arin's moments of instant regret

[@TheMrrccava]

So since the mentioned it, first person horror Pacman is just Dark Deception, they should 100% play that

[@ethereality1565]

yess, i love dark deception!!

[@asmozinho]

I immediately thought of that

[@DiscoChixify]

Dan being an amazing and talented musician and saying “i don’t know, I can’t read music” is so heartening. It gives me hope that I too can make rad sounds and be loved for my creativity. ❤

[@nickelbrickell]

No you can't sheep

[@DiscoChixify]

@@nickelbrickell get a hobby

[@scribblebee5412]

​@@DiscoChixifyIgnore the idiot, and do what you love. I've played music for years now and sight reading still gets me 😅 I can do it but not at the level where i can play a piece i've never heard of just by sight reading, I mainly play by ear.

[@frownmastr]

For Ghouls this year, you should have Danny play the Mortuary Assistant

[@victorp8689]

OMG YESSS

[@aleajohnson3669]

Oh fuck that'd be terrifying ... good idea

[@XemeraldXD]

Oh come on the poor man only has so much shit in his body, it cant all end up in his pants

[@ResidentKen]

They’ve filmed it already. Last month

[@frownmastr]

@@ResidentKen have they not aired it? I cant find it

[@wyndroze]

I will always adore Arin's terrified "AWHOOOHOOOHOO" scream

[@maryhursen7222]

His Goofy ass scream

[@AKO-ONLINE]

This was essentially a 34 minute long version of that part in silent hill shattered memories where danny frantically screams the walk-through to arin to get him through that part where he has to run through all the doors while the monsters jump on him

[@brokendrumsticks2112]

i love how after the first jumpscare the guitar comes back

[@playlistsforbordem]

The pipe area around 15:00 reminds me of a museum i interned in, the entire basement was a maze of poorly lit cement walls and pipes. Museum was over 150 years old so everything was patchwork of expansions with little to no thought in how they connected. An entire area of the structural department was dedicated to making sure they found every inch of the building because recorded plans were very few. I would gopher between departments and being alone in certain areas felt like there would be no help for me if i had a problem.

[@andrewdiaz3529]

Yep. Part of the draw of liminal space art and games, capturing that feeling

[@debu556]

that is quite terrifying to experience irl

[@playlistsforbordem]

@Mr Garcia Interns have no rights my man, especially archive interns. edit: did get to see them unload an egyptian tablet so there were some benefits lol

[@nerdypenguin9164]

Now I want to see them attempt to play Vanish, and Arin's inevitable rage as the game continuously changes around him.

[@SirRevolver1]

Arin be like "did you see something?" just to freak out Dan

[@tieflingcody7493]

17:45 Arin's song about his dad not loving him is both untrue and hilarious. Danny adding to it with his talent is incredible, both incredible.

[@b00nz0r]

‘Look around… this seems safe’ as a demon comes from one of the holes in the floor lol

[@1112-m6p]

What demon???

[@thecommonman9524]

Where?

[@heyitsjustaz]

Arin: "It's like, a liminal space." Dan: "What's a liminal space?" Arin: *oh shit he called my bluff*

[@MCOmegaX123]

Except he literally perfectly, if a little sloppily-worded, described both the literal meaning ('transitional space, like a hallway') *and* the pop-culture meaning ('empty, kind of familiar, and just slightly unnerving').

[@LycanLink]

Yeah, Arin frequently misuses words and phrases. I looked it up though, and I THINK he might be right for once... maybe. It's a confusing definition for my tiny brain.

[@heyitsjustaz]

lmao not to be shitty and double down on it but he quickly blurted a very vague description and said "anyway!" i mean Dan fell for it too don't feel bad

[@MCOmegaX123]

@@heyitsjustaz It was literally both actual definitions, just worded poorly. Look it up. A liminal space (actual definition, word for word) "a space which serves as a transition from one place to another" ("like a hallway" as Arin said), and (pop-culture definition) "a place with a familiar yet unnerving feel, completely empty of life except for you". Literally what Arin said.

[@ashleyl7608]

@@heyitsjustaz He knew what it was, and he said what it was. He didn't have a speech prepared in case Dan asked. Sometimes things are difficult to describe on the spot, but he was still right. Like, what's your problem here? That the description was vague? Maybe that's because Arin is a human and not a walking Wikipedia entry and because he also wants to get the video started and not get bogged down with a lengthy definition when he could just give a brief description and go about his business like any normal human being would do.

