The Surreal Side of Gmod Maps 

I have been dying for a video like this. Figuring out how many gallons of water? Thats the bit that really takes it to the next level though.

Hey there! I'm the creator of Liminal Gallery and I absolutely loved this video. Kinda sad that you only saw Liminal Gallery 1 as it's the first map I've ever made so it's a bit generic and dated. You still made it really interesting with your commentary though so that's great! If you want to see something more up to date in quality, check out my 2 other maps: Liminal Gallery 2 and Melonade especially. I'd love to hear your comments on those. Great video overall, I really hope your channel grows big!

19:16 i think this is an in joke about a youtuber called 'the librarian' who does gmod explorations. the large amounts of watermelon and weird metal shape appeared in a map they covered in the past and then that map maker started putting them in other maps to screw with the librarian

Librarian fans unite ✋

In my personal opinion, modern liminal spaces are defined by them appearing to be man-made but has illogical architecture, as if it's made by something that knows what a human is, but doesn't understand human architecture, or architecture at all.

I LOVED this. the quiet narration with some great deadpan humour. i really loved the section where you figured out the logistics of living within a liminal space. great stuff.

Please make this a series. I like the unique approach of you actually imagining a scenario for the maps and not just 'check this out guys it's liminal'.

"i think about the finite games i can play in my life" >spends that time spawning milk jugs in a pool so you can calculate the water volume in a place you'll never be trapped in

That might be my favorite type of videos. A random dude exploring bizarre places and pondering on the oddities he finds

I got engrossed in this video, looking at the timestamp and seeing 10:00 and basically blinking and I'm at the end, asking myself "that can't be the end already?". Enjoy it alot. Definitely make more, I love the blend your commentary has with the right amount of jokes, theoretical, points and light-heartedness without getting too distracted on the omega psychological side of things. (regarding liminal spaces, that is)

And excellent, _excellent_ video, my man! I sure would like to see more of this kinda stuff. And the gent at 22:50 is Ernesto Guevara, more commonly known as Che. :D Exploring someone else's dreams is a great thing when done right, IMO. I don't usually dream, but one strangely consistent thing I encounter is trying to find or bring back home a carton of Pall Mall Amber cigarettes. The fact I quit smoking cigarettes about 8 years ago doesn't seem to register with my brain. :D

Back when you uploaded the Enclave video, you wrote something like (iirc!): "...I am strongly inspired by Ross's game dungeon...". You really captured the spirit and made it your own thing. Awesome! (...I'm a bit jealous)

i enjoyed this video its perfect how your voice and the random things you say with the strange maps just made this video perfect

The narration feels written by Ross Scott. That's a plus for me.

Please man, make more of these. This video has such a calm relaxing vibe.

Loved the video man. The bit with you finding out how livable the map would be was probably my favorite part. Definitely would wanna see more of that. Your other stuff seems right up my alley too, so I'll be there for whatever comes next. Also thanks for not including any jumpscares

Honestly I've seen a few videos similar to this one's topic, but I feel yours has *the* most "guiding me on a journey as a friend I just met" vibe from anything I've experienced in recent-ish times. I thoroughly enjoyed my time, thank ya for your work, I look forward to more

This is probably one of the best gmod videos on youtube. Please make more, even if its not about gmod.

thank you for making this video! it was really relaxing and interesting to watch would love to watch more gmod content from you

I really like this style of video talking about random things while still remaining on topic + the overall chill vibe Please do make more

This is exactly the kind of style these videos need. It sort of reminds me of the Nexpo videos on Petscop. Slow and explanatory with an air of smooth and eerie nostalgia. It's hard to explain the feeling but it's amazing and beautiful.

I love these kinds of videos. People walking around and exploring stuff that's gone unnoticed, or things that've gotten forgotten over time... Plus there's the element of camp fire stories of days gone by, the sneak glimpses of things that nobody can experience anymore through the stuff you're getting nostalgic about. Seeing people appreciate art is wholesome.

I'd love to see more content like this from you. You provide a unique perspective with your personality, and your voice is both personable yet mellow. This was a joy to watch and listen to!

I loved this video, your style of commentary and humor is great. I would love to see more videos of you just exploring different maps, keep it up 🔥

This video was so good man I really appreciate the structure; analysis of the maps with your train of thought sprinkled in here and there. Very cool

I love The Librarian, which is probably why these were recommended to me. The issue is his videos are so long and in depth that it feels almost like it's too much of a good thing. These are comprehensive and easy to digest and is just as good.

