Ready Press Play: A Video Game Podcast

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!

Dan and Luis meet to talk about anxious dads, Super Bowl trailers, January’s NPD results, Game Pass affecting game sales, the Tetris movie, and much more. 00:00 - Intro 06:25 - The Flash trailer and the DC Cinematic Universe 12:30 - Microsoft confirms Game Pass cannibalizes sales via GI.biz 22:50 - January 2023 NPD via GI.biz 29:35 - Check this out: Tetris — Official Trailer 32:45 - Check this out: The Super Mario Bros Movie - Official Plumbing Commercial 38:15 - Extra News #1 - Saudi Arabia increases its stake in Nintendo via VGC #2 - MultiVersus concurrent players on Steam down 99% since launch via VGC #3 - Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal to release 5 AAA games by 2028 via VGC #4 - Ubisoft confirms it intends to be at E3 via VGC #5 - Ex-Respawn devs form new studio Wildlight Entertainment via GameRant #6 - Riot reveals new League spinoff The Mageseeker via Polygon #7 - Genshin Impact developer cuts ties with voice actor via VGC #8 - Dead Island 2 goes gold, comes out on April 21st via XFire 45:53 - Out This Week 1:03:44 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time 1:17:47 - Recommendations / “You” season 4 (Netflix), Plane (theaters/on demand) 1:20:28 - 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!

Dan and Luis meet to talk about The Last of Us' HBO show, layoffs at Microsoft, Ubisoft canceling multiple games, and end of year NPD results. 00:00 - Intro / SteamDeck / Xbox controllers 07:56 - Reminder! RPP ends on #150 10:41 - HBO’s The Last of Us Pilot Impressions 23:57 - Temple of Time (January video game anniversaries) 53:20 - Microsoft layoffs confirmed to affect Bethesda and Xbox via VGC 1:08:55 - Xbox showcase coming to highlight 2023 games, but Starfield won't be there via Polygon 1:13:45 - Ubisoft delays Skull and Bones, cancels more games via Kotaku 1:26:10 - End of year NPD results! via GI.biz 1:32:27 - Extra News #1 - Halo veteran Joseph Staten leaving 343 via VGC #2 - Microsoft announced carbon aware power mode via Polygon #3 - Warzone 2 and MW2 Season 2 delayed via VGC #4 - Mobile Sackboy game coming out on 2/21 via MobileSyrup #5 - TMNT Shredder's Revenge added to Netflix Games via VG247 #6 - Steam hits concurrent players record (10M) via Polygon #7 - Remnant from the Ashes coming to Switch via Polygon #8 - New League of Legends spinoff leaks via Polygon 1:35:10 - Out This Week 1:49:21 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time 1:57:41 - Recommendations / The Whale (theaters), Missing (theaters), Kaleidoscope (Netflix) 2:04:31 - 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!

Happy holidays! On this unique episode of Ready Press Play, our crew unites to discuss and rank their favorite original games released between 1980 and 1989. This DLC was originally recorded on July 2022, and therefore won’t include updated news, releases, or other traditional segments of the show. Check back in two weeks for a more timely episode. Enjoy! Every Friday, Dan Lima (@thedanlima) and Luis Menchaca (@chacalaca88) will catch you up on everything that’s new and exciting in the world of video games. If you want to write anything to be read in the show, go to readyplaynetwork.com or hit us up on Twitter or TikTok @readypressplay. 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 The.How.To.Be by Waz on Spotify. Thank you!

On the last traditional episode of the year, Dan and Luis meet to talk about everything announced at Geoff Keighley’s Game Awards, compare who got most predictions right, discuss newer updates on Microsoft’s big acquisition of the year, and go through flagship video game anniversaries in the month of December. 00:00 - Intro / World Cup 04:20 - FTC sues to block Microsoft’s acquisition via The Wall Street Journal 09:51 - The Game Awards 2022 09:51 - The bad and the ugly 27:54 - The good / Everything announced at TGA 2022 via IGN 44:10 - Announcements prediction results 59:04 - Awards prediction results 1:19:05 - Temple of Time 1:44:00 - Out This Week 1:50:35 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time 2:00:33 - Recommendations: Tulsa King (Paramount+) and Everything Everywhere All at Once (AppleTV, Prime) 2:06:30 - 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!

