Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to "PRESS PLAY," a recurring live show on Fridays at 4 p.m. ET where the Press comes to Play. The Washington Post's video game coverage team, Launcher, brings on big-name guests and journalists to play various games, including new and upcoming games, pre-release previews, interesting game mods, and popular multiplayer games.

In this episode, we're inviting Washington Post breaking business news reporter Taylor Telford to discuss the current woes plaguing the world with the supply chain. Will it make PS5 and Xbox Series X that much harder to obtain? Also on stream are Mikhail Klimentov and Teddy Amenabar, who will be playing the roguelike card game Slay the Spire while we discuss!

For more video game news, be sure to go to launcher.gg , or subscribe to our channel and check back in every Thursday at 4 p.m. ET for our Gaming News livestream, "WaPo Story Mode"!

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0:00 - Stream start
0:50 - Intro
3:31 - What is Slay the Spire
6:28 - Deckbuilding
10:20 - Game mechanics
13:36 - Hades comparison
15:14 - Progress check
17:09 - Smithing
19:40 - Anger card
21:35 - Resting/fighting
23:04 - Taylor day job
24:00 - Obtaining a graphics card
26:25 - How do I get a new console?
30:34 - More fighting
32:45 - Slime boss
39:35 - Best characters
42:00 - Demon form
43:24 - Dicey Dungeons
44:54 - Floor 2
45:50 - Stories Taylor’s working on
47:58 - Remote work here to stay
50:00 - Shopping cards
52:48 - Caw caw
55:02 - Loop Hero
57:17 - The life of a reporter
59:54 - Elite fight
1:03:33 - Other games
1:07:50 - Goodbye