Director, Writer & Podcaster Kevin Smith unboxes one of our boardgames!
Wake & Bake: Episode 131
I've been lucky enough to meet Kevin Smith a couple of times when he's been in the UK. Once at London Film & Comic Con in 2017, where he signed my Kevin Smith boardgame, and again in 2019, backstage at the Prince Charles Cinema in London at a screening / Q&A of 'Jay and Silent Bob Reboot', where he signed my board and was impressed I'd managed to design a game based on a film I hadn't seen until that evening, using only the trailer and some Instagram posts for research. Once I'd seen the film, I could write all the gamecards and work out the pieces etc.
Thanks to the help of his PA, Clare, I arranged to get a finished set sent out to Kevin in L.A in December 2020. It wasn't until May 2021 that I became aware of this video from his daily 'Wake & Bake' show that he records as part of his numerous content for the That Kevin Smith Club (which you should totally go join for as little as $5 a month - there's loads of content to enjoy!).
Kevin pretty much made one episode an unboxing video of the game and also read out the accompanying letter I'd sent with it - and Silent Bob was very silent about it, because I had no idea the video existed until months later.
He's also very kindly permitted me access to the full video, which I have edited down to feature just the game, and allowed me to share it here. And while this is in no way an endorsement, it is a very nice famous man whose work I love, saying some very nice things about my work - which is always appreciated.
End music: 'Up My Skirt' - Bi-Product. Video used with kind permission of the That Kevin Smith Club, and with thanks to Kevin, Clare and Josh.