That five nights at Freddie's 2 sound effect at 7:19 has been in so many jokes and memes that I couldn't resist to laugh at it.

The thing about the blinds; you'd only close them at night if there's something outside you don't want looking in

The libraria feels like a KZfaqr , who came straight out from 2011-2012 playing trough horrors , and i love it!

I was making toast while watching this. During one of the more tense parts of The Librarian sneaking along a wall with no sound, the toast popped out and scared the everliving shit out of me 😭😂

34:15 Yeah; My body has an annoying problem where it just won't sleep for more than an hour at a time (even though I wish something could let me force it to sleep for multiple hours like a "normal" human), but yet my dreams (which usually *always* happen when I sleep) usually seem to last days at times. I've come to realize this is just my mind giving me false memories during the dream to make me think it's lasted days when really, it's just teleporting me from scene to scene, skipping to points in time as needed.

Yknow, even if I'm older. The thought of sinking into a ball pit and never getting out is terrifying. (Also side note lad, some parts you're going to need a crowbar to break open some entrances within the map.)

Man thank you SO MUCH for this update! I was asking for it for a couple of weeks. Map got huge changes at this meantime - so huge that myself got puzzled from the additions made between last time i played it and the current state when you recorded this video... Well, some points about the additions and the video itself: 19:28 you can break the window to enter no need to that "workaround" (but in fact, a doorless room is something very... weird..) 27:11 this one you can break the window as well... 33:30 - I agree totally with the "waking in a dream within a dream", even the seamless transition was perfect to give this impression 38:22 i think this one is breakable too, if i'm not mistaken 38:47 i think i heard something while you was talking... 40:15 i love the fact that, even the sniffing being a stock gmod sound, makes you throw away your headset. This is the power of a well-made liminal/horror map 55:50 i don't think we can enter that white portal behind the curtains, i tested in non-VR gmod and cant enter either Sadly you just noticed the body at that new play area (in the hidden hole), but missed the ones right after the starting area (behind the slides, but you catched it on the first video) and in the poolroom that leads to the "holy" tower area (the one with copyright music). Also you missed the area behind the restaurant area (near 35:40 i think), it had alterations as well. By the way, i really like this revisitations, specially with games/mods/maps that receive notable updates. Hope you do more videos like this! And thanks again for making this one!

i love the disturbing unearthly noises that play a lot of these spaces, the familiar imagery contrasts with the completely alien noises so well. Its like the environment itself is alive and you can hear its true form just beyond the walls

Honestly these are some of the best horror videos I've seen on KZfaq for a long time, and I love hearing your thoughts as the map/game progresses. Keep up the good work!

Basically, one of my favorite maps of the game. Liminal spaces gives a feeling of being alone and now i always watch your videos

I keep finding my self using your videos as sleep aid

If youre hiding in the comments timestamps: Mildly shocking 13:30 Mildly shocking 32:46 Slightly more shocking 49:28 Mildy shocking 1:00:35 Slightly more shocking 1:09:08

I really love these types of maps because they succeed so well at preserving the unique, primal atmosphere of liminal spaces - not only those that fit the "academic" definition, like hallways and waiting rooms, but also spaces that are evocative of temporal liminality through nostalgia and callbacks to our childhoods' cultural memory (no wonder the playspaces you mentioned are such a hallmark!). I feel as if it has become increasingly easy for "liminal spaces" to fall inside more conventional horror tropes and get a bit too contrived, like the Backrooms' levels. Maps like these show us why liminarity is not just the decade's flavour of stage for spooky creatures to hop out of, but a character of their own that resonates and makes us ponder about a happier, more innocent past. It's a very unifying and beautiful experience.

7:19 - There's that damn freaking FNAF sound effect that we all know and love (which has become the basis of so many damn jokes and memes now.)

21:43 judging from that hole in the roof, I think that's based off the google maps backrooms

9:25 "Am I playing stalker? Have I just found the Oasis?" the best moment of this video

why does librarians voice sound so soothing like you have been friends with them for a long time and got used to their voice i like it.

I like this map so much because of how omnious it feels, it's like the build up to a nightmare where things slowly turn sinister

26:55 Aww yeah, now that's a pretty bad bathroom! An uncomfortable size without dividers, a tub but it looks like no toilet, and the locker room tucked away _behind_ the shower room. Fits right in with my own dreams. I love it.

