History WebVideo / PreviouslyRecorded

** ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest2TheVengeance''
** ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest3TheKindred''

The third spinoff from WebVideo/RedLetterMedia, '''Previously Recorded''' (or '''Pre-Rec''') is hosted by Rich Evans and Jack Packard, two RLM regulars. Unlike all other spinoffs, ''Pre-Rec'' is hosted on its own dedicated [=YouTube=] channel, never appearing on the main RLM channel. Instead of focusing on film, the show turns its attention to video games; regular livestreams of various games are also featured on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1jCliC-puUaK1Zg7QY0hA YouTube]] and [[http://www.twitch.tv/previouslyrecorded_live/profile Twitch]]. Unlike RLM's [[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag previous]] [[WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst shows]], ''Pre-Rec'' does not feature guest contributors, though many of the other RLM crew show up in streams.

The core show is a sit-down discussion between Jack and Rich, in which they analyze a game or game-related subject. The pair also stream a number of games that they both have and have not reviewed, during which they will answer questions from viewers. Other members of RLM, particularly Jay, will occasionally stop by to watch a stream.

On July 22, 2018, the duo announced that no new videos or streams would be made and that they would end the channel. Their last stream was on July 25, 2018. Jack, although he has continued to appear in ''Best of the Worst''[[note]]albeit less often than he used to both because of his professed dislike for the informational videos they watch in Wheel/Black Spine episodes and because he is a recovering alcoholic and was known for getting ''very'' smashed during the discussion panels with free-flowing booze[[/note]], would join Website/TheEscapist in 2019 and begin a spiritual sequel to Pre-Rec called ''Underdeveloped''.

* GenderBlenderName: Jack's male cat was briefly named Princess Doctor Meatball [[note]]His name is now Biscuit[[/note]].

* ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest''

The third spinoff from WebVideo/RedLetterMedia, '''Previously Recorded''' (or '''Pre-Rec''') is hosted by Rich Evans and Jack Packard, two RLM regulars. Instead of focusing on film, the show turns its attention to video games; regular livestreams of various games are also featured on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1jCliC-puUaK1Zg7QY0hA YouTube]] and [[http://www.twitch.tv/previouslyrecorded_live/profile Twitch]]. Unlike RLM's [[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag previous]] [[WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst shows]], ''Pre-Rec'' does not feature guest contributors, though many of the other RLM crew show up in streams.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** The show takes time to do different things, such as asking "Is Sonic the Most Overrated Game Ever?" and discussing E3 2014.
** The livestreams have done this with the "Board Game" stream and the "Rich Assembles His New PC" stream.
** Their review of ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' was streamed live. Apparently, Jack was sick and they lacked much time to do a regular review.

On July 22, 2018, the duo announced that no new videos or streams would be made and that they would end the channel. Their last stream was on July 25, 2018. Jack, although he has continued to appear in ''Best of the Worst''[[note]]albeit less often than he used to both because of his professed dislike for the informational videos they watch in Wheel/Plinketto/Black Spine episodes and because he is a recovering alcoholic and was known for getting ''very'' smashed during the discussion panels with free-flowing booze[[/note]], would join Website/TheEscapist in 2019 and begin a spiritual sequel to Pre-Rec called ''Underdeveloped''.

* BaldWomen: Jack while playing ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' decides early on that his female units would shave their heads and wear skull face make-up upon joining [=XCOM=]. However he soon realized that such uniformity made it difficult figuring out which unit was which, so Jack customized their appearances.

* HypocriticalHumor: During one stream, Jay criticizes the thought of putting a misleading name on a Youtube video. Jay's personal Youtube channel is a single OverlyLongGag where he uploaded dozens of videos purporting to be daily vlog entries about pop culture but were instead short still-lifes set to ominous ambient sound.

* HypocriticalHumor: During one stream, Jay criticizes the thought of putting a misleading name on a Youtube video. Jay's personal Youtube channel is a a single OverlyLongGag where he uploaded dozens of videos purporting to be daily vlog entries about pop culture but were instead short still-lifes set to ominous ambient sound.

** [[OnceAnEpisode Once a stream]] a viewer would request Rich and Jack play ''Videogame/DCUniverseOnline''. During the final stream, they finally agree to do so [[spoiler:only for the stream to abruptly cut to their signature END screen the moment the game begins]].

