Rapid Reviews Radio

Rapid Reviews Radio

We are the Rapid Reviews Radio podcast, a podcast made by 2 of the writers from Rapid Reviews. Hosted by Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett, we discuss the latest news from the world of video games and discuss a topic of choice, either suggested by the audience or by the rest of the writers at the site. read less
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Episodes

Episode 192 - The Hidden Blocks of News
11-03-2024
Episode 192 - The Hidden Blocks of News
On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by friend of the show MIketendo64 to discuss the news stories that crossed our paths this week including: 5 mins of Timesplitters Next shared online after studio closure https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/5-minutes-of-cancelled-timesplitters-game-footage-shared-online/  Akira Toriyama has passed away https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-has-passed-away/  Capcom increasing base salary of employees by 25% https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/capcom-is-increasing-its-starting-salary-in-japan-by-more-than-25/   Deviation studios closed https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-backed-deviation-games-has-closed/  Xbox partner Preview https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xboxs-partner-preview-featured-brand-new-titles-plus-gameplay-and-release-date-reveals/  Mario Day reveals work beginning on Mario Bros 2 movie https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-and-illumination-confirm-second-super-mario-bros-movie-for-2026/ , Paper Mario Thousand year door and Luigi's mansion 2 remakes release dates https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/paper-mario-the-thousand-year-door-and-luigis-mansion-2-release-dates-confirmed/ and 3 mario games on NSO https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/three-more-mario-game-boy-titles-are-coming-to-switch-online-next-week/  We hope you enjoy the show. Please check out Timeless Gaming, where if you use the discount code Rapid24 you can get 15% off all tickets. https://timelessgaming.co.uk/  Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces  Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde  Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube
Episode 191 - The Games Industry is Tekken the Piss
04-03-2024
Episode 191 - The Games Industry is Tekken the Piss
On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the news stories that crossed our paths this week including: Nintendo have filed a lawsuit against the makers of emulator Yuzu https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-says-latest-zelda-was-pirated-1-million-times-pre-release-as-it-sues-yuzu-emulator-creator/  More job cuts announced at Deck 9 https://twitter.com/DeckNineGames/status/1762600546878599430?t=99aEZkMLChpXeHRfM9Nf-Q&s=19 Supermassive Games https://www.eurogamer.net/until-dawn-dark-pictures-developer-supermassive-to-lay-off-around-90-staff  Playstation announce a cut in their workforce of 900 staff, including closing London Studios https://sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog/difficult-news-about-our-workforce/?sf271923331=1  Pokemon Present Presentation on Tuesday 27th Feb https://www.eurogamer.net/everything-announced-during-pokemon-presents-2024  Toys for Bob going independent https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/skylanders-and-crash-bandicoot-studio-toys-for-bob-is-leaving-activision-and-going-independent/  Saber Interactive is going independent https://www.gematsu.com/2024/02/bloomberg-saber-interactive-to-split-from-embracer-group-in-500-million-deal  We hope you enjoy the show. Please check out Timeless Gaming, where if you use the discount code Rapid24 you can get 15% off all tickets. https://timelessgaming.co.uk/  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
Episode 189 - Crisis On Infinite Consoles
19-02-2024
Episode 189 - Crisis On Infinite Consoles
