Why Garry’s Mod Is a Generational Experience 

Being able to play as robocop AND be surrounded by 40 npcs in a house when mediaplayer is blasting random shit my friends put on is magical.

They should make Garry's Bod where you explore a 1:1 recreation of Garry's physical form

I would also like to mention that SCP Containment Breach was the progenitor to Secret Lab (the standalone game), I played an absurd amount of Containment Breach back in the day. That, a ton of Zombie Survival, and some DarkRP. Gmod was the perfect place for me to be for the few years in Middle School and early Highschool when I had no friends, now however, I'm very glad to have friends and not need Gmod. It was too much of a time sink and trying to picture where all those hours went leaves a blank, not anger or sadness, nor good memories, just lost time.

its like the era of flashgames or flash animation, a unique thing not to be replicated, at least not for a long time

Incredibly underrated for what's basically a loveletter to Gmod. Props to this man *spawns a chair*

why did this video make me emotional, i didn't even experience 98% of the things in here

"Somewhat Real" is a good story teller and gmod animator for sure. "The Medic gets teleported to another reality" my beloved

4:09 gm_construct didnt get added then. It has always existed but it slowly evolved from a white box to an outside area to even more stuff until the final version in gmod 13

i was not aware smg4 didnt die, what the fuck.

I remember stumbling across RU-vid when I was just 8 years old back in 2007, the site basically still an infant at that point. One of the first videos that caught my attention at the time was simple, crude gmod machinimas. As a kid back then, they were immensely entertaining but nothing really showcased Gmod's magic till i came across The Gman Squad series by jsXanatos. Safe to say that was the series that solidified my interest in Gmod. Almost 2 decades later seeing Gmod's culture change and grow has been amazing and it has been a integral part of my life. Heck, I even remember the day Team Fabulous 2 came out and was floored at how hilarious and high quality it was and still is. Looking back, it's hilarious to see people mad about Skibidi Toilet, seeing how they were probably the kids that binged watched those Nextbot chase videos by MsBreezy or the Venturian Tales addon reviews, or even the early Vanossgaming sandbox videos. Garry's Mod has always been a HUGE part of RU-vid for me, and seeing newer projects like HLVR take off makes me think Gmod will be around for way longer than anyone would have thought. Thank you Mr. Moldbun for such a great video💙

Garry's Mod is like the GTAV of Sandbox, it gives you a basic realistic enough world to mess around in. I've never seen any other game with such a close parallel to our own and let you have such freedom

I’m going to watch this when i’m in the tube but I was never in direct contact with gary’s mode but my brother played it a lot i think it’s nostalgic to me I used to peer over his shoulders and watch him go at it with a crowbar and giggle with his friends it makes me understand his younger years more thank you for this video

Don't even have a witty comment here. I've never had any hands on experience with G-Mod, but I've always felt the way it has seeped into things I've enjoyed and been around for a lot of my life and I think you illuminate that really well.

You gave a very beautiful and enveloping speech. Although this “game” is now known as the skibidi toilet game, those from the past know the sheer history of this game. And I appreciate you explaining it in 30 minutes with every detail. Take care

I started playing GMod when i was a little kindergarten/1-2nd grade child, and i still do to this day. For me the reason it can't be repeated because it just sits in your head tightly and never goes away, thus not repeating. Sure, GMod has and had it's ups and downs, but it's still dear for my heart. (Bad English, sorgy)

1:26 you can't hide that Sly 2 music from me

I'm long since finished with gmod, I'll watch videos from time to time of people trolling RP servers. but the fact of the matter is im 31 and I have far better things to do than mess around with something that I had my glory days with more than 15 years ago back when it was still a free mod, and the very early days of it being a "paid game" that being said. gmod indirectly led to me meeting a lot of friends who I still know to this day, including a whole arc that led to meeting some IRL, and even dating one of them.

Fantastic video man, you make some of the tightest and most heartfelt videos I've seen on the platform. I don't mean to hyperbolize but you really do have such a heart in your videos that I really don't see anywhere else.

Garry's mod has a special place in my heart. I used to play on a pirated version, because I didn't know how to install steam, let alone buy games. When I grew up and bought it for the first time, I went all out on the workshop, installed a ton of mods that I couldn't find on pirated version. The idiot box awakened so many memories, I think I can recite each one even if you wake me up at night

owned gmod ever since it first came out on Steam and since then i've acquired about 13,500 hours on the game and everything on this video was beyond spot on the gmod machiminas were especially the most nostalgic. I lowkey teared up a bit when you mentioned Kitty0706. I also miss DasBoSchitt

As someone who's had this game for nearly 6 years. Gmod is a national treasure.

