I Tried Walmart's Terrifying Metaverse Experience - Danny Gonzalez
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0:00 - 0:01Ladies and gentlemen,
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0:02 - 0:04Walmart has entered the metaverse.
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0:04 - 0:07(whooping, cheering, clapping noises)
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0:08 - 0:08Finally.
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0:08 - 0:09That's right, Greg.
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0:09 - 0:12Through one of the most popular
children's games in the world, -
0:12 - 0:15Walmart is now an actual destination
in the metaverse -
0:15 - 0:18where you can go to have fun, play, learn,
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0:18 - 0:19and of course,
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0:20 - 0:21buy things from Walmart.
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0:21 - 0:23And that is what I will be doing today.
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0:23 - 0:25I personally cannot wait to get into
Walmart's metaverse, -
0:25 - 0:28look around, explore,
it looks fun as hell. -
0:28 - 0:30One of the biggest corporations
in the entire world -
0:30 - 0:33advertising to young children in
a video game? -
0:33 - 0:34Uh, let's just say
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0:34 - 0:35Daddy likey.
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0:35 - 0:36But before we do that,
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0:36 - 0:39before I show you the actual
Walmart metaverse experience. -
0:39 - 0:40I was surprised to find out
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0:40 - 0:43that this actually isn't Walmart's first
metaverse project. -
0:43 - 0:44A few months ago,
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0:44 - 0:48apparently Walmart was sort of laughed
off the internet -
0:48 - 0:52because this video surfaced demoing
their "vision of the future of shopping" -
0:52 - 0:53in the metaverse.
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0:53 - 0:58And not only did this failed experiment
not look like it made shopping any better, -
0:58 - 1:00it, like, actively made it worse.
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1:00 - 1:04You know how instead of like, a store
with colorful aisles full of products -
1:04 - 1:06and people from your community
shopping around, -
1:06 - 1:09you'd much rather shop in a dystopian
void of a Walmart -
1:09 - 1:11that's been abandoned for
a thousand years? -
1:13 - 1:13You d--
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1:13 - 1:14Oh, you do?
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1:14 - 1:16Okay, that was meant to be sarcastic
but you actually do? -
1:16 - 1:18Okay, well, then maybe you'll like this.
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1:18 - 1:21(futuristic synth noise)
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1:21 - 1:23(industrial door-opening sound)
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1:23 - 1:25[Woman] Hi! Thanks for visiting Walmart.
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1:25 - 1:27I will be your shopping
assistant module today, -
1:27 - 1:28but you can call me SAM for short.
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1:28 - 1:30[Danny] Look man, I already feel like
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1:30 - 1:34kind of dystopian going to a regular
Walmart in the real world, -
1:34 - 1:37but this actually feels like I'm like a
test subject in some kind of -
1:37 - 1:39psychological experiment.
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1:39 - 1:41What is this void? Where am I right now?
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1:41 - 1:42[SAM] Let's get started.
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1:42 - 1:43I have your shopping list loaded up
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1:43 - 1:46and I'm tracking your oil change so
I can let you know as soon as it's done. -
1:46 - 1:47[Danny] Now I don't know about you,
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1:47 - 1:50but when I go to the store, if an employee
asks me if I need help finding anything, -
1:50 - 1:53I say no every time, even
if I DO need help -
1:53 - 1:55because I'm a nervous person.
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1:55 - 1:58So this?
This scenario is like a nightmare to me. -
1:58 - 2:02Just having an employee floating
2 feet in front of me at all times -
2:02 - 2:05just locking eyes with me,
recommending products, -
2:05 - 2:06is actually a nightmare.
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2:06 - 2:10It's like my worst-case scenario when I
go to a store, but if it just never ended. -
2:10 - 2:13It also doesn't help that she's like,
literally telling you what to do, -
2:13 - 2:14she's not even making suggestions.
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2:14 - 2:16[SAM] You see the tomato
sauce on your left? -
2:16 - 2:18Go ahead and grab that and then
place it in your cart. -
2:18 - 2:19[Danny] You see the tomato sauce?
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2:19 - 2:20Grab it.
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2:20 - 2:21Put it in your cart.
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2:21 - 2:23You said you wanted tomato sauce, right?
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2:23 - 2:23It's right there.
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2:23 - 2:24Put it in the cart now.
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2:24 - 2:28There's no time for browsing and
taking your time in the Walmart Metaverse. -
2:28 - 2:29Get your shit
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2:29 - 2:30and LEAVE.
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2:30 - 2:33How is this any better than
shopping normally? -
2:33 - 2:37They had every opportunity to make
shopping, like, a breeze, -
2:37 - 2:40Like, I feel like the most
efficient form of shopping -
2:40 - 2:42is ki-- is just like, ordering it online.
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2:42 - 2:46They didn't need to take the actual
physical experience of going to Walmart -
2:46 - 2:47and put it in VR.
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2:47 - 2:48If I'm not going to the store anymore,
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2:48 - 2:53it's like, the actual act of putting
a tomato sauce in my cart -
2:53 - 2:54is not the part I'm gonna miss.
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2:54 - 2:57It's probably gonna be, like, human
contact, or just, like, -
2:57 - 3:00feeling like I live-- I exist in a
real social world. -
3:00 - 3:01[SAM] Great!
