Greg Maletic

The best theme park rides are:

- one-third thrill
- one-third heart
- one-third magic show

It can be tricky. Check out this video I just made.

1. Start with your Playdate unlocked.
2. Hold Lock button for 7 seconds. (Screen will freeze.)
3. Screen goes blank. (It's OFF now, until you press the Lock button which turns it back ON.)

If your Playdate is unlocked, hold the lock button for 7 seconds. It’ll shut off completely. (Caveat: it also won’t download any games; won’t notify you of OS updates, etc.)

Eh, depending upon how you tally it, maybe $135. It is an expensive product to make. And if we could afford to sell it for less, we absolutely would.

On the plus side, though it is not inexpensive, we do think it's a good value; we're proud of it; lots of people love it. So many good, unique games.

Our fully landed costs are about $140/unit. That's not including the overhead of writing the OS, marketing, support, etc.

A+ on this episode title

Don’t judge me because I’m watching Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: America’s Sweethearts on Netflix; judge this “3” which is making me want to kill somebody

god maybe the 2 is worse

and that 1

exploring Blippo+ on Playdate #playdate #season2 #blippo #indiegames #interdimensionalcable #bizarre

I've been lucky enough to play a little bit of Big Walk — House House's follow-up to Untitled Goose Game — and it is just incredibly fun. This trailer does a great job explaining why!

Image of a Playdate with the game Dig Dig Dino! on the screen. Text: new season, new energy. no more excuses. back in stock!

With Season Two underway and Playdates back in stock in our warehouse, all the stars are aligned—grab one today!

🎁 play.date

Starting a SCARED STRAIGHT style program where pro athletes visit high schools across America to make parents realize their kids have no chance

Playdate Mirror Mirror is an app for streaming and controlling your Playdate handheld game system to a macOS, Windows, Linux computer.

🪩 Did you know about Playdate Mirror, the desktop app that streams gameplay from your Playdate? The latest update improves its performance, thanks to help from Josh Filstrup (developer of Gun Trails!)

play.date/mirror

And you can meet me! In-person! (I'm going to let myself believe that really warrants two exclamation points)

Here are some of the games coming in Playdate Season Two—and there's a bunch more to discover. Pre-order now, season starts May 29!

✌️ play.date/s2/

I don’t know if you all remember what the Internet was like before every site asked you how you wanted your cookies handled but it was an f-ing nightmare.

(It’s the Disney film “The Black Hole”. It’s a not-good movie with the trappings of an excellent movie, and some great moments. Worth watching, for the dedicated.)

This image is as good as this film gets, but it’s pretty great. And the score is beautiful, by John Barry of James Bond fame.

I think Cuban’s arguing that’s a bad question, since knowing the countries in ASEAN isn’t close to the “hardest strategic question” he’ll face. It’s a question that an aide would correct him on once, then he’d know it. Learning that stuff is the easy part of the job.

We'll be at FAN EXPO Portland in 2 weeks and hope to see you there!

📅 Jan 24-26
📍 Oregon Convention Center
🎟️ Tickets available here fanexpohq.com/fanexpoport...

Alert from iOS screen time feature: “Last week you averaged 24 hours of screen time per day on this device.”

I won

Worth remembering as this barrage of stuff comes out: judging a candidate for office by their most extreme ideas is normal and sensible reporting.

Bending over backwards to find the gentlest interpretation of the least offensive thing they believe is just being their unpaid spokesperson.

Earlier this year, we noticed our inventory was a bit short—like 2,000 Playdates short 🤔

Take a ride with us in Magnum P.I.’s cool car!

LISTEN NOW to find out what happened (kinda!!) AND learn the true name of Circle K’s signature icy beverage:
podcast.play.date/episodes/s01...

Two yellow shirts, one depicting a sassy bear enjoying a mug of root beer; one with a chunky black logo saying Playdate; and a pint glass with an image of the bear giving the ok-chef sign, with the words "perfect pour"

NEW! In collaboration with our friends at Cotton Bureau and Root Bear Team, we bring you this T-shirt featuring the root-beer Bear; a pint glass designed for the perfect pour; plus our original Playdate shirt is back.

⏰ Available to order until 11/25!
🛍️ cottonbureau.com/people/playd...

It is a competition. Let me know what I can do to help. :)

It’s been 36 hours since I learned this and my mind is still blown

Review: Under The Castle (Playdate) - An Essential Roguelike Adventure Going underground

Two reviews of Playdate games from Time Extension—first, praise for Under the Castle: "Might be the best game for the pocket-sized handheld yet seen." 9/10.

timeextension.com/reviews/play...

Logo for the OMSI After Dark: Game On event. The words are made up of different pieces of classic games.

Hey Portland Folks! We'll be at OMSI After Dark: Game On! on February 28th. For the very first time ever, we'll be selling Playdates in person! That's right, come see us and get your very own Playdate IRL.

Tickets: tickets.omsi.edu/events/018cc...

Hope to see you there!

Five floating yellow Playdates showing different games: Gun Trails, Eyelid, Root Bear (big one in the middle), and P-Racing.

🎺 We did it. We shipped over 70,000 Playdate pre-orders. We're all caught up. And that means…

Playdates are NOW IN STOCK and READY TO SHIP. Place an order right now, and your Playdate will go out the door in just a few days.

Head on over to shop.play.date ➡️