Listen "#67 - Game Collecting, DICE Awards, and PlayStation News"
Episode Synopsis
On this week’s show, Dan and Luis catch up on a hot take a video game developer said about supporting games at full price. The crew also discusses the March NPD numbers, PS Store no longer closing on PS3 and Vita, the Dice Awards, and video game collecting. Plus the return of a long-dormant segment, all this, and plenty more.
00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping
Check out RPM 15
Watch our Youtube premiere here: https://youtu.be/1LFZxjjEt0k
07:13 - Game Impressions
Astro’s Playroom
14:09 - Dan’s Games - Fire Emblem Awakening
17:44 - It Takes Two
25:22 - Top News
March 2021 NPD via GamesIndustry.biz
35:00 - Days Gone lead hot take via VGC
42:55 - PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita update via PlayStation Blog
49:31 - Xbox Cloud Gaming Beta via Xbox Wire
52:33 - DICE Awards Results 2021 via GamesIndustry.biz
58:50 - Jim Ryan talks about PS5 exclusives via VGC
1:08:00 - Extra News
#1 - Discord no longer selling to Microsoft via WSJ
#2 - WB Planning Four More Mortal Kombat Films via IGN
#3 - Square Enix joins E3 2021 roster via VGC
#4 - No-VR Mod For Half Life: Alyx via Kotaku
#5 - Super Mario 64 Plus Feaures via Kotaku
#6 - Mother 3 Gets An Updated English Patch via Kotaku
#7 - Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan Leaves Blizzard Entertainment via IGN
#8 - ‘Last of Us’ Series at HBO Casts Gabriel Luna as Joel’s brother Tommy via Variety
#9 - Nintendo suing Bowser over Switch hacks via Polygon
#10 - Amazon Cancels Lord of the Rings Game via Bloomberg
#11 - Sony is testing a PlayStation video streaming service in Poland via TheVerge
1:15:05 - Video Game Collecting (Topic of the Show)
1:38:47 - New Releases & Updates
1:41:00 - Broke Gamers Guide
1:46:10 - Sharing the Love (Mortal Kombat)
1:58:43 - Outro / Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez
Every Friday, Dan Lima (@thedanlima) and Luis Menchaca (@chacalaca88) will catch you up on everything that’s new and exciting in the world of videogames. 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!
00:00 - Intro / Housekeeping
Check out RPM 15
Watch our Youtube premiere here: https://youtu.be/1LFZxjjEt0k
07:13 - Game Impressions
Astro’s Playroom
14:09 - Dan’s Games - Fire Emblem Awakening
17:44 - It Takes Two
25:22 - Top News
March 2021 NPD via GamesIndustry.biz
35:00 - Days Gone lead hot take via VGC
42:55 - PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita update via PlayStation Blog
49:31 - Xbox Cloud Gaming Beta via Xbox Wire
52:33 - DICE Awards Results 2021 via GamesIndustry.biz
58:50 - Jim Ryan talks about PS5 exclusives via VGC
1:08:00 - Extra News
#1 - Discord no longer selling to Microsoft via WSJ
#2 - WB Planning Four More Mortal Kombat Films via IGN
#3 - Square Enix joins E3 2021 roster via VGC
#4 - No-VR Mod For Half Life: Alyx via Kotaku
#5 - Super Mario 64 Plus Feaures via Kotaku
#6 - Mother 3 Gets An Updated English Patch via Kotaku
#7 - Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan Leaves Blizzard Entertainment via IGN
#8 - ‘Last of Us’ Series at HBO Casts Gabriel Luna as Joel’s brother Tommy via Variety
#9 - Nintendo suing Bowser over Switch hacks via Polygon
#10 - Amazon Cancels Lord of the Rings Game via Bloomberg
#11 - Sony is testing a PlayStation video streaming service in Poland via TheVerge
1:15:05 - Video Game Collecting (Topic of the Show)
1:38:47 - New Releases & Updates
1:41:00 - Broke Gamers Guide
1:46:10 - Sharing the Love (Mortal Kombat)
1:58:43 - Outro / Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez
Every Friday, Dan Lima (@thedanlima) and Luis Menchaca (@chacalaca88) will catch you up on everything that’s new and exciting in the world of videogames. 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!
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