Griffin: We have to have done Shrek at some point right? Me: *vivid flashbacks to their Spore playthrough*

@bigbadgammagnome

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't even remember their skateboarding Shrek Damn these boys love their Shrek

@OozeBear

4 жыл бұрын

Shrek me, shrek me hard

@cryssnail

4 жыл бұрын

someBODY

@lotusauer4785

4 жыл бұрын

*somebody come fuck this!!!*

@N3rv3d4m4g3

4 жыл бұрын

mmmmmmmm shhhraak

The fact that they made a whole bit out of how weird the character creator room is and didn’t address the apparent nonstop stream of insects emerging from the koi pond mystifies me

@salioubobosow8569

4 жыл бұрын

🛬🏰🏯🛩️✈️⚽📢🎭⚾⚾🏈🎾👾🎮🎯🔫🎽 avakin sei bravissima mi piace molto il tuo video molto scintillante molto fantastica belloperò non voglio metterti un po' adesso nessuno te lo metterò di portarti giù non permetterò mai capito molto bravo ciao sono Filippo mi chiamo sono molto bravo ciao ci vediamo dopo

@bravetherainbow

4 жыл бұрын

It's like jazz, baby. It's all about the elephants in the room that you DON'T mention.

@unicornkitteh5332

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they did? right after the piles of pumpkins & Halloween presents and right before they said something about the clothes needing 3 inches of space in the closet.

@rubyrider7902

4 жыл бұрын

where is the koi pond? i feel silly but i can't see it

@akiipy22222

4 жыл бұрын

@@rubyrider7902 There isn't one, its a rug.

"Have we ever made a fashion icon? " It seems that death wasn't the only one who forgot her. For shame boys, for shame

@narrativematters4100

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, they did not make her with the intent that she would be a fashion icon. Pam became that on her own.

@hollyfelis4197

4 жыл бұрын

also: Slime Burger, Senior. in a way.

@JC-ln6on

4 жыл бұрын

To be faaaaaaaaaaaaiirrrrr!

@EmissaryofWind

4 жыл бұрын

Pam is a fashion icon but it's not her main feature, she's a Chaos Goddess who also happens to be a fashion icon

@thomashigham7638

4 жыл бұрын

Champloo Ronin Texas sized 10-4 on the reference good buddy

If you asked my dad to describe what he thinks the "gay lifestyle" is, it'd probably look a lot like this game.

@ZanraiKid

4 жыл бұрын

He wouldn’t be wrong?

@toryslapper69

4 жыл бұрын

He's right

@sethescope

2 жыл бұрын

I wish this game was what my gay lifestyle looked like. instead I'm a 30 year old trans guy with two posters from the show white collar on my wall and I have a small bookshelf that's just for my dnd stuff and I still haven't put up my law school diploma on my wall in the two years since I graduated and I don't think I've washed my face today yet

@captainmario6464

Жыл бұрын

@@sethescope too real

@Omnibushido-

5 ай бұрын

@@sethescope did u wash ur face yet

feeling a profound loss over the character we'll never see

@gabriellarena2256

4 жыл бұрын

the boy that wasn't, will miss him forever

@jayhedegard7528

4 жыл бұрын

I bet his name was Gushie.

@gwen6622

3 жыл бұрын

@@jayhedegard7528 holy shit i know you left this comment a year ago but thats such a great mbmbam deep cut, nice job

I love how Griffin forget the entire episode they did in Spore of Shrek

@LolCamulous

4 жыл бұрын

His brain has blocked that horrifying memory.

@hollyfelis4197

4 жыл бұрын

i _also_ forgot about that. i just thought of the time they did Shrek in Tony Hawk

@RatKingShriggy

4 жыл бұрын

i remembered those two but then i was sitting here trying to remember if there are any other shreks that i was forgetting about because it does feel like they have made shrek multiple times doesn't it? with how often they mention him and all

@unicornkitteh5332

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that was supposed to be an ironic joke..... obviously he could never forget the 3 fucking episodes he did on Spore Shrek 😂

@GippyHappy

4 жыл бұрын

He was traumatised and now he's repressing it

“thats griffin waiting outside a very cold ben folds concert” is the realest joke in this whole vid

"people like big fuzzy eyebrows... or, none" Two genders only: Rock Lee or Gaara

@songofthieves

4 жыл бұрын

But if a gay couple is two Rock Lees, which one penetrates the other with their sentient sand?

