Hello Playdate Community!

This week, Nick, Ryan, and Don dish up some delightful holiday appetizers and jet through a STACK of Catalog and itch drops! 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:

• Playdate Paper Model
• Playdate Advent Calendar
• Blippo+ Boredome Merch
• Blippo+ Sourcebook
• Nominations for the 2025 Playdate Community Awards
• New York Game Critic Awards
• Resonant Tale in Concert
• Playdate Bluesky Feed
• Hello Playdate Pin
• Cranko! Zine
• PLAYDATEPRIME
• Uncrank'd Coffee Table Books
• Uncrank'd Zine Substack
• PDGames Weekly Question Page
• Intro/Outro Music - Made with Boogie Loops on Playdate

Destination Update

• Destination Playdate
• The Moon is Our Friend
• OUTSIDE PARTIES
• Agents of Groove
• Four Corners: Square Off
• Echo Drop!

Indie Inventory: ( 00:18:40 )

• helloyellow by jonsimantov
• The Fall of Magic Castle by michalakweb
• Playdoban by joyrider 3774
• Pongerground by mechars
• Sticky Stacks by decadedecaf
• Blips by joyrider3774
• Sokobomb by shikoba
• Dig Pit Runner by CrankWorkGames
• Mea'va by nanobot567
• The 95th by colingroom
• Gyrochord by soldship
• Is That a Canadian? by lakewitch
• A Fools Errand by IORAMA
• Echo Drop! by GrimPros Games
• The Shape that Waits by Glowtox Games
• Multitasking by Will Read
  • Masboshi's Arcade
• Playball by Martin Theriault
• Bunny Buffet by Timeflight
• Sing Song Ding Dong by Grapefruitopia Industries
• Twincle Tarot by Pan-Gameworks.jp
• Kidd Copter by Kid Desimo
• Four Corners: Square Off by Scenic Route Software
• Froggotten Recipes by Team Froggo
• Solo Defender by Khors Media
• Molar Mayhem by organzola
• Schrodinger's Dungeon by Alejandro Burgueno
• DIORA by Zachary Snyder
• Catalog Games Currently on Sale
• PDGames on Sale

Pick of the Week: ( 00:52:13 )

• Cheese n' Crackers by Scene Route Software
• Next Episode: Top 10 of 2025

Contact:

• Hello Playdate on Discord
• Hello Playdate on Bluesky
• Hello Playdate on YouTube
• Hello Playdate on Threads
• 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
• For Amusement Only Podcast, Nick's EM Bingo and Pinball Podcast
• Game and Cast, Ryan's Handheld Gaming Podcast Series

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