Patreon Newsletter #33: July 2024

Update: 

Our entire back catalog is now on YouTube! 

From Arnie:

A bit of a blur of a month. Went out for a few nice dinners, including one with Matt Young. Went to the Galloping Ghost, purported to be the largest arcade in the world, with the kiddo for Father’s Day and we played the old Simpsons game, among other things. I went to another Blood on the Clocktower game night hosted by Rush Howell. Went to a barbeque at Martin Wilson’s (was that this month?). And I went to my first WNBA game with Emily, Adal and Jemma. 

TV – In no particular order. 

• The Bear

• Presumed Innocent

• Fantasmas 

• Paranoia Agent

• American Ninja Warrior

• Game Changer

• Taskmaster s16

Movies – Best to… less best. Wow, I watched a lot of movies in June.

• Midnight Run

• Amadeus

• Godzilla Minus One

• The Mask of Zorro

• The Martian

• The Darjeeling Limited/The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - I lumped these two together, I think mostly because I couldn’t bring myself to admit that this time I found myself enjoying Darjeeling Limited more than usual and Life Aquatic didn’t thrill me as much as it had in the past. But I couldn’t quite bring myself to rank Life Aquatic lower.

• The Talented Mister Ripley

• Beverly Hills Cop

• Your Name

• Going in Style

• Punch Drunk Love

• Molly’s Game

• Inside Out 2

• Hit Man

• Beverly Hills Cop 2

• Luther: The Fallen Son

• Ferrari

• TMNT (2007)

• The Garfield Movie

• Brats

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Video Games

Dave the Diver

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Balatro 

Podcast Appearances

• I was recently on MEGA, Holly Laurent and Greg Hess’s podcast satire of super churches. Thundercats & Lightning Dogs with Arnie Niekamp (megathepodcast.com)

Arnie

 From Matt:

June 2024

Pretty busy with work stuff so I haven’t done much of anything this month (it feels like). It was Adal’s birthday, and I didn’t do anything for him, so I owe him a birthday treat or surprise.

Guested on an episode of the podcast, MEGA (and so did Arnie very recently). Check it out.

Went to the book premiere for Asher Perlman’s (Aprel Füls) new book of cartoons. If you aren’t following Asher, you should.

TV/Movies/Web stuff:

Lots and lots of Food Network stuff on MAX. Have lost all interest in Star Wars and Marvel stuff. I feel “behind,” but I also don’t have any passionate hatred for it. I’m just uninterested? Is The Acolyte good? I haven’t seen anything since Mandalorian season 2. Also, I saw a short film that Garrett worked on. He did great!

Games:

Genshin Impact. Sometimes still. We bought Moonstone Island, but I haven’t dug in yet. Got a new computer, so I can actually use Steam now.

Food:

Had a fun night out at Old Irving Brewery, good beer and food with friends. Also a fun night getting dinner with a friend at The Green Post (also recommended). The burgers at 1959, the bar connected to Second City) were surprisingly good.

Matt

 From Adal:

Here’s what I consumed in June. Let me know if you have any recommendations for me!

TV:

• The Boys season 4

• House Of The Dragon season 2

• The Bear season 3

• The Acolyte

• The Tourist season 1

• Clipped

• Baby reindeer

• The Outlaws season 3

• Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse: Moscow Tools

• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction season 5

• The Tony Awards

• Hard Knocks: Preseason

Movies: 

• Hit Man

• Monkey Man

• Thelma

• Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. 

• Madame Web

Music: 

• The Decemberists: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

• EPIC: The Musical

Other Stuffs: 

• Enjoyed reading Bliss Montage by Ling Ma and The Last Ronin comic by Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird

• I finally played the video game Lethal Company that a few friends have raved about. I mostly died.

• I also introduced Jemma to Katamari Damacy which she’s loving (although she does wish the King of All Cosmos was a little more kind and forgiving)

• Jemma and I are headed to Vancouver in early August to see Tim Minchin and explore. Please send any recommendations my way as I’ve never been and have zero lay of the land. 

• Arnie and Emily took Jemma and I to our first Chicago Sky game which was a blast. 

• July 24th is Hey Riddle Riddle’s 6 year anniversary! Which is bonkers.

• Speaking of…Hey Riddle Riddle has a bunch of upcoming live shows including Los Angeles on July 14th, Boston on October 3rd, Washington DC on October 5th, and NYC on October 6th! Hope to see some of y'all on the road!

Large Please Daddy!

Adal