Dan and Luis are enjoying their Thanksgiving holiday but they did manage to get together to pre-record a show for you guys.  On today’s show, they dig up old topics that they forgot to revisit and left pending. So for today’s show, Dan and Luis figure out who won the Summer of Gaming predictions and who has the lead on their release date predictions.  All this and nothing more! 00:00 - Intro / Woe is Luis 06:29 - Summer of Gaming Predictions Results 45:51 - Release Date Predictions, results so far. 1:11:40 - New Release Date Predictions 1:31:45 - 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!

Dan and Luis talk about the Bayonetta 3 voice acting controversy, new Silent Hill announcements, Xbox Game Pass, September NPD results, and more. 00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping Stray Spoilercast out now, next one South Park: The Stick of Truth 07:16 - Bayonetta 3 voice acting controversy via Bounding Into Comics 21:54 - Phil Spencer talks Game Pass growth, profitability, pricing via The Verge 31:30 - September NPD Results via GI.biz 36:00 - New Silent Hill announcements via CBR 47:45 - Every PS2 game manual was scanned in 4K via Kotaku 50:15 - Check This Out: Super Smash Bros.  [Game Concepts] via Youtube / Masahiro Sakurai 53:01 - Extra News #1 - G4TV shutting down via Deadline #2 - The Witcher remake in development via VGC #3 - Hideo Kojima talks about new game via TheGuardian #4 - Sony London working on co-op online game via GI.biz #5 - DualSense Edge launching for $200 via VGC #6 - Xbox Design Lab now includes Elite Series 2 controller via XboxWire #7 - COD MW2 physical disk basically empty via Twitter / DoesItPlay #8 - Age of Empires series coming to Xbox via Polygon #9 - Epic Games MOBA Paragon being revived via VGC #10 - The Callisto Protocol banned in Japan via Polygon Roundup: Somerville coming to Xbox & PC Game Pass on Nov/15; Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty coming to PC, Xbox and PS4/5 on Mar/3rd; next-gen Fallout 4 coming in 2023 1:03:22 - Out This Week 1:21:46 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time 1:35:43 - Recommendations: See (AppleTV+), House of the Dragon (HBO), Last Night in Soho (HBO), and The Midnight Club (Netflix) 1:42:30 - 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!

Dan and Luis talk about video game anniversaries, Google Stadia shutting down, The Mario Movie trailer reactions, a new Oculus headset, August NPD, and plenty more. 00:00 - Intro 04:35 - LV1 Gaming Updates 08:30 - Streamer seriously injured at TwitchCon via Twitter 12:08 - Overwatch 2 launch 17:53 - Temple of Time 1:03:05 - Check This Out: Super Mario Bros. Movie Trailer via Youtube / IGN Mario's dubbed voice in other languages via Youtube / IGN Mario sounds like Linda from Bob's Burgers via Youtube / David Toons 1:14:22 - Ed Sheeran's Pokémon song: Celestial via Youtube / Ed Sheeran 1:15:46 - Doom running on Notepad via Twitter / @SamNChiet 1:18:58 - Report: Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 incoming via MP1st 1:25:25 - Google Stadia shutting down via VGC Ubisoft, Bungie and IO confirm Stadia salvage plans via VGC 1:31:10 - CD Projekt's new game announcements via VGC 1:36:58 - Meta announces Quest Pro, a pricy mixed reality device via ArsTechnica 1:42:23 - August NPD via GI.biz 1:45:23 - Extra News #1 - Nintendo Pictures launches via VGC #2 -  NOA reaches settlement with QA worker via Polygon #3 -  PS5 reportedly jailbroken via VGC #4 -  343 reportedly switching to Unreal Engine via ACG/Twitter #5 -  Oculus Studios acquires Iron Man VR's dev via Polygon #6 -  Saudi Arabia to invest billions in game company acquisitions via VGC #7 -  The Medium being adapted to a TV show via GameInformer #8 -  COD MW2 campaign to be available early, offer rewards via Polygon #9 -  COD MW2 requires phone number verification via ArsTechnica #10 -  Activision Blizzard being sued again for sexual misconduct via DailyMail Roundup: Scorn brought forward to Oct/14; Sackboy: A Big Adventure coming to PC on Oct/27, followed by Spider-Man Miles Morales on Nov/18; Invoke Studios developing a new AAA D&D game; Kojima Productions teases a new game starring Elle Fanning. 1:54:45 - Out This Week 2:07:10 - 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!