@bg3929Z

4 жыл бұрын

Trainer Auro you absolute Fool. They use the Power of Youth.

@ghost-fs7th

4 жыл бұрын

I hate that you guys know exactly how my fan-fic went down. Stay the fuck out of my room, damn it. Those are PERSONAL writings.

@lilr6199

4 жыл бұрын

I cannot argue with this proclamation and it irritates me immensely

@madelinehart3933

4 жыл бұрын

@@lilr6199 That pretty much articulated exactly what I was trying to find the words for. Thank you for your service.

In a desert bereft of boys, this appeared as an oasis on the horizon to slake my monster factory thirst.

@killerqueeenie

4 жыл бұрын

I wish I could bottle this comment up and drink it like a sweet sangria on a Monday morning.

@GippyHappy

4 жыл бұрын

I have literally never heard the word "slake" before but I guess I know it now

@varsoonhks3211

4 жыл бұрын

Lowkey EverQuest reference?

@IchorousIcarus1

4 жыл бұрын

"In a desert bereft of boys..." Soothe my soul with your craft, you wordsmith.

@bitchboy69420

4 жыл бұрын

I fucking love and appreciate all McElroy fans. Y’all are so verbose and recherché. The McElBoys must be damn proud.

Font Fact: the "PANTS" lettering uses Monotype Corsiva. I hope this helps any cosplayers who really want to go all out.

@redj1101

4 жыл бұрын

Narrative Matters Monotype Corsiva was my favorite font as a kid

@vladimirilyichlenin5697

4 жыл бұрын

*"PANT'S"

@nopenothappening2242

4 жыл бұрын

@@redj1101 well he's *my* favorite Star Wars character

@sethescope

2 жыл бұрын

@@nopenothappening2242 this is a very funny comment, and I worry that you don't know how funny it is because it's been so long since you wrote it, but it honestly, genuinely, and truly laugh out loud and brought tears to my eyes

Can y’all imagine these boys playing the curse that is IMVU

@Sarathewise158

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I didn't know I needed that so badly until you said it just now.

@3eyedwonderkid

4 жыл бұрын

Oh god yes please lmfaooo

@lynnalexanderbergen7158

4 жыл бұрын

I saw gift cards for that game at my local 7-Eleven God help us all Edit: thanks to whoever liked my comment and made me spell check it you saved the joke

Boy, we really are running out of Boy generators aren't we... but whoooo limitations breed creativity

@GreyRush

4 жыл бұрын

thankfully code-vein has a WILD one. i saw someone make thomas the tank engine as their characters HEAD.

@hollyfelis4197

4 жыл бұрын

they have also proven with Skyrim that they _can_ go back to games they've already visited and create new "monsters" without it becoming dull, but they seem pretty reluctant to try it. [granted, the individual episodes of Just Like Art™ _were_ a bit lacking, but that's prob'ly just from the structure of the miniseries, rather than the creations or the game itself]

@chazruff6898

4 жыл бұрын

@@hollyfelis4197 i pray everyday for them to do second life once more oh god...

@Anafyral666

4 жыл бұрын

@@chazruff6898 second second life

@Anafyral666

4 жыл бұрын

@@hollyfelis4197 I'm an art student and I did a legit analysis attempt of Snakel from Frands

Griffin: have we done shrek? Will Wright: Hi, Im Will Wright, and the Monster Factory bois have foresaken me and and me beautiful spores

I remember playing this, around Christmas, and discovering some teens discussing the suicide of one of their schoolmates around a bonfire on a beach, with an elf in the distance. I felt like I had intruded upon something I ought not have, and also that perhaps they ought not have chosen that as a place to discuss such grave topics. It was really weird.

@TechnicolorMammoth

4 жыл бұрын

At least they were talking. Suicides can have the effect of not talking about it which just bottling it up. That's even more unhealthy.

