Ready Press Play: A Video Game Podcast

Dan Lima & Luis Menchaca
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A weekly podcast to catch you up on everything that’s new and exciting in the world of video games. We meet every Friday morning to discuss the top news of the week, notable releases on all platforms, what we’re playing, big topics of the industry and the games we love. Hosted by game developer Dan Lima (@PowerUpDan) and game reviewer Luis Menchaca (@Chacalaca88).

  1. 12/13/2025

    #157 - Game Awards 2025 Recap/Reactions

    Dan and Luis met live on Twitch immediately following The Game Awards to discuss all the announcements, the awards, and the show overall. Timecodes: 00:00 Intro / Revealing the prediction winner 09:33 Recapping the announcements 53:46 Thoughts on the award winners 1:18:22 Thoughts on Game of the Year 1:23:30 Thoughts on the show overall 1:26:20 Outro/RPP Theme For more Dan and Luis in the future subscribe to the One Game at a Time podcast feed If you like our intro and would like to support the artist, go check out Waz on Spotify and Bandcamp. Thank you! Follow RPP on Twitch! Find Luis on Twitter @chacalaca88 and on his YouTube channel and on Secret Stash

    1h 30m

  2. 11/28/2025

    #156 - Predicting The Game Awards 2025

    This episode was recorded live on November 19th, 2025, on the Ready Press Play ⁠Twitch channel⁠.

    1h 51m

  3. 11/26/2025 · BONUS

    #155.5 - Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Day Impressions (June 5th, 2025 on Twitch)

    This episode was recorded live on June 5th, 2025, on the Ready Press Play Twitch channel.

    2h 10m

  4. 04/07/2025

    #155 - The Switch Up

    Luis calls for a meeting with Dan to discuss the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct and all the news that came after, the good, the bad, and the ugly. All this and not much more! For more Dan and Luis in the future subscribe to the One Game at a Time podcast feed Time Stamps:00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping 22:39 - Switch 2 Topic Begins 1:54:30 - Outro/RPP Theme If you like our intro and would like to support the artist, go check out Waz on Spotify and Bandcamp. Thank you! Follow us on X: Dan Lima (@PowerUpDan) and Luis Menchaca (@Chacalaca88) Follow RPP on Twitch! Find Luis on Secret Stash! Find Luis on his YouTube Channel!

    1h 57m

  5. 12/18/2024

    #154 - 2024 Wrap Up & Game Awards Reactions

    Dan and Luis meet one more time in 2024 to talk about their PlayStation stats for the year and talk about all things The Game Awards, from the announcements, the controversies, and the winners. All this and more!  For more Dan and Luis in the future subscribe to the One Game at a Time podcast feed Time Stamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:11 - Luis' mini life update/secret stash 06:47 - PlayStations 2024 Wrap Up Stats 24:05 - The Game Awards Reactions/Announcements 1:04:41 - The Game Awards Winners 1:22:23 - Outro/RPP Theme If you like our intro and would like to support the artist, go check out Waz on Spotify and Bandcamp. Thank you! Follow us on Twitter: Dan Lima (@PowerUpDan) and Luis Menchaca (@Chacalaca88) Follow RPP on Twitch! Find Luis on Secret Stash! Find Luis on his YouTube Channel!

    1h 26m

  6. 12/09/2024

    #153 - Predicting The Game Awards 2024

    Dan and Luis meet for the first time in 2024 to talk life updates, gaming stories, predictions of who's winning The Game Awards, and what new announcements they're expecting for next week. TIME CODES PENDING

    1h 42m
  7. #152 - The End of E3 & Game Awards 2023 Recap

    12/15/2023

    #152 - The End of E3 & Game Awards 2023 Recap

    Dan and Luis meet up to talk about the death of E3, their video game stats recap on all platforms, and reveal who won The Game Awards predictions game as well as give their overall thoughts on the show in general. 00:00 - Intro 04:45 - RIP E3 30:29 - Xbox, PlayStation, Twitch Wrapped 51:48 - The Game Awards 2023 Recap 1:44:30 - Outro

    1h 47m
  8. #151 - Predicting The Game Awards 2023

    12/06/2023

    #151 - Predicting The Game Awards 2023

    Dan and Luis meet for the first time on camera in 9 months! They are so out of practice that they had technical difficulties with the audio (a rookie mistake)! They catch up and predict the winners of The Game Awards.   For more Dan and Luis in the future subscribe to the One Game at a Time podcast feed 00:00 - Intro 01:12 - Luis talks about why he is not at LV1 Gaming 02:12 - Talking about Ep 150 04:08 - What’s up with the OGAT Feed 06:02 - What games did Luis play? 06:57 - Luis the Pro Smash Player?! 09:02 - Luis switched to the dark side (Android -> iPhone) & Dan can’t take pics 10:50 - What did Dan Play 11:40 - Dan’s Conflict of Interest / Disclosure 13:15 - How much did Dan play Mario Wonder and Tears of the Kingdom 14:38 - Luis folds on Fortnite 17:22 - Twitter is now X 19:27 - Luis announces his Street Fighter 2 Tournament happening in Jan 2024 20:54 - GTA 6 Trailer Reaction 23:42 - Predicting the Winners of The Game Awards (starts with GOTY) 1:37:11 - Predicting Announcements 1:44:15 - Closing Thoughts / How we are watching TGAs 1:47:05 - Wrap up & Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez Every other Friday, Dan Lima (@PowerUpDan) and Luis Menchaca (@Chacalaca88) will catch you up on everything that’s new and exciting in the world of video games. Please subscribe to the feed so you can get every new show directly to your device as soon as it posts, and if you like it, please leave us a nice review. If you like our intro and would like to support the artist, go check out Waz on Spotify and Bandcamp. Thank you!

    1h 50m
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A weekly podcast to catch you up on everything that’s new and exciting in the world of video games. We meet every Friday morning to discuss the top news of the week, notable releases on all platforms, what we’re playing, big topics of the industry and the games we love. Hosted by game developer Dan Lima (@PowerUpDan) and game reviewer Luis Menchaca (@Chacalaca88).

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