I hate that I can never hear the word "phenomenon " without my idiot brain immediately following with "do dooo do doodoo" like the old Muppets video

Liminal spaces 100% depend on your past experiences. But because this kind of bright and multicolored playground equipment spaces are so universal, they're the most popular. People have made liminal space image compilations based specifically on Hispanic / Slavic / Asian upbringings, and they're all pretty interesting as someone who didn't have those experiences.

am I only one that thinks of the grey door in waterfall in Undertale when I hear this at 1:34

The reason why people of different age groups and from different places can all feel the effect from the same liminal space is because it taps into one's perception of the world when they're a very young child. When you're age 2-5 you're imagination is capable and running away at a million miles a second, and this combines with having extremely little knowledge or understand of the world by filling in the blanks. You see a fountain or an empty office building not even really understanding yet what these things are, and your imagination fills in the blanks. The feeling liminal spaces gives one is basically remembering the sensation of not understanding the world yet.

Love that this map has no dead ends so you just keep walking and walking, so that when you play it the first time you feel overwhelmed by how many rooms you can go through without finding one you've been before

this is one of the videos ever

Great observation I never considered about liminal spaces. Never thought how different generations or cultures may have a varied version of them. Kudos

The scariest parts are when he's scared into actually _retreating._ That moment of *_"Oh shit,"_* is amplified by the ambience sure, but it's heightened even more by the fact that he _never_ actually retreats, and usually stays mostly calm, so when he _does,_ you know something real must be going down.

This map is fantastic honestly. I think it might be the biggest source engine map ever in terms of walkable spaces

Wow coincidentally I was just rewatching this one last night.

37:57 you turned on the paddle on the inside. it's a spinning paddle, used to play a kiddie version of wipeout.

I like to watch these kind of videos and some other horror videos on my old CRT tv, because fo some reason, it feels more atmospheric, but i can't tell why that is.

15:49 Actually no. The spawn menu has a tab that lets you clean the map of various stuff and one of them is for getting rid of flashlight spots, like what is being made by the flashlight when it glitches. Just don't click the 'clean everything' option by mistake or it'll completely reset the map. These options are found in the ultilities tab under user and admin cleanup. I really wish the original creator of that flashlight addon could fix that. It'd be nice but not going to hold my breath on it.

hehe. I love how at around 7:35 you get spooked by an antlion noise from hl2. Which likely also came from a speaker on the map nearby like all the noises prior. But like, of all things to get spooked by... Antlion noises? I mean, tbf when you see them pop up next to you for the first time in highway 17 in half life 2, it can be scary sorta and adrenaline rushing. Also side note, most of the sounds in the map are probably from Half Life 2, just my assumption given that the ambiance in that long semi~dark hallway with many different doors and whatnot, almost like a part of a mall, is literally the citadel ambiance from Half Life 2's last 2 chapters within the game. :P Oh! Right at 15:55, I have a suggestion for that. There is an addon on the workshop. Kinda old, but really handy. It's a COD thing, but basically what it does, is set a new spawn point for you as long as it isn't destroyed(which is very easy to do so lol.) also it lasts for as long as you don't place another if I'm not mistaken. so yeh. Heh, another edit just to say: Scared once by falling into the horror ball pit, and scared a second time by a creepy shower room at a seemingly dead end. Both involving sudden falling that you don't see until it's too late. Rip Librarian's poor heart. (one day it'll probably try and leap out on him from him getting scared so badly.)

I loved this map when you first played it, I'm excited to see what they added!

I think it's a good time to ask librarian again to take a look at Outer Wilds. Imo it fits the channel theme rather well, in it's own way.

Recently youve definitely been my favorite KZfaqr. Im really looking forward to more VR exploring but i think you should do another regular video with a "haunted" Map like the ones about Big city and Construct.

Mate, with all the talk about Liminal Galleries I still don't understand why you haven't given a shot to old spaces, the map made by the same person who made void spaces. It's legitemately one of the best liminal maps ever created in GMOD. Exploring it in VR as I did, is truly incredible. I really don't want to join the discord to make a simple suggestion, but man, you are very much missing out on possibly the greatest liminal experience you could possibly have.

40:25 that ghost sniffling is from Half-Life 2's Ravenholm chapter, its vanilla in fact, most of the sounds used in this map are from Ravenholm, except for the antlion roar you heard at the beginning before you dropped down the hole teleporter

quote at 25:46 made me giggle lol. i live in england have megalophobia, every DAY i drive down a street and am forced to look up and see some massive crane on the 5th construction site on that street and everyday im STILL startled lmao

Those underwater windows around 15:00 make me wonder if those windows are designed to withstand water pressure, or if maybe there's water behind them as well. Also reminds me of a photo from a flood event somewhere, where someone's house actually seemed to manage to keep the flooding outside and they had partially submerged windows. EDIT: I just found out that there actually are normal-looking windows designed to keep flood waters outside the house! Neat!

I think I've finally pinned down why you running in these videos unnerves me so much. When I think back on all my dreams I realized I have never exerted myself, it's either that I'm encumbered by something and can't run away or I have no need to run at all. I've never had a dream where I jump or jog or sprint, nothing where there is a situation where expediency helps. Seeing an environment that matches my dreams so well with an action I would never do is so uncanny that it makes me incredibly uncomfortable.