That was a great watch! Waiting for season 2 in 5 years

I was really hoping to find a video like this one day, and I finally found it. Just pure vibes and getting lost in all kinds of maps. The atmosphere, the peace, the quiet, and the eeriness of the Source engine is just unmatched.

this video rocks man, i really enjoy the calmer tone, your dry humor at times, and how genuine you're trying to be. keep it up

13:23 hehe the librarian reference in the map, gotta loveit Edit: ... What do you mean taste metalic?

im having a really bad time with coughing, i always had some problems with my chest but this is crazy, i quite literally cough several times like twice a minute. This video really helped me out to distract for a lil bit. Thank you, this is the sort of content i was looking for. You earned a sub man, and you desereve way more

I always had this sort of calming feeling for very simple GMod maps that are made using base assets, like house with garden, rp_coastalcity, gm_fiction, gm_stillspace, apartment 138, and br_utalism. Extremely simple assets/geometry give the map this nice smooth look to it, especially if the lighting is just right.

As a overthinker and gmod enthusiast myself, I must say that this type of video is something I wanted to watch for a long time. I could sit here and watch your videos for the rest of my life thinking about your thoughts on any topic. I personally appreciate for your existence and please keep on making good content!

The algorithm brought me, I was instantly hooked to your style of narration, then I checked your channel and discovered that this is your first video essay, and I was surprised, make more of these please

this video is awesome! you have a really relaxing but entertaining way of narrating things that rlly put me at ease... it was really enjoyable to just sit and kinda get absorbed in the experience. also figuring out how livable a gmod map is is such a fun little exercise to do i REALLY enjoyed that the only thing is i wish that more moments were spent letting the audience listen to whatever ambience you were hearing, like at the photo booth bit! there were parts like that and i really enjoyed those bits too. im so glad i clicked on this video. i just subscribed to you, im excited to see more stuff :-D

This video was just what i needed, i was melting from mental exhaustion and this just popped up, you literally saved my night.

You seem really chill, really enjoyed exploring these spaces with you. Keep up the great work, definitely looking forward to your next one

This is so incredibly relaxing. Your voice is so uniform to garrys mod videos, if that makes any sense, but there's a familiarity in the content here that makes me feel good. Thank you for this.

This was such a relaxing and sort of inspirational video! I'd love to see you do more like this!

What made this video so enjoyable for me was not only the interesting topic, but your commentary and insights. Thank you

This is fantastic. I don't know how to describe it, but you really give me a Ross from Accursed Farms vibe. Something about the rambling anecdotes and pool math is incredibly fitting with these old Gmod maps. Would love to see more!

I really loved this video, especially I loved the way that you narrated the video. I know that this isn't what you usually do but I hope you do more!

I really like this style of content. The comentary of how one could survive in an gmod map, to talking about the values gmod represents in the creation of art. This was just great to sit back and relax to (especially with how calming your voice is). Keep up the work, you have a new subscriber!

I will be extremely grateful if you continue this series.

I haven't seen any of your other videos before this, but this was really nice. Great narration and interesting

I really enjoyed this video. It is relaxing for once to watch a mature and descriptive video like this, it makes me feel like you respect my time

this shits gas man. hope you make more videos like this.

More of these videos, pretty please!! 😁 I really loved the insights you made, as they were intriguing, legitimately thought provoking, and fun! I especially loved the "could I live in this map?" bit! 😊 Your way of Gmod map exploration has a different style/feel compared to most others (even The Librarian) that I've seen and it's great! 10/10

This was an amazing video. The answer to your question at the end of the vid is: YES! Make more of these videos my friend. I love your writing and narration. Very soothing.

I adore this I really hope you make more videos like it, very enjoyable watch especially the liminal gallery section and seeing if its livable or not. Never thought about that before but now I wanna try it on all my maps

Really glad i found this video/channel cause your narration is great

I really liked how you pondered how to live in the Liminal Gallery. Great video!

I hope to see more content like these, it's really fun and comforting, I could legit watch content like this straight for 4 hours. Great Job Logan from the same planet as me (I think), big love and support to ya!

#1 less than 1k subs gmod femboy on RU-vid more vids please. You already have practically everything it takes to eventually get your time to shine. great editing, narration, and pacing. It’s got the kind of flow to it that it could’ve been 90 minutes and we’d all still be saying “wait that’s it?” u definitely got this :D

I was absolutely blown away when I saw your sub count. You deserve so much more attention man.

