#150 - Not Goodbye But See Ya Later
From Ready Press Play: A Video Game Podcast by Dan Lima & Luis Menchaca
April 1, 2023 · 4h 18m · Season 1 · Episode 150
About this episode
Dan and Luis reflect on the journey of their podcast and discuss various topics in the gaming industry during their final episode.
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…
Topics covered
- show farewell
- games industry future
- E3 cancellation
- Wii U eShop purchases
- Tears of the Kingdom gameplay
- best games of all time
Keywords
- nostalgia
- game preservation
- AI discussion
- gaming hardware
Mentioned in this episode
Products: the Wii U, 3DS, the Tears of the Kingdom Gameplay, SF6, MK12, Tekken 8, E3, PS5, Xbox, TheVerge
Books & works: Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, Tears of the Kingdom Special Edition Switch, Last of Us, Breath of the Wild Explorer’s Guide
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