Hello Playdate Podcast

About Hello Playdate Podcast

Don, Nick, and Ryan, three friends, share their love of the Panic Playdate game system on a weekly podcast. News, reviews, developer interviews, and development chat - your one-stop source for all things involving your favorite handheld!

Publisher

Don, Nick, and Ryan

Category

arts · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2022

Latest episode

9 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 123 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ryan's Final Episode (for real this time)

   Host Ryan, alongside Nick and Don, shares significant updates and expresses gratitude in his final episode of Hello Playdate Podcast.

2. 

   20 May 2026

   RollerBlade

   Hello Playdate Community! This week, Ryan boops Don and Nick back into your ears, and your hearts as we discuss RollerBlade, our Pick of the Week. You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more - thanks for listening! Programming Note: we will not be releasing new episodes during the Summer of 2026, to resume in September. News/Links: "Make Games for Playdate with Lua" Released Making a Software Renderer in the Style of Obra Din on the Playdate?! -  devlog Atlantic 41 - The Enemy Part 4  - devlog 13 Games to Check out from "Your Cool Uncle Marisa" (https://youtu.be/1MSUtOqBU1Y?si=zvVVGg_un2maNxui) - video Crankboy Released (https://play.date/games/crankboy/) Uncrank'd Issue 11 Sweepstakes (https://forms.gle/y9sMRj8xUEL8a2Sy6) Uncrank'd Reserve or Join Upcoming Projects (https://forms.gle/dRUqhvq5PC5Wsxwn6) Uncrank'd Summer Splashdown - join as a fan - join as a dev Uncrank'd Shopify (https://uncrankd.myshopify.com/) Uncrank'd Zine Substack (https://uncrankdpdzine.substack.com/) PDGames Weekly Question Page (https://pdgamez.com/weekly-question) Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops (https://play.date/games/boogie-loops/) on Playdate Destination Update Suddenly Bird Pongerground Cannonball Kid RollerBlade Indie Inventory: ( 00:13:16 ) Gadionton's Secret Works of Darkness by Latter-Day Pop Master Key Pocket by MintFerret (https://mintferret.itch.io/masterkeypd) CableCats by flowerworks (https://flowerworks.itch.io/cablecats) Line Tactics by bhagenbeek (https://bhagenbeek.itch.io/line-tactics) Uncrank'd Pre-Summer Game Jam Entries Cannonball Kid by Alan and Beth Cooke (https://play.date/games/cannonball-kid/) Beampunk by Jesse and David Rusak Chaos Studies by Field Bureau + westatt Ladeira Abaixo by Mama & Fiaca Crankwords by Tom White itch.io Most Recent Playdate Releases (https://itch.io/games/newest/tag-playdate) Catalog Games Currently on Sale (https://play.date/games/tags/on-sale/) PDGames on Sale (https://pdgamez.com/sales) Pick of the Week: ( 00:44:54 ) Rollerblade by qwack! (https://play.date/games/rollerblade/) Contact: Hello Playdate on Discord Hello Playdate on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/helloplaydate.bsky.social) Hello Playdate on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@HelloPlaydatePodcast) Hello Playdate on Instagram Playdatepodcast.com PDGames Pick of the Week Collection Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1  (1-724-246-4671) For Amusement Only Games Merch (https://foramusementonlygames.com/) For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series (https://anchor.fm/gameandcast) Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari, gamegear

3. 

   6 May 2026

   Devils on the Moon Pinball

   Hello Playdate Community! This week, Nick and Don duet on our favorite topic...PINBALL! You'll also find our regular round-up of news, new releases, and more... Thanks for listening and joining us every other week! News/Links: Cranko! Digital Copies Available CrankBoy Coming to Catalog May 7 (https://play.date/games/crankboy/) Uncrank'd Issue 11 Sweepstakes Entry (https://forms.gle/y9sMRj8xUEL8a2Sy6) Uncrank'd Pre-Summer Game Jam Uncrank'd Shopify (https://uncrankd.myshopify.com/) Uncrank'd Zine Substack (https://uncrankdpdzine.substack.com/) PDGames Weekly Question Page (https://pdgamez.com/weekly-question) Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops (https://play.date/games/boogie-loops/) on Playdate Destination Update The Last Ball Oblings Devils on the Moon Pinball Unicycle Madness Indie Inventory: ( 00:09:42 ) Flarehorn Charge by Black Hole Collective Whirligig Warrior by Rezzabuh (https://rezzabuh.itch.io/whirligig-warrior) Conway's Game of Life by jae10 (https://jae10.itch.io/conway) isolates by Ledbetter Games (https://ledbetter-games.itch.io/isolates) Zyrx for Playdate by Robotube (https://robotube.itch.io/zyrx-for-pllaydate) Pool Party by willread (https://willread.itch.io/pool-party) Death Forest ECHOES by Team Realm (https://team-realm.itch.io/death-forest-echoes) Rollerblade by quack! (https://play.date/games/rollerblade/) Pinfinger by Sean Caesar (https://play.date/games/pin-finger/) Bear Coin Blitz by Echoswarm (https://play.date/games/bear-coin-blitz/) Geodate by GrimPros Games (https://play.date/games/geodate/) Crankominoes by Anthony Beyer (https://play.date/games/crankominoes/) itch.io Most Recent Playdate Releases (https://itch.io/games/newest/tag-playdate) Catalog Games Currently on Sale (https://play.date/games/tags/on-sale/) PDGames on Sale (https://pdgamez.com/sales) Pick of the Week: ( 00:34:20 ) Devils on the Moon Pinball by Amano Next Episode: Rollerblade by quack! Contact: Hello Playdate on Discord Hello Playdate on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/helloplaydate.bsky.social) Hello Playdate on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@HelloPlaydatePodcast) Hello Playdate on Instagram Playdatepodcast.com PDGames Pick of the Week Collection Indie Game of the Week Collection on itch.io Helloplaydatepodcast (at) gmail dot com Voice Mail - 1-(724)-BINGOS-1  (1-724-246-4671) For Amusement Only Games Merch (https://foramusementonlygames.com/) For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series (https://anchor.fm/gameandcast) Tags: video games, gaming, handheld, handhelds, panic, playdate, play, date, yellow, crank, gameboy, ds, pocket, videogames, nintendo, sega, xbox, playstation, sony, vita, psp, ngage, itch.io, Keita Takahashi, katamari, gamegear

Inside a recent episode

Ryan's Final Episode (for real this time)

Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So I'm definitely siding with Don and the feelings that he was feeling about the podcast. And we've been doing this for over four years at this point, almost half a decade. which i think is like i was talking to don and nick about this this is like a defining part of our my early 2020s like we started this in early 2020 continued it through mid 2020 and when i look back at this time like this is going to be something that i remember very positively and being able to get together with my buddies every other week and that being a catalyst for meeting more incredible people that I never would have met otherwise. […]

Who has been a guest on Hello Playdate Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• MetaArcade
• John Weachock
• Rae (Rowboat Rally)

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

185,984

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

93

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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