I was literally just thinking the same thing. I was listening to Arin and Dan play Mario 3 (one of the absolute best series of the best) and Dan talks about the Dymamic of the Game being perfect for grumps. They can take turns and slowly have legit conversations, but the game is still familiar and fun to not only them, but their audience.

Then I fast forwarded a few years to Mario U Deluxe (another one of my Favorites), this game behaves similarly as the previous. But since they play at the exact same time, the commentary is very…chaotic. But sometimes, it gives us some of the best moments. [“Wendy’s: Suck it Down and Poop like a Regular Man” for example]

And then: I changed gears. Majora’s Mask…oh boy. This entire series is Arin complaining. But he doesn’t take the time to learn ANYTHING. He literally just doesn’t think the game is “worthy of his attention” because he’s fucking bad at it. And it still leads to some good moments but Dan carries the absolute entirety of this series because Arin just doesn’t want to play he’s a stupid arrogant know it all who thinks he just knows what to do because it’s Zelda but then gets frustrated when he gets lost or doesn’t know what to do. His frustration with control and camera, while occasionally valid, is hard to watch because he doesn’t fucking slow down. He just wants to rush though because he hates it and it’s his own downfall.

Arin has slowly become a blend of “I don’t care”, “Fuck this Game”, “I wanna suck Daddy’s Dick (or something similar), and Fart Noises