[@syaoran5476]

i believe Liminal spaces are spaces that, like arin said are inherently transitional, but specifically bereft of the typical amounts of people, most usually become liminal at night like truck stops, airports, even hospitals (mostly the hallways). The backrooms are essentially an apex concept due to the office-like aesthetic making it seem like things should be clustered with cubicals, furniture and objects and signs of people but since there are none it messes with the expectations and pattern recognition of our minds and it sets us on edge. ^^

[@Nowolf]

'liminality' is also not just associated with places in between, but also, for example, times in between. so, midnight, the point in time between two days, is a big deal as well.

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

@@Nowolf that's neat. when Arin was describing it i was thinking of the dimension or whatever they go to in Langoliers, and it sounds like i was more right than i thought. and man, yes, that kind of place is hecking spooky.

[@azzythesmol]

That's probably part of why I hate hospitals 😭

[@requiemforameme1]

1:00 I’m surprised Arin didn’t freak out from the slowly rising sound that seems to get a little louder the longer it goes on for.

[@DenizenoftheAges]

Backrooms gonna terrorize Dan's fragile psyche

[@VerbiGereando]

is not fragile.....is just sensitive

[@Melbeezo]

@@VerbiGereando I feel like that's the same thing

[@taylorcorbett8848]

@@Melbeezo it's susceptible, not shatterable

[@LoserCasts]

My brain read this as "Dan's fragile physique" at first glance. 😑

[@ZenSolipsist]

His collective trauma grows with each passing day ☺️

[@hell0mega]

"is this really all the game is?! *is immediately proven wrong* AMAZING timing for that first scare

[@Sharon_Hocutt]

that florescent hum is in the key of B. i will keep looping 2:58 because it's adorable

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

but of course it is, because the electricity it's running off of is 60hz. the B1 note. good thing too, if this was in England it would be running on 50hz. the G#1 note. no one wants to hear that shiz.

[@Sirfy]

Danny screaming always startles me far more than the thing he was screaming at haha

[@SirKingCora]

17:47 - My dad always said to do those necessary things you like least first, after you wake up. That way you get it over with and can get on with your day. Since then, I've noticed he only calls me at around 6am.

[@arok555]

I was watching this video while i was sick and it made my day! Loved the part where you got scared … and scared … and scared again , and again

[@spacesquid95force25]

I love Dan catching up horror trends such as FNAF and the backrooms. Arin should show him some analog stuff.

[@CrumbleLoaf]

They should play the courage the cowardly dog arg would be funny not like the scariest but would be fun

[@AymenZero]

I never found analog horror scary. It's mostly funny to me. Idk why, maybe it's the randomness of it.

[@CrumbleLoaf]

@@AymenZero its not like ahhh scary some are more just creepy and stuff

[@Nowolf]

@@AymenZero I think it helps if, y'know, you never actually watched stuff on VHS. the idea that for kids these days, 'analog' refers to something mysterious and unusual, as opposed to just...the default nature of existence, is something to think about.

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

@@Nowolf ah, so for us it's like those really old reel-to-reel movies where you can definitely see each frame transitioning. like that creepy part with the doctor riding that bicycle in House on Haunted Hill, in the deprivation hypnosis whatever the heck that was supposed to be chamber. man, that movie was something else.

[@ashleypaquette74]

That stringy creature scared the shit out of me and then Dans scream made it so much worse 😂

[@mega_bird700]

Liminal spaces make me feel more uneasy than scared, which is pretty cool for a creepypasta.

[@benjammin1304]

Same. I think it's because as social creatures the idea of an endless space with no interaction unlocks something in us

[@coyoteclockworkstudios3140]

There's a Latin word, "genius loci", which means "spirit of place." Some places were harmonious and welcoming, and others were bad or eerie. It was believed benevolent or evil spirits inhabited such places. I feel some very weird mojo in liminal spaces. They definitely have spirit of place, in a bad way.

[@6235river]

@@coyoteclockworkstudios3140 that's probably because liminal spaces are meant to be transitional. you aren't meant to inhabit the space or linger in the space, so the uninviting aura is pretty fitting.

[@funnathanrandall]

I like to think Dan finds walkthroughs to hide from video horror..... And he never avoids it.

[@nickdrawssometimes4578]

6:51 If you guys want to see a horror first person pac-man you should play Dark Deception!!! I'd love to see your guys' reactions to it!