I've had 7 layers of dreams within dreams once or twice when I was younger. the first time wasn't fun.

Love the videos! The concept of liminal spaces and all these other weird phenomena are just really interesting to me. My favorite videos are your VR explorations. I love how you comment on things as you progress through the map. Also your pauses in talking add tension to the right parts of the video. Amazing job and keep up the good work man!👍

I’ve heard lots of things about different people dreaming differently, like in colour vs black and white, but i only just now realized that i don’t think my dreams have sound. I can see in colour, i can smell and taste, and feel objects, or feel my own momentum as i move around in a dream, but it’s always quiet. When i dream of something that usually makes sound in reality, it’s like it still makes vibrations in the air that my ears detect and my brain interprets, but it’s like telepathy, i don’t hear it like i do when i’m awake.

i keep thinking a random trevor henderson creature will pop up and attack him every time he enters a new area i go to a lot in this map, i usually play this map with my friends where we place a bunch of trevor henderson creatures and then we both go to a random place and try to survive, it's honestly pretty fun to do

this guys reaction to scares is just, actor quality

7:23 haha funni meme sound But in all seriousness it is actually an eerie sound

I remember watching the original video and have re-watched it multiple times. Thanks for the update!

Absolutely love your content, I found you around 5 months ago and I have been loving all your content! You’ve become a daily watch for me!

God The Liberian line in the video is so iconic :)

My new favorite KZfaq channel. I could watch this content for hours…. Been getting into exploring Gmod maps in VR as well, totally taking me back but with the extra immersion of VR

As someone who grew up with source, i love your videos. They always are a good way to finish a day.

This is one of the few maps I’ve seen on the librarians channel that I took the time to go and check out myself, it was an interesting experience seeing all the rooms for myself with my own interpretations so it’s nice to see it got a big update

thats exactly how I feel when gmod maps get updated, and I thought what if librarian played this map again? and here we are! your channel has made me appreciate horror in a whole new way, and as upcoming gave dev who is studying game design, Im so glad I found this lil channel. watching these vids at night, all comfy with some hot cocoa, best feeling ever

lol I like that description of the word growling: the sound of someone/something disagreeing with your presence.

was having a really rough night, this auto played after whatever was last playing. your vids never cease to lift my spirits, at least some, and allow me to ease into eerie comfort - which is always enjoyable. somehow i relate nearly 100% to your stream of consciousness, that translates to... hm, entertaining content that doesn’t stretch my brain too far in terms of thought. unsure how to articulate, lel. much love, thx for ur content

those "cursed" urinals are actually a thing here in australia lol

I just made myself tea as I saw that you uploaded, that's perfect timing

That's awesome! I love it! Keep going bro!

3 minutes in so far. The concept of your dreams evolving is one I find so fascinating.. We all have had those weird dreams where we're in a specific place, fictional or not; And when you wake up, you want to go back. If you actually could go back, you'd find things consistent but also different or expanded. And I love the Lucid aspect of that as well, you are subconsciously creating these things whether you know it or not. And the more you focus on them, the more your brain fleshes it out, or emphasizes it. Like the rushing water he mentioned he hears in his dreams! Because he focuses on them out of fear, the louder it becomes until it becomes an actual concept of his dream.

Another amazing librarian video, keep it up!

YEAH BABY, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITIN' FOR!

This is bye for one of my favorite maps. I spend so much time in this in VR

A long time ago I had a really weird dream where my house was one of those play places with the foam pads and slides but it was actually a lot like a house, there were a lot of curtains acting as doors, later I pulled one of the curtains down and saw that there was a room above it but I couldn't get into it from where I was, so the whole dream was me trying to find this room, I never ended up finding it but it was just a really weird dream.

man i love your vids keep up the good work seriously

3:57 agree with this absolutely, but also like kids who grew up with childhoods completely different from what was considered "normal" Like one kid could find an arcade or a mall with that 80/90s carpet nostalgic or liminal While another wouldn't at all, and would usually find hotels and the old type carpets in them nostalgic and etc Every person's experience is so different, some aren't, and that's so cool Practically limitless experiences and outcomes in a person's mind

OH MY GOD YES I’ve been waiting for you to see the new update

Two videos in one day again! Heck yeah, I'm always down for more librarian!

this is one of my favorites

It's back, and eerier than ever!

I agree, I don't understand liminal spaces but then I started seeing places that I used to see in Minecraft videos I used to watch and I think of those as liminal spaces, I think the idea of liminal space is a subjective idea. An example of what I'm going at is the save of DanTDM's lab, I see what I used to years ago but everything seems off, there is none of DanTDM's friends and it is just me in the Minecraft save.