@Taiyama2

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's easier to talk about with the distance of online avatars.

@sethescope

2 жыл бұрын

why are the two comments on this comment so wholesome tho this is KZread god, mcelroy fans really are just built different and better, huh

Holy shit, Justin saying "Oh, I can do the Rock n Roll Twist!" immediately after his character disappears from the screen is the funniest thing ever

Someone should make a character making game where the model can be randomly happy or upset with the choices the player makes, and they act accordingly

@runeanonymous9760

4 жыл бұрын

I think that some old foreign dress up flash games were like that? I remember playing them on GirlsGoGames as a child (back before it sucked)

@CloverToast

4 жыл бұрын

@@runeanonymous9760 oh dang really?? Do you have links?

@runeanonymous9760

4 жыл бұрын

Princess Peachy doing this from iPad so can’t verify, but if I remember right, the ones just called “doll dress up #” should have it They would be the really old ones, with the in game text being in some East Asian language- Korean, maybe? They won’t be as smooth and shiny as modern games- if I remember well enough, you shouldn’t be able to see any shine or shading, as it would have flat colors www.girlsgogames.com/games/doll_dress_up_games

@monckat4681

4 жыл бұрын

spore creatures do that, if you add a part with good stats they'll look at it and approve, if you remove a good part they won't like it

@idontcare6736

4 жыл бұрын

Daz did this “YEAAHH... I LOOK FUCKIN GREAT!!”

The way Griffin used "embarrass it" to describe amassing an ungodly amount of spiderweb decor on the stairs to the point of making them unusable hit me like a mack truck.

I want to learn more about the adventures and grudges of Logan and Zach.

@narcspector

4 жыл бұрын

God i forgot that was so good ... This episode was a fuckin banger

@Jessica-ql4wb

4 жыл бұрын

Panu Siuro you know they’ll end up falling in love

@janesmith1840

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jessica-ql4wb End up? They're clearly already there, and trying their best to deny it to themselves.

the majority of this video I was just distracted by the constant stream of giant ants in the background

@e-811

4 жыл бұрын

GOOD LORD I DIDN’t NOTICE

15:24 For context, Jim Bankoff is the CEO of Vox media, the company that owns Polygon.

@minim-ms

4 жыл бұрын

just two chaotic goblin children fucking with a ceo

@Fx-pp8rg

4 жыл бұрын

lmao I thought it was just a silly made up rich person name. Bankoff??? I'm-

@PeeZBee

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fx-pp8rg ha ha you end sentence befoar u get 2 da end of it that shit is sooooo fricking funny haha very epic

@joyphil4399

3 жыл бұрын

@@PeeZBee who pissed in your gamer coolant?

@f1zz-k1d89

3 жыл бұрын

Joyphil somehow you’ve made the best sentence. we can stop talking

“Leonardo didn’t paint on another painting” “Or did he...?” *DaVinci Code Intensifies*

@radio_sparks

4 жыл бұрын

Apparently, he did. www.livescience.com/da-vinci-hidden-painting-virgin-rocks.html

@radio_sparks

4 жыл бұрын

Appareny he did. He once painted over his own paintimg cuz he didn't like where it was going.

@scorchwave6439

2 жыл бұрын

He did, and as an artist myself I also have. You can actually see under paintings with special ""x-rays""

No joke: The "Halloween Presents" in the background inspired me and my husband to start a new Halloween tradition where you gift exchange dumb/creepy shit you find at thrift stores. Couldn't have done it without you, you beautiful boys.

I love how every Monster Factory begins with... Griffin cold open: JUSTIN!

"Creepin' it real" is powerful

Justin and Griffin trying on skins and persona like literal hats is a one of a kind entertainment

i was so famished. thank u fathers for my life

I like how this programming note letting everybody know that in the near future Monster Factory videos will only be posted on the McElroy Family channel has been going for at least half a year

@redj1101

4 жыл бұрын

ShizayaFanart I think Clayton from Polygon is still editing them

The Dad With the Dragon Tattoo

Monster factory will stop publishing on Polygon the same day Munch Squad ends

@TheImpossiBelle

4 жыл бұрын

The neverending farewell tour...

