PPR Presents Limelight: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

It’s been nearly a decade since the long-awaited new chapter for the Metroid Prime series was teased at the end of a Nintendo Direct with Metroid Prime 4.

Since then, we’ve gotten a new logo, a subtitle, and some reassurance that yes, it’s still coming, WELL into the point that we’ve gotten the Nintendo Switch 2 now, and it’s here where we’ll show you our look at the game as George will be streaming Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Limelight on Press Pause Radio! This should make for an interesting stream too because he’ll be testing out the new Mouse-oriented controls with the use of his of official Super NES Mouse Pad.

It looks like George is still wandering around Volt Forge, but fret not—a lot of the busy work with Vi-O-La has been done, and it's all free-roaming from here! Ate least we think so?

Be sure to tune in to our Twitch or YouTube  at 7:00 PM PST on 01/14/2026 to watch Samus Aran’s new first-person adventure on the Switch 2! You can check out the streams here or directly on our Twitch and YouTube channels, and vibe along with us as we work towards ushering in a new age of Limelight for y'all!

PPR Presents Limelight: Panzer Dragoon Orta

When SEGA dug deep into their trove of properties to revisit on Microsoft’s 128-bit premiere, they went hard, and one of the big guns behind that effort was Smilebit Premiere, also known as Sega’s “AM6.” After Jet Grind Radio and Typing of the Dead, the studio set their sights on delivering action of the more “shooty” variety, with one of those games being a sequel to a cult-classic still beloved to this day, Panzer Dragoon.

With Panzer Dragoon Orta being one of the most cherished Xbox exclusives ever made, Microsoft has naturally retrofitted the game with an official enhanced remaster patch for the Xbox Series X, and today, George is going to check it out!

Be sure to tune in to our Twitch or YouTube  at 3:30 PM PST on 01/13/2026 to watch Orta take flight with a new set of 4K paint to show off! You can check out the streams here or directly on our Twitch and YouTube channels, and vibe along with us as we work towards ushering in a new age of Limelight for y'all!

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As we all leave the holiday behind and officially ring in 2026, or whatever the hell George was calling it (we think it was the "Düo-Dusé"). We thought it would be neat to look at the holiday season under a lens, and think about the “comfort games” that come with the season.

Think about all of the arguments or justifications you’ve heard for whether or not a film or album is a Xmas-coded production? Like, beyond all of the Die Hard or The Thin Man shitposts, there are pieces of media that folks just associate with the holidays, even when they’re not centrally focused on the jolly time—and some choice picks that don’t even do that much.

We all assign these arbitrary associations between literature and film around yuletides and such, so why not video games too? To ensure we really get some spirit out of this topic, we’ve asked some wonderful folks to appear on the episode, and give us their thoughts on the matter, as well as the games that they associate with the season of giving. Join Andrew and George as they have the pleasure of inviting Emily and Kate of No Small Games, and Rick of Pixel Project Radio to ham it up over this silly little query on what we all like to enjoy on our screens during a heart-warming and arguably anaphylactic event every year in December.

Mail us at our new email Mailbag@presspauseradio.com, leave a voicemail at 469-PPR-TALK, and be sure to stop by at our Forums if you haven’t already registered and post your thoughts about the show. Finally, make sure to rate and subscribe to us on iTunes and YouTube, follow us on our Twitch page and Twitter, and finally take part in our Facebook and Steam group!

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PPR Presents Play Play: Gladmort Press Kit Demo

2025 sure has been a banger year for the Neo•Geo, like—we’ve got Final Vendetta, Vengeance Hunters, and the game in our latest entry of Play Play: Gladmort, by Chipsonsteroids and Pixel Heart.

George had the opportunity to check out a slice of this action title for SNK’s black-and-gold wonder, courtesy of a demo provided by the developer, where he played it with original hardware via the NeoSD Flashcart from Teraonion. Check out what he has to say about it, and all of the ways you can scope out this game now, regardless of whether or not you have what may be the most expensive retro console to own.

PPR Presents Limelight: Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams

Surprise! We're streaming one of George's favorite Holiday traditions right now!