Playing zombie mod servers in Gmod when I was a small child over a decade ago is forever burned into my mind.

Dude this video is SO GOOD!! I personally haven't had any experiences with playing gmod myself but I've grown up watching those gmod animations and it was the coolest thing ever. looking back at it, those animations are still very entertaining til this day and has definitely withstand the test of time.

Man I always loved your simplistic yet stylish thumbnails

Thank you for this video, GMod will always be special to me. Not to overstate, but it facilitated so much of what I do, and had a huge impact in my life. Hope you don't mind me dumping my experience here! I remember first wanting to try it and being inspired by early machinima animators around 2007-8 when I was 14. Notably Jahosiphat and their "The Gmod Parody" series, and Fncypntz with their fantastic contraption-based puppeteering. And of course DasBoSchitt, who was just getting popular around that time, (and who I later got the chance of helping on a few occasions!) Doing machinima was fun and challenging, starting out really clunky and refining it more and more over the years. GMod was mostly a solo experience for me, and I just loved turning my ideas into something that felt alive and sharing it with people. I never got very good at the animating itself, but I went after using VFX in my work with a fiery passion and learned a ton about editing and compositing. Making animations also helped get me through some very difficult times, and sharing them helped make some longtime friends in the process. I kind of fell off making videos after 2014. Though, at that point I had already been making custom content for a few years, mainly mapping with Hammer. One or two I had uploaded when garrysmod.org was still the go-to. (Thank you 3kliksphilip for your old tutorials!) The amount amount of technical knowledge about the engine I developed over time is excruciating, to say the least. Facepunch forums was a good place to lurk and trade mapping advice with others. I spent soooo much time in the mapping megathread there, haha. I've also done 3D modeling off and on for the last 10 years, mainly because of wanting to port and create custom props for GMod to use in machinimas and maps. Making 3D assets and vehicles specifically is kinda my main hobby now, some of which are on the Workshop (...and have been used in Skibidi Toilet, lmao) Granted, it's also great being able to take everything I've learned and help out friends with their projects! Honestly, nearly everything I know about content creation, as well as my creative process generally, is firmly rooted in GMod and the Source engine. It's an ancient tower of duct tape, but was always charming and has so much staying power. It's crazy to see how much people have squeezed out of it. I'm glad even people a decade or more younger than me are still making so many great memories with it!

me, an unsuspecting civilian, getting back into videos about source engine games as a way to take a break from talking about the amazing digital circus and murder drones

gmod has been so influential to me that it doesnt take much to make me cry when people talk about how its affected themselves and others

The fact people keep actively extending what's possible in the game (A good example being the InfMap base mentioned in the video. Or honestly literally anything made by Meetric) even to this day will probably never stop being amazing to me. I've been playing gmod for almost 13 years, and when I started there was already a pretty huge amount of content for it. It feels like everything that could be done should've already been done by now, but I keep seeing new things that I thought were either impossible, or at least impossible to do *well*. Though I suppose it helps that we're now entering an era where a lot of the adults playing the game actively grew up with it.

Great video showcasing the golden era of GMOD and the internet in general, this deserves a lot more views🙌

First of all, I really love your content, keep it up! Second of all, I've been thinking about buying Gary's Mod, but after seeing this now is the time :))

Back when I first bought Garry's Mod I had no idea what source even was, not even half life. after truly understanding what source engine has to offer I tried playing more source games. Valve doesn't miss, never regretted buying it in 2023.

2014-2016 SMG4 was PEAK, and honestly holds up really well today While i'm not a fan of their newer content, i'm really glad they found the success they did

Here before this takes off man, great video!

You forgot THE GMod machinima of all time, a feature film called War of the Servers which is literally cinema with dutch angles and all!

Incredible video man! You deserve way more subs

When I was in my first year of college in 2019 I was on a date and had steam up on my computer, and she asked me how I had 600 hours in garrys mod, I stumbled on my words, and couldn't explain it. Thanks for making this video as it describes it. From the long summer nights exploring maps in 2012, to the days spent in TTT during the pandemic when everyone I knew was stuck on their computers, garrys mod was the tool that enabled many memories.

i still remember celebrating my friend's birthday inside of it. it's funny, i can't normally recall birthdays, but that one, i still do

this channel is such a hidden gem

i like everything, its pure community effort, to make the experiences you have in servers, or alone, 10 dollars gets you alot (css not included)

hearing a mention of Rubberfruit awakened a massive sense of nostalgia... I miss the TF2 freak era of gmod videos sometimes.

