HO-HO-HOLY COW! This episode is amazing. First, Merry Christmas to all of our fans. Everyone listening is the best gift we could ask for, so thanks for that! For this week, we talk to the original Merchant from Legend of Zelda and his 'colleague' Beedle! We get into what it's like to sell your wares in the giant land of Hyrule. Starring Anthony Miale and Billy Keenly of Serious Lunch (@anferno, @BillyKeenly, @SeriousLunch) Also, we're happy to be part of the Non-Productive.com team now! Check ou...
Dec 25, 2017•51 min•Ep. 37
Just in time for flu season, we have the Red Virus from Dr. Mario in the studio this week! We learn a lot about science and viruses and all that other fun stuff that comes with getting sick. We also talk to Red about his 'relationship' with the evil Dr. Mario. Starring Aaron Kominos-Smith (@funnyaaron and @butIalso podcast) @PlayablePodcast on Twitter and Instagram Find us on Facebook! Email us at PlayablePodcast@gmail.com...
Dec 18, 2017•46 min•Ep. 36
You know that feeling you get when you're like, 'Hey whatever happened to THAT guy???" Well, we'll tell ya! Join us this week as we talk with Ray the Flying Squirrel from Sonic the Hedgehog! The EFF you say. Yes, we do. Enjoy! Starring Calvin Cato (@catocals) @PlayablePodcast on Twitter Email us at PlayablePodcast@gmail.com Instagram us at @PlayableCharacters
Dec 11, 2017•46 min•Ep. 35
This week we have some dudes. That are bad. We have the Bad Dudes! The stars of this great arcade (and terrible NES) game are with us today in the studio to talk about their 30+ year 'friendship'. Enjoy! Starring Kevin Gootee (@KevinGootee) and Mark Riccadonna (@MarkRiccadonna) @PlayablePodcast
Dec 04, 2017•46 min•Ep. 34
Like, are you serious? Are you f'in serious? KRATOS!?!? We got Kratos, the undisputed God of War on the podcast today! The angriest, god-killingest, saddest, baddest dude in video games talks to us about what he's been up to since killing almost all the gods. Enjoy! Starring Dave Kinney (@DavidKinney). Also joined by special guest Danny Suriel (@DS_creativestudio on Instagram. Check out his page for the awesome video game art he creates) @PlayablePodcast on Twitter @PlayableCharacters on Instagr...
Nov 27, 2017•44 min•Ep. 33
With all the horrible stuff going around in the world today, we felt we needed a strong female video game character and who better to join us than Roll! That's right, we got Mega Man's (more awesome) sister on the podcast today. Enjoy the episode! (Starring Katie Compa, @katiecompa) @PlayablePodcast on Twitter @PlayableCharacters on Instagram Email us at PlayablePodcast@gmail.com Like, subscribe, and rate us on iTunes!...
Nov 20, 2017•44 min•Ep. 32
Since the dawn of time, there has been video games. And our guest today has been there thru it all. Join us as we welcome the all-knowing Narrator from Civilization! He knows all. He IS all. He is...the Narrator. (Starring David Piccolomini, @PiccoloMeany) Twitter: @PlayablePodcast Email: PlayablePodcast@gmail.com Instagram: Playablecharacters Please like us, rate us, subscribe, and tell your friends!
Nov 13, 2017•45 min•Ep. 31
It's about time we heard from a true hero of the video game universe, a prostitute from Grand Theft Auto! Enjoy our in-depth interview with Smarties, a lady of the night. She tells us what it's really like working the scene in Vice City, Liberty City, & San Andreas. Enjoy! (Starring Samantha Bednarz, @theOGsammajamma) @PlayablePodcast
Nov 06, 2017•40 min•Ep. 30
What an honor it was to have Sir Arthur from Ghosts N' Goblins! Known as the hardest game ever made, Arthur tells us all about his poor armor, the difficult level design, and being an old perv. Enjoy this very spooky Halloween episode of Playable Characters Podcast! (Starring Brian McGuinness @LaughAtBrian) @PlayablePodcast, @comedianaalap, @catocalvin Leave us a review on iTunes or wherever you heard this! Tell a friend and leave us some suggestions on who you'd like us to interview: PlayablePo...