On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the news stories that crossed our paths this week, including the update on last week’s episode talking about Xbox’s state of business update. Tomb Raider collection comes with trigger warning at the beginning of the game from Crystal Dynamics https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/tomb-raider-1-3-remastered-has-a-warning-about-racial-and-ethnic-stereotypes/  Immortals of Aveum cost roughly $125 million to make https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/it-was-a-truly-awful-idea-to-spend-125-million-on-immortals-of-aveum-former-developer-says/  PS5 in the latter stages of its life cycle https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-entering-the-latter-stage-of-its-life-cycle-sony-says  Microsoft Business update roundup:  4 games going to other platforms, to be revealed by each respective studio, stated it is not Indiana Jones and Starfield https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-confirms-its-bringing-four-games-to-rival-platforms/  34 million paid up users for game pass https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-game-pass-has-34-million-fully-paid-subscribers/  Diablo 4 is the first Activision Blizzard game coming to Game pass at the end of March https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/diablo-4-is-the-first-activision-blizzard-game-coming-to-game-pass/  They remain dedicated to the platform with development on their next system with an update coming in December https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-claims-its-next-console-will-be-the-largest-technical-leap-you-will-have-ever-seen/  More games are likely to come to other platforms  We hope you enjoy the show. Please check out Timeless Gaming, where if you use the discount code Rapid24 you can get 15% off all tickets. https://timelessgaming.co.uk/  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
Episode 186 - Prick Teasing and Cock Blocking
29-01-2024
Episode 186 - Prick Teasing and Cock Blocking
On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett discuss the biggest news stories that came across our desks this week, including: More industry layoffs have been announced by several publishers/developers including People can Fly, Black Forest Games, Reikon Games and Microsoft https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/people-can-fly-reportedly-cuts-30-devs-as-scope-of-square-enix-game-shrinks/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/embracers-black-forest-games-is-reportedly-cutting-50-of-its-staff https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ruiner-studio-reikon-games-has-reportedly-laid-off-around-80-off-its-staff/  https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-is-cutting-1900-staff-across-xbox-bethesda-and-activision-blizzard/  Koji Kondo being inducted to the AIAS hall of fame https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendos-koji-kondo-is-the-first-composer-to-be-inducted-into-the-aias-hall-of-fame/ Pokemon Company have stated they are investigating Palworld https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-pokemon-company-confirms-its-investigating-palworld/  We hope you enjoy the show. Please check out Timeless Gaming, where if you use the discount code Rapid24 you can get 15% off all tickets. https://timelessgaming.co.uk/  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
Super Mario RPG Discussion with Angry Kurt, FrontPageRob, Miketendo64 and Resobaso
08-12-2023
Super Mario RPG Discussion with Angry Kurt, FrontPageRob, Miketendo64 and Resobaso
On this special bonus episode of the podcast, host Pete Beckett is joined by friend of the show Miketendo64, previous guests FrontPageRob, Resobaso and Pete's co-host from The Never Watchers Kurt Lewin to discuss the recent release of Super Mario RPG on Nintendo Switch. We delve into various different topics including the definition of Remake and Remaster, and which category this game falls under, whether there should have been an option to include the original SNES visuals and our general thoughts about the story, gameplay, music and the game as a whole, and whether it warrants your purchase. We wait until the end to discuss spoilers and post game content. We hope you enjoy this special bonus episode. We'd like to thank all our guests for joining us on the show. You can follow them in the following places: Kurt: ⁠Twitter/X⁠, ⁠Never Watchers Twitter/X⁠ and follow the Never Watchers on all podcast platforms Rob: ⁠Twitter/X⁠, ⁠Twitch⁠, ⁠Website⁠, and follow his reviews on Rapid Reviews UK Mike: ⁠Twitter/X⁠, ⁠Website⁠, ⁠Youtube⁠ Reso: ⁠Twitter/X⁠, ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Youtube⁠, ⁠Turn Based Cynics Podcast Twitter/X⁠ and follow the Turn Based Cynics on all podcast platforms as well as ⁠Youtube⁠ Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ and ⁠Spotify⁠. Contact us: Twitter - ⁠@RRRadioPod⁠ ⁠@RapidReviewsUK⁠  Email - podcast@rapidreviewsuk.com Please visit ⁠Rapid Reviews UK⁠ for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces  Music Used: Happy Adventure, Delightful Adventure by Yoko Shimamura, remix by Gametal. Please follow Jonny Atma aka Gametal - ⁠@JonnyAtma⁠ on Twitter, Gametal on ⁠Youtube⁠