Playback Static:
A Public Access Actual Play Podcast

About the Podcast

Playback Static is an analog/cosmic TTRPG Actual Play Podcast of the game Public Access by Jason Cordova which you can get through DriveThruRPG. It is set in Deep Lake, Arizona in the year 2004. Ever since the local public access TV station that began production in the late 1970's, TV Odyssey, quite literally disappeared in the mid 1990's, odd things have been happening in the town of Deep Lake.Our Latchkeys who grew up in Deep Lake and moved away find themselves drawn back to their hometown to solve the mysteries happening in Deep Lake currently, and the get to the bottom of what happened to TV Odyssey, once and for all.There's secrets in Deep Lake, one's that are older than our Latchkeys even know about. The true question is will they survive long enough to find out what happened to the long disappeared station and, if they do, what happens to them?This podcast is a labor of love and is dedicated to Ashaun Edward Jackson AKA DapprWombat. May his memory be a blessing.

Main Cast

Jellyfishlines (He/Him) as The Keeper
Jellyfish (or Irving to friends) is a trans masculine queer guy from NE Ohio. Outside of TTRPGs he can be found running home games or appearing on TTRPG Actual Play streams on Twitch and YouTube since August 2022. His favorite horror movie is Alien and he is allergic to alliums. His favorite thing about TTRPGs is the amount of creativity that can be created within a collective agreed upon ruleset. He can be found everywhere online at Jellyfishlines.carrd.co

Basil Wright (He/They/Xe) As Crystal Lattimore (They/Them)
Basil Wright (he/they/xe) is a Game Designer and Cultural Consultant who loves puns, fantasy novels, and more bananas and cheese than one person should consume in a lifetime. His game design philosophy is to create games that promote community and have the lowest barrier of entry, so that everyone can enjoy playing games together! You can find them on Twitter @kobanya_kana, Bluesky @Kobanya, or on Tumblr at Kobanya.

Dori (Any/All) as Christopher Lattimore (They/Them)
Dori Murdock is a thirty eight year old voice actor who dabbles in being a military vet and IT specialist. Their hobbies include gaming with the young humanoid cryptid that manifested into their life and watching an unhealthy amount of Pan's Labyrinth. Find them on Twitter or on TikTok.

Scout (They/She) as Stephanie Fonteneau (She/Her)
Scout, also known as NeonSaline, is a streamer, writer and actor from SoCal found on a whole bunch of places across the internet on their Beacons landing page.
Her favorite thing about tabletop is collaborative storytelling and their favorite scary movie is probably Hellraiser.

Jhevaunte (He/Him) as Damien Mbaye (He/Him)
Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Non-Biney Fineys and Hellions of all walks of life! This is Jhevaunte, your resident TTRPG Goblin on a journey of playing anything and everything! You can find him predominantly on Twitter @jhevaunte or sometimes on Twitch at twitch.tv/eclipse613

Joy (She/He) as Veronica DuPrix (She/He)
Joy is an aficionado of all things spooky and eerie & a lover of games and roleplaying! He's been a more of a commentator on the TTRPG space but she's always happy to join a game with a cool concept and cooler people! He's joyxvalentine on all socials and she's so excited to mention floppy disks as often as possible because thats what she thinks happened in 2004. His favorite horror movie is Saw III.

Arrianna Abraham (she/her) as Quash Oakes (she/her)
With a degree in Film from New York University Tisch Academy, Arrianna has been able to appear in a diverse array of projects with unique characters types and voices. Born in New York she leveraged her acting skills and talents into a very successful career as a professional female voice over talent. You can find her work on her Linktree.

Garnet Rose (she/they) as Dawn Havenswood (they/them)
Garnet has been reading since the age of two and writing stories since the age of five. She discovered a love of fantasy and dragons at eleven and grew up on a healthy diet of Star Trek and Saturday morning superhero cartoons. TTRGPs have been the spark that they needed as a filmmaker to get back at the keyboard and behind the camera to tell the fun stories they've always wanted to tell. Find her on BlueSky, Instagram and Tiktok.

W.D. Smith (any/all) as Station Management (any/all)
W. D. Smith is an amateur tabletop game designer from the American South. They don’t usually do actual plays, but this one seems fun. You cannot find Smith on social media.

Former and Guest Cast

Frankie (They/He) as Chester Murphy (He/Him)
Frankie is a Chicago-based sleepy anxious millennial who has been trapped in the hungry grasp of higher education, in one role or another, since 2003. Originally trained as a theoretical linguist, they now focus on supporting students in the transition from high school into college. Their favorite horror movies include Nope, Cure, and Possession, although many others are also in competition for the top spot. This is their first TTRPG Actual Play podcast appearance.