Mobile & Handhelds, Metal Jesus Likes Playdate Hands-On: Cutting-edge gaming nostalgia Video September 3, 2019 Metal Jesus Rocks Leave a comment Playdate is a new handheld gaming system from MacOS software developer Panic. It’s built around two concents. If you purchase the system, a new game will appear on it every Monday for 12 weeks, and it has a unique control scheme: a small crank. The Playdate is also a designed to be an open system, Panic will continue to develop and sell games, but anyone can produce and even sell software for the Playdate. Related