I love this! Videos with this style are so nice and just going through these somewhat familiar maps and talking about what you would do there is a favorite pastime of mine. Also, I'm not Own Doing but something that has helped me dream more, and remember my dreams more, is just writing them down as soon as I wake up. I think your brain tries to get rid of the memories as quickly as possible but if you write them down they can stick a lot longer.

Man I hardly ever comment on videos but dude you absolutely killed it with this one everything about it was perfect, would love to see more stuff like this in the future, you got a new sub :)

Loved the video. Gmod has so much more cool stuff to explore than I think most people realize and this was a great showcase of that.

I needed to watch a video like this, its just so good, really hard to find something special those days, love it

Great stuff. You deserve more than 1.5 thousand subscribers. You're very personal and you keep me feeling like i'm sat in the room with you while you describe what you're playing in the game. You hold a parasocial relationship well. And as you said, you do your due dilligance. I asked " is this guy really going to measure if this little pool has a lifetime supply of water in it?" And seeing the gallon jugs being placed across every measurable angle of it just solidified "yep. He plays games the way i WANT to play games" I don't think a video sells the idea of making your own liminal space the way this one does. You really highlight the personal nature of the creator in each map and you do a much better job than other "creepy youtube guys". No offence to them but their format doesn't hit the vibe as hard as yours does even if they vibe so well with it. "The librarian" comes to mind. It's almost all live voiceover and unedited so it drags on with minuites of silence without any context which just sends me into the realisation that i want to download and play the map without the youtuber. Unlike that, you make it a joy to welcome your inclusion between me and the map. Make more of these, i haven't seen any of your other content but you're aware enough of the appeal to independantly made videos in general that anything you make will have enough consideration to be worth watching. And feel free to do this stuff live i just might not watch it.

Extremely well produced video and very well spoken! I can't wait to see more from you G!

I'll be honest, if there was one reason why I'd be on Team Swing, as a kid I always imagined the idea that I can jump off the swing set and travel hundreds of miles away.

I dunno what kinda content you usually make but this was really good. You really manage to carry the video well and it's funny and entertaining but I also like how you talk about deeper stuff like the map creator's sub conscience while retaining this laid back personality. Usually these types of videos can get really corny when the guy walking through these maps pretends like he's gonna die in real life if he runs into a trigger_hurt and takes it all way too serious but this was the perfect blend. Can't wait for the next one.

this video is absolutely top notch content. you nailed it!! keep making content.

I would really like to see more of your content from now on, this video was great and quite entertaining

I can't speak for everyone, but the algorithm dropped me in here and I gotta say, I would absolutely watch an entire series exploring and deconstructing these sorts of maps. It's always cool to take a look into someone's thoughts or feelings by looking at what they create. The little segment of survival in such an open, yet secluded place, makes for a wonderful thought experiment, and can help function as a mindfulness exercise; getting the brain to focus on things it usually takes for granted. Overall, wonderful video with wonderful vibes. I look forward to seeing what you do from here!

I absolutely love this video, you have a great voice for it, really soothing, and yet you remain funny and interesting the whole time! The part where you imagined what it'd be like to live in a liminal space was super fun and is now something I'm gonna be doing, I guarantee. Makes me wanna hop on Gmod again for the first time in years and explore. Oh, and on behalf of Canada, sorry for the smoke; it was revenge on California

I absolutely loved this video! This is the kind of thing I've been waiting a long time to see, and it was rejuvenating to watch. Strange and surreal maps like these simply enamor me, and I love to explore them myself as well. Liminal Gallery was a map I absolutely adored when I explored it myself long ago, and you managed to make it interesting to revisit despite the map being the same as ever. The thought experiment you had with living in the map is exactly the kind of thing I find myself thinking about in hypothetical scenarios all the time, and you segued it perfectly into the bit at the end of the segment. It's a wonderful thing to see someone share a similar passion for this sort of surreal user-made content and Gmod maps in particular, and your commentary remained both entertaining and thought-provoking throughout. It's also nice to see someone else appreciate the medium as a genuine art. As for my last thoughts, I just wanted to mention that the map you showcased that you'd made when you were 12 was fascinating to me, and I loved seeing the somewhat crude construction of it with its blocky walls and open ceiling. It almost reminds me in a way of the beauty certain older games have where their limitations become mesmerizing parts of their artstyle much later on, though I suppose Gmod is getting to the point where it could probably claim that title itself. Great video! Thanks for making it, and I'll absolutely watch more if you do choose to make them.

