Patreon Newsletter #36: October 2024

 From Arnie:

September blew by. At work we released the Jackbox Naughty Pack this month… AND announced a stand alone game we’re releasing next month, the Jackbox Survey Scramble (a game concept I pitched and Tim Sniffen directed… and some of you Patreon supporters unwittingly helped us make by filling out some surveys I posted in the discord over the summer that helped us test out the early prototype of the game). 

TV – In no particular order. But that’s actually a lie, because the first three are incredible and if you’re not watching any of the three of them, you should! (Although, warning that there’s a lot of sex and drugs in Industry. And I suppose a lot of farting on Slow Horses.)

• Industry

• Slow Horses

• English Teacher

• Survivor

• Bad Monkey

• Bluey

• AFV

• Big Brother

Movies – Best to less best.

• Beetlejuice

• Blue Velvet

• Rebel Ridge

• Edge of Tomorrow

• Wolfs

• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

• Ouija: Origin of Evil

• Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

(Video and Tabletop) Games 

Balatro (on Switch AND on mobile)

Sushi Go

Nine Tile Panic

Appearances

All there of us were on an episode of Sleeping with Celebrities. We spend a lot of time talking about Jessica Tandy. Fall Asleep with the Gang from the Magic Tavern | Maximum Fun

Arnie

 From Matt:

September 2024

This month has been challenging. Helping out family and just trying to keep up. As I write this, my birthday is still a few days away, but any celebrations will have to be postponed (more updates later).

Audio:

Listened to the first few eps of Victoriocity and am enjoying it. Music hasn’t changed BUT I did a quick search for Chappel Roan (just to hear what the kids are listening to) and it also recommended Laufey. I like them both, but I really like the modern jazzy vibe of Laufey. I still know nothing about their personal (Internet?) lives (and I’m keeping it that way).

TV/Movies/Web stuff:

Finally saw Good Omens (1 & 2). I enjoyed it but the situation was not ideal and I couldn’t hear the whole thing. Need to watch again. Also enjoying Supermarket Stakeout where chefs have to approach people as they leave the supermarket to buy groceries off of them and then cook something in the parking lot. It sounds nuts (and they talk a lot about how “kooky” it all is), but it’s just a cooking show. But a fun one.

Food:

I made meatballs and homemade red sauce. Thanks to listeners (readers) who sent in ideas. I used a couple of them and amalgamated my own thing with the help of Mark Bittman. It was a classic I had never made and wanted to add to my repertoire. Also made tofu and beef tacos in an attempt to use up some stuff in the fridge, but lost track of what all I threw in there which is a shame. They were good. Gochujang and honey in the tofu (I think?).

Matt

 From Adal:

Here’s what I consumed in September. Let me know if you’ve enjoyed anything recently that I should check out and even more specifically - any horror movies I should watch this month!

TV:

• Slow Horses season 4

• The Penguin

• Agatha All Along

• Bad Monkey

• Rings of Power season 2

• Survivor season 47

• Girls5Eva season 3

• Tulsa King season 2

Movies: 

• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in 4DX

• Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

• Incoming

Other Stuffs: 

• I Recently guested on Sleeping With Celebrities podcast with Arnie & Matt

• Lot’s of old favorites on rotation but a ‘new to me’ album I enjoyed is Black Country, New Road by Ants From Up There 

• Went to NYC for a weekend to see the new immersive show Life & Trust and really dug it. It’s by the same producers of Sleep No More and is equally impressive in size and scope

• I’m currently reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and so far it’s fantastic

• My biggest rec for the month is Astro Bot, which I’m only a few hours into, but is already a game I can’t wait to replay

Adal