Monster Factory presents: Second Life 2

@deltaphant_

4 жыл бұрын

Second Second Life

@lilacsmile4321

4 жыл бұрын

Third life

@SongbirdOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Peggle2!!.gif

@mysticjumbles3917

4 жыл бұрын

Life²

@songofthieves

4 жыл бұрын

Second Life 2: Gross and Horny

"The look is to get 9 flu shots, and then you're covered through 2028." This joke has aged well.

Watching this while I get ready this morning... it’s almost like my own personal Monster Factory

I love how they didn’t address the legion of bugs on the floor

In the factory of God we are all monsters.

every day i regret the loss of slimeburger sr. the og fashionista and makeup guru

If I had a coin for every Monster Factory with a wrap around tiger tattoo, I'd have two. Which isn't many, but it's weird that it happened twice.

I really enjoy the fact that the text on the underwear is "pant's" with an apostrophe, suggesting that it belongs to someone named Pant.

@brody2k

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of ''Why is it called John's Hopkins? Does John possess a Hopkins?'' - Griffin McElroy.

"That's Griffin waiting outside a very cold Ben Folds concert-" THAT WAS SO JARRING

I will never call eyebrows anything but “hedge mazes” ever again 😂

@em_birch

4 жыл бұрын

I still call 'em "eyebrowshes" from the ONE time Justin said it weird on the podcast. XD

"my arms are filled with free sprite, for the kids!" justin what on god's green earth caused those words to form in your brain? i love you

“A sexy fashionista vampire” dio is that you?

This moose has learned it is a poor idea to go get a drink from the river while watching these. One may imagine how painful water going through a moose nose is.

@sethescope

Жыл бұрын

hi moose, I hope you're doing good 💖

Dear McElroys: the game Kenshi was *made* for Monster Factory.

The gigolo one act play is the best TV drama of 2019

@ssharkbait

4 жыл бұрын

WTFPr0m *robot gigolo

Griffin making an Everquest reference was the highlight of my week. Edit: Griffin making two Everqeust references was the highlight of my month.

@varsoonhks3211

4 жыл бұрын

As a person whose username is just an EverQuest reference, it made me smile ear to ear.

Chemistry class can wait this is infinitely more important

Two months until Monster Factory episode 69! The boys are either gonna make the Final Pam fight all of their other creations or it will be a Candlenights spectacular!

@Ray-hk1zm

4 жыл бұрын

They can't make The Final Pam fight, because if she loses then the world dissolves into chaos and they can't take that risk.

Bro I love the ending “Griffin I asked you not to I begged you not to”

It never fails to infuriate me that they either don't acknowledge or don't realize the poster says "creepin' it real"

@sethescope

2 жыл бұрын

but they do! around 10:05 or so!

@octodaddy1602

Жыл бұрын

@@sethescope they get "creepin for real" and "cropin is real" but they never quite put the pieces together and it kills me

Justin “I gave my hat a nose ring” McElroy

@songofthieves

4 жыл бұрын

Justin "Hat Nose Hoops" McElroy

The further we get from the release of this video, the less topical the Halloween decor is and the happier it makes me

Not gonna lie, final boy with tiger on his face looks like Julien Solomita in Halloween makeup, and I thought we had gotten a crossover of epically chaotic Aries proportions

@StarkMaximum

4 жыл бұрын

"AHHHH BUPBUPBUPBUPBUP"

@maddywebb

Жыл бұрын

Julien and Griffin have the same birthday! (And so do I)

I looked over in class and the guy next to me was playing this. Seriously genuinely playing Avakin Life by his own will

the boys repressing the memory of spore killing their spirit is a mood and a half

It makes me sad that I’ll never fully grasp the ben folds concert reference

the fact that i recognized "Spirit of Wolf Please" immediately both upsets me and makes me so happy

@onikoneko

4 жыл бұрын

There was a Crushbone belt quest reference a little later, too

I love the idea of a helpful tutorial character who just pops up sometimes to tell you that playing this is game is probably a bad idea, actually

"Look at that...okay, look at THAT hairstyle" "This top-XEDRIC **leans back from the mic, audibly puts hand over mouth** oh my god!"

