Blood Pact

**Blood Pact** was a monthly series of streams hosted by Daniel Bloodworth. $60 and up Patrons could join Bloodworth in a close knit book-club style group to choose a theme and vote on a game to play that fits the theme. Bloodworth would then stream the game publicly and later hold a private roundtable stream to discuss everyone's thoughts.

It was announced during EZX 2022 that Blood Pact would be ending in April 2022 alongside the $60 and up Blood Pact Patreon tier being retired.

## History

On August 3, 2016, Bloodworth introduced Blood Pact for Patrons $75 and up.[1] On the last Thursday of the month, he would play a game the Blood Pact selected to play together. The first Blood Pact game chosen was ToeJam & Earl.

As part of their first anniversary announcements, the Blood Pact tier moved down from $75 to $60 and up Patrons on March 25, 2017 in order to recruit some fresh blood and keep the conversation flowing.[2] This change coincided with Hollow Knight being chosen for the March 2017 Blood Pact game.

Due to the global pandemic and home network difficulties, Blood Pact shifted to a pre-recorded stream format starting with the April 2020 pick, Crystalis.

On October 22, 2020, Bloodworth released a bonus Blood Pact episode for $1 and up Patrons playing AI: The Somnium Files for the week-long Patron Party 2020 event. While Blood Pact streams are typically made available to the public, he included the "book report" / roundtable discussion portion with this bonus episode that is typically exclusive for $60 and up Patrons.[3]

Easy Allies officially returned to The Studio as a group on June 10, 2021. The date coincided with all of the Allies being fully vaccinated and COVID-cleared as well as the first day of E3. The June 2021 stream was the first live Blood Pact back in The Studio.

It was announced during EZX 2022 that Blood Pact would be ending in April 2022 alongside the $60 and up Blood Pact Patreon tier being retired. The final stream aired on April 29, 2022 with the Patrons voting on Actraiser Renaissance.

## Games/Themes

While a singular game is usually selected each month, sometimes an overall theme of games is voted in.

Below is the list of games and themes featured on Blood Pact to date:

## Blood Pact Roundtables

A book club style discussion with Daniel Bloodworth available to all Patrons at $60 and above:

* Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
* Crystalis
* Animal Crossing: New Horizons
* Wii Shop Roulette Round 2
* Doom (2016)
* Sayonara Wild Hearts
* Devil May Cry 5
* A Plague Tale: Innocence
* Phantasy Star IV
* Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Behind the Scenes • Mike and Mike • Isla and Don Hit the Stream • Stream Team
Hangout Streams • Don Versus Wave Race • Huber's Late Night Streams
Community Showcase • Tiermaker • The Legend of Brad • The Dark Pictures Anthology
Easy Allies Clips • Amateur Gundam Construction • It's EZ to Like Anime
Dumb Game Monday • Toy Box Tuesday • **Blood Pact**
Bosman v Wozniak • The SSX Saga, Directed by Kyle Bosman
Kyle Makes a Game Boy Game • Kyle's PS4 Grab Bag • Never Too Late to Dreamcast
Brandon Builds the LEGO Disney Castle • Red Dead Revisited • Spouse Quest
Bruce vs Batman • Favorite Fantasy - Final Fantasy VI • Brandon GO • Silver Squad
Brandon's Dreams • Dreams Lovers • Animal Crossing Island Hop
Eorzean Allies • Assassin Alliance • Retro Game Sessions • Mana Day
Isla Synth Stream • Ben's Dojo • Weekly Hunts • Pokémon Nuzlocke Challenge