Be sure to tune in to our Twitch or YouTube at 12:00 PM PST-ish on 12/25/2025 to watch the us play through one of the cololest little! You can check out the streams here or directly on our Twitch and YouTube channels, and vibe along with us as we work towards ushering in a new age of Press Pause Radio streaming features for y'all!

QCF: Dispatch

Story-telling is such a powerful method of expression, and is something that can really make the difference in a piece of media, like a film where the production quality isn’t great, or a book where the writing is banal, or for a video game that doesn’t have the best gameplay. An immersive story can save any one of these experiences, but unlike film or literature, a video game has the strength of being designed around a well-crafted story, thanks to the ability to interact with the content diegetically.

All of those moments you found yourself yelling at the characters on screen to discover the  Machiavellian identity of someone close to them, or when you clicked with the hidden message that was woven throughout the progression of the plot—all of these micro-expressions seem to hit even stronger when you had a hand in making it happen. One specific studio has earned its Butter Brickle out of delivering those experiences at a premium, and after being out of the game for the last couple of years, the former development house,  Telltale Games, is now under a new banner, Adhoc Studio, and their reentry to the scene is accompanied by an exciting collaboration as well.

In partnership with the Tabletop gaming fanatics, Critical Role, Adhoc Studio has unveiled their debut, Dispatch, a brand new original story that takes inspiration from the cape-intensive ambience of a Superhero-centric Universe. The world of Dispatch wears its comic book inspiration proudly on its sleeve, and has embroidered that stitch in the thread of Telltale’s previous hits like The Walking Dead or The Wolves Among Us, only with a statistical twist that was built with the spirit of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign under the guise of a 911-like dispatch work simulator. Now, the juxtaposition of choice-driven comment and dice roll-fueled action may initially come off as a dissonant formula, especially when broken down to an episodic format no less, but y’all—they done did it.

The ambitious alliance between Adhoc Studio and Critical Roll proves to be more than just a dap-up for the clicks, as Dispatch arguably stands to be the best choice-driven narrative game the team has ever made.

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PPR Presents Ourcade: Silent Hill 2

Welcome to the next entry of dual stream feature, Ourcade! The feature where George and his partner will stream some games in tandem with one another—specifically games that have had a remaster or remake, where George will be playing the original, while Val is playing the new version. In this streaming session, George and Val are going to play the most iconic entry of Konami’s survival-horror dynasty, Silent Hill 2. On George’s end, he’ll be playing the PS2 classic that redefined the genre back in 2001, while Val will be playing the Bloober Team remake that released last year exclusively on the PS5.

Be sure to tune in to our Twitch or YouTube at 7:00 PM PST on 12/12/2025 to watch the us play through what has been heralded as one of the best video games of all time! You can check out the streams here or directly on our Twitch and YouTube channels, and vibe along with us as we work towards ushering in a new age of Press Pause Radio streaming features for y'all!

PPR Presents Limelight: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

It’s been nearly a decade since the long-awaited new chapter for the Metroid Prime series was teased at the end of a Nintendo Direct with Metroid Prime 4.

Since then, we’ve gotten a new logo, a subtitle, and some reassurance that yes, it’s still coming, WELL into the point that we’ve gotten the Nintendo Switch 2 now, and it’s here where we’ll show you our look at the game as George will be streaming Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Limelight on Press Pause Radio! This should make for an interesting stream too because he’ll be testing out the new Mouse-oriented controls with the use of his of official Super NES Mouse Pad.

The first stream was a wild ride into the new psychic power mechanics, and the enviornmental puzzles designed around them were dope as all hell. Now that George has made it to the Desert area, we'll be able to see the game open up even more. Oh, and don't worry, George made sure to snag a Samus & Vi-O-La Amiibo so that we can all get the sweet tunes that were stupidly locked out of the base game!

Be sure to tune in to our Twitch or YouTube  at 12:00 PM PST on 12/11/2025 to watch Samus Aran’s new first-person adventure on the Switch 2! You can check out the streams here or directly on our Twitch and YouTube channels, and vibe along with us as we work towards ushering in a new age of Limelight for y'all!