Nothing better than treating this game as an animation program and it makes me understand how much effort gets put into these things i've watched when i was young.

this video took so goddamn long to make

Hey moldbun, your content is critically underrated, keep up the good work.

Man I remember a lot times I had no internet was kinda poor as a kid I would go to school and go to computer class and download add-ons and maps and save them to my usb drive lots of good memories still play to this day

As someone who made a (unfinished) horror series almost entirely made in gmod, i have to say that Garry's Mod is one of the best tools for expressing creativity. It's also a great game. You can do goofy shit with friends one day and start a serious project based on gmod the second day. I think that the only game that got close to doing what gmod did was minecraft, but unlike minecraft gmod has everything in one place. You don't have to use any external software to mkae animations in gmod, and that's why i think it's so amazing.

Truer words have never been spoken. GarrysMod used to be so different

the whole billy mays vs vince war. how could you forget that iconic period of history?

Holey Moley that was a really good video essay. Really good research too :)

Can't forget the iconic "In The Virtual End" by Ray Koefoed!

underrated youtube video

one of my only games i have thats over 4k hours played on it, been playing it since about 2014 and ive loved every minute of it

in 5th grade i used to just spend hours in sandbox alone playing around with different mods and shit, good times

you inspire me. I sincerely hope you find your audience

22:00 This part of the video really reminds me of SCP: SL roleplay servers. Theres only a few which really thrive and are well made but they can be extremely fun to experience similar to this

That's amazing, never knew Gmod spawned Glitch of all things

Amazing video. I love gmod so much i just wish my friends had the patience for it

This game has 1.8k hours of my life. I will never be sad that I spent this much time on this game. The only feeling I feel is missing being able to play with those I played with.

going from making retarded 64 to the amazing digital circus is honestly mind boggling. I stopped watching smg4 around the waluigi arc / anime arc, i was knee deep into middle school, and that level of humor was "behind me", but like glitch is a household name these days, and honestly I would have never in a million years would have linked that to SMG4. I guess the G stands for glitch, but whatever lol. props to them.

3000+ hours and I'm still not giving up on it.

Smg4 has fallen off hard, it's not just you getting older. The chaotic gmod absurdity we loved back in the old days has been left behind, as well as the sm64 part of the videos. smg4 has become an unfortunate casualty of the shifting of meme culture in combination with their own style moving away from what made them great in the first place. However, theyre doing amazing work with glitch productions.

you love this game, the video is awesome man

how did i get here in just 2 minutes

I just recently got gmod (thanks to my friend cuz im poor) and man messing around in sandbox is truly magical, nearly endless things to do, and with friends its even better cuz now youre doing stupid stuff with others, gmod truly is a great game worth the $10 in my eyes (and i got it for $7, even better!) I dont really mess with other gamemodes, but im sure those would be equally great to play

I just want the built-in turret tool back

Truly, a great video.

THIS VIDEO IS FIRE 🗣

Supernova559x man, he was my childhood.

I need to learn how to do fun shit in GMOD since i cant remember all the controls for shit 😭

Amazing video !

I remember watching meta runner when it came out

Pretty cool video, time to boost the algorithm.

Wonderful video, thank you :)

DrLavle is a great gnod animator

Good video dood 👌

my favorite gmod machinima is "full life" series about gordon freeman brother john freeman by icton aka djy1991