2:43 The chat log is the best part of the game.

@HARLANP

4 жыл бұрын

--"smile" --"😏" xD

I fucking cracked up at the SoW plz. i love all the everquest references Griffin pulls out

This really is an eboy simulator

You've generated boys before, but this boy generation is one of the best boys you've generated

@bravetherainbow

4 жыл бұрын

Boys Generation sounds like what my first guess for a kpop boy band name would be if I didn't know any

The shes got Steve buschemi eyes bit KILLED ME

I was craving a monster factory. I could sense it

they _HAVE_ done Shrek, it was during Tony Hawk. [EDIT] also Spore. i forgot about the part of that one where they did Shrek, but it happened.

"my arms are full of free sprite, for the kids!" is an underrated line

i enjoy how they just cropped the branding into the tablet aspect ratio rather than just adding a border to the game footage or something

I watched this 3 years ago, and I still randomly think about Nanci Budin.

"SoW plz" Wow the memories... Everquest circa 1999!

why do these people have the low faces. like their faces are down. like they fell.

i have stolen griffin mcelroy's identity using my phone game about everquest references

Kanye was in there at the start and they didn’t even say anything

@69Cherry69

4 жыл бұрын

Kanye's got nothing on Nanci Budin

Griffin really breezed past his "Steve Buscemi eyes" joke when I think it's fucking hysterical since I am someone who has to listen to the radio at work, and regularly hear "Betty Davis eyes" without knowing who Betty Davis is. Now this is a joke I can get behind

they've done it. they made the ultimate monster. a white guy with dreads.

I was trying to fall asleep to this but for some ungodly reason it reminded me of a game from my childhood so i just spent 10 minutes looking up random mmos and I found it. It is called fiesta and now I can sleep

I dont know when Justin decided on Jiggalo as a character concept, but he was stuck on it

I play avakin and the fact you stripped down to your underwear in one of the most popular bars on the app kills me 😂

"Leonardo didn't paint on another painting" maybe not but Michelangelo sure did cuz there was a whack painting. In fact he did it twice

Buscemi eyes are watching you watching your every move

idk what it is about this monster factory in particular, but i've watched it at least 10 times since it's come out and i still laugh as hard as i did the first time

18:50 “Identity theft is not a joke, Juice!”

0:48 "hot shot alt right blogger Frances Kleben" is so fucking funny. I just need to express this to the world so that maybe someday Griffin will feel this, even if he never sees this comment, because the man is fucking funny, you guys. I laugh really hard at this joke every time.

My favorite brothers here to combat my depression symptoms with obscene laughter. Nice.

23:37 "faaather, when can i leave to be on my oWnnnn I've got the whole WORLD to see!"

my arms are filled with sprite. wow. me and zachary are best friends! wowie!

always the funniest videos when justin gets to join in :)

When are they going to just upload to this channel? Do they have a set timetable, because it feels like they've been saying this forever

@kajedhorrors

4 жыл бұрын

"The near future" is eternal.

My name is Logan and my brother is Curtis. That was a disorienting bit.

Kenshi has an interesting character creator

I'm a professional tattoo artist. And this is E X A C T L Y what I imagine goes through the heads of every fuckin client I ever have. "I just wanna slap the most cheap tattoos possible"... fukkin don't I know it BUD

I remember giving out/getting those SoW buffs Griffin. Don’t you worry, we’re a rare breed but we exist.

I LIVE for Everquest jokes. Please keep them coming. /bow

feel like they just glossed over that guy suckin that girls blood there in the beginnin

yesyesyes you are scratching all of my 1997-2005 pop culture reference itches, great job Brothers McElroy

Hahaha spirit of wolf - I thought the EQ references were great

Never stop the Everquest references. I love them so much.

_Never_ stop the Everquest references.

There's X-ray evidence to suggest that Leonardo actually did paint the Mona Lisa over the top of several other iterations of the Mona Lisa.

DO A CODE;VEIN MONSTER FACTORY PLEASE

Its still lowkey shrek. He just doesnt have as many layers and isnt green.