The Dark Souls of Visual Novels: "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties" 

I'm 36:20 in.... So you're saying it doesn't get any clearer?

As someone who just finished. No. No it does not.

That? That was a game formerly exclusive to a gaming system that costed more than a PS5 Pro could, and back when any garbage footage could be made into a "game" to promote CD technology.

@@SakuraAvalonincredible, right? RIGHT?!

What the _heck_ is goin' on here? *Hands on hips*

But also sad since this is the way we think now, that everything must be made by AI when something is *this* bad lol

It wasn't. Stupid modern AI didn't exist back then.

@@wesmcinerny4524 that's part of the point dan was making lol, not being literal

I'm honestly so tripped out how much it looks like super Eyepatch wolf hahaha I immediately thought that and then Arin said it too It's uncanny Where's the anime & wrestling

They're playing Myst too?

Its literally just a visual novel, Like that Dognanromper or whatever tf game they subjected us to for so long.

@@bideobamers Like that anime wolfgirl one, remember that 1?

Guest appearance from super Eyepatch wolf hahaha, it's uncanny, cracked up Arin noticed it too. Love that they also watch other legendary channels like him and RLM

Its surreal listening with one headphone and only one characters voice channel comes up at a time haha, they're panned to either side. Mormon Sean Michaels in the middle is hilarious

Hahahaha

Quite possibly the craziest and most unexpected line in this episode.

This shit rules!

Unfortunately for you, I like it dry.

@@artOVtrolling you realize tthat means she's not turned on, right?

ok now we need joanne basone in events of our existence. and she totally has to play Janice

That’s what I thought too 😂

No you didn’t

Me too!

Lmao same!!

It’s fun to come into the comments while watching to get a taste of what’s to come in the episode 😂

Plenty of dads are 65, just saying.

Somehow I knew that would be his response.

a real truth seeker

And hes right to say it. 5 mil for 2 minutes of work

Dan in a skirt, he does got some nice legs!

@@davidt3563 They both took pole-dancing lessons, lets not forget.

Thank you for your service sir.

Oh, cool, never knew you were a Game Grumps fan.

@@RedLordOfAlagadda heh, yup! They've mentioned me a few times when they beat games, and I wrote and recorded a song about GG for their 10th anniversary! 😅

Deadass

Same here

They do these enough in advanced (for touring, for other work time), I wouldn't be surprised if they had this done a month or so before those ads started, and this playthrough was actually the inspiration for them.

omg I'm deaf in my left ear too I was getting so confused thank you hahaha

Just like real life!

You guys are having a Garfield but it's only John moment.

Was wondering why it just went silent sometimes 😅

I'm partially deaf in my left ear, so it just sounds quieter lol.

Ye he corrects the CDI mistake at the end of the vid

What does it say about CDI though, that they looked at this game and were like "Yep, that's CDI. No way it could not be CDI" lmfao

Yeah he figures out it's 3DO in the last minute of the video. Didn't fix the hashtags though.

3DO is legendary

​@@KRAJJI96i have one. Both the best and worst 500 bucks ever spent.

"Yeah but like you don't see people wear dresses like that anymore"

It really is a cute dress though

We need Jane on a Ten Minute Power Hour STAT

I'm ironically catching up on episodes while working on an astrology themed art book and that part got me 😂

It's the new "Today is football"

It did not help that thanks to the way he said it, my brain added "that don't impress me much" and then went into the chorus.

@@chriswest6988 "so you've got the hymen, but have you got the touch? now don't get me wrong, yeah, i think you're alright. but that won't keep me warm in the middle of the night"

I did the exact same thing, that was so out of left field i burst into laughter

Fucking epic writing

The way I said yes the moment arin did had me laughing too. 😂😂😂 I knew he'd say that

The yes was INSTANT I love it

Nice

It’s quite amazing how adverse Arin is to reading. Or they have tons shit covering the borders of the tv the play on.

"I keep wanting to close this menu but I guess it's just there" JUST. READ IT. JUST READ IT. PRESS Y TO CLOSE. ARIN.

Arin did close the menu for a split second but re-opened right after 28:24

Not like there’s any reason to lol

She was 25 during the game's first release, she's 55 when shooting that extra scene.

​@w415800 Certainly aged gracefully, I thought at first they changed the opening scene with someone who looked similar to how she did, just a touch older because they couldn't find anyone who looked and sounded like her. Once I realized it was actually her...damn, she's a good sport 😂

Same here but this will do

I was so confused why there were two videos. I already watched the entirety of the other video

Holy shit you're right.

Mario can wear ties in Odyssey!

You also never see them doing plumber things either lol

@@pennertoadinc.3150 what do plumbers do if not climb down pipes and kill turtles?