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3:01 - 3:02Looks like you need a good wine pairing.
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3:02 - 3:03Take a look to your right.
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3:03 - 3:04(metallic clink sound)
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3:04 - 3:07Your age has already been pre-verified
through your profile, -
3:07 - 3:08so no need to wait for an ID check!
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3:08 - 3:09(bottle crashing)
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3:09 - 3:10[Danny] I love how in this
supposedly, like -
3:10 - 3:14futuristic utopian version of
Walmart in the future, -
3:14 - 3:17we're already being upsold to buy shit
that we didn't want. -
3:17 - 3:19It's like, "Okay, you wanted pasta sauce,
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3:19 - 3:20go ahead and buy a wine with that.
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3:20 - 3:23You can't have pasta sauce
without wine, right? -
3:23 - 3:26And also here's $5 off a
VUDU movie rental, -
3:26 - 3:28you're gonna wanna buy a movie as well.
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3:28 - 3:29And then, oh, you're watching a movie?
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3:29 - 3:31Head on over to our gun department.
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3:31 - 3:32You're gonna want a gun with that movie."
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3:32 - 3:35Also I haven't even bought pasta,
or meat yet. -
3:35 - 3:38Why is red wine the thing I need to pair
with the pasta sauce? -
3:38 - 3:39I need the rest of my meal.
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3:39 - 3:44Or am I just, like sipping on glass of
wine and one glass of pasta sauce -
3:44 - 3:46while I watch my VUDU rental movie?
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3:46 - 3:49[SAM] I'm getting a notification
from your connected smart fridge. -
3:49 - 3:52It looks like you already have a full
gallon of milk at home. -
3:52 - 3:53Should we put this one back?
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3:53 - 3:54[Danny] Sorry?
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3:54 - 3:55My FRIDGE told you that?
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3:55 - 3:59The sheer passive aggressive in
this Walmart employee's voice. -
3:59 - 4:00"Hey, so, um,
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4:01 - 4:04I noticed you have a gallon of milk
in your cart, but, uh, -
4:04 - 4:05I was just talking to your smart fridge
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4:05 - 4:08and he told me you already
have milk at home. -
4:08 - 4:09Should we put the milk back?
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4:09 - 4:11Should wittle baby put the milk back?
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4:11 - 4:13Did wittle baby forget that
we have milk at home? -
4:13 - 4:15(action music)
Did you forget in this dystopian world -
4:15 - 4:16there's a milk shortage?
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4:16 - 4:18Are you trying to hoard milk?
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4:18 - 4:21Also stop talking to my fridge behind
my back, dude. What the hell? -
4:21 - 4:26Why are smart fridges so integral to
every corporation's version of the future? -
4:26 - 4:30I do not want my fridge snitching on me
to Walmart, okay? -
4:33 - 4:33(beep beep)
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4:33 - 4:37[Danny] Damn, you can really feel the
anger through the screen in that toss. -
4:37 - 4:39"Fine, I'll fucking put the
milk back, dude. -
4:39 - 4:40Stop talking to my fridge!"
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4:40 - 4:43Just every part of this is so eerie.
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4:43 - 4:45What is with the hum
throughout this video? -
4:45 - 4:48They could've had, like,
fun music playing, you know, -
4:48 - 4:51you go to like, Target or Walmart
and they're playing, like, Ed Sheeran. -
4:51 - 4:54It's like they're making it eerie and
dystopian on purpose. -
4:54 - 4:56Every time you pick up an item
from the shelf -
4:56 - 5:00all of the shelves descend into the
underworld and new shelves come up. -
5:00 - 5:01That's really comforting, I gotta say.
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5:01 - 5:03There's something so comforting
about them being like, -
5:03 - 5:05"NO YOU DON'T MOVE, ALRIGHT?
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5:05 - 5:06THE SHELVES MOVE.
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5:06 - 5:07You stay right where you are.
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5:07 - 5:09The milk will come to you.
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5:09 - 5:11(distorted) The gun aisle
will come to you. -
5:11 - 5:13[SAM] Good news! Your oil change is done.
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5:13 - 5:15Your vehicle will be ready at the
Tire and Lube Express. -
5:15 - 5:17[Danny] Okay, now wait, so
this is confusing. -
5:17 - 5:18Am I...
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5:19 - 5:21at a Walmart with a VR
headset on? -
5:21 - 5:23This whole time I thought this was
something you do from home. -
5:23 - 5:25You go around, pick out all your items,
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5:25 - 5:27and then Walmart will come and
drop your stuff off. -
5:27 - 5:31But she just said that my car's getting
an oil change right now-- -
5:31 - 5:33[SAM] Good news! Your oil change is done.
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5:33 - 5:34[Danny] At the Lube Express or whatever?
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5:34 - 5:36[SAM] At the Tire and Lube Express.
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5:36 - 5:37[Danny] The Tire and Lube Express.
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5:37 - 5:38That's right, that's what I said.
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5:38 - 5:39So...
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5:39 - 5:40I drove to Walmart,
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5:40 - 5:44dropped my car off at the Tire
and Lube Express, -
5:44 - 5:45And then went into Walmart
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5:45 - 5:47and then just put on a VR headset?
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5:47 - 5:50At that point, I-- why can't I just shop?
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5:50 - 5:51Why do I need to be wearing a VR headset?
