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 ( @PowerU...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 57 min•Season 1Ep. 155
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 -...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 154
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
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 42 min
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
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 47 min
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 Pla...
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 151
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, ...
Apr 01, 2023•4 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 150
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...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 48 min
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: Ther...
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 150
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 Ne...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 148
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 inc...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 147
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 ga...
Feb 10, 2023•2 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 146
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 1:1...
Jan 20, 2023•2 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 145
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 Awa...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 144
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...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 143
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...
Dec 17, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 5
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 / Everyth...
Dec 10, 2022•2 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 142
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 F...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min
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, re...
Nov 25, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 141
Now that God of War: Ragnarok is out, Dan and Luis don’t even mention it. Instead, they allude to it and move on to talk about PSVR2, PS Plus subscriber base decreasing, Street Fighter 6’s new controls, and more. 00:00 - Intro / Happy birthday to Luis / feeling old 05:40 - Temple of Time (video game anniversaries) 51:31 - PSVR2 launches on February 22nd for $549.99 via TheVerge 1:02:46 - PSPlus loses 1.9 million subscribers since relaunch, Sony says via Polygon 1:06:55 - SF6 has a ‘button ...
Nov 11, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 140
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 g...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 139
Dan and Luis deep dive into BlueTwelve Studio’s debut adventure game from 2022, "Stray". 00:00 - Intro / “Slums” 00:51 - Off-Topic 09:15 - Non-Spoiler Review 25:41 - Game Facts / Trophies 36:20 - “Inside The Wall” / Spoilercast Starts! 59:47 - Outro / “Last Night” 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 “allegedly” be South Park: The Stick of Truth (2014). Pl...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 1 min
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 You...
Oct 14, 2022•2 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 138
Dan and Luis talk about GTA 6 footage being stolen from Rockstar and leaked online, NVIDIA’s new 40-series of graphics cards, Street Fighter 6’s latest roster announcement, a new fan-made Super Mario Bros. game, The Last of Us HBO show, and plenty more. 00:00 - Intro 02:23 - Looking back at RPP #1 05:55 - Ghost of Tsushima Spoilercast out now 11:34 - GTA VI leaks via ArsTechnica (Topic of the Show) 31:31 - NVIDIA announces new graphics cards via IGN 40:50 - Street Fighter 6 full launch roster co...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Dan and Luis deep dive into Sucker Punch Productions' Action-Adventure open world game from 2020, Ghost of Tsushima. 00:00 - Intro / "The Way of the Ghost" 00:55 - Trophy Talk 04:45 - Game Facts 10:00 - Non-Spoilers Review 42:10 - "Sacrifice of Tradition" / Spoilercast Starts! 2:11:30 - Outro / "The Way of the Ghost (Farewell Version)" 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 m...
Sep 23, 2022•2 hr 14 min
With so many digital presentations being dumped all at once, Dan and Luis had to meet to discuss it all. On today’s show we talk about the latest Nintendo Direct, State of Play, Ubisoft Forward, and the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase. All this and more. 00:00 - Intro / Ghost of Tsushima Spoilercast coming next week 06:23 - Nintendo Direct Roundup via IGN 43:08 - PlayStation State of Play Roundup via IGN 1:01:57 - Ubisoft Forward Roundup via IGN 1:10:10 - Disney and Marvel Games Showcas...
Sep 16, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 136
Dan and Luis meet to discuss Jim Ryan’s quote about Xbox’s purchase of Activision, a new revision of the PS5, Quantic Dream being acquired, video game anniversaries in September, and more. 00:00 - Intro / Ghost of Tsushima Spoilercast coming next week 05:08 - Temple of Time 41:47 - Jim Ryan calls Xbox's COD offer "inadequate" via GI.biz 54:10 - Sony makes the PS5 lighter via TheVerge 57:41 - Sony and Tencent are buying 30% of FromSoftware via VGC & NetEase has acquired Quantic Dream via Vent...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 135
Dan and Luis meet to discuss Gamescom 2022, Coffee, Economic Inflation, an Acquisition, and plenty more. 00:00 - Intro / Coffee Talk 07:33 - Gamescom 2022 Recap via Polygon (Topic of the Show) 39:45 - PS5 price to increase in select markets via PlayStation Blog 47:39 - KOTOR remake reportedly changed developers via VGC 53:02 - Embracer Group makes more acquisitions - Lord of the Rings via VGC 59:20 - Check this Out - The Last of Us HBO Series Teaser 1:01:20 - Extra News #1 - Hideo Kojima has a p...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 134
Dan and Luis meet to discuss EVO 2022, Thymesia, Street Fighter 6, PS4 and Xbox One sales, a PlayStation PC launcher, and plenty more. 00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping - Luis’ Thymesia Review 08:10 - EVO 2022 (Topic of the Show) 19:55 - CAPCOM announces Juri and Kimberly for Street Fighter 6 via PlayStationBlog 26:28 - New Tekken game teased via Polygon 31:45 - EVO Arena Finals & SF5 Top 8 42:10 - Reference to PlayStation PC launcher discovered in Spider-Man via VGC 47:30 - Court papers show PS4...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Dan and Luis meet to discuss Dan getting a PS5, Evo talk, Sony complaining about Xbox owning COD, GTA 6/Rockstar Rumors, Meta changing the price of the Quest 2 VR, KOTOR remake in trouble, and plenty more. 00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping 00:46 - Dan has a PS5 / EVO Talk 14:49 - Temple of Time (Video Game Anniversaries) 49:06 - Sony comments on Xbox owning Call of Duty via VGC 1:04:15 - Grand Theft Auto 6 / Rockstar Rumor Roundup via Polygon 1:14:57 - Eidos Montreal founder believes Sony may be inte...
Aug 05, 2022•2 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 132
Dan and Luis meet to discuss Discord coming to Xbox, Sony’s new loyalty program, Nintendo buying an animation studio, June’s NPD results, and plenty more. 00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping 08:00 - Discord is coming to Xbox via XboxWire 15:08 - Xbox Series outsells Xbox One lifetime sales in Japan 2:1 via VGC + Mojang blocks NFTs and Blockchain technologies from Minecraft via Fortune 19:22 - Sony announces loyalty program PlayStation Stars via PlayStation Blog 29:25 - SIE completes Haven acquisition, ...
Jul 22, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 131