@@KairuHakubi they also partake of shrooms as well

Are you gay? Come on? Just impregnate someone, how about Anna? How hard can it be to impregnate someone? Do you want me, your mother, to die without grandchildren? I birthed you, I birthed you inside of me inside of me for 9 months, for 9 whole months you were inside of me gesticulating. Now you can't even give me a grandchild? Do you hate me? Do you hate your own mother? Do you know what I did for you young man? Do you know how many jobs I had to give up because you were too busy being born? Don't go to Thanksgiving this year until I see you with a child. You're not invited to Thanksgiving. You don't come see me anymore. OK big kisses, see you at Independence Day. (Was that one of your repressed memories? By the by I should reiterate, I'm a man in his 20s, I am not this stranger's mother. I was just roleplaying as his mum.)

my condolences

Do you even LIkE wOMeN anymore???

I came down to the comment section to say something along the lines of "no but like thats a real way that some parents think and it's actually kinda cool to see video games like *this* touching on that sort of toxic parenthood" but now I'm not so sure it's maybe in...the best light:( sorry

Yeah like games didn't REALLY start to get any sort of progressive until the mid 2000s... And even then there were games that really just saw women as objects..

It's a comedy game dude

@@0-kingsloth-020 Well it failed miserably at the “Comedy” and “Game” parts

@@monolophosaurusit is really funny, though more funny for how bad it is

​@@monolophosaurusWell it's a CDi style interactive movie CD-ROM, and I thought it was pretty funny. Maybe you have a shit sense of humor?

Honestly the fact that animal soccer world has more moving visual elements is crazy

I lost it at "Aw man, my bike says lumber on a bike. She probably thinks I'm a tree." 26:29

Dude that was so friggin funny!

They even had a Mark to ask about his sex life!

I hope so. I was really looking forward to seeing it.

​@@sleepyote SAME I was so excited to see the notification for it, agh- 😭 But fine, I'll be patient

Started to watch it triumelephantly. Stupid phone froze. Was too much to handle

WAIT IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN?!

Idk man that’s a kinda out-there guess (￣∀￣)

SO MUCH THIS. I didn't realize the entire game was like 4 choices.

I thought it was a porno

Am I having a fever dream?

The original release of the game had a similar intro.

it sure was one of the intros of all time.

@@burnin8able Yes... that is fact one... of the intros of all time.

Commence the gooning ✨️

@@RavenboppityzoppityGOTTA TAKE THE LIPITOR!

Bro I'm crying 😂😂😂

I wanted to like this comment but it’s at 69 likes. Can’t ruin perfection

i have not thought about this game in YEARS. when i saw this video recommended to me i was genuinely baffled 😭

I immediately went "Oh, they even have the same name!" Glad I wasn't the only one!

exactly this but with just a *hint* of zachary quinto thrown in

I try to tell my kids that the 90s went HARD. I decided to watch some In Living Color sketches with them and I was like uhh... Even though I watched this at your age....uhh yea let's wait a few more years.

BEEOOOOOOO, Ya really doin' it!!

this IS the ride! WEEEEE!

That's the neat part, it doesn't

I don't trust anyone who would turn down 5 mil for one night of basically anything

You know full well Arin’s gonna dress as Jane 😭

@@entr3_nou5 I'm perfectly fine with that 😂

Something was distracting me… I’m not sure what it was…

It's okay I installed a VPN, we can watch softcore FMV porn all day now.

yeah, it's pretty spooky

You are better now...

THANK YOU! I kept thinking "Why is Zachary Quinto doing this?" the entire time.

Zachary Quinto yesss I thought the same thing

Frick! I literally said the same

Why!? Why!? Why!?

Yeah she's incredibly hot at 55. Like incredibly hot.

The actor playing John is still on shape too he used to be a personal trainer I don’t know if he still is

He's an immortal, like Keanu Reeves.

Am I the only one who has no idea who eyepatch wolf is?

i need him to recreate certain scenes 🫣

@@TheRealBatabii Check him out he makes good videos.

And still looks amazingly beautiful.

To say nothing of an old man chasing a young woman with a pen knife, "protagonist" in tow, as they run All OVER L.A.! Also, mad props to filming with the Benjamin Franklin statue, making me think this was either filmed in Pennsylvania, or just shot willy-nilly all over the place.

Isn't his real name John as well?

@@cf1696 his unknown breakout role...

Dude my water bed was the BEST. Always the same temp. It was super awesome after playing in the snow.

Arin finally realized it was for the 3DO at the end.

@@robertperlaky8849 yeah i commented to early. sucks to suck. I just saw Limited Run and got excited

Cocaine rules. but man is it expensive and my body just can't handle it anymore.

Why are there so many!?

Mixers

Watching this ep properly i see!

Lolol same

"He's a plumber, and he's not wearing a tie..." *John wears a tie.* "...what the fuck?! "

@@killerb2099 "You can't even trust the damn title!"

"You think you can do this without getting the lowest score in the history of this game?" "What there's somebody else who played this shit?!"

I think the freakier thing is the fact that he has no idea how to change the volume on the switch

​@@chicabearI was BAFFLED like bro hold the home button if you don't have it in handheld mode

Could be the work switch, which for studio recordy-emulatey reasons has to stay on an older firmware? Idk

​@@chicabear...why didn't he just turn down his monitor/TV volume

@@That_Lady_Charlie a great question we will never know the answer to

There's even an interview with James on the special features.

Same here!

I do not think I'm right, but my first instinct was ProstiTute