commentary of the video: 1. 0:59 yes, garry's mod is not a game in the traditional sense. this is not new information. the steam description literally states "There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play." saying this is like saying minecraft is a game entirely made of blocks. not a profound statement. 2. 1:10 there are many games with a large playerbase and modding communites that have been around for long periods of time. trainz railroad simulator, MSFS, the half life series, minecraft, quake, elder scrolls, etc. only one of which is not older than Gmod or half life 2. Gmod is not special in this regard. we've had the internet for a while now, it's nothing to write home about. 3. 1:49 HL2 is not the first game with a physics system. first with a good, practical physics system maybe, but not first. it wasn't an innovation in any other way either. the graphics were passable for 2003 at best with many other games with similar release dates fairing on par if not better. it holds up graphics wise because photorealism has plateaued. the gameplay was nothing spectacular either. barebones gunplay with simple physics puzzles every once in a while. neither was the writing; HL1 was innovative for its narrative, which tons of other games proceeded to do as well. even disconnected from the lack of innovation, the writing on it's own wasn't *good.* it was a basic power fantasy go in - go out, with the majority of it being an NPC hand holding you while giving patronizing narration for shit that's right in front of you like it's an episode of dora the explorer. it completely ignores its role as a sequel, with the only references to HL1 being names, lip service, and cheap jokes. people blow smoke up its ass because of tf2/gmod nostalgia. 4. 5:14 see 1. 5. 6:06 wow i'm so glad that valve invented the launcher/package manager. truly the second coming of christ, and totally wholly unique to source games. 6. 6:43 see 1. 7. 11:20 lmao. "gmod culture" okay, maybe it's significant on the internet. my god, it's like you've just found out that video games and the internet exist. Gmod is not the only popular game with mods. how many times do i have to say it? and wow, "culturally significant content" (youtube channels) get big off of video games, shocker. 8. 11:15 yes. animation is pretty famous for being hard work. 9. 12:52 do you really think that nobody has been hired to do promotional animations before? that aside, yes, i know you meant SFM animator. it's still an animation. SFM is an animation software. they hired a guy with skill and a history with animations to make an animation. 10. 13:28 i mean, there's no way you actually think that's special. (even among video games.) for god's sake, you could make a story with a train set, camera, and a piece of paper. something mind blowing, but you don't need anything to make a story. you could make any story you want with this incredible innovation, get this, WRITING! 11. 13:36 see 7. 12. 14:00 you spent the last 7 minutes talking about gmod animations. it is well established that people can make animations with gmod. 15. 17:34 see 7. 16. 18:08 see 10. 17. 18:50 glitch is wonderful for the opportunity it has given to indie animation to make grand, high production scale works, i agree. 18. 20: 02 see 7. 19. 20:51 see 10. you've already said this. 20. 20:59 see 7. 21. 21:18 see 10. 22. 23:26 it's called a trend. 23. 26:40 really? you really think that no game in the history of games has even come close to gmod's impact? in any way? none in particular? 24. 27:50 see 1. conclusion: look. i love Gmod just as much as the next guy. i am aware that it is an extremely influential game. i, too, have many fond memories with it. but for the love of god, stop acting like Gmod and other source games are the second coming of christ of which are wholly alone in their greatness in every way. people blow so much smoke up valve's ass because of nostalgia.

Wish you mentioned ScoutFIN. They rivaled Eltorro64rus in quality for me sometimes, and Fahd a quite good upload schedule. They stopped posting suddenly about a year ago😢… I really hope they’re okay, but sometimes you just can’t help but think of the worst case scenario when someone just suddenly disappears like that.

Not necessarily, but it would take another HALF-LIFE to push these boundaries

great video!

All what you said is true But dont forget that none of this would be possible without what happened before Gmod ever existed Half Life, Quake they all built this ^-^

When I was about 13 I made a video project for school on gmod

ngl, calling it "sandbox" would be like shooting the game in the head, it's such a common word, it's not googleable and has no personality to it. when someone says GMod, you picture exactly the kind of history and humor behind it, that is actually there.

i love your videos keep makign foreverr

GM CONSTRUCT NUMBER ONE!!

god if only someone would make a mod garry:

Can't forget zombie happy fun time

Idk about you but i'm surprised to see there's no real customizable team deathmatch mode. One where server owners can set spawn points for both teams on each map, and can customize the weapons they spawn with, their HUD, their player model and so on. Or hell, even adding a buy menu like Counter-Strike, but instead of buying that game's weapons, you buy custom SWEPs with the gamemode's currency. Gmod has yet to have a real deathmatch game mode with high customization for server owners.

YOOO MORSHU

Steven Colbert is where memes go to die.

I read the title, I say to myself, "wadda bout Minecraft tho"

Somehow, Jazztronauts wasnt mentioned

Ok, old man.

7:03 ayy

Bro 26 minutes in and I realise its a half an hour video

6:26 terraria brainrot made me think this said skeletron

JETTAN

It's in the name: It's a mod for half-life 2.

soup. amazing fucking video by the way, great stuff!!!!

im giving you engagement thank me now

le epic video