WebVideo The Well is Running Dry, But Leaves Behind a Legacy
Although Game Grumps is still belting out content to this day, it feels as though the freshness of it has become noticeably stale. But that's not to say it didn't leave an impact!
Most can agree that the original run with Arin and Jon are a certified classic. This duo bounced off each other in many hilarious and memorable ways, and although some jokes and gags are products of their time many others are timeless rarities that you don't often see with other video game commentary channels.
The early era of Arin and Dan is also worth mention as well. Although the new duo at the time wasn't immediately accepted, their chemistry improved immensely since then and together they provided some of the most re-listenable series imaginable, helped in no small part with the colorful stories Dan and Arin share.
I unfortunately do not keep up with this channel any longer due to the burnout the channel feels like it's been going through for a while, but what they have brought to the table will always leave a lasting impression.
WebVideo A look at the Jon time and Danny time of Game Grumps
Just a quick review and comparing and contrasting between the different "eras". On the whole its a fun show with Arin "Egoraptor" having good chemistry with both Jon and Danny while they play through the games, cracking jokes, and whatever other shenanigans happen.
That being said when it was Jon in the other seat there was a lot of dead gameplay on the screen. Because neither Arin or Jon paid much attention to game text or information in the screen they frequently got lost or continuously failed to the point where they get frustrated and possibly raged quit the series (As seen in the large number of games in the main page). But it was fine it was enjoyable to listen to the two of them shoot the shit back and forth. Another issue a lot of times came from the Vs videos, especially in times of games neither have played. Jon had a knack for playing fresh games while Arin usually got frustrated to the point of anger.
Now switching gears over to Danny there felt like a big shift in the show. The focused change from simply hanging out, playing games , and cracking jokes to playing games and cracking jokes. While the same level of chemistry and friendship is still present between Arin and Danny, I feel they both have a much stronger desire to play the games for their viewers while being funny. Because of this outside of the one-shot episodes, they tend to be sticking with games too the end or at least they give word within the video that they won't be continuing a particular game. In the last video of the "Journey to Silius" playhthrough after dying and having to restart from the beginning they made it known they wouldn't be continuing anytime soon due to the amount of time already sunk into a not terribly interesting game. With Jon they probably would have simply raged quit without any acknowledgement.
And lastly is the only common factor between then and now Arin "Egoraptor" himself. I felt like when he was playing Jon he would be more frustrated with games they played, whether or not this is Jon himself as a factor or simply the selection of shitty games is really an unknown to me. But I do notice that with Danny he's a more much positive "Grump" since he seems to grumpy as a joke rather than actually mad at something.
WebVideo I'm Happy With What I Watched
Despite the channel has completely losing me these days, I will never forget the obscene amounts of content I watched practically daily back in their golden age of video posting. Jon and Arin had an amazing dynamic that seemed almost startlingly natural and left behind dozens upon dozens of memorable funny moments, and Dan and Arin when they first started out had a still funny chemistry, but also built on that with many interesting stories that they shared.
I know the channel is still going on these days, but seeing as it's starting to reach Simpsons levels of stale I'm more than content just throwing back to the hay day era that I spent most of my college life watching. The channel might be old hat now, but it left behind a legacy of youtube entertainment that I'm very appreciative of.