♪♪
Hey, there,
I'm MatPat,
and if you're
watching this,
first off, thanks
for being here.
Thanks for being
a part of "Game Lab."
Since you're on
YouTube Red,
 I get to show you
 some special
 extra videos from behind
 the scenes of the show.
- I've gone rogue!
- [laughs]
Yes!
 Learn the real-world
 story behind some
 of the biggest games
 from YouTube's
 biggest gamers.
Get ready
for "Game Lab."
♪♪
[beaker bubbling]
So, we got gamers
from all
 across the spectrum,
 right?
 We kind of span
 the breadth
 in order to really
 showcase people
 who are passionate
 about games.
ALL: One, two, three...
Penetration!
When MatPat said,
"Hey, I'm doing a show,
"do you wanna
come be on it?"
I'm like, "Yes! What's
it about?"
And then he never
texted me back.
He emailed me and said,
"Hey, do you wanna fight
with swords
"at a castle?"
and I said,
"Absolutely."
Um, hang out with
awesome people
to learn really
awesome skills
that may or may not
actually
come in handy later?
Yes.
So, I basically was
just kind of told
to show up.
I was invited 'cause
I don't think
they could get 
anyone else.
Don't know what
to expect, but, uh,
I'm ready for anything,
I think.
Hopefully, no one
gets hurt.
I mean, I'm just hoping
that I don't cry
or poop myself.
[screaming]
MatPat mentioned something
about strapping
a bomb to me,
so I'm not feeling
super psyched about that
part of the thing.
MATPAT: I guess two
 of the gamers I was
 most surprised by were
 the Game Grumps.
Our manager was
just like,
"Do you wanna do
a thing with MatPat,
"um, where you
might die
"because of bombs?"
And we were like,
"MatPat?! Yes."
MATPAT: They were in
 our first episode
 that we shot, uh,
 Keep Talking and
 Nobody Explodes.
I just wanted to see
if, like, we have to do,
like, the clip
the red wire
or blue wire thing.
Like, that'd be really,
really cool.
MATPAT: They're goofy guys.
 They're fun,
 they're fun-loving.
 Like, they make jokes
 all the time.
Gimme a thumbs-up.
[laughter]
- Very good.
- There we go.
MATPAT: They put up
 quite the challenge.
I was in the
hot Crow suit
with the foggy screen
 and Dan was out
 in the air conditioning
 with a walkie talkie.
MATPAT: Their level
 of team work and cohesion
 after years of 
 working together
 was mind-bogglingly
 good.
Okay, use a small
instrument
to gently lift
the metal faceplate.
10-4.
Lifting thing. Over.
I'm amazed that people
can do this
in a real setting
for a living,
over and over,
when doing it once
 in a fake setting
 was really, like,
 very stressful
 and uncomfortable.
♪♪
 You have those moments where,
 in theory,
the episode is super-cool,
like,
"Oh, yeah, this is
gonna be incredible."
 Then you have that
 moment, like, when
 you're at the location,
 talking to the experts,
 and you're like,
 "Oh, wait, this is real."
 Like, and there's, like,
 real inherent risks,
 and there's danger here.
You're gonna be balancing
on this fat pipe.
Got this.
Piece of cake.
 The scary thing that
 people don't realize
 is that we don't
 have pads.
Uh, it's not,
like--
 This is actually us
 fighting to an extent.
Like, somebody got serious
with me about like,
"These are swords,
so be careful."
I hope I'm not,
like, dead
 by the end
 of this.
Since I actually
look the part,
I feel, you know,
prepared for whatever's
coming our way.
I am looking forward
to it.
I don't think
anyone else is.
[laughing]
I'm terrified.
[laughter]
[screaming]
♪♪
[tires screeching]
GROUP: Yeah!
Okay.
Why are we attempting
to run on a wall?
It's this way.
- What?!
- What?!
- What?!
- What?!
Oh, my gosh.
- No.
- Sorry, what?
[engine revving,
tires screeching]
Yeah, this is what's
gonna save my life today.
OFF-CAMERA: [laughs]
You can tell how
confident I feel.
I haven't done
this before,
but it doesn't seem like
I can mess up too badly.
 What could go wrong?
♪♪
[tires screeching]
I somehow managed
to punch myself
in the [bleep] while
steering the wheel.
- [laughter]
- Really?!
'Cause you're like,
"Huh-huh-huh-huh!"
Whoops!
Another one who really
surprised me was, uh,
 Sohinki from Smosh Games.
 We had him on the
 last episode that we shot,
 which was the Final Fantasy
 episode about ostrich racing.
- Wow.
- Look at that.
When they start moving,
[laughing]
it gets very difficult.
They get around so fast,
they're just like,
- whoot-whoot.
- Right?
MATPAT: He was like a rock
 on those ostriches.
And don't get me wrong,
these things are
intimidating.
So, the fact that he
was able to, like,
 stay locked in for
 as well as he was,
 it was impressive.
- [laughter]
- This is insane!
This is insane!
You gotta turn, buddy!
You just kinda hold on
for dear life
and let them do what
they're gonna do.
- [applause]
- Hey!
You did it, bud!
You did a good job.
You were so good.
You did a good job, buddy.
 I hope that people
 watching the show
will learn and gain
such a new appreciation
 of not just the games
 that you're playing
 and the games that
 we're talking about,
 but the world
 around you...
It really just makes
you appreciate, uh,
our armed forces
out there
 who have to do this
 every single day.
...and probably above
and beyond all else,
to have a show
made by a gamer
 for gamers.
It's been an amazing
experience.
And to know that I
can conquer fear
bit by bit
is also really amazing.
This is great.
This is one of my favorite
things I've ever done.
It was fun!
It was good.
Like, I laughed
when I got scared,
and that was great.
The best part, though,
is this outfit.
Like, as soon as I put this
outfit on, I'm like,
"Ah, man, I have to start
dressing like this now."
- Jordan during training
- Okay.
throws out his
shoulder,
he punches himself
in the balls.
- Yeah, I did that, too.
- Yeah. [laughs]
The most fun
was learning
 how to choke someone out.
 [laughs]
 So bad.
MATPAT: It's fun,
 it's educational, it's funny.
 You see all your
 favorite gamers
 coming together,
 out of their
 comfort zones.
 And so, we're all able to,
 like, joke and laugh
 and have a good time.
I'm sorry for writing
all that Furry fan fiction!
ALL: Oh!
Oh, my God!
[laughter]
MATPAT: At the end
 of the day,
 it's really about
 celebrating all
 the different types
 of gamers out there.
MatPat? More like
PlanetMat!
[laughter]
MatPat? More like
MatPlanet!
Oh!
Astrological.
- None of these are good.
- Nope, none of 'em.
Absolutely none.
This is why it's in the
behind-the-scenes stuff,
because it'll get cut
in the end.
[laughter]
♪♪
[laughing]
This is the most
ridiculous thing
I've ever done.
♪♪