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5:51 - 5:52I'm so confused.
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5:52 - 5:55(ominous humming and
machine hissing noises) -
5:55 - 5:57[Danny] I feel like these hands
say so much -
5:57 - 6:00about the emotion of the person
watching this happen. -
6:00 - 6:01Would you say that this person is, like,
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6:01 - 6:04happy or terrified about
what's going on right now? -
6:04 - 6:13(machinery hissing noises,
dark scary piano music) -
6:13 - 6:15[SAM] I'll have the TV
brought out to your car. -
6:16 - 6:17(confirmation ding)
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6:17 - 6:18(drone hums to life)
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6:18 - 6:22[Danny] Okay, so my shopping cart
is going to my car to load my groceries, -
6:22 - 6:26this drone is just gonna deliver the TV
straight to my house, -
6:26 - 6:29and then I notice that I'm not leaving
the Walmart? -
6:29 - 6:32I notice that my cart and the TV
get to leave -
6:32 - 6:33and I don't?
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6:33 - 6:34There any reason for that?
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6:34 - 6:36(dark scary piano music)
"Okay, your groceries will be delievered -
6:36 - 6:38to your smart fridge as a sacrifice,
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6:38 - 6:39and you will remain here forever.
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6:39 - 6:41Thank you for shopping at Walmart."
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6:41 - 6:43Okay. I think you guys have
waited long enough. -
6:43 - 6:45You wanna see the REAL DEAL.
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6:45 - 6:47That experiment obviously did not work,
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6:47 - 6:50people were like,
"What the HELL is wrong with you? -
6:50 - 6:51Of course we don't want this."
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6:51 - 6:53So now it's time to look at Walmart's
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6:53 - 6:58actual, real-life, currently live venture
into the metaverse. -
6:58 - 7:03Walmart enters the metaverse with Roblox
experiences aimed at young shoppers. -
7:03 - 7:05Young shoppers, young shoppers,
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7:05 - 7:07I feel like there's another word for that,
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7:07 - 7:10another word that they're not using
for some r-- -
7:10 - 7:11Oh, CHILDREN!
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7:11 - 7:13Yeah, that's right, we usually call
young shoppers "children." -
7:13 - 7:15But I guess at the end of the day
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7:15 - 7:17children are basically just young
shoppers, aren't they? -
7:17 - 7:18Congratulations ma'am,
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7:18 - 7:21you've given birth to a beautiful
young male shopper. -
7:21 - 7:23Oh, thank you so much!
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7:23 - 7:26I can't wait for him to grow up and shop
just like his father. -
7:26 - 7:27Isn't that right, sweetie?
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7:27 - 7:28(people talking, dark scary piano music)
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7:28 - 7:31Walmart is entering the metaverse with two
experiences: -
7:31 - 7:36Walmart Land and Walmart's Universe of
Play in gaming platform Roblox. -
7:36 - 7:38Walmart's marketing chief, William White,
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7:38 - 7:41said the company will use Roblox
as a testing ground -
7:41 - 7:44as it considers other moves in
the metaverse and beyond. -
7:44 - 7:46Definitely makes it sound like they're
using this opportunity -
7:46 - 7:48to sort of experiment on children.
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7:48 - 7:51Which I guess makes sense as to why
they're not using the word "children," -
7:51 - 7:54cause there's lots of laws against
advertising to children. -
7:54 - 7:55But there are no laws,
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7:55 - 7:56as far as I know,
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7:56 - 7:58about advertising to young shoppers.
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7:58 - 7:59Ah, I just remembered,
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7:59 - 8:01that's my favorite show.
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8:01 - 8:02My favorite Big Bang
Theory spin-off. -
8:02 - 8:03Young Shopper.
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8:03 - 8:06The retail giant's first foray
into the virtual world -
8:06 - 8:08will feature a blimp that drops toys,
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8:08 - 8:11a music festival with hot artists--
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8:11 - 8:12I hope they mean, like,
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8:12 - 8:13sexy.
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8:13 - 8:15The most ATTRACTIVE artists
we could find. -
8:15 - 8:17Yassified Van Gogh.
("Believe" by Cher plays) -
8:17 - 8:18-- a bunch of different games,
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8:18 - 8:22and a store full of virtual
merchandise, or "verch" -- -
8:22 - 8:24I think I wanna throw up from
reading that sentence. -
8:24 - 8:27-- which matches what customers
may find in Walmart's stores -
8:27 - 8:28and on its website.
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8:28 - 8:31Walmart is trying to make
themselves seem SO COOL to children. -
8:31 - 8:34A blimp that drops toys and
music festivals? -
8:34 - 8:38Kids that grow up going
to Walmart Land in Roblox -
8:38 - 8:41are gonna be so disappointed the
first time they actually go to a Walmart. -
8:41 - 8:42They're gonna walk in,
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8:42 - 8:46there's like a small cowboy kid
yodeling in the corner, -
8:46 - 8:50in another corner there's an employee
in a physical altercation with a customer. -
8:50 - 8:52They're like bashing
the customer's head in, -
8:52 - 8:53the poor kid is like,
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8:54 - 8:56"Where's the blimp that drops toys?"
