{"id":1367,"date":"2025-10-14T18:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bajafisherman.com\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:54:07","slug":"nycc-25-playground-productions-and-mega-cat-studios-talk-making-the-backyard-sports-franchise-into-a-multi-media-grand-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bajafisherman.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/nycc-25-playground-productions-and-mega-cat-studios-talk-making-the-backyard-sports-franchise-into-a-multi-media-grand-slam\/","title":{"rendered":"NYCC `25: Playground Productions and Mega Cat Studios talk making the Backyard Sports franchise into a multi-media grand slam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/nycc-25-playground-productions-and-mega-cat-studios-talk-making-the-backyard-sports-franchise-into-a-multi-media-grand-slam\/\" title=\"NYCC `25: Playground Productions and Mega Cat Studios talk making the Backyard Sports franchise into a multi-media grand slam\" rel=\"nofollow\">&lt;img width=&quot;696&quot; height=&quot;522&quot; src=&quot;http:\/\/bajafisherman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-1000&#215;750-1.jpeg&quot; class=&quot;webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image&quot; alt=&quot;Backyard Sports&quot; style=&quot;display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;max-width: 100%;&quot; link_thumbnail=&quot;1&quot; decoding=&quot;async&quot; srcset=&quot;http:\/\/bajafisherman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-1000&#215;750-1.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-300&#215;225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-150&#215;113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-768&#215;576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-1536&#215;1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-2048&#215;1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-80&#215;60.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-160&#215;120.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-600&#215;450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-696&#215;522.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-1392&#215;1044.jpeg 1392w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-1068&#215;801.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-1920&#215;1440.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-265&#215;198.jpeg 265w&quot; sizes=&quot;(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px&quot; data-attachment-id=&quot;547890&quot; data-permalink=&quot;https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/nycc-25-playground-productions-and-mega-cat-studios-talk-making-the-backyard-sports-franchise-into-a-multi-media-grand-slam\/img_1838-2\/&quot; data-orig-file=&quot;https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838.jpeg&quot; data-orig-size=&quot;5712,4284&quot; data-comments-opened=&quot;1&quot; data-image-meta=&quot;{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}&quot; data-image-title=&quot;Backyard Sports Panelists&quot; data-image-description=&quot;&quot; data-image-caption=&quot;<\/p>\n<p>(L-R) James Deighan, Lindsay Barnett, Chris Waters, and Jennifer Maas at NYCC `25 (Photo credit: Aaron Halls)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-medium-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-300&#215;225.jpeg&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;http:\/\/bajafisherman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1838-1000&#215;750-1.jpeg&#8221; \/&gt;<\/a>Backyard Sports is back and it&#8217;s not stopping at just video games. 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