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In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete introduce Ciaran as the new 3rd Co-Host. We bring 2 topics to the table this week, including: The announcement of a new Switch model, called Switch OLED The report of Assassin’s Creed becoming a live service game, tentatively named Infinity We discuss both these topics in detail, including our opinions on each of these stories, the implications...

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete decide to have a relaxed week, after what was an emotional draining episode last week, so we just chatted about games and random nonsense, until we covered another small section of the book Iwata Asks. We also take some questions from the live stream chat. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social medi...

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete talk news stories from the past couple of weeks. Usually this close to the end of E3, the news would slow down, but you would be wrong, as the stories came thick and fast. Were the stories good one? Absolutely not as it felt like we were covering some pretty hideous and potentially triggering news stories, including: Cyberpunk 2077 back on PSN w...

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete are joined by regular contributors to the show Ciaran McGinn @TheeMcGinn and Nana Marfo @nana__marfo to join the roundtable discussion, where we wrap up E3 2021, with a handful of questions posed by Kiley as the moderator. What did we all think of E3 this year? Do we still think there is a place for E3 in the ever changing landscape of the digit...

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete are joined by regular contributor to the show Ciaran McGinn @TheeMcGinn to help discuss the recent Ubisoft Forward event from E3, shown on 12th June 2021, and Summer Games Fest Kick-Off event, which was shown on 10th June 2021. We discuss some of the major announcements of games and projects that were revealed via each showcase, and whether both...

This is the live watch along of the Xbox/Bethesda showcase from E3 2021. We are joined by Ciaran, who is an avid Xbox gamer and fellow writer for Rapid Reviews UK. What got announced? What was our reaction? And did Kiley go crazy during a Halo Infinite reveal? Find out on the stream. Please follow Ciaran on Twitter @TheeMcGinn where you can find links to his work. Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidRevie...

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete discuss the recent English translation of the book “Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO” by Sam Bett, Hobonichi The book, which is a translated version of Satoru Iwata’s article series of Iwata Asks articles, we cover the first 2 sections in the book, within the first paragraph, which included his start in prog...

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete discuss E3 2021, in a relaxed episode, as both are struggling with various ailment. We discuss all the companies that are due to attend the show and have some minor predictions and a discussion about the show in general, including: Microsoft/Bethesda, Nintendo, 2K Games and various others. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment...

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete speak with Joe Donnelly @deaco2000, to discuss his book “Checkpoint: How video games power up minds, kick ass, and save lives”, published by 404 Ink https://www.404ink.com/. We talk to Joe about his career in the video games industry, writing for various outlets as a freelancer and his mental health journey right up to the writing and conceptual...

In this bonus episode, recorded during a recent livestream, Kiley, Pete and guest Chloe @writebluesaway do a dramatic reading of the Epic vs Apple court documents that were released to the public, via various media outlets. At the time of the recording, the vast majority of the documents were unlocked but have since been locked again by the judge in the case. In this dramatic reading, everyone pla...

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete discuss some of the largest news stories from the previous 2 weeks, due to a late notice cancellation of a guest unfortunately. The stories covered on the episode: Disco Elysium Final Cut re-rated by Australian Classification Board and given 18+ rating, allowing for it to be sold physically and digitally Apple vs Epic lawsuit has revealed a stac...

In this episode, Kiley and Pete discuss the news stories that we haven't covered since we last did a news round up episode, including: Jeff Kaplan, the director of Overwatch, leaves Blizzard with Overwatch 2 in active development Shaun Escayg, the story director for The Avengers, leaves Crystal Dynamics to return to Naughty Dog. Employees from Toys for Bob moved on to support with the development...

In this episode, Kiley and Pete are joined by friend of the show Nana Marfo @nana__marfo, to discuss a very important topic that is plaguing the creative communities: Commercialism vs Creativity Should the games industry just be formulaic and push out game after game just to earn a profit? How far does creativity and passion really get you? Or should there be a health mix of both? We discuss it al...

