Hi everyone,
This is a weird and sad post to write, but it's impacting my work this week so you deserve to know.
High Hill, the bar in which I have worked and hosted game nights for the last two years, will be closing at the end of this month. I am absolutely heartbroken.
The next game night will be the last, though I am considering finding a new venue so that we don't lose the fantastic community we've fostered over a shared love of pints and video games.
High ...
2025-03-13 17:21:47 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
Just a quick note from me - I'm sorry for going quiet over the last week or so, and for missing the weekend's episode of PAC.
In truth, I'm pretty wiped out at present and [undisclosed personal circumstances] are making it difficult to work, or function to the best of my ability.
I should be able to get PAC out this week but, other than that, I need to step back a little and take some time to reset myself. Thank you for your understanding. X
2024-10-22 09:32:25 +0000 UTC
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Hello folks,
You’ll doubtless have noticed that this is a newsletter and not a Patreon post announcing a new episode of Press Any Chiodini. Forgive me - it is on hold until next week. Without going into details, it’s been a most unusual week and I’ve needed to take some time to process things. I don’t feel comfortable sharing details, but I can assure you that I am fine and I will be back on form next week, when we can all get back to the important business of b...
2024-08-24 10:46:40 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody,
Goodness me but it’s been a while since I last published a newsletter. The last few weeks… months? Have been uncharacteristically hectic but frankly it’s about time I got back to telling you about a few things I’ve been enjoying lately before answering a few FAQs.
Hello to all of you who follow my Patreon on the free tier, by the way - you won’t have received one of these before but I figured I might as well if you were kind enough to follo...
2024-08-06 02:02:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello delicious friends,
You may have seen the news that there is an official Fallen London TTRPG on the way from the folks at Failbetter Games and Magpie Games. It's very exciting if you ask me - which is handy, because I'm going to be hosting a very special stream about the game with people from both companies!
I'll be streaming on the 23rd of August at 9pm in order to hear more about the project and ask some of your questions - you can submit these in advance by joi...
2024-08-02 04:52:47 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Well that sucked but, after a week of rest and more lateral flow tests than I care to mention, I am finally back on my feet.
I'll be streaming again from this Thursday and then Press any Chiodini will pick up again for Patrons on Saturday (God of War Ragnarok ep1 will premiere on YouTube next Saturday for scheduling reasons)
Anyway, I watched a whole lot of stuff on my tablet while convalescing so I may as well turn that into Content and tell you what I tho...
2024-07-23 08:55:30 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
Yesterday I slept until 3.30pm and then again from 5pm until 9pm and then I went to bed for the night at 10.30pm so really I should have guessed something was up but, well, I have Covid.
Currently feeling like I've been thrown at a wall by some sort of medieval siege engine but I hope to rally soon
2024-07-16 05:19:48 +0000 UTC
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Hi all, you may be (quite rightly) wondering where the final episode of Vampyr is - I am very sorry it's not with you yet, but it'll be out tomorrow. It has been quite an extreme weekend
Related: it has happened again. this is Twofold. She gave birth to four kittens on Friday, so we'll be looking after all five of them for twelve weeks until they're old enough to adopt out
2024-06-16 19:58:29 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
I am slowly emerging from The Hiatus and should be back streaming and making let's play videos from Thursday.
My time away has been restful, if not necessarily fun, so it'll be nice to get back to work. Thank you again for your understanding.
While we're here, we may as well do the well established newsletter format. Please enjoy
Three things I've been enjoying lately
1. Castle Rat - a new band that describes itself as Interdimensional Pla...
2024-05-13 10:50:10 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
Here's a little update from me to say that I'm going on a brief leave of absence. In short, I'm exhausted and that has started to bleed into my work.
I'm going to step away for a short while, probably a couple of weeks, during which time I won't be streaming or posting to Patreon.
I realise that may be disappointing, but I'd rather a voluntary absence now than a necessary and longer one further down the line.
There's no cause for alarm - I have ...
2024-04-20 11:01:12 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody,
Today marks three years of me doing silly things on Patreon and YouTube. It feels very surreal indeed - in some ways it's hard to remember a time before I was doing this, but it also feels like it's gone by in no time at all.
One thing I am sure of, though, is that I am grateful to each and every one of you for giving me the opportunity to do this for a living. I'm extremely lucky in that the community has been wonderful from the beginning, but seeing it grow an...
2024-04-01 21:45:23 +0000 UTC
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Hi friends,
It's been a while since I last did a newsletter so let's fix that, shall we? Here are three things I've been enjoying recently
The new Amigo the Devil album
Oh it's very very very good. At turns funny, devastating and inspiring and just all round good murderfolk. A lovely album, if not necessarily for the faint of heart!
Delicious in Dungeon
I don't tend to watch much anime but ...
2024-03-11 11:27:42 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody,
It's newsletter time! In text form this week - apologies to those of you who were hoping to see Watson rampage about with a tree in her mouth while I ramble incoherently. She did get a walk today, but it's the first proper yomp I've been able to give her for almost a week because I've been sick so I decided to savour the moment and do things the old fashioned way once I got home.
To business!
Three things I have been enjoying lately...
2023-11-17 17:06:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Here's another AUDIO VISUAL NEWSLETTER for you, including some high quality antics from Watson
https://youtu.be/GdsosFTkwug
2023-10-20 14:46:23 +0000 UTC
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Hello friends - it's a video newsletter from me!
