Patreon Newsletter #17: March 2023!

From Arnie

A pretty chaotic month. I’m still catching up after being out of commission from getting kidney stones and going through a pretty unpleasant (but successful) procedure to have them removed.

TV – Watched some good stuff this month.

1. Poker Face
2. Columbo
3. The Last of Us
4. Psychodyssey - A documentary series about the video game company Double Fine making Psychonaughts 2.
5. Ninja Warrior
6. Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

Movies – Best to… less best.

1. Tar
2. Shallow Grave
3. Eyes Wide Shut
4. The Secret World of Arrietty
5. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
6. Venom: Let There Be Carnage - I watched this in the ER. The small amount of morphine I was on may have helped.

Video Games

• Stardew Valley - My daughter started playing and that got me rehooked and I’m now playing it for my second time.
• TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
• Vampire Survivors

Appearances

• Here’s the twitch stream for Jackbox Games where we played and talked about making Party Pack 2 (I directed Bidiots and was in charge of the “story” for Bomb Corp). We’re doing the same thing for Party Pack 3 in March.

Introducing a Kinder Bomb Corp. | Party Pack 2 Reunion | Inside the Box - Twitch

Arnie

From Matt:

February went by fast. Feels like the year is still ramping up, but we’re actually in it. I have to remind myself that time is slipping by. I’ve been going to the gym more, something I haven’t done in many, many years. It’s good for my health and I’m hoping to lose some more weight to that end.

TV/Movies/Web stuff:

We watched The Wind Rises. I’m excited to see Miyazaki’s next film, How Do You Live?, and hoping it won’t take long to get a release date in the U.S. Haven’t been watching much else new because…

Games:

I dove back into Breath of the Wild (hard) in anticipation of Tears of the Kingdom. I suspect many of you have done the same. I can’t stop thinking about it. I just love it.

Collecting:

I have been watching some YouTube videos about Gundam model kits. I have a couple that I never completed, but I always want to do something like this. It feels like an interesting way to relax and be active? Create something that is fun and related to a fandom that I care about.

Food:

Omakase at AJI was awesome! Pricy, but worth it. Really wonderful people running the restaurant. Very intimate and informative. That last bit I didn’t expect. They had a programmable flip display board (like you’d see at an older train station) and they would explain each course and then put it on the board and we’d all discuss it more. We learned the Japanese and English names for most of the fish, but unfortunately their excellent sake list caused none of this to remain in my head.

MY

From Adal:

Hey Baybees!

February started off with Jemma and I taking a cruise to Mexico which was a delightful time. Dare I say we’re becoming cruise people? I’m adamantly against sitting on beaches so I mostly sniffed out the most delectable food and walked around the markets. We stopped in Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas with Mazatlan being the only semi-scary spot (we were told to stay on the ‘blue line’ that goes through the town; for our safety. GULP!).

Jemma and I have been trying to bowl more often since there’s a sweet little alley 5 minutes from us. Jemma consistently gets between 150 to 200. I mostly whip it as hard as humanly possible and pray for the best. Who do you think you are?! I AM!

Just last week we released the first episodes of a new podcast I’m hosting called      ‘Tell Me About It!’. It’s on the Multitude Network and is created and co-hosted by the wonderfully kind and talented Eric Silver. The premise is that I’m a billionaire obsessed with GREASE (surprise!) and my manservant Eric and I have our own game show where we put contestants through challenges and games to have them prove that their interests are actually interesting. It’s been a fucking blast to record and our first episodes that dropped are Matt Young discussing toy collecting and Janet Varney on miniatures! Upcoming episodes include JPC, Jeffrey Cranor and even a freaking doctor of space. It’d be pretty cool if you gave it a listen!

Here’s what I consumed in February:

TV:

• Perpetual Grace LTD. - was so pleasantly surprised by this show. It’s incredible. Written and directed by Steven Conrad, who created the show Patriot featuring the talent of Sadieh Rifai. It’s so goddamn weird and funny and deep and dark. I’m over the moon I stumbled upon it.
• Narcos seasons 1 & 2
• Party Down season 3
• The IT Crowd
• Bill Russell - Legend

Movies:

• Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - an absolute fucking snack of a movie. Looking forward to seeing it again and god help us if they make a new Shrek that's this level of gorgeous and hilarious.
• Antman: Quantamania - woof
• Across The Universe - Jemma asked me to watch it with her since she loves it and honestly it wasn’t as bad as I’ve been told all these years
• Babylon
• Todd Barry: Spicy Honey
• Jim Jefferies: HIgh & Dry
• Andrew Santino: Cheeseburger

Other Stuffs:

• I’m getting better at and having way more fun with Elden Ring! It’s like if Breath of the Wild had a bad acid trip at a GWAR concert. Absolutely loving it.
• Jemma and I have been really enjoying the dice game Qwixx
• Lot’s of music this month. Listed to and really enjoyed the new albums by M83, Caroline Polachek and Gorillaz. I also dove back into the full catalog of albums by those wacky Welsh; Super Furry Animals. Their album Love Kraft has always been a favorite of mine but honestly every single thing they put out fucking rocks. If you’re not familiar and are looking for some new tunes to put on rotation then I highly recommend Fuzzy Logic as a starting spot.
• I went to Milwaukee with some buds for a Bucks game and had a great time! The Bucks prevailed even without their greek god Giannis.
• I finally made it to a Blood on the Clocktower game night hosted by our friend Rush (Larry Birdman himself!). LOVE the game but absolutely sucked shit in my first 2 attempts at playing. I’m used to the immediate reveal of good/bad in games like Werewolf but this one is a bit more of a mindfuck; requiring patience and the building of trust. Excited to keep at the gameplay and hopefully work my way up to ‘just OK’.
• Jemma and I are heading to Tokyo, Sydney and Cambria in a few weeks! I think I’m legit most excited to try all the wild snacks they have a Japanese 7/11’s.
• I’m jazzed to play Among Us (for the first time!) on JPC’s Fundraising Twitch Stream next Saturday the 11th at 7pm CST!
• Hey Riddle Riddle is coming back to L.A. for a live show! We’re at Dynasty Typewriter on Friday April 7th at 7:30pm! Link to buy tickets here: https://www.heyriddleriddle.com/live

Please let me know what you’ve been enjoying!

Love & Large Please

Adal