Jet Lag: The Game
Jet Lag: The Game is an American travel competition show produced for the streaming platform Nebula and released on YouTube. Each season features a board game-inspired contest that sends players to achieve a geographical objective in different parts of the world.
As of October 2023, the show has been streamed for more than 1 million hours on Nebula and accumulated 527,000 YouTube subscribers.[1]
Background
Jet Lag was created by Wendover Productions founder and Nebula chief content officer Sam Denby with writers Adam Chase and Ben Doyle, who also compete each season. The first season was released in May 2022.[2][3]
Jet Lag's format was partially developed by a previous Wendover show, Crime Spree, which had Chase and Doyle pursuing Denby as he attempted to break obscure state laws across the United States.[4] Denby has also cited The Amazing Race as a point of inspiration, although he also notes that Jet Lag works to improve on some of its deficits.[5]
The show is created primarily for streaming on Nebula, whose paying subscribers support its expensive per-video budget. Episodes are released first on Nebula and a week later on YouTube.[5]
Format
Each season features a game structure unique to the geographic area and transportation modalities available there.[6] The first season required teams to travel to U.S. states in order to claim a Connect Four-style row or column. Later seasons had the contestants circumnavigate the globe via air travel, play tag across western Europe, drive the longitudinal length of New Zealand and compete in a game of capture the flag across increasingly large portions of Japan.[7]
Players must complete challenges in order to earn coins, which provide the ability to continue traveling as well as, in later seasons, purchase power-ups such as curses and multipliers.[4] Doyle has repeatedly become drunk as part of a challenge.[6]
Beginning in season five, Chase and Denby introduced a recurring segment, "The Snack Zone," in which they offer pithy reviews of food items unique to their locality. The following season, Denby and his guest, Strange Parts creator Scotty Allen, spun off a competing snack-based segment, "Choo Choo Chew."[6]
Chase, Denby and Doyle are often joined by another educational video creator; Chase and Doyle compete on a team while Denby allies with the guest. Guests have included Toby Hendy, Brian McManus and Scotty Allen; season eight will feature Michelle Khare.[8]
Production
Filming locations are chosen based on the availability of "strong frequent reliable, or semi reliable, public transportation," according to Denby; while seasons have taken place partially or completely using cars, the team felt they lacked the strategic intrigue of public transit.[6]
Jet Lag is filmed using iPhone 13 Pros and Røde lavalier microphones, a configuration that Denby says allows the competitors to focus on creating content rather than cinematography.[5]
To address the climate impacts of the show's use of air travel, Wendover purchases Gold Standard carbon offsets worth ten times the show's estimated emissions. “We knew from the get go that we would get some criticism for what is clearly somewhat frivolous travel," Denby told The Globe and Mail.[9]
Reception
The show was nominated in the editing category of the 13th Streamy Awards.[10]
Seasons
Jet Lag: The Game has released seven seasons.[11]
| Season | Title | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||||
| 1 | Connect Four Across America | 3 | May 25, 2022 | June 9, 2022 | ||
| 2 | Race to Circumnavigate the Globe in 100 Hours | 5 | June 29, 2022 | August 3, 2022 | ||
| 3 | Tag Across Europe | 7 | September 7, 2022 | October 19, 2022 | ||
| 4 | Battle 4 America | 5 | December 7, 2022 | January 11, 2023 | ||
| 5 | Race to the End of the World | 8 | March 1, 2023 | April 19, 2023 | ||
| 6 | Capture the Flag Across Japan | 7 | May 31, 2023 | July 12, 2023 | ||
| 7 | Tag Across Europe 2 | 6 | September 6, 2023 | October 11, 2023 | ||
References
- ↑ Maas, Jennifer (2023-10-11). "'Jet Lag: The Game' Hosts on How a 'Strategic Blunder' and 'Two of the Rarest Moments' in the Entire Series Led to Season 7 Finale Twist". Variety. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ↑ Esch, Josiah (2023-04-13). ""Jet Lag" Is a Travel Show Like No Other". The Weather Vane. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ↑ Gutelle, Sam (2023-09-28). "TierZoo, Lindsay Ellis headline "dynamic" original content slate at streaming hub Nebula". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Walker, John (2023-07-14). "These YouTubers Turned Planet Earth Into A Board Game". Kotaku. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Anderson, Pearse. "This Travel Game Takes Connect Four to the Extreme". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Maas, Jennifer (2023-10-19). "Inside Hit Web Travel Competition 'Jet Lag': Team Reveals Where They Can't Film, Why They Won't Leave Indie Platform Nebula for Big Streamer". Variety. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ↑ Mizell, Destiny (2023-07-18). "Seasons of "Jet Lag: The Game" in order from worst to best". Sidelines. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ↑ Maas, Jennifer (2023-10-23). "'Jet Lag: The Game' Season 8 Set at Nebula With 'Challenge Accepted' Star Michelle Khare as Guest Contestant (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ↑ Griffiths, James (2022-09-16). "Are travel-centric reality shows like The Amazing Race worth their carbon footprint?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ↑ Iasimone, Ashley (2023-07-24). "2023 Streamy Awards Nominations Announced: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ↑ "Jet Lag: The Game". Nebula. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
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