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8:56 - 8:59For now, Walmart won't make money
from its immersive experiences. -
8:59 - 9:01Gamers can earn tokens and other rewards
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9:01 - 9:03to put towards virtual
merchandise on Roblox. -
9:03 - 9:07Brands like L.O.L Surprise! and
Skullcandy headphones -
9:07 - 9:09were included in the experiences based on
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9:09 - 9:13their popularity with Roblox's
younger audience of gamers. -
9:13 - 9:14Still not using the word "children."
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9:14 - 9:15No, now they're young gamers.
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9:15 - 9:17Walmart COULD make money from it
in the future-- -
9:17 - 9:18Oh.
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9:19 - 9:19You think?
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9:19 - 9:24You think Walmart MIGHT somehow
be trying to find out a way to make money -
9:24 - 9:24from this?
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9:25 - 9:26(scoffs)
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9:26 - 9:27I don't know man.
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9:27 - 9:28Seems a little far-fetched to me.
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9:28 - 9:29I kind of assumed they were doing this
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9:29 - 9:30pro bono.
(bass-boosted buzzing) -
9:30 - 9:34Universe of Play has games that feature
items from Walmart's top toy list -
9:34 - 9:37for the holiday season, like Razor
scooters and Paw Patrol -
9:37 - 9:39and Jurassic World characters--
a potential nudge -
9:39 - 9:41to get Roblox users to ask for them.
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9:41 - 9:43A potential nudge?
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9:43 - 9:44Has the person who wrote this article
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9:44 - 9:45ever heard of Walmart?
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9:45 - 9:47Or like, business?
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9:47 - 9:49They're showing really popular products
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9:49 - 9:52to kids in a really popular kids' game.
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9:52 - 9:56Maybe that could be to get them to
BUY the products FROM WALMART. -
9:56 - 9:58Walmart Land has an obstacle course
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9:58 - 10:02of oversized items from the retailer's
Gen Z-focused beauty brands, -
10:02 - 10:03such as skin-care products from Bubble
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10:03 - 10:06and makeup from Uoma by Sharon C.
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10:06 - 10:07It's crazy that even in the metaverse
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10:07 - 10:09corporations are trying to
convince you that -
10:09 - 10:11You Are Ugly.
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10:11 - 10:13You're a fully digital avatar and
Walmart's still like, -
10:13 - 10:15"We can still tell you're uglyyy!
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10:15 - 10:17Hellooo! You need to buy virtual makeup!
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10:17 - 10:20We just talked to your smart fridge and
it told us you're uglyyy~" -
10:20 - 10:23To be fair, of course your Roblox
character needs makeup. -
10:23 - 10:24(screaming effect)
They're all hideous. -
10:24 - 10:26There's no way a Roblox character's
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10:26 - 10:28ever going to conform to
traditional beauty standards. -
10:28 - 10:30They have, like, pitch-black doll eyes.
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10:30 - 10:31Alright guys, I don't know about you,
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10:31 - 10:32but I'm ready.
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10:32 - 10:35My young shopper mind is ready
to be advertised to. -
10:35 - 10:36Let's hop into this game.
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10:36 - 10:37And so I hopped
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10:37 - 10:38into this game.
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10:38 - 10:39(claps)
(cool synth music plays) -
10:39 - 10:41I have never played Roblox before.
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10:41 - 10:43So unfortunately, even though Walmart is
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10:43 - 10:46advertising this as
a metaverse experience, -
10:46 - 10:47it's not in VR.
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10:47 - 10:51I kind of thought that every metaverse
experience takes place in VR, -
10:51 - 10:53but I guess metaverse just means
it's in the computer. -
10:53 - 10:57I don't know how that's different
from like, walmart.com. -
10:57 - 10:59That's in the computer, is that
not the metaverse? -
10:59 - 11:02Since the game is not in VR and I
wanted to still wear a cool headset, -
11:02 - 11:04I'm gonna be wearing these cool
gamer glasses -
11:04 - 11:06instead of a VR headset.
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11:06 - 11:07Anyway, I have, um
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11:07 - 11:09actually have no idea how Roblox works.
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11:09 - 11:13It took me a minute to figure out
how to actually get into Roblox -
11:13 - 11:15and start playing in
Walmart's world of play. -
11:15 - 11:17I guess there's all these worlds here.
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11:17 - 11:18I wonder if Walmart Land
is in here somewhere. -
11:18 - 11:19Survival.
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11:19 - 11:20Probably not gonna be in there.
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11:20 - 11:22"Yeah, Walmart Universe of Play,
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11:22 - 11:23the new SURVIVAL game.
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11:23 - 11:25Try not to get MURDERED in our-
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11:25 - 11:26in the new Walmart Land."
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11:26 - 11:29Apparently Roblox isn't just one game,
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11:29 - 11:30it's like a million different games.
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11:30 - 11:32"Don't Call at 3 AM"
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11:32 - 11:33and it's a picture of Dwayne
"The Rock" Johnson. -
11:33 - 11:34"Squid Game."
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11:34 - 11:37"Last to Leave," it's like a
Mr. Beast video within Roblox. -
11:37 - 11:39What is Roblox?
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11:39 - 11:40What IS...
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11:40 - 11:40Roblox
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11:40 - 11:41anyway?
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11:41 - 11:43But eventually I found Walmart Land
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11:43 - 11:45in the Recommended For You tab.