Oct 30, 2017•36 min•Ep. 29
This week we interview a real go-getter in the world of street fighting, Randy Quicks! You may not know the name, because unfortunately Randy has been trying to qualify for all the fighting tournaments but just hasn't quite gotten there. Hear his interesting back story, special moves, and where he plans to take his fighting in the future. Starring Chris Calogero
Oct 23, 2017•45 min•Ep. 28
You know when TV shows have a 'very special episode' and the commercial is all deep and intense and really makes you wanna watch it? Well, THIS is that episode for us. One of the wackiest, silliest, funniest episodes to date, join us as we talk to the 3-headed dragon from the Legend of Zelda, Gleeok! Starring Dan Hirson & Micah Sherman (@dhirshon & @MicahSherman) Follow us on Twitter: @PlayablePodcast Email us: PlayablePodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @PlayableCharacters Find us on Facebook:...
Oct 16, 2017•42 min•Ep. 27
This week we talk to everybody's favorite sorta-villain-Wario-look-alike-weirdo, Booster! If you don't know Booster, he's from the amazing Super Mario RPG (now available on the SNES Classic for $5,000 on eBay!) Booster just wants to play and have fun. So enjoy! (Starring Andy Scannell - @AndyScannell) Like us, rate us, tell a friend, follow us @PlayablePodcast on twitter, @PlayableCharacters on instagram Check out our new site: www.playablecharacterspodcast.com
Oct 09, 2017•42 min•Ep. 26
What better way to kick off the scariest month of the year than talking with a housekeeper from the Resident Evil franchise! Miriam the maid has SEEN IT ALL! She's lived a weird and creepy life that is super interesting (and hilarious). And for the first time ever...the first PCP Plot Twist! Stay tuned until the end (as if you weren't going to anyway duh) Starring Julke Kottakis (@theweirdjulie on instagram) Leave us a review if you like us! Thanks! @playablepodcast We have a new website! www.pl...
Oct 02, 2017•45 min•Ep. 25
I mean...just c'mon. THE most iconic woman in video game history is with us today. The AMAZING Ms. Pac-Man! It was truly an honor for us to sit down with this trailblazer and learn about what she's up to now as well as the good ol' days of gaming. (Starring Katina Corrao - @katinacorrao) @PlayablePodcast
Sep 25, 2017•38 min•Ep. 24
Holy smokes we made it to 25 episodes!!! To celebrate this never-before-achievement in podcasting, we welcome Sonic the Hedgehog...'s agent, Dave "Big Dave" Davis! Talk about someone who just KNOWS the business, DBDD tells us all about the inside-outs and outside-ins of this crazy industry of video games that we all know and love. Enjoy! Starring Patrick Hastie (@PatrickHastie, @NostalgicFront) @PlayablePodcast - follow us on Twitter Check us out on Facebook Email us: PlayablePodcast@gmail.com...
Sep 18, 2017•43 min•Ep. 23
HEYYYYYY LADIES!!! One of our most asked for guests is with us this week, Leisure Suit Larry! We finally got him in the studio, in between picking up chicks at the local bar. Larry gives a lot of life advice and tells you how to talk to women, the Larry Laffer way. Starring Ron Barba. @RonBarba1 @PlayablePodcast Check us out on Facebook Twitter @PlayablePodcast Instagram (@playablecharacters) Email: PlayablePodcast@gmail.com
Sep 11, 2017•38 min•Ep. 22
It's not every day you get to speak to a top secret agent. We keep that tradition alive this week and get to talk with a 'snake' clone from the Metal Gear series. Join us as we chat with G-Snake about how he passes time on the bases and what growing up as a clone was like. Starring Aalap Patel (@comedianaalap) @PlayableCharacters
Sep 04, 2017•1 hr•Ep. 21
The legendary Carl "Sweet Water" Johnson joins us today in the studio. Who's that, you ask? Oh, only a pilot from the original Atari classic, Asteroids! Listen in as he tells us what life was like in the good ol' days as a military man trying to protect the world from space boulders. Starring Brian Scott McFadden (@bscottmcfadden) @PlayablePodcast - follow us on Twitter and leave us a nice review on iTunes or wherever you listen! Enjoy!
Aug 28, 2017•50 min•Ep. 20
A true legend joins us today as we talk to a veteran of the gaming world. The orange...thing...himself, Q-Bert! Life hasn't gone the way he'd hoped so it was an honor for Q to let us in on what happened back in the 80's. Starring Dan Goodman (@danielgoodman) @PlayablePodcast on Twitter As always, subscribe on iTunes, leave us a nice review/rating, and enjoy!