The third spinoff from WebVideo/RedLetterMedia, '''Previously Recorded''' (or '''Pre-Rec''') is hosted by Rich Evans and Jack Packard, two RLM regulars. Instead of focusing on film, the show turns its attention to video games; regular livestreams of various games are also featured on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1jCliC-puUaK1Zg7QY0hA YouTube]] and [[http://www.twitch.tv/previouslyrecorded_live/profile Twitch]]. Unlike RLM's [[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag previous]] [[WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst shows]], ''Pre-Rec'' does not featured guest contributors, though many of the other RLM crew show up in streams.

The core show is a sit-down discussion between Jack and Rich, in which they analyze a game or game-related subject. The pair also stream a number games that they both have and have not reviewed, during which they will answer questions from viewers. Other members of RLM, particularly Jay, will occasionally stop by to watch a stream.

On July 22, 2018, the duo announced that no new videos or streams would be made and that they would end the channel. Their last stream was on July 25, 2018.

* CardBattleGame: Discussed in their review of ''VideoGame/HandOfFate''. More accurately, the game uses elements of {{Deckbuilding Game}}s (ala ''TabletopGame/{{Dominion}}'') - in which the deck is built ''during'' the game, using points to buy better cards and trying to get rid of weaker cards. Rich, unfamiliar with the tabletop concept, has Jack explain it to him.

* IncrediblyLamePun:
** While streaming from a working SNES, the chat demands proof that Jack and Rich aren't using an emulator. After photo evidence fails to convince them, they demand a dick pic (with the SNES in the background) as proof. [[https://twitter.com/PreviouslyRec/status/532740628170285057/photo/1 Jack obliges]].
** The stream titles (both on Twitch and the segments uploaded to Website/YouTube) regularly fall into this.

** Discussed in the episode "Why Mario is more Immersive than Call of Duty," where the hosts point out that current Quicktime events in games don't really add any interactivity in the game.

* {{Stripperific}}: Jack notes that Quiet of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' has "no clothes" to describe her bra and torn pants. This is apparently because "the developer is a 12-year old".

* BiasSteamroller: Both Rich and Jay are uninterested in the story of games and particularly dislike it when story moments cut into gameplay. Jay hates all cutscenes, especially those done in-game that are unskippable, while Rich's tolerance is a bit higher. Any "cinematic" game, particularly those using PressXToNotDie, will get harsh reviews.

* TropesAreTools: Discussed during the ''The Order: 1886''. They consider the game's characters to be "cliche", but they do point out that's not a problem - plenty of works use archetypical characters. The problem for the hosts is if the setting, plot, and everything else just is just another pile of uninspired and rehashed tropes.

** 1. Do what you want all the time.
** 2. Be prepared to accept the consequences of doing what you want all the time.

* DamnedByFaintPraise: When the streaming Rich says that he's started really enjoying ''God of War,'' Jack says that the game is perfectly "adequate." Rich counters that the game is better than that, but Jack refuses to give ground.

The core show is a sit-down discussion between Jack and Rich, in which they analyze a game or game-related subject.

** CloudCuckooLandersMinder: Rich during streams; Lisa, Jack's wife, presumably fills this role in day-to-day-life.

* InsultBackfire: During a livestream of ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'', a comment was made calling Rich and Jack "Crocodile Brain" and "don't not talk of games you don't like." Crocodile brain has since become a livestream RunningGag.

* ItsShortSoItSucks Main/InUniverse: Discussed in their review of ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation''. The hosts thought the game would work if it was done in 3-4 hours. But most likely because of this reaction to short games, ''Isolation'' is far longer than it needs to be.

** Discussed in the episode "Why Mario is more Immersive than Call of Duty", where the hosts point out that current Quicktime events in games don't really add any interactivity in the game.

** The last title screen used by the show is based on the loading screens of ''VideoGame/XCom2'', which Rich really enjoyed.

* TheStoner: DoubleSubverted with Jack, who used to do pot and LSD in college but no longer does.

* TheTeetotaler: Rich. He says the thought of any substance altering his mental faculties makes him "squeamish."

* PressXToNotDie: Rich and Jay are both extremely critical of this trope, considering these sequences to just be cutscenes that require you to press a button to continue to the next sequence of the cutscene.