Tl;dw - not streaming today but back at work this week so I shall see you on Thursday
https://youtu.be/2HVi7Hmj9ls?si=KAaSY_4B7Iy7OGZP
2023-10-09 13:28:17 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
You may have noticed Press Any Chiodini didn't go out over the weekend (and that the episode before that was quite late). I just wanted to write a little note to 1) apologise and 2) update / reassure you.
The short version is that my brain's gone a little bit sideways over the past couple of weeks, and I've been finding it hard to focus on work or my hobbies or, well, pretty much anything. It's nothing to worry about - I'm not in an especially bad place...
2023-09-25 13:12:25 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
I am absolutely delighted to reveal some new merch today with the launch of the Skelly Pal Nap Club design. People often use my streams as background noise while they have a nice nap which, as a big fan of naps myself, is honestly such a compliment. I wanted to show my appreciation for everyone who trusts me to talk absolute nonsense while they catch 40 winks, and here we are!
There are two versions of the same design available, one for hobby stream sle...
2023-09-15 10:18:50 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
It’s newsletter time! Well, technically it’s Press Any Chiodini time, but I’ll get to that in a moment. I hope you’re all doing well.
Where’s Press Any Chiodini, then? Truth be told, I need to take this week off from making an episode. This is partly down to the UK having a frankly preposterous September(!) heatwave - it’s currently 32c (89f) in my office without me running the two computers I use to make Press Any Chiodini, which is not an ideal workin...
2023-09-09 11:35:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello everybody!
It’s about time we had ourselves another newsletter so here I am, typing to you from my sofa in my flat, which is entirely too warm. I’ve had quite enough summer now, thank you, let’s pack it down and stow it away until next year.
Things I have been enjoying lately
Class of Cardinal Sin is an album by Covey, an artist I had never heard of before this week. It is very much up my street which is to say all the songs are absolute bops wit...
2023-08-23 16:51:25 +0000 UTC
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Another audio-visual newsletter?
IT'S MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK
Come for my nonsense, stay for Watson growling at a stick like a little gremlin
https://youtu.be/5MAU1x-r9ik
2023-08-16 18:04:49 +0000 UTC
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Hi friends!
Just a quick note to say I'm off on holiday for a week, so there won't be a stream this Thursday or at all next week - Press Any Chiodini is also on hold (I'll try and get an episode out next Saturday, jet lag permitting!)
Have fun, be good, drink some water
2023-08-02 10:41:10 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
I hope you're well - here's a newsletter for you.
But Johnny, I hear you cry, where's the wall of text?
I've done QUITE ENOUGH TYPING over the last few days so I decided to record the newsletter as a video while out walking Watson earlier today. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/3GX_UH5DP_Y
2023-07-24 13:46:19 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
I hope you’re all well - this may prove to be a slightly bleary post as this morning my body decided that five hours of sleep was plenty, actually, and I’ve been awake since. Hoping some coffee and toast will sort me out in a bit but, until then, newsletter!
Things I have been enjoying recently
Meursault is one of my favourite bands ...
2023-07-11 07:32:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
How are we all doing? I hope everyone is well. Sorry this one is coming in a little late, last week turned out to be Quite a Doozy and it threw my schedule off. Let’s get to it, shall we?
Things I have been enjoying lately
Dead Cells has recently taken over my brain yet again. I find roguelikes really soothing and Dead Cells has been a stalwart companion of mine for years. I’m getting to the point where it’s just a matt...
2023-06-26 10:36:07 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
Here’s a fresh Patreon newsletter for you, I hope you enjoy it. I’m in a disgustingly good mood this week as I’ve had some tremendous news (read on and you shall see)
Things I have been enjoying lately
Puritan Masochism by Konvent which, I hasten to add, is a song. I haven’t literally been enjoying puritan masochism (although hey, I’...
2023-06-14 10:37:40 +0000 UTC
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Gimme an N! (ENN!) What’s that spell? PATREON!
Hello everybody,
I’m quite enjoying the routine of sending these out each week so here’s another newsletter-adjacent post from me.
Things I have been enjoying lately
Feeling Well by All Get Out - I really like All Get Out, they’re like if Manchester Orchestra started listening to a lot of Pup....
2023-06-06 09:11:08 +0000 UTC
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Are you there, Patreon? It’s me, Johnny.
Hi all, it’s been just over a week since I last checked in with one of these so I thought I’d fire off another little newsletter for your delectation. I can’t promise this one will be as upbeat as the last, but I’ll try my best! I hope you’ve all been having a lovely time since we last spoke.
Things I have been enjoying lately
...
2023-05-30 18:01:44 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
I was thinking recently that my Patreon feed could be a little busier, seeing as it is mostly given over to posts about Press Any Chiodini / tweaks to existing tiers. It got me thinking about my friend’s newsletter which is partly about their work as a published author but mostly about the things they’ve been enjoying recently. It’s a fun read and I thought something similar might go down well with my patrons - let me know what you think and we can do one of these ...
2023-05-21 13:11:52 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
No Press Any Chiodini today as we transition to a new series, but I have something very special in store for you instead.
I strapped a GoPro to Watson and took her on a walk, during which time she met our next door neighbour's puppy for the very first time. So, if you want to have a walk around some woods from the perspective of a little pig, you've...
2023-05-06 12:17:53 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
I have a bit of news - I'm taking a month off. I'll get into why momentarily but the most important bit of news for patrons is that I have paused the billing cycle so you will not be charged for February. Patron contributions will resume in March, when I make my return.
It's a tricky (and somewhat scary) decision to put a channel on hiatus for a whole month. Maintaining momentum is really important when making video online, as is checking in wi...
2023-01-30 11:37:09 +0000 UTC
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