Aug 21, 2017•37 min•Ep. 19
20 episodes?!?!? Who knew this podcast would last this long? We did, kinda, but here we are and still going strong! Speaking of strong (killer seg) this week we have Bullet Bill join us in the studio! He's big, he's a bullet, and his name is Bill. Once again we dig up more dirt on the 'hero' Mario and find out what it's like to spend your life as a bullet. Enjoy! Starring Joe Leonardo (@ImJoeLeonardo) @PlayablePodcast
Aug 14, 2017•46 min•Ep. 18
HEY! LISTEN! This week we have the incredibly famous and heroic hero of Hyrule, Link! We're beyond thrilled to have one of the most legendary and recognizable characters in gaming history join us in the studio. As always he's joined by his trusted fairy, Navi. Now look, this podcast is about real video game characters keeping it real and things get quite real between Link and Navi. You'll see. Leave us a nice rating/review, tell a friend, all that fun stuff. Enjoy! (Starring Patrick Reidy - @The...
Aug 07, 2017•40 min•Ep. 17
If you're going to interview a suit, why not interview the coolest suit to ever appear in a video game? That's right, we're talking to the one and only Tanooki Suit this week! We get more dirt on Mario and what it's like being an actual Tanooki Suit. Enjoy! (Starring Chelsea White - @thechelseawhite) @PlayablePodcast - follow us on Twitter and Facebook @laughatbrian, @catocalvin, @comedianaalap email us at: PlayablePodcast@gmail.com
Jul 31, 2017•55 min•Ep. 16
Power Glove? Super Scope? U-Force? What was your favorite NES peripheral as a child? I think it's pretty safe to say that EVERYBODY loved Game Genie. And by the power of Kazam we have him in the studio this week! Join us this week as we learn what it's like to have the powers of a genie and grant wishes, as long as those wishes are for unlimited lives. Starring Calvin Cato (@catocalvin) @PlayablePodcast, @laughatbiran, @comedianaalap Like and subscribe! Give us a rating/review!...
Jul 24, 2017•50 min•Ep. 14
Heyyyyyyyyyy everyone! I hope you're ready for a purrrfect episode! This week we have Kat, the cat chef from Overcooked! We learn about her past and why she wanted to be a chef, but also the troubles of being a cat chef, which Aalap tries to talk her out of. If you haven't played this game, do yourself a favor: grab a buddy, download this game, and play it. It's supurrrrrr fun. Enjoy this week's episode! (starring Amanda Baramki, @amandabaramki) If you're down in the Charlotte, NC area, Aalap wi...
Jul 17, 2017•54 min•Ep. 13
Where exactly do they find all those locations and arenas for your favorite fighting games, like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat? Well, now we know! Join us this week as we have a [hilarious and interesting] talk to a location scout/interior designer for fighting games. (Starring Bobby Hankinson - @bobbyhank) @PlayableCharacters
Jul 10, 2017•47 min•Ep. 12
What better way to kick off 4th of July week than interviewing someone who's always trying to destroy America: Dr. Wily! That's right, this week we have everybody's favorite mad scientist and robot fetishist Dr. Wily in the studio to talk to us about what makes him tick. Enjoy! @PlayablePodcast
Jul 03, 2017•40 min
It's only fitting that for our 13th spooky episode we have the Spider Mastermind from everyone's favorite shoot-em-up from Hell, DOOM. We somehow fit this giant creepy demon into our studio, but he's much nicer than appears. Enjoy! (Starring Evan Jacobs: @esjacobs) @PlayablePodcast on Twitter PlayablePodcast@gmail.com
Jun 26, 2017•50 min
We have one extremely lucky gentleman in the studio today. He's the personal doctor/plastic surgeon for the one and only tomb raider herself, Lara Croft. He creepily talks to us about what it's like to be on call for this legendary character. Plus another instant classic segment of Wed/Bed/Dead. Enjoy! (Starring comedian John Moses, @johnmoses)
Jun 19, 2017•40 min
AWESOME! This week in the Playable Characters studio we have an icon from one of the most fun, insane, violent game shows ever, Super Smash TV, the Host of Super Smash TV! He tells us a lot of secrets about the shady and dangerous world of Smash TV. You definitely won't want to miss this one. Like and subscribe! @PlayablePodcast, @laughatbrian, @comedianaalap, @catocalvin and starring comedian @DanWilbur
Jun 12, 2017•41 min
Our 10th episode!!! Oh you thought Mario and Luigi were the only Mario Brothers? Wrong! We got the inside scoop on the Mario family with the oldest brother this week, Anthony Mario. Hear how it all went down. @PlayablePodcast - twitter @laughatbrian, @catocalvin, @comedianaalap and starring @MattMaragno (comedian Matt Maragno)
Jun 05, 2017•36 min
