Ready Press Play: A Video Game Podcast

Dan Lima & Luis Menchaca
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Ready Press Play: A Video Game Podcast

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. 18/12/2024

    #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

  2. 09/12/2024

    #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
  3. #152 - The End of E3 & Game Awards 2023 Recap

    15/12/2023

    #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
  4. #151 - Predicting The Game Awards 2023

    06/12/2023

    #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
  5. #150 - Not Goodbye But See Ya Later

    01/04/2023

    #150 - Not Goodbye But See Ya Later

    Dan and Luis meet for the last time to send the show off in the longest podcast they have ever done!  Clocking in at over 4 hours they reminisced on the life of the show, the future of the games industry, they got sentimental and closed the book on this chapter of their lives.  In addition, they cover the news of the week including E3 getting cancelled, the last purchases they did on the Wii U and 3DS eShops, the Tears of the Kingdom Gameplay, and they finish their list of best games of all time, all this and much more.  For more Dan and Luis in the future subscribe to the One Game at a Time podcast feed 00:00 - Intro 06:38 - Dan at GDC 10:37 - Discussing Titles of Previous Episodes 14:33 - How We Chose the Name Ready Press Play & How RPP Was Used in the Past 20:01 - The Process of Naming Episodes / The Early Days of Hosting 30:04 - The Most Listened to Episodes of RPP 35:24 - Luis’ final Steam Deck Update 40:56 - SF6, MK12, & Tekken 8 in 2023?! 47:32 - The Wii U & 3DS eShops closed - What did we buy? 1:14:38 - E3 Has Been Canceled via IGN 1:33:12 - Game Preservation / Less Physical Games Inventory 1:44:54 - AI / Chat GPT Discussion 1:59:55 - Gimmicky Hardware in the Future? 2:07:43 - Zelda Tears of the Kingdom gameplay. Via Nintendo YT 2:13:54 - Tears of the Kingdom Special Edition Switch / Predicting when #151 will happen 2:25:52 - Feb 2023 NPD Results via GI.biz 2:31:08 - Extra News #1 - Last of Us Part 1 PC version launched in Poor State via VGC #2 - Record Number of PS5 consoles were sold in the month of February via VGC #3 - Microsoft is getting ready to launch its Xbox mobile gaming store via TheVerge #4 - Microsoft has stopped its $1 trial offer for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate via TheVerge #5 - Xbox’s Elite Series 2 controller is now available in red and blue via Polygon #6 - 400 Twitch workers were impacted by Amazon’s layoffs via Polygon #7 - Breath of the Wild Explorer’s Guide is now available as a free PDF via NintendoLife #8 - Dolphin emulator is coming to Steam via VGC #9 - GameStop posted a profit for the fourth quarter surprisingly via Reuters #10 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is currently in development via Polygon #11 - Multiversus is going offline in June via DigitalTrends #12 - There’s a new dating sim game that helps you file your taxes: Tax Heaven 3000 #13 - Obituary: Actor Lance Reddick has died of natural causes at age 60 Roundup: Kart racer Disney Speedstorm releases in early access on 4/18 for Switch, PC, PlayStation and Xboxes; Honkai: Star Rail, the new game from Genshing Impact developers, comes out on 4/26 for mobile and PC; Valve announced Counter Strike 2, coming this Summer. 2:38:34 - Out This Week 2:54:17 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time 4:02:28 - Recommendations - The Super Mario Movie (Theaters) / Empire of the Sun (Digital/Physical) 4:04:32 - Recommendations - Ted Laso (Apple TV+) / Dan & Luis’ Scary Device Listening Story 4:09:44 - Dan’s New Job Tease / Follow us on Twitter Plug 4:10:25 - Closing Thoughts 4:14:58 - 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!

    4h 18m
  6. God of War: Ragnarök (2022) Review & Spoilercast (One Game at a Time #6)

    24/03/2023 · BONUS

    God of War: Ragnarök (2022) Review & Spoilercast (One Game at a Time #6)

    Dan and Luis deep dive into God of War: Ragnarok developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Spoilers start at 30:58 Once a month, Dan Lima (@PowerUpDan) and Luis Menchaca (@Chacalaca88) deep dive on a game from their backlog. If you want to play along with our hosts, next month’s game will be Ori and the Will of the Wisps. 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

    1h 48m
  7. #149 - GG

    17/03/2023

    #149 - GG

    Dan and Luis meet to talk about the upcoming finale of the show, go back through the Temple of Time for the last time, chat (once again) about the end of the 3DS and WiiU eShops, reports of a PS5 Pro around the corner, game delays, The Last of Us HBO show, and much more. 00:00 - Intro / end of the podcast discussion 16:15 - Temple of Time 52:25 - Reminder: The 3DS and WiiU eShops will close on March 27th 1:05:04 - PS5 Pro seemingly in development via Insider Gaming 1:12:25 - Check this out: There’s a Grogu Xbox Series controller 1:13:50 - Extra News #1 - Suicide Squad KTJL delayed again via NME #2 - The Wolf Among Us 2 pushed to next year via IGN #3 - Starfield delayed again via TheVerge #4 - Pokémon Sleep coming this Summer via Dexerto #5 - New Switch bundle includes free Mario game via Polygon #6 - Elden Ring expansion titled via TheVerge #7 - Quest headsets getting a price cut via Polygon #8 - New DBZ Budokai game in development via Polygon #9 - Ghostwire Tokyo coming to Game Pass this April via Polygon #10 - Redfall to include full cross-play across PC and Xbox via WindowsCentral #11 - Devs can now self-publish on the Epic Games Store via TheVerge #12 - Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson cast on Silent Hill movie via Deadline #13 - Dead by Delight film in the works by Blumhouse and Atomic Monster via Polygon 1:22:00 - Out This Week 1:37:28 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time 1:44:58 - SPOILERS WARNING: Recommendations / The Last of Us (HBO) 1:50:59 - Recommendations / The Mandalorian S3 (Disney+) 1:52:50 - 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 55m
  8. #148 - Game Over

    03/03/2023

    #148 - Game Over

    Dan and Luis meet to talk about how they titled the last few episodes, talk about their favorite games they played in 2022 and award Ready Press Play’s Game of the Year!, all this and much more. 00:00 - Intro 06:12 - Game of the Year Discussion Begins 09:38 - The Best Video Game Adaptation to Another Medium Award (Dan) 12:20 - The Most Japanese As Fuck Award (Luis) 14:40 - The Best Game from Another Year Award (Dan) 15:30 - The Backlog Award (Luis) 16:24 - The Best DLC Award (Dan) 20:37 - The New Coat of Paint Award (Luis) 22:52 - The Prettiest or Unique Aesthetic or Art Direction Award (Dan) 23:50 - The Indie Award (Luis) 25:54 - The Indie Award (Dan) 27:40 - The I’ve Given Up Monetarily Award (Luis) 29:12 - The Most Inaccessible Game of the Year Award (Dan) 31:36 - The Evo Award (Luis) 33:52 - The Best Acquisition of the Year Award (Dan) 38:29 - The New Game+ Award (Luis) 41:24 - The Best Cat Game of the Year (Dan) 42:58 - The I Wish I Played This Award (Luis) 45:04 - The Best Hardware of the Year (Dan) 51:02 - The Best Smash Mod Award (Luis) 54:07 - The Brought to You by LV1 Gaming Award (Luis) 58:08 - RPP’s GOTY 2022 1:13:34 - Out This Week 1:19:44 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time 1:29:25 - Recommendations / Perfect Match (Netflix), Attack on Titan (Crunchy Roll), Cocaine Bear (theaters) 1:36:20 - 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 39m
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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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