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11:45 - 11:46They know why I'm here.
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11:46 - 11:47New to Walmart Land?
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11:48 - 11:49Yes.
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11:49 - 11:49Well, welcome!
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11:49 - 11:52It's a place where inspiration
starts with play, -
11:52 - 11:56including mini games, challenges,
an obby, and more-- -
11:56 - 11:57An obby?
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11:57 - 11:58Am I supposed to know what that is?
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11:58 - 11:59Is that Roblox lingo?
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11:59 - 12:02Or is that just a, like, a word in
the English language that I don't know? -
12:02 - 12:03Oh, this is helpful.
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12:03 - 12:04Is obby a word?
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12:04 - 12:06Yeah, obby is a valid English word.
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12:06 - 12:07Okay, what does it mean though?
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12:07 - 12:07The hell is an obby?
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12:07 - 12:08Oh!
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12:08 - 12:10In Roblox, it's an obstacle course.
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12:10 - 12:11Explore Electric Island!
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12:11 - 12:13Play Netflix Trivia
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12:13 - 12:15hosted by Noah Schnapp??
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12:15 - 12:15Wait.
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12:15 - 12:17The dude from Stranger Things?
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12:17 - 12:19Is hosting a game in Walmart Land?
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12:19 - 12:20Compete in the Dance Off Challenge.
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12:20 - 12:22Make beats in the DJ--
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12:22 - 12:23okay, this place actually...
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12:25 - 12:26this place actually might
be kinda cool. -
12:26 - 12:27That's right, it MIGHT.
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12:27 - 12:29Now there's some cool-sounding
stuff in here, -
12:29 - 12:32like a giant cosmetics obstacle course,
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12:32 - 12:34but what I'm really interested in
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12:34 - 12:38is Noah Schnapp hosting
trivia in Roblox. -
12:38 - 12:40How is he just IN Walmart Land?
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12:40 - 12:42Is he just playing Roblox all the time?
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12:42 - 12:46Just sitting there waiting to ask people
questions about Netflix? -
12:46 - 12:47How much are they paying him for this?
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12:47 - 12:48There's no wrong way to play!
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12:48 - 12:50I bet I can prove you wrong, buster.
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12:50 - 12:52Let's see how long it takes me
to get banned from this world. -
12:52 - 12:54Then we'll find out if there's
a wrong way to play, won't we? -
12:54 - 12:57So this is Walmart Land.
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12:57 - 12:59My initial impressions of the game were
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12:59 - 13:00not great.
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13:00 - 13:01So this is me.
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13:01 - 13:02See, the thing I don't get,
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13:02 - 13:03okay, this isn't even, this isn't
-
13:03 - 13:06a thing about Walmart Land specifically.
-
13:06 - 13:07But why's this game so ugly?
-
13:07 - 13:08(grunt through gritted teeth) DIH!
-
13:08 - 13:09DIH!
-
13:09 - 13:10DIH! DIH! DIH! DIH!
-
13:10 - 13:12This video's just gonna be me discovering
-
13:12 - 13:13the horrors of Roblox.
-
13:13 - 13:16It's not even gonna have anything
to do with Walmart anymore. -
13:16 - 13:17What the fuck?
-
13:17 - 13:18Check how loud the game is.
-
13:18 - 13:19UH!
-
13:19 - 13:19It's about this loud.
-
13:19 - 13:20(echoing) UH!!
-
13:20 - 13:23I knew I couldn't go seeing Noah
in this wretched default outfit, -
13:23 - 13:25but lucky for me, Walmart Land
-
13:25 - 13:26has a virtual store.
-
13:26 - 13:28Ooh, there's a store, let's go over there.
-
13:28 - 13:30I can buy some Walmart jeans!
-
13:30 - 13:34Where you can shop for clothing from
real life clothing brands like Bonobos. -
13:34 - 13:35Wide-leg jeans,
-
13:35 - 13:37Bone-a-bose sweatpants.
-
13:37 - 13:38Is that how you pronounce it?
-
13:38 - 13:40(dark piano music)
I looked it up afterwards and it is not. -
13:41 - 13:42Bonobos.
-
13:42 - 13:44But that wouldn't stop me from
mispronouncing it -
13:44 - 13:46the entire time I played this game.
-
13:46 - 13:47I guess I need coins to buy some
-
13:47 - 13:49BONABOSE sweatpants.
-
13:49 - 13:52I don't think I've ever met anyone
that's actually been wearing an article -
13:52 - 13:52of Bona--
-
13:53 - 13:53Bone--
-
13:54 - 13:54Bonny--
-
13:55 - 13:56Bonaboe clothing.
-
13:56 - 13:57But I'm gonna go and get some.
-
13:57 - 14:01There's a couple different ways you
can collect tokens to buy Bonabose clothing -
14:01 - 14:02in Walmart Land.
-
14:02 - 14:05First, as we know, there's a
blimp that drops toys. -
14:05 - 14:07Okay, there's a thing at the top
that says "Next Blimp," -
14:07 - 14:09a minute and a half away.
-
14:09 - 14:10Oh, there it is!
-
14:13 - 14:14Take me with you.
-
14:14 - 14:16I want to go in the blimp.
-
14:16 - 14:17Except as far as I can tell,
-
14:17 - 14:20it only ever drops cold hard cash.
