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- Shawn Rider is a gamer, artist, writer and web developer. He currently runs technology for PBS Education during the day and plays games at night.
![In this episode: We offer up some extra footage from our visit to the National Pinball Museum. David Silverman discusses the longevity of the pinball industry in spite of […]](http://playablecharacter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/laguardia_photo_sm-115x115.jpg "Bonus 001: The Longevity of Pinball")
![In the midst of our hiatus, we wanted to give you a little something to remember us by. So here is a music mix from our first season. Check […]](http://playablecharacter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Screen-shot-2011-09-06-at-2.41.44-PM-115x115.png "Soundtrack: Season One Music Mix")
![Update October 5, 2011: We are very sorry to announce that we are delaying the return of Playable Character for 4 weeks. We are not going away forever, and […]](http://playablecharacter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pixel_beach-115x115.jpg "On Hiatus – Updated!"){kind=tracking}
![In this episode: Chris Avellone discusses Planescape: Torment, Fallout: New Vegas, and player expectations in RPGs. Find out more about Fallout: New Vegas and Chris’ other projects at http://obsidianent.com. Ian […]](http://playablecharacter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Planescape-torment-box-115x115.jpg "006: Developing Expectations")
![In this show: We visit the National Pinball Museum and talk to David Silverman, the creator, curator and executive director. Along the way we speak with museum visitors Alan, T-Man, […]](http://playablecharacter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dragonette_pinball_sm-115x115.jpg "005: The National Pinball Museum")
![In this show: We take an extended look at two sides of Games for Learning: teachers and developers. Marjee Chmiel discusses using games in the classroom. Operation: Resilient Planet Her […]](http://playablecharacter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-15-at-8.33.51-PM-115x115.png "003: Games for Learning")
![In May of 2009 we were joined by Leigh Alexander of Gamasutra, Kotaku, and Sexy Videogameland. We were excited to talk with Leigh about the impact of social networking technologies on game development and […]](http://playablecharacter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/SVGL-oneechan-115x115.png "FWR Archives: Leigh Alexander and the Twitter Army")
![In June of 2009 we were joined by artist and educator Stephanie Rothenbergfor a conversation on the importance of play. Stephanie runs an online training simulator/spoof and a virtual jeans […]](http://playablecharacter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20091102-InvisibleThreads-115x115.jpg "FWR Archives: Stephanie Rothenberg on Play as Digital Inquiry")
![Erik Loyer of Opertoon joined us for a talk in September of 2009. The first Opertoon game, Ruben & Lullaby, was released earlier this year via the iTunes App Store and has […]](http://playablecharacter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ruben_and_lullaby-115x115.jpg "FWR Archives: Erik Loyer Plays Us Like a Fiddle")
![The FWR crew was excited to interview with Ian Bogost. Ian is a writer, developer, and professor and joins us for a conversation on his recent book with previous guest Nick Montfort, Racing […]](http://playablecharacter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/atari_2600-115x115.jpg "FWR Archives: Racing the Bogost")
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