Sometimes my mind warps and changes familiar spaces almost beyond recognition. Yet, these dream spaces feel more familiar than my actual home. I have dreams like that a lot. My mind will take a base concept and warp it until it feels like I'm walking through some weird familiar fun house. Also I have what I now call "dream dimensions" which are those same dreams again but I usually get to see more and more of the dream (kind of like watching a TV show) and experience more of it. P.S. as a young person who watches your videos, I can confirm your theory on how liminality is seen differently depending on age.

OMG A NEW VID? THAT LASTS FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR? YES PLEASEEE

why did i expect you to say "this is YOUR daily dose of internet" at the beginning after the "hello everyone"

Can't wait to try this in VR too

32:51 a very well-telegraphed "jumpscare" as it were, but your reaction to it is great. I knew it would happen, the stains on the wall and ball pit itself gave it away, but was still hilarious nonetheless.

"Strange, I thought, how you can be living your dreams and your nightmares at the very same time." - Ransom Riggs

I like how the scripting can cause huge jumpscares, and how he got jumpscared _again_ by the slide woosh 😆 A cool thing to make a nonlinear map like this scarier would be triggers on a big, global and random-ish global timer (which could maybe be done in GMod, who knows...) like 7-10 minutes, playing sounds, opening/closing doors, or even better, slightly modifying the layout behind the visitor when they isn't looking (like adding little walls between sectors jutting out, adding blind corners straight corridors and rooms, so when they goes back they sees the corner and goes "wait, there wasn't a corner here, now that safe room isn't safe anymore!"). So depending on their speed and the path they take the visitor will get jumpscared in different rooms, and it won't be like entirely random because it's all on a timer so the scares lie in wait till a moment after the visitor drops their guard.

your a hidden gem man

A couple of times you said "did you hear that?" And i didnt, followed up by "i dont know if these sounds are in game" Straight out of a horror movie.

4:00 Commieblocks in my case. I always get a feeling of dread and comfort at the same time. But also half-timber houses and wine cellars.

10:37 tbh it's the opposite out here. I'm in the Midwestern part of the States and a large amount of apartments feature these long blinds, while a lot of businesses use horizontal blinds

I love the vibe

you have a really nice voice and cadence

OK this is gonna be the start of your ARG about how your house is haunted XD because most of those sounds you said you were hearing I wasn't hearing in the recording like as in game audio but then the one where you actually took your headset off was the only one I actually heard as part of the game XD

for me, the most unsettling liminal spaces are those that resemble churches, sunday school buildings, and rural daycares. i have spent many years of my life in a religious town, and have a lot of religious trauma. i cannot remember much of my childhood in relation to church. when i see something that reminds me deep down of the churches i used to be forced to visit, it activates a visceral fear in my mind, a fear that nothing else can cause for me.

UPDATE?! Let's Gooo!!!

Tbh I love small but big jumpscares

I love your videos librarian

I've also had that feeling of the ground sinking and bouncing under you in dreams, though it's usually accompanied by the feeling of getting shrunk down into the size of a flea while what remains of my lucid brain tries to reverse it by force of will, and failing badly

I'm watching these instead of playing because im too much of a scaredy cat 🗿

i think the ladder with the vent cover on it is destructible

For me, vertical blinds have always been creepy because the pieces of the blinds do not overlap completely, leaving space which has always made us feel like someone can look in😓. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, these were very common to find in residential homes, usually at a sliding door.

HOLY WHAT HUH IN 30:48 When you enter the like circus thing it gave me the smell of popcorns LIKE RANDOMLY WHAT??? POWERFUL AURA

What you said about not being able to get your footing in dreams is similar to how I'll often dream that I realize I can levitate slightly and it's like of course I can how did I forget I could do that kind of feeling like you've described but then I can't turn it off I can't get gravity to work again maybe it has something to do with the fact that your brain has to reconcile the fact that you're not actually feeling your feet on the ground or the weight of your body as you walk so it makes excuses

I really like the point you brought up, that liminality differs from generation and cultural background to another. I've always had a strong connections to US culture, even though I am from Germany. We have relatives living over there and went to visit them almost twice a year back in the 90s and I consumed a lot of US cartoons etc. So a lot of the imagery used in liminal space games, videos etc. resonates with me. But when I talked to friends about liminal spaces, they didn't seem to be able to connect to the concept as much as I did. It would be interesting to see some 90s German liminal space media and see how it resonates with me.

A nice treat before I return to uni? >.

42:55 Actually yeah urinals like that totally exist; weird latrine-style things made out of steel or stone, set into the walls of a public bathroom. They disturb me as well. I'm _pretty sure_ the Springs Preserve in Henderson Nevada has one like that in their public bathrooms, for "artistic" reasons. Personally, I think they just wanted to simplify a row of urinals into a single drain.

The Fantasy: I’m Living Under The Playplace >u

It takes TWO AND A HALF MINUTES for anything worthwhile to happen in this video