-
14:20 - 14:21Ookayyy.
-
14:21 - 14:24I just got 82 surprise coins.
-
14:24 - 14:26Okay, sick, so it dropped some coins.
-
14:26 - 14:29Didn't drop any walmart.com T-shirts
or anything, -
14:29 - 14:30so a little underwhelming, but.
-
14:30 - 14:31These coins will make do.
-
14:31 - 14:34I did get distracted from my mission
to buy some sweatpants -
14:34 - 14:37when I realized there was
a fight going on in the chat. -
14:37 - 14:39Looks like there's a bit of a dispute
happening in the chat. -
14:39 - 14:41It's the same person who
commented over and over. -
14:41 - 14:42No.
-
14:42 - 14:43This is my monorail.
-
14:43 - 14:44Off.
-
14:44 - 14:45Wait for the next one.
-
14:45 - 14:46WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!
-
14:46 - 14:47OFF!
-
14:47 - 14:47Holy shit.
-
14:47 - 14:49There's a monorail in this game?
-
14:49 - 14:51How do I hop on this thing
to piss this guy off? -
14:51 - 14:53I was told there's no wrong way to
play, so I'm assuming that -
14:53 - 14:56hopping on this guy's monorail
just to piss him off is cool? -
14:56 - 14:57I said,
-
14:57 - 14:59"I'm waiting to get on your monorail.
I'm so excited." -
14:59 - 14:59and he said,
-
14:59 - 15:00"No. Wait for the next one."
-
15:00 - 15:04(badass rebellious rock music)
-
15:04 - 15:05Let's go.
-
15:05 - 15:06But I guess he was pretty
serious about it, -
15:06 - 15:09because by the time the monorail
came around, he was gone -
15:09 - 15:10and I never heard from him again.
-
15:10 - 15:14Wow, what a beautiful view
I have of Walmart Land. -
15:14 - 15:17Trying to sort of get a good
vantage point to get a good look -
15:17 - 15:19from the monorail at Walmart Land.
-
15:19 - 15:23Can I sort of zoom out and just get a
really good bird's eye view-- -
15:23 - 15:23Nope, okay.
-
15:23 - 15:24Now I'm looking at my own
-
15:24 - 15:25taint.
-
15:25 - 15:27Sort of wanted to look
at Walmart Land instead. -
15:27 - 15:28Wait, how do I have 200 coins now?
-
15:28 - 15:29What happened here?
-
15:29 - 15:30How did I get that many coins?
-
15:30 - 15:31I still don't know.
-
15:31 - 15:34Watching the video back, I'm just
standing on the monorail -
15:34 - 15:36and I gain 100 coins for no reason.
-
15:36 - 15:37I don't know but it's time to go buy
-
15:37 - 15:38some frickin' PANTS!
-
15:38 - 15:42Pants, pants, pants, pants,
pants, pants, pants! -
15:42 - 15:44Guys, I gotta level with you,
I didn't buy the pants. -
15:44 - 15:46In fact, I didn't buy
any Bonobos clothing. -
15:46 - 15:48I LOOKED at the Bonobos clothing.
-
15:48 - 15:49Oh, I can buy shirts too?
-
15:49 - 15:51Well, hold on, this changes everything!
-
15:51 - 15:53They've got Bonabose Ssshweater Blue.
-
15:53 - 15:57That's that sad feeling you get
when you put on your Bonabose sweater. -
15:57 - 15:59(sad piano music) Got the
Bonabose sweater blues, man. -
15:59 - 16:01But then I found something that I thought
-
16:01 - 16:03was a little more likely to impress Noah.
-
16:03 - 16:05Oh, and they have
Stranger Things stuff, too. -
16:05 - 16:06Dude, I could dress up as Eleven--
-
16:06 - 16:07Oh wait, let me try it on.
-
16:14 - 16:15And here I am.
-
16:15 - 16:17And why am I not wearing it?
-
16:17 - 16:17Excuse me.
-
16:17 - 16:18EXCUSE ME.
-
16:18 - 16:20Maybe this is just Roblox as a whole,
-
16:20 - 16:23but Walmart Land was
generally very glitchy. -
16:23 - 16:24How do I put on this freaking dress?!
-
16:24 - 16:26I have a feeling it's in this bag,
-
16:26 - 16:28but I-- there's sort of like a list
of players in the way that I can't-- -
16:28 - 16:30so I can't click on the bag.
-
16:30 - 16:31(growling) Let me click on
the goddamn BAG. -
16:31 - 16:33When I bought this Eleven costume,
-
16:33 - 16:35and I went into my inventory,
it said it was already equipped, -
16:35 - 16:37but it wasn't, and I had to like,
-
16:37 - 16:38unequip it and then reequip it
-
16:38 - 16:40and then just like, wait a couple seconds
-
16:40 - 16:41for it to show up on my body.
-
16:41 - 16:42LET'S
-
16:42 - 16:44GO!!!
(cheerful electronic music playing) -
16:44 - 16:45DUDE!
-
16:45 - 16:47I just turned into Millie Bobby Brown
-
16:47 - 16:49from a Millie Bobby Clown.
-
16:49 - 16:50Can you dance in this game?
-
16:50 - 16:51Maybe someone in the chat
can help me. -
16:53 - 16:56It's time to see how kind the
people of Roblox are, I guess. -
16:56 - 16:57Oh!