[@ericalang7846]

love that arin thought the crouching mechanism was just cause

[@JaySay]

Dan playing all these games with Arin makes me want a jolly style holiday song for Halloween in the style of "The Holiday Season" where Arin enjoys a lot of spooky halloween stuff, and Dan's just continuously crying and getting terrified with each thing. Bonus points if they both have to sing along and Arin's all cheerful and happy, and Dan's sobbing through words and manic.

[@becominghero9754]

0_o

[@Bangaudaala]

I'll never get tired of Arin's MC voice

[@bluicarys732]

I have to imagine this is a game for a very specific kind of phobia. I've worked in goverment buildings that had similar lighting issues and blank endless hallways, its more numbing than anything.

[@chellastation]

Dan, "Man, this game is boring, when is something going to happen!" JUMPSCARE! That was great 🤣

[@Huzaku]

That first one actually scared the crap out of me. It was just such a long time without anything happening, I don't blame you for screaming Dan. I almost fell out if my chair lmao

[@user-uw7cs5lc9r]

arin perfectly predicting the "most replayed" is awesome XD

[@MBeastModeZ0]

Little did Dan know that it's Ghoul Grumps time.

[@shadowoftime01]

That was kind of fun, the first jump scare, all 3 of us screamed like little baby mans in unison.

[@atomic2968]

Hope Dan mentions House of Leaves again because liminal space is inextricably linked with it in my mind.

[@TimothyBH123]

Almost spilled my drink during that first scare. Just finished taking a sip and then my whole arm and hand shook with tremors. Just wasn't expecting that, lol.

[@Amy_Dunn]

well, now I absolutely need a video of Dan and Arin watching those recent KanePixel Backrooms videos.

[@samolson1610]

26:42 That's the hardest I've laughed in a while 🤣

[@renhig7743]

Shit was hilarious 😂

[@siresquawks]

Day 13 since the death of the giraffe town playthrough. With this streak of tittles I can’t even tell what the episode is going to be anymore.

[@NeonyRicey]

14:56 Arin: "I just hear the sounds of crunchin' and munchin" me eating popcorn in bed watching this: OvO"

[@chancematters]

Ah, the classic game grumps bit where Arin kisses your dad. It’s always funny.

[@sweetstxr]

"this is what first person pac-man must feel like and its fucking terrifying!" now I wanna see them play Dark Deception just for that

[@gadpivs]

Now I want a whole hour of Arin having Dan react to actual (good) backrooms videos made by Kane Pixels, Matt Studios, GeoNosis, etc.

[@AtomicFlounder42]

I already know arin is gonna have a hard time with the birthday party tables lmao

[@moisesmontgomery]

so weird that dans usually strays from a perfect fifth chord but always the harmonic 7th when he harmonizes

[@ishipitlikefedex2610]

I may just be misremembering my backrooms lore, but aren't the smilers supposed to be harmless?

[@Saxeh]

30:29 - Arin flexes some knowledge of compositional technique, right there. (He's correct).

[@noname-xk6uz]

I like how the thumbnail for the video is just Arin ripping ass while Danny, who is trapped in Arin's pungent embrace, weeps openly because of what his life has become.

[@SamuelTheShifter]

My fetish is Arin talking himself down from being scared

[@succcles5397]

19:38 Dan and Arin: Heyyy it's my party! :D Me: * Sh!ts pants at the sight of the balloons *

[@nikt12]

classic Arin. Figures out he can lean left and right. Proceeds to NEVER use it again when he needs it.

[@jesusfreak9991]

Currently watching this on my console, but I had to jump onto my laptop to write this comment my 17 year old cat, who could never care any less about what we do on our TVs (not when we play video games, not when we watch tv, not when we put on cat videos), he is COMPLETELY entranced by this video, cannot take his eyes off of it (besides sleepy blinks) thanks for getting my cat also addicted to your guy's content, and making one old kitty a happy, entertained man. (his name is Tigger and he was an outdoor cat before I adopted him when he was 15)

[@MaybeMockingbird]

Them saying “this must be what first person Pac-Man feels like” makes me want to see them play Dark Deception!! Spooky mazes, great jumpscares, beautiful Bearce?? They definitely need to play it!

[@callmecrowleykoh]

Around the 27:00 mark, another perfect moment of Arin's superhuman comedic timing 😂

[@mousepat9256]

Also 16:17

[@1112-m6p]

It's 26:43... Timestamps are pointless if you use one that happens *after* the part you mean

[@PuffyOne1898]

Stop calling him a comedic genius. He’s shit.

[@agiar2000]

@@1112-m6p I prefer 26:42.

