Ready Press Play: A Video Game Podcast

Luis and Dan meet to discuss all the games they played in 2025 and come to a consensus as to what Ready Press Play's Game of the Year for 2025 will be. The nominees for Ready Press Play's Game of the Year 2025 are: Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Donkey Kong Bananza Ghost of Yotei Metroid Prime 4 Who will win? Timestamps: (Coming Soon) 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 X , his YouTube Channel, his Twitch, and on Secret Stash Follow Dan on his Twitch.

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

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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!

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!

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 Suicide Squad KTJL delayed againNMEThe Wolf Among Us 2 pushed to next yearIGNStarfield delayed againTheVergePokémon Sleep coming this SummerDexertoNew Switch bundle includes free Mario gamePolygonElden Ring expansion titledTheVergeQuest headsets getting a price cutPolygonNew DBZ Budokai game in developmentPolygonGhostwire Tokyo coming to Game Pass this AprilPolygonRedfall to include full cross-play across PC and XboxWindowsCentralDevs can now self-publish on the Epic Games StoreTheVergeJeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson cast on Silent Hill movieDeadlineDead by Delight film in the works by Blumhouse and Atomic MonsterPolygon 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 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!

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!

In the longest episode of Ready Press Play Dan and Luis are hit with the realization that the theme for today’s episode is sadness. Dan and Luis give personal life updates, talk about a sad set of video game anniversaries, realize that their best predictions favor negativity, and were a little bummed about the latest Nintendo Direct. All this and more. 00:00 - Intro 05:22 - Luis’ life update 11:50 - Dan’s life update - EA’s Press Release / Yong Yea 24:58 - Temple of Time (February video game anniversaries) 50:02 - 2022 Predictions Results 1:16:02 - Nintendo Direct Roundup via IGN 1:38:45 - Xbox Developer Direct Roundup via Polygon 1:50:00 - Xbox, Nintendo, and Sony won't be part of E3 2023 via IGN 1:56:48 - Game Cancellations 2:03:36 - Check this out: HBO Mario Kart via SNL 2:05:45 - Extra News The Switch is the third best selling console with 122M salesMyNintendoNewsPlayStation ad called “Live from PS5” might be teasing Uncharted game DualShockers 2:14:18 - Out This Week 2:22:47 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time 2:32:23 - Recommendations / The Last of Us (HBO), Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) 2:34:53 - 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 Halo veteran Joseph Staten leaving 343VGCMicrosoft announced carbon aware power modePolygonWarzone 2 and MW2 Season 2 delayedVGCMobile Sackboy game coming out on 2/21MobileSyrupTMNT Shredder's Revenge added to Netflix GamesVG247Steam hits concurrent players record (10M)PolygonRemnant from the Ashes coming to SwitchPolygonNew League of Legends spinoff leaksPolygon 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!

On the 3rd anniversary of Ready Press Play, Dan and Luis meet up to discuss their plans for the future of the podcast and catch up on what they were up to during the holiday break. Overall the episode was a chill laid back show where they eventually get around to talk about game news somewhere in there. 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - New Year Resolutions 15:30 - God of War Ragnarok Impressions 20:08 - Steam Deck Impressions 34:25 - FIFA predicts World Cup winner 37:20 - Christopher Judge's Game Awards speech breaks record 40:39 - Elden Ring wins more GOTY Awards than TLOU 2 - via PushSquare 47:30 - The Last of Us TV show "will be the best, most authentic game adaptation" - via Eurogamer 51:40 - Digital games outsold physical games in 2022 - via MyNintendoNews 55:17 - Sony announces new controller aimed at gamers with disabilities - via ArsTechnica 58:20 - Masahiro Sakurai confirms he is now semi-retired - via MyNintendoNews 1:06:24 - Extra News Bethesda intends to release Starfield during the first half of the yearVGCGoogle Stadia players who bought Ubisoft games will be granted free PC versionsPolygonHigh On Life was the biggest Game Pass release of 2022PolygonSystem Shock remake will release this MarchEurogamerPocket Card Jockey is coming to iOSVGCMicrosoft claps back at Sony's objection to its acquisition of ActivisionEurogamerGod of War Ragnarok Will Receive New Game Plus ModePushSquareGoat Simulator 3 trailer taken down due to GTA 6 footageEurogamerGod of War series will be adapted for TV for Amazon Prime VideoPushSquareRevered roguelike Risk of Rain is receiving a remakePolygonHitman 3 will be renamed 'World of Assassination'EurogamerSony has sold 30 million PlayStation 5 consoles worldwideEurogamer 1:13:37 - Out This Week 1:20:35 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time 1:30:18 - The Big Announcement 1:50:35 - 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!

Dan and Luis deep dive into South Park: The Stick of Truth developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. Spoilers start at 17:18 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 God of War: Ragnarok. 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

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 Everything announced at TGA 2022IGN 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 meet for a bonus episode where they make predictions on what's going to get announced and who's going to take the trophy home at this year's Game Awards. Heads up: Episode 142 will drop on Saturday instead of Friday this week. 00:00 - Intro / Shenanigans 09:25 - The Game Awards topic starts 12:54 - Announcement predictions 31:55 - Winners predictions 1:13:10 - Recommendations: The World Cup and Football (sports) 1:18:43 - 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!