-
16:57 - 17:00You can dance in Roblox, but there's
certain games that you can't dance in. -
17:00 - 17:02Well surely you can dance in
Walmart Land, -
17:02 - 17:05it's the best place in the goddamn world.
-
17:05 - 17:06(ominous THUD sound)
-
17:07 - 17:07They said,
-
17:07 - 17:09"I tried and it didn't work."
-
17:09 - 17:09Excusez-moi.
-
17:09 - 17:12There's supposed to be, like, a dance
rave here, isn't there? -
17:12 - 17:13And you're not allowed to dance?
-
17:13 - 17:15There's a music concert,
a music festival, -
17:15 - 17:17and you're just meant to
stand there like this? -
17:17 - 17:19(cheerful electronic music playing)
-
17:19 - 17:21Woah. ColdAtlantic sent me
a friend request. -
17:21 - 17:22Sure, dog. I'll be anyone's friend.
-
17:22 - 17:25As long as they can teach me
how to freakin' play this game. -
17:25 - 17:27So it looks like there's some
areas of Walmart Land -
17:27 - 17:28they have not fleshed out yet.
-
17:28 - 17:31There's a bunch of bubbles
that just say "Coming soon." -
17:31 - 17:33So they're keeping some hype alive
for Walmart Land. -
17:33 - 17:35As if there wasn't enough already, y'know?
-
17:35 - 17:37While searching for Noah, I came across
-
17:37 - 17:39the cosmetics obby.
-
17:39 - 17:42The goal is simple, just try to
get to the end of the obby. -
17:42 - 17:42Alright.
-
17:42 - 17:44I thought I'd give it a go in
an effort to, I don't know, -
17:44 - 17:46earn some extra tokens.
-
17:47 - 17:48Uh! Uh, uh-
-
17:48 - 17:49oh God!
-
17:49 - 17:50But little did I know
-
17:50 - 17:51this obstacle course
-
17:52 - 17:53would ruin me.
-
17:53 - 17:54(rock music playing)
-
17:54 - 17:55Fuck! Shit!
-
17:55 - 17:57I hate Walmart Land now.
-
17:57 - 17:58I don't wanna buy any of
these products at all! -
17:58 - 17:59What is this?!
-
17:59 - 18:00OW!
-
18:00 - 18:01Am I just bad at this?
-
18:01 - 18:01EH!
-
18:01 - 18:02Fucking. Shit.
-
18:02 - 18:04I swear to God,
-
18:04 - 18:05this is harder than it looks, gang.
-
18:05 - 18:07Only an adult could beat this, for sure.
-
18:07 - 18:09And even then, y'know, I mean,
-
18:09 - 18:11I'm a-- I'm a grown-up, and I'm
-
18:11 - 18:12definitely being given a run for my
-
18:12 - 18:14mo-- FUUUCK!!!
-
18:15 - 18:17Some advertising this is, WALMART.
-
18:17 - 18:18You see what you've done?
-
18:18 - 18:21You've turned a lifelong loyal customer
-
18:21 - 18:23into a pissed off Lego guy!
-
18:23 - 18:26Egh, this is getting... getting
kinda hard to watch. -
18:26 - 18:28Honestly I would much
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-
18:52 - 18:54If they wanted to, they could
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18:54 - 18:54Oh my GOD.
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19:28 - 19:29I think I'll just chill
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19:29 - 19:31He looks comfortable here and I
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19:56 - 19:58and now please God,
can I finish this obby? -
19:58 - 19:59Where's the end? Is that the end?
-
19:59 - 20:01(grand, momentous string music)
-
20:01 - 20:03Wheeee!
-
20:03 - 20:03LET'S
-
20:03 - 20:04GO!!!!
-
20:04 - 20:05LET'S GO!
-
20:05 - 20:07We're back, baby! We did it.
-
20:07 - 20:09250 coins, by the way.
-
20:09 - 20:11So I'm basically rich now.
-
20:11 - 20:12Oh my god.
-
20:12 - 20:14(laughing) That look so
much longer than it should have, holy cow. -
20:14 - 20:17They say the night is darkest
just before the dawn, -
20:17 - 20:19and I have to say in this case,
-
20:19 - 20:19that was correct,
-
20:19 - 20:21because right after this obstacle course,
-
20:21 - 20:23I found Electric Island--
-
20:23 - 20:25Electric Island looks kinda
fun, let's go there. -
20:25 - 20:28--and by extension, Noah Schnapp.
-
20:28 - 20:30Okay, what is there
to do on Electric Island? -
20:30 - 20:33Play Netflix Trivia hosted
by Noah Schnapp. -
20:33 - 20:36I have a feeling it's just, like,
a bot that says he's Noah Schnapp. -
20:36 - 20:37But it'd be crazy if it was actually him.
-
20:37 - 20:39It'd be crazy if it wasn't even, like,
-
20:39 - 20:40a Roblox character,
-
20:40 - 20:41it was just, like, him in the game.
-
20:41 - 20:43I looked around for a little bit
trying to find this guy, -
20:43 - 20:45and I gotta say,
-
20:45 - 20:48the name "Electric Island" makes
this place sound a lot more fun -
20:48 - 20:49than it actually is.