This type of hard work and long form content fits really well and is enjoyable

18:58 okay i really enjoyed that bit about starting a watermelon farm. 🥰 reminded me of project zomboid, sims 3 and/or minecraft farming. its always relaxing hearing people talk about living in the backrooms. the silence would be deafeningly madening, but like humans in every MMO RPG every. we'll do the insufferable jack of all trades thing and survive there. that part about measuring the water? a stroke of genius and the mention of boiling it? inspired.

Bro what? I just stumbled across you from a random recommendation and am in love with your narration style in this video. Its so weirdly engaging and relaxing. Thank you, wish you the best and heres to hoping you get more recognition.

one of the best videos i,ve seen about gmod liminal spaces, pls do more!!!

Love this videos vibe, just chill, like Im strolling around these maps with a friend

This video def deserves more views it’s very fun watching this while I’m getting ready for work

It's so bizarre that you perfectly described a reoccurring dream of mine with the school thing. It's almost always not knowing what class I'm supposed to take and that I'm somehow failing and just *know* I'm failing despite having no memories of the entire school year.

Great video man, hope you channel blows up!

This feels like a few bite-sized librarian videos and im all for it.

30k+ views on your 4th video congrats man, you deserve it, I cannot tell you how calming this video was, if you ever make more, rest assured we’re gonna watch it

Games like gmod have so much cool custom content, would be fun to see more videos like this, maybe with other genres or types of maps that have a certain feeling or vibe to them. Nice one lad

Absolutely love seeing both the exploration of these weird maps/places but I gotta say the more personal spin you give to it, to imagine if you could survive in these places and try to empathize with the person the dreamscape belongs to hit too close to home for this is the kind of things Id get derailed thinking about when I explore these places. Please I'd love to see more videos in these styles of you have any interest in making more cause the charm it had is very rare to find! And if im allowed to suggest any map for a potential future video or simply for you to explore on your own, Grandfather Galley was a very bizarre find that really left an impression

I absolutely love this guys content. He should have tons more popularity, perfect. Keep on making amazing content man.

I haven't seen any of your other content. I thought this was something you normally did. Cool stuff, I like it.

first video, already like the channel, it's so chill compared to the usual youtube screaming, over editting, and controversies

Wow, this video is GOOD. Absolutely love the commentary, good job homie!

The real meat of this video was the "useless" information you took the time to research. Everything is useless until it comes in handy. I appreciate your effort. This is my introduction to your channel. I'm subbing for more like this, but like the way you opened up this video - feel free to do whatever the hell you want. This was a great video.

I'd love to see more of these. As a kid I played a lot of gmod. There was a point though when we had our internet shut off for a year or so (lived in the country so it wasn't all that necessary) and I had downloaded a buuuuunch of mods prior so I'd have something to play with. Rolling through empty Gmod maps sorta became a hang out spot for me. Also learned a lot of Gmod ins and outs during that time too.

The youtube algorithm never fails to show me banger videos from less known youtube channels. Love it:D.

i love this vid sm the narration/commentary gives off a similarly cozy vibe to old lets plays 26:06 i remember the commercials for thos

Sometimes I binge liminal content, sometimes I don’t. Either way imma hit that subscribe button because I enjoyed this. Never played GMod, but was always intrigued.

Loved the video. Please do make more of these

i never really liked narration and playing gmod maps, but you somehow made it fun and interesting

This is a good video! I like to explore Gmod maps like these as well so it's nice to see others do the same.

just watched this and didn’t even realize it was from a small creator. with this quality i just assumed you were big time lol. great video dude keep it up !

The algo has blessed me again. Smart, funny, and you measured gallons of water. You've earned my sub friend, and I hope to see you grow

really loved the style and cozy feel of this video

Just wanted to let you know that I loved the water math segment, the thought experiment of living there was a great addition, it’s exactly the kind of thing I’d think about playing a map like this.

Great video, loved every bit of it, please make more!!

dude, i love the whole thought experiment thing. ive been working on a game that has that kinda vibe, just that its a survival game too.

actually just bumped into you channel and I like the calm type of voice

Never seen your channel before but got recommended this video out of the blue. Similar vibe to Redlyne's "Exploring Dead Games" series, so that's probably why. Loved the video! Your narration was excellent and the music choices certainly worked! More, please! 😂