Hey Everyone!
First off, Happy New Year. I hope you and yours are doing great. It's awesome to have you here with us! Right off the bat, allow me to direct your attention to the video associated with this post. If you don't see it, you can find it here. It'll explain pretty much everything (in our typically unserious way), but if you'd rather read, well... read on.
When I founded Colin's Last Stand in 2017 -- nearly four years ago, remarkably -- everything seemed different. Hell, everything was different. CLS, like so many companies before it (from Nintendo to Western Union to Wells Fargo) has evolved mightily since then. Today, it's Patreon's most-supported nerd culture and video game podcast network, and I wanted a new name to represent what we've become. Something that's less about me, and more about all of us, not only for my collaborators, but for the community as well. It just seemed like the right idea to shed the old vestiges and try something just a lil bit new. I wanted the name to be inclusive.
So, Colin's Last Stand is now Last Stand Media, or just Last Stand. As you can see, we've mildly altered the logo, but otherwise, nothing is different (in fact, the actual corporation is still Colin's Last Stand, and always will be). What's in a name, anyway? Well, we'll leave that up to you. But you may have noticed that Last Stand's Patreon is now patreon.com/laststandmedia (though the old URL still works, and will bring you here permanently). So that's fancy!
Of course, that's a minor piece of news in the grand scheme of things; it certainly seems like huge news, but really, it'll change nothing for you. What you really want to know is what's new. And, well, there are two important things to talk about here, so let's jump right into it.
For starters, we're launching an Xbox show. In fact, Episode 0 of it is already live, and you can find it right here on Patreon (or podcast services, or YouTube... more on the latter momentarily). It's called Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast, and it'll be a weekly offering co-hosted by Matthew "MrMattyPlays" Schroeder and Jeremy "ACG" Penter, popular YouTubers with well over a million combined subscribers, Xbox experts who will bring the amount of knowledge and heft we already bring to PlayStation with Sacred Symbols. We felt like 2021 was the right year to launch such a product. Xbox Series X|S is here, Microsoft seems ascendant, and... well... we really should enter the fray. So we have!
Needless to say, we're completely amped up about this show. We hope you love it.
The other piece of important info is the fulfillment of a long-requested feature: Video podcasts. Moving forward, all episodes of Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast will be video podcasts, too, and you may have already noticed that we're doing video for Defining Duke right off the bat. They'll live on YouTube (where the podcasts already did in audio format), so please look forward to it. (We won't be doing KnockBack on video. At least, that's not in the cards right now.)
You may be saying to yourself, "why, Colin, that all sounds amazing, but what's it all look like when it's put together?" Well, I'm so glad you asked.
This week is a unique one: Episode 0 of Defining Duke is live, and will be followed by Episode 1 on Thursday. At that point, Duke will settle into its slot: Thursdays on Patreon and Sundays on free feeds. This'll bump KnockBack from Thursdays to Mondays here on Patreon (beginning next week). Sacred Symbols remains a Friday/Monday show, with Sacred Symbols+ still going live Tuesdays.
So, as you can see, you're getting another weekly, high-quality podcast and video podcasts, all for your current price of admission. That's because we're not tweaking the support tiers whatsoever. Instead, we're just wedging our new stuff into the existing tiers. Thus, if you support us at $5 a month (our most popular tier), you'll get early access to Sacred Symbols, Sacred Symbols+, and KnockBack, just like you used to. But now, you'll get Defining Duke, and video podcasts, too.
And, hell, your amazing, consistent support has allowed us to make another hire. Dustin Furman was promoted to Executive Producer a few months ago; please welcome Ben Smith to the team as our Associate Producer, Editor, and Doer. He's the man for the job, for sure.
I've said it before, and I'll proudly keep saying it: We are about quality-over-quantity. We want you to not only enjoy our content -- find it informative, humorous, and entertaining -- but to feel like it's a great value, too, and that we aren't disrespecting your time by throwing new shit at you. We truly believe we provide Patreon's best value, period, and we think Defining Duke is most certainly going to enter many a podcast rotation in the days, weeks, and months to come.
I'll leave it there. That's everything! Thank you so much for your love, kindness, and support of our brand, our content, and us. It's truly unbelievable what we've all managed to build together, and it never ceases giving me pause. If you're already a Patron, we hope you'll stick around and continue on this journey, and if you're a newcomer, what're you waiting for?! Now's the time to strike. Check out our stretch goals to see what new endeavors we might undertake, and have yourself a grand old time!
Happy 2021. Thank you for everything. -Colin
Sammy
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