In this episode of the podcast, we are once again joined by Ciaran @TheeMcginn to help Kiley and Pete discuss the recent influx of stories involving Sony and their decisions regarding game preservation, with the announcement of the store closures of PS3, PSP and Vita, Bloombergs article by Jason Schreier, where it is stated that Sony plans on focussing their attention on big blockbuster titles, es...

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley and Pete are joined by James Fraser-Murison @fraseresports and Ciaran Mcginn @TheeMcginn to discuss further developments from the BTEC course that is in it's first full year down at Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and how James has felt the first year has gone, including the QM Samurai's recent win in an Overwatch tournament, how they managed to orga...

In this shorter episode (due to multiple technical issues) which was streamed on Twitch www.twitch.tv/RapidReviews, Kiley and Pete discuss the biggest news stories from the last week, including: Six Days in Fallejuh potentially getting banned after petition goes up. https://www.change.org/p/united-nations-stop-atomic-games-and-victura-from-normalizing-the-mass-murder-of-iraqis Sophia Narwitz write...

In this episode, the first to be live-streamed via Twitch www.twitch.tv/RapidReviews, Kiley and Pete discuss the biggest news stories from the past month (since our last news round up episode) including: Activision Blizzard lays off staff from Blizzard, rewards CEO Bobby Kotick with $200 million bonus https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/investment-group-slams-activision-ceo-bobby-koticks-massive-bonus-paym...

In this episode of the podcast, Kiley and Pete are joined by a regular contributor to the show, Brent @apophis1989 on Twitter, to help us discuss the topic of the episode, which was brought to us by Brent: The legal issue surrounding Frogwares' Game The Sinking City, published by Nacon. The game was delisted after a legal dispute arose with between publisher and developer, yet in February 2021, th...

In this week's roundtable discussion, in a change to the usual hosting duties, Pete chairs the roundtable, with Kiley (a huge Bethesda and Microsoft fangirl) joining Ciaran McGinn @TheeMcGinn, Charles Oakley @OakleyReviews and JMac @jmac857 to discuss how we all felt about the recent finalisation of the acquisition of Bethesda/Zenimax by Microsoft. The news of the finalisation of the deal was hand...

In this week's controversial episode, Kiley and Pete are joined by Nana Marfo @nana__marfo on Twitter to discuss the recent situation involving video game developer Troy Leavitt, who decided to leave working on the recent Harry Potter game, Hogwarts Legacy, after journalist Liam Robertson had uncovered some videos on Leavitt's Youtube channel regarding ethics in video gaming and video games bigges...

In this episode of the podcast, Kiley and Pete cover 3 recent presentations: Nintendo Direct, State of Play, and Pokemon 25th anniversary showcase. We cover all the announcements shown on these video presentations and you may even hear a hot take or two from us, including pricing models, unnecessary games, or things that have caused some complaints in the community. We also talk about mental healt...

In this week's podcast, Kiley and Pete are joined by Richard Atkinson, founder of the Together We Play community, and writer for My Nintendo News to discuss Mario, the ever-present gaming icon. We talk specifically about the 35th-anniversary product lines that have appeared from September 2020 to present and up until 31st March 2021, including Super Mario Bros 35, the special edition Mario themed...

In this episode of the podcast, Kiley hosts the panel of people, including regular co-host Pete, regular guest and correspondent Brent @apophis1989 on twitter, as well as Callum @ExBeeGames on Twitter, to discuss a few of the biggest stories of the week, to hopefully play amateur detectives regarding the following situations: CD Projekt Red hacked and source code stolen for Witcher 3, The RED Engi...

In this episode of the podcast, Kiley and Pete tackle a few news stories from the past couple of weeks, and have a big discussion (filled with lots of speculation) about the recent news of the acquisition of Gearbox Software by Embracer Media. The other news stories covered: Mass Effect Legendary Edition remaster announced the release date, with a collector's edition package that doesn't include a...

In this episode of the podcast, we are joined by regular guest Brent (@apophis1989 on Twitter) as hosts Kiley and Pete discuss accessibility options in video games. Brent has visual impairment (as detailed in full on the episode) and helps to run the hosts through how it has impacted his day to day life, as well as how video games were used to make improvements to his eye sight. We ask many questi...