[@HesNotTheStig]

The first 4 minutes of this video neatly encapsulates my pandemic experience. Walking through a massive empty office with no sunlight for 21 months. No people. They're all at home. Just me. It kept on like that until I quit and moved to a different state.

[@starshine5812]

dan: is this a horror game arin: who can say

[@Bro-cx2jc]

"Certainly not this guy" This Guy: ̷̪͍̃A̵͇̟̓M̷̬͊̅͘ ̶̧̛͇̍̚T̷͔͗̈́H̶͈̖͉͝Ę̸̮̦́͘ ̶̭̗͑̇E̶̢̛̝̟̾Ā̵̫̌͘T̷̠̈́Ȩ̷̨̱̌̑̒R̸͇͓̠̂̈́͆ ̸̹̽O̷̞̱͒̐̍F̴͔̦̆̎̒ ̶̱̾̚B̸͔̬̎R̵̰̖̂̌̽Å̴͍̬͜͝I̸̖̒ͅN̶͚̻̠̂͝͝Ṡ̴̱̰͛

[@CytheriaXylia]

My way to beat liminal space games with less anxiety is to treat it like one of those house improvement reality shows. “I really like this sort of open room concept, there’s a lot of opportunities here. Maybe we could put a little chaise lounge in this corner, add some potted plants. Also, an accent wall would really open up the place and give it some colour beyond these drab yellow (insert some pretentious name for this colour here) walls. That ominous dark figure over there is really bringing the room down, but I think they might be close enough to the wall that we could just cover them up with a beautiful macrame wall hanging.”

[@KnusperShorts]

jumpscares are at: 4:17 16:20 18:56 you're welcome

[@empress9554]

Thank you!❤

[@weirdaj5656]

I've said it once and I'll say it a million times.. Dan and Arins comedic timing are impeccable and also that jumpscare made me scare my poor sleeping cat xD

[@Imberis]

I love that the pleasant music continues through their horrified screams.

[@daniellecourtney9460]

Dan yelling “My man!” When Arin gets past the clowns ❤ it’s the support and love for me

[@Mrdrdxse]

When Dan started yelling “get to the table” over and over again, it sounded like that parody of Chop Suey “Table Table Table”

[@SsnakeBite]

Yet another fan game of a genuinely interesting and atmospheric work that pretty much ignores everything it did and just reduces it to "let's have jump scares and nothing else," although I'll give this one that at least it tries a little bit with its puzzles (a _little_ bit). Oh well, at least Arin and Dan make it fun to watch.

[@crowmortemcorvus0420]

HELL YEAH, A GAME GRUMPS BACKROOMS VIDEO ON MY 21st BIRTHDAY LETS GOOOOO 🥳🍷🎂

[@user-jg5oe9bd6t]

Happy 21st birthday!

[@crowmortemcorvus0420]

@@user-jg5oe9bd6t Thank you!

[@Smoreshroom]

No way, happy birthday bro 🥳🎉

[@crowmortemcorvus0420]

@@Smoreshroom Thanks bro!

[@hatethegam384]

17:47 Arin says his parents are awesome, but these improv'd trauma songs are so specific, it makes you wonder.

[@streetpunkstreams4730]

Picturing Dan in an office job fried my brain

[@Doktor_Vem]

Please keep playing this to the end! It's the perfect kind of spooky that I actually enjoy watching somehow! Usually I'm the biggest puss on the planet who can't stand any sort of horror game for more than 10 minutes, but this I'm actually OK with for some reason!

[@SpinningToWin]

Dan's amazing musical ability despite his apparent lack of being able to read music is nothing short of incredible

[@ShinAkuma2]

I mean, not really. You don’t need to be able to read to hear and produce language of any sort.

[@TheOneAsrians]

that first jumpscare got me so bad that i screamed out loud and scared my cat i am not easily startled by horror games so this means a lot i think

[@epicdvb3931]

Getting some ghoul grumps build up I see

[@SquatSmack]

Aw man. I love harmonizing with the droll, monotonous hum of everyday this-and-thats. AC, hair dryer, my busted fridge, murder-alley-streetlights. Yay music!

[@drewby4701]

I guess I get why people find liminal stuff scary, but man it's so comforting to me. I could spend a lifetime exploring these places perfectly happy

[@blakdeth]

From what i remember from my brief time exploring the "lore" of the backrooms, you'd be more likely to escape in that case, cause you reach each new level by accepting where you are, and you can only finally escape by accepting the backrooms as your home

[@drewby4701]

@@blakdeth an ironic twist of fate, I am punished for my love :-(