Matt Patches

So, um, Tokyo, but I am also taking suggestions.

I am Matt patches.

And I just finished rereading hatchet, uh,

China.

We're doing the movies.

We're back to the movies.

One of the jokes I laughed out on Blue Sky last night watching the midterms return was Matt Patches hopping on Blue Sky and saying, I'm here to talk about the thing that I know is top of mind for everybody else, which is the only living pickpocket in New York.

I am finally Sony Pictures Classics age.

I'm Simone de Rochefort.

And I am Matt Patches.

And Patches, you went rogue and you set up a huge main topic for us to talk about today, which was great for me because I was really busy last week.

What is this show about?

Good pun there, like that.

A story here by Matt Patches and Josh Broadwell.

44 years ago, Sid Meier, a computer programmer, and Bruce Shelley, a military pilot, met in Las Vegas to discuss a potential partnership in the video game business.

They tested their wits in a game of Atari's flight simulator, Red Baron, and when Meier's video game knowledge bested Steely's real-world flight experience, the two knew exactly what kind of game their nascent studio would specialize in.

Yeah.

I am Matt Patches and I'm going to go with, I'm going to carry an ice cream cone in my pocket on a Sunday in New York, which is illegal.

Is that a job?

Yeah.

We weren't, and we all turned out great.

Especially me, according to Matt.

Not Matt Patches, but the Matt who kindly left us a review this week.

But yeah, I mean, I was like, oh boy, this is definitely a lot more violent than what people might expect.

All I can think of is paper cuts, but I'm sure you freaks come up with something.

Matt Patches isn't here tonight, so it's me, Dave, with the seven coming up next.

I'm going to go with dry soap.

I don't know how it stays dry once things get too erotic, but that's the magic of it.

That's like strangely above his level, but he makes it work.

Maybe I should see for me and my gal.

Anyway, Matt Patches is not here because he keeps interviewing people in Australia.

I don't know if I'm like spoiling an upcoming piece or something, but his reasoning was confusing.

I'm Simone de Rochefort.

And I am Matt Patches.

And today we have a very exciting hands-on episode about a hot game with a special guest.

I don't know why I'm playing Koi.

I'm Katey Rich and one of the first junkets I ever remember covering was for the 2007 film Martian Child starring John Cusack and Amanda Peete and they and everyone else in the room with us seemed pretty confused about why we were there or why this movie existed.

I am Matt Patches.

You're making me think that there's probably a lot of John Cusack movies between 2007 and now that would fit this bill.

Did you cover the jacket

And the movie was not great.

Hey, it's me, David, the seven.

And I think I might've been standing next to Matt patches in New York comic-con when I realized, uh, 2011 is the thing.

Remake sequel, uh, was not going to be good.

What are we looking at?

It's an article from Polygon written by Matt Patches, and it was actually published today, October 8th, 2026.

Hot off the presses.

Yeah, and this piece is part of Polygon's 2026 Halloween countdown.

Perfect casting for a weary detective

And you have Cynthia Erivo playing Holly Gibney

The author of the, uh, Polygon article, Matt Patches, specifically calls it perfect casting

And looking at that roster, it is genuinely hard to argue with that lineup.