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While Pete’s away, the Kiley will play! …with Maggs, apparently. Pete’s still on vacation - though he does show up for a surprise appearance - so Kiley takes Maggs for a conversation ride full of US/UK differences, Wilde tangents, cold tea vs hot tea & yes, they even talk video games, tv & movies sometimes! Will they make it through Pete’s list? Sources say, “Unlikely!” But join these two...

welcome, welcome, welcome to a show about everything and nothing! And also wine! A lot of wine. Maybe too much? Not enough? We’ll let the audience decide! Join Kiley from Rapid Reviews Radio and MAGGs from…MAGGs (Middle Aged Gamer Guy UK) for part 1 of a four issue mini arc. Because when the Pete’s away, the Kiley will play!

In our coverage of EGX 2023, which happened at the Excel Centre in London between 12th and 15th October 2023, co-host Pete Beckett had the opportunity to interview Benjamin Potts, the animation director for Assassin's Creed Mirage. In this interview, we discuss Benjamin's career, how he got started in the industry, his work and role with Ubisoft and specifically his role as Animation Direc...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett cover some of the biggest, best and weirdest news stories that came across our feeds over the last few weeks, including: New PS5 Digital model's optional disk drive will require an online connection https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-new-ps5s-optional-disc-drive-requires-an-internet-connection-to-connect/ The Fallo...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by previous guests and “friends of the show” Miketendo64 and MAGGs to discuss the recent convention EGX 2023. We discussed the games that we played, the talks that were around, general layout, criticisms and lots of rants. We hope you enjoy the show. We would like to thanks Mike and MAGGs for coming on the show, you c...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by special guest Simran Whitham, the co-founder of Format. You may be asking yourself, what is Format? Well Simran is here to answer those questions and a few more we have about the UKs “only gaming social event” We discuss the origins of Format, how it has managed to grow since its inception, the plans for their upco...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the recent news stories that came across our desks this week, including: Redfall has finally received a performance patch https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesda-has-updated-redfall-with-60fps-mode-gameplay-changes-and-more/   Epic to start charging non game developers for Unreal Engine https://www.videogamesch...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the recent news stories that came across our desks this week, including: Hideki Kamiya announces he is leaving Platinum Games https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hideki-kamiya-thanks-fans-for-support-following-his-decision-to-leave-platinumgames/ Sony delists KOTOR Remake reveal trailer due to licenced music expirin...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the recent news stories that came across our desks this week, including: Microsoft reveals the leaks consists of old emails and documents https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-says-major-xbox-leak-consists-of-old-emails-and-documents/   Major Xbox Leak: New Controller, redesigned Series X and "handheld...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the recent Sony State of Play Showcase and Nintendo Direct, as well as the recent Unity situation We hope you enjoy the show. Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces  Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined again by previous guest and fellow Rapid Reviews UK writer FrontPageRob who came on to discuss his recent trip to Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. We discuss his general experiences from the show, including the layout of the show, the accommodation, games played whilst there and much more We hope you enjoy the show. Than...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined again by previous guest MAGG, who is here to discuss the wrap up from his recent event called Timeless Gaming Convention. We talk about all the good stuff that happened, anything that could have been improved and hopes and dreams for any future events. We hope you enjoy the show. Thanks again to MAGGs for coming on th...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the current news stories that caught our eye this week Sony reveals details of new products including Playstation Portal https://blog.playstation.com/2023/08/23/playstations-first-remote-play-dedicated-device-playstation-portal-remote-player-to-launch-later-this-year-at-199-99/?sf268468126=1   https://www.videogameschron...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the current news stories that caught our eye this week Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name to include a demo for Infinite Wealth https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/like-a-dragon-gaiden-will-include-an-infinite-wealth-demo-new-overview-trailer-reveals/   Overwatch 2 director address review bombing on Steam ht...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett delve deep into 2 topics that we found compelling enough to do discussions about: What in the world is happening at Rockstar Games regarding the recent announcement of a port of Red Dead Redemption https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/red-dead-redemption-is-coming-to-switch-and-ps4-next-week/   The frightening state of video...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss some of the biggest and most interesting news stories that caught our eyes since our last news episode: Evo announcements: KI getting a new update https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/iron-galaxy-is-returning-to-killer-instinct-with-a-major-update/ Under Night In Birth 2 announced https://www.gematsu.com/2023/08/unde...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss some of the biggest and most interesting news stories that caught our eyes since our last news episode: Sonys Project Q has seemingly been leaked https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstations-project-q-handheld-runs-android-leaked-images-suggest/   Mortal Kombat 1's DLC characters have been revealed https://w...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by special guest Maggs, a streamer, content creator and co-founder of the gaming convention Timeless Gaming Convention. We discuss his start into streaming and content creation and how he landed on it full time, and then discuss how Timeless Gaming Convention came about from inception to delivery for the first year, a...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the biggest and most interesting news stories that came across our desks, including: Yuji Naka given fine and suspended sentence https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/yuji-naka-gets-a-1-2-million-fine-and-a-suspended-prison-sentence-for-insider-trading/ The Epic fight continues https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by returning guest Jonathan Ober to be help us discuss about his recent visit to Too Many Games in Philadelphia, USA  We let Jonathan discuss the games he played, dev who he spoke to and experiences that he experienced whilst trudging across the convention floor. We hope you enjoy the episode Thank you to Jonathan for...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by a new guest and fellow Rapid Reviews writer FrontpageRob, as well as returning guest and friend of the show Miketendo64 to discuss the recent Nintendo Direct. We discuss our likes, dislikes and generally what caught our eye and give it a letter grade at the end. We hope you enjoy the show. Thank you to Rob and Mike...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett talk about the biggest and most engaging and thought provoking stories from the past week, including: Dan Houser's new studio unveiled https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rockstar-co-founder-dan-houser-debuts-new-media-company-absurd-ventures/ Knuckles TV show begins shooting, announces new cast members https://www.vide...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the recent Summer Games Fest and Xbox Showcase and Starfield Direct. We discuss the announcements that caught our attention in all the shows, the good, the bad and the ugly of them all and we rate them. We hope you enjoy the show. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Anchor ,...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Becketare joined by 2 guests, regular listener Sencho and previous guest Resobaso to discuss the release of Street Fighter 6. We discuss our initial impressions of everything to do with the game, including story mode, Battle HUb (the online), the mechanics of the game, the characters we’ve been playing and the characters we’ve hated fig...

On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett do a catch up on the biggest news stories of the past couple of weeks, including: The Last of Us mutliplayer game seemingly delayed due to assessment by Bungie https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-last-of-us-multiplayer-game-has-reportedly-been-scaled-back/   Playstation Showcase streamed on Wednesday 24th, for over an h...