Pure Speculation: Gaming on CLS (Patreon)

Hey,

So, I've been listening to you loud and clear for, well, six or seven months now. A lot of you have blessed me with this new opportunity to pursue politics and history, and I'm not going to stop doing that. But many of you -- perhaps most of you, or even all of you -- want me to talk about games  again.

Funny thing is, I want to talk about games again, too. I'm just trying to figure out how to make that happen, and how to fold a hypothetical gaming product under the CLS umbrella. For a while, gaming had this sort of pain attached to it for me. But I'm realizing that I'm letting something really negative that happened to me affect something I've loved my entire life. I have more to say, I think. I want to find a way to say it.

Here's the thing: If I do more -- if I do, say, a gaming podcast once a week for one or two hours -- something has to give, because I need to play more, pay more attention to games, and all the rest. As with anything, there's an opportunity cost involved.

So I want to go directly to you guys and gals, the people who pay CLS' bills. If I did a weekly gaming podcast, one that I'd envision would have a permanent co-host and that would run 60-90 minutes a week, would you be okay with me dropping one CLS episode per week in order to make that podcast a reality?

Under that hypothetical scenario, the release schedule may look something like this:

Monday: CLS episode on YouTube (video for all, audio-only for $5+/month Patrons)
Tuesday: Fireside Chats (audio-only for $5+/month Patrons)
Wednesday: Gaming Podcast (audio-only for $5+/month Patrons)
Thursday: Fireside Chats (audio-only available wide)
Friday: Gaming Podcast (audio-only available wide)

When you're answering this poll -- which again is purely exploratory and hypothetical -- you're simply answering the questions: Does the above look good, and would you like some gaming while sacrificing some core CLS content? Does an episode of CLS a week, along with an episode of Fireside Chats and an episode of Hypothetical Gaming Podcast, sound good to you?

Answer the poll, and post away in the comments if you'd like.

Oh, and if you can, please keep this on the DL. I know there are literally thousands of you seeing this, but I don't want this going wide yet, because I don't know if or when anything will happen. I'm simply trying to explore things, and instead of assuming what you want, I want to instead see what you want, kind of like I did when I dropped News Bursts.

I expect this will generate some interest. So, vote and post away. And be brutally honest. Please. Oh, and if you're one of those people who sees this shit but never votes or sounds-off... now is the time to let your voice be heard.

Shall I turn the ship in a different direction, or stay on course? I eagerly await your feedback...