![]() ![]() But with Sekiro on the horizon, and some damn-fine Soulslikes already here, it feels right to take the show out of cold storage. We put Bonfireside Chat to bed when it felt like it was the right thing to do. We also want to play to our strengths as a network whose bread and butter is games club content. And since we’re covering more new games, we’re spending more on games! This is not a hobby for us, we’re committed to doing this full time as our main means of support, and this means keeping up with costs. Being self-employed is expensive (both Gary and I do this full time and need to cover things like health insurance). Hosting, web services, applications, and equipment are expensive. There are costs associated with doing this at the professional level. ![]() We are grateful to our patrons, past and present, and we want to make sure we’re giving them stuff they want. This is also the best way to bring new people in. The best way to keep listeners and members around is to always try to give more (or give better). We are proud of the work that we do, and never want to stagnate in any of the aforementioned areas. We want to grow in both listenership, patronage, and income. So without further preamble, let’s get into more detail. In general, we are simplifying the Patreon drastically, while offering more at each tier.We are phasing out the promise of physical goods, and sending out an “I’m Sorry!” package to people who never got theirs.We are getting rid of the content store, and making premium episodes available on Patreon in perpetuity.Change WOFF! Listener Response episodes to WOFF! Dispatch, make it more interactive, and have broader topic discussions.Move from theme months to covering big-name games more frequently.Give Patrons a whole episode of Watch Out for Fireballs!.Bring back Bonfireside Chat as a Patreon show.In order to grow the network, give patrons more, and cover rising costs, we plan to: Here’s the summary of what we’re planning, and you can find the details below. So we put a lot of thought and consideration into making sure these changes either solve problems or help us achieve goals. We want to give more (or at least focus up and give better). We’re also aiming to never shake things up in a way that is too disruptive to you, the listener. That means making changes like this from time to time. We’re trying to constantly observe what’s happening with the network and learn what to do better. We come to you with some exciting news: We are changing the Patreon around! It feels like we just did this, but the last major change was back toward the beginning of 2017. is available for purchase in most of the expected places, and is currently streaming on Hulu. If you'd like to watch along, The Venture Bros. We're extremely excited about this, and we hope you are too. The show will be launching in about a month, it will come out weekly, and it will replace Monster in My Podcast, which we are putting on mothballs for the time being. Listen to the audio announcement for more details. BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists are strongly encouraged to apply. So please contact Gary at with your portfolio. We'd like to commission the cover art and theme music. We're announcing this early because we want help. It's a love letter to all kinds of pulp entertainment from the mid-20th century, including classic animation, exploitation films, and progressive rock. is a long-running show on Adult Swim about a miserable superscientist, his miserable arch nemeses, and his oblivious sons. and now we're dedicating a show to one of our favorite television shows. We've taken our approach to video games, movies, music, comics, and books. We're pleased to announce our first new podcast in quite some time! Coming this fall, Gary and Kole will premiere ORB: A Venture Bros.
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