-
20:49 - 20:52Alright, I'm already seeing something
that looks pretty fun in Electric Island. -
20:52 - 20:53A pool party.
-
20:53 - 20:56Let's go, dude. Let's go, let's turn up!
-
20:56 - 20:58Okay, there is no one here.
-
20:58 - 21:00You know, for the fun
and totally happening place -
21:00 - 21:03that they made it
seem like Electric Island -
21:03 - 21:05and more broadly Walmart Land would be,
-
21:05 - 21:07it doesn't seem like there's
that many people here. -
21:07 - 21:08Feels kinda... lonely.
-
21:08 - 21:09Does it show how many people are in here?
-
21:09 - 21:1218, 19, 20, 21, 22.
-
21:12 - 21:15There's 22 people here in Walmart Land.
-
21:15 - 21:19So this looks like the gigantic stage
where huge concerts take place -
21:19 - 21:21and everyone stands still and watches.
-
21:21 - 21:23This place is electric during live events!
-
21:23 - 21:24I doubt it.
-
21:24 - 21:24I highly doubt it.
-
21:24 - 21:28Electric Island is a strange
and mysterious place. -
21:30 - 21:32Maybe I-- Woah! What's going on?
-
21:32 - 21:35And they did a damn good job
of hiding Noah Schnapp. -
21:35 - 21:36Alright, where's Noah Schnapp at?
-
21:36 - 21:38Let me talk to Noah Schnapp, dude.
-
21:38 - 21:39Where's Noah Schnapp?
-
21:39 - 21:40Noahhhh?
-
21:40 - 21:42I want to play some
Netflix Trivia with youuu. -
21:42 - 21:44But eventually, I made it
-
21:44 - 21:46to the trivia floor.
-
21:46 - 21:47There we go!
-
21:47 - 21:49I found an elevator.
Netflix Trivia, please. -
21:53 - 21:55I feel closer to Noah than ever before.
-
21:55 - 21:58(Netflix's reverbing "duh-dun" sound)
-
21:58 - 21:59(Noah) Hey, what's up everyone,
-
21:59 - 22:00I'm Noah Schnapp, and you might know me
-
22:00 - 22:02as Will Byers from Stranger Things.
-
22:02 - 22:03(Danny) It's actually him!
(Noah) Anyway, today -
22:03 - 22:06we're gonna have some fun playing
Netflix Trivia here in Walmart Land. -
22:06 - 22:08There are 3 categories you choose from,
-
22:08 - 22:11one about Stranger Things,
another about Outer Banks, -
22:11 - 22:12and a third called "Surprise Me."
-
22:12 - 22:15(Danny) You know, something tells me
he wasn't actually IN Walmart Land. -
22:15 - 22:19There weren't too many blank white walls
that I saw in Walmart Land. -
22:19 - 22:22He said, like, "I hope we're all
having fun in Walmart Land" -
22:22 - 22:23like he was also there.
-
22:23 - 22:24He didn't even look
like a Roblox character. -
22:24 - 22:26Now the only thing left to do
-
22:26 - 22:30was play some Stranger Things
trivia with my boy Noah. -
22:30 - 22:32What sport does Lucas
play at Hawkins High? -
22:32 - 22:33Football...?
-
22:33 - 22:34Fuck!
-
22:34 - 22:36Oh no, I forgot I don't
watch Stranger Things! -
22:36 - 22:38I didn't know the answers to
any of these questions! -
22:38 - 22:40Which of the following is
a real quote from Argyle? -
22:40 - 22:41Who is Argyle?
-
22:41 - 22:435 coins
-
22:43 - 22:45for like 30 minutes of work
trying to find Will-- -
22:45 - 22:46oh, sorry, not Will.
-
22:46 - 22:48Noah is his real name in real life.
-
22:48 - 22:50And I get 5 measly coins.
-
22:50 - 22:52I kinda felt like all
the kiddos in Season 1 -
22:52 - 22:53trying to find this dude.
-
22:53 - 22:55And I finally do and I get 5 coins.
-
22:55 - 22:58I-- At this point I've gotta pretty
much be the richest person -
22:58 - 22:59in Walmart Land, so.
-
22:59 - 23:00(electronic-sounding piano keys play)
-
23:00 - 23:02I think I'm just gonna head to the store
-
23:02 - 23:03and spend all of my money
-
23:03 - 23:04and then be done.
-
23:04 - 23:07So I got some Bonabose Sweater Blues
-
23:07 - 23:09and some Bonabose Sweatpants.
-
23:09 - 23:11And let's just see how I look.
-
23:11 - 23:13And they didn't appear on my character--
-
23:13 - 23:14That's not the sweater I just bought.
-
23:14 - 23:15Is this game broken?
-
23:15 - 23:16Oh, there we go.
-
23:16 - 23:17But now what happened to my pants?
-
23:17 - 23:18The sweater's on, but
my blue pants are not. -
23:18 - 23:20--And then I quit the game.
-
23:20 - 23:21Well guys, I think I've
played enough Roblox -
23:21 - 23:23for today and the rest of my life.
-
23:23 - 23:24I hope you enjoyed this in-depth look
-
23:24 - 23:26at Walmart's first steps
into the metaverse. -
23:26 - 23:27I'll see you guys next time,
-
23:27 - 23:28uh-buh-bye.
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