Rapid Reviews Radio

Rapid Reviews Radio
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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.

  1. 3 days ago

    Episode 283 - Interview with Nathan Gibson

    On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by author Nathan Gibson to discuss this latest book Indie Game Works We ask about his inspiration for the book, who was involved in the process and how difficult it was to request developers to be involved in the book, as well as a general discussion about indie games in general. We hope you enjoy the episode. Thank you again to Nathan for joining us on the show, you can buy the book via the links on his website https://nathanpgibson1.wordpress.com/ and you can also follow him on X https://x.com/nathanpgibson        Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces  You can listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube  You can follow the podcast on Twitter, or Bluesky Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde, Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

    Episode 283 - Interview with Nathan Gibson

  2. 3 Aug

    Episode 282 - Too Physical, Too Furious

    On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett talk about the games we’ve been playing including: Pete: Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition Switch 2, Halo Campaign Evolved, Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls Open Beta Kiley: Halo Campaign Evolved We then talk about the news that's occurred over the past week including: Sony CFO talks plans to stop disk production in 2028 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/were-going-to-cautiously-move-this-forward-sony-says-it-hears-playstation-disc-backlash-but-will-continue-its-plans/  Dan Houser talks physical games https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rockstar-co-founder-dan-houser-says-if-people-want-games-on-disc-companies-should-provide-it/  FF7 Revelations says physical version is being worked on but cant confirm details https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ff7-revelation-director-says-hes-working-on-arranging-some-kind-of-physical-edition-but-cant-confirm-details/ EAs PIF sale should be done as early as next week https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-says-all-regulatory-approvals-for-its-saudi-pif-acquisition-have-been-obtained-deal-should-be-done-next-week/ Double Fine lay off 23 members of staff https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/these-actions-are-not-taken-lightly-double-fine-has-laid-off-23-staff-after-going-independent/  Mick Gordon has announced a headline spot at Radar and will play tracks from Doom 2016 live in 2027 https://mailchi.mp/773aad0f0673/signupradar27  PSN goes down https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/psn-goes-down-hours-after-marvel-tokon-open-beta-goes-live/  as well as Xbox Live https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-single-point-of-failure-cant-ruin-your-night-again-xbox-cto-says-mondays-major-outage-was-unacceptable/  We hope you enjoy the episode If you are interested in the Antank S3 Max Switch 2 Dock, you can purchase it on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FB3D2BJ8, or from the following link https://antank.net/?ref=zgbmuoxt, use code RRUK for 10% off Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces. You can also listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube  You can follow the podcast on Twitter, or Bluesky Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde, Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfo, please check out his Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@Nana__Marfo  Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

    Episode 282 - Too Physical, Too Furious

  3. 20 Jul

    Episode 281 - The Games Industry Is Burning

    On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett talk about the games we’ve been playing including: Pete: kingdom hearts, Mario Kart World, meccha chameleon Kiley: supermarket chaos, arkane librarian tidyup, subnautica below zero, boltgun We then talk about the news that's occurred over the past week including: John Carmack responds to the ID lay offs https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/john-carmack-responds-to-id-software-layoffs-admits-microsoft-stewardship-claim-aging-badly/  Bethesda makes a statement about their games slate https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesda-confirms-obsidian-fallout-game-and-that-fallout-5-is-in-preproduction/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fallout-3-and-new-vegas-remasters-now-in-development/  EU approves PIF acquisition of EA https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/european-union-set-to-approve-saudi-pif-acquisition-of-electronic-arts-according-to-report/  Kratos to be recast in series due to injury https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-live-action-god-of-war-show-is-recasting-kratos-after-ryan-hurst-was-injured-on-the-set/  Indie devs ps5 trailer flooded with comments about disks https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/indie-developers-ps5-game-trailer-is-flooded-with-anti-sony-comments-over-disc-backlash/  Survey claims 100% of Japanese devs using Generative AI https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/new-survey-claims-100-of-japanese-online-game-developers-use-generative-ai-tools/  UK trade organisation comments about sonys decision to remove disks https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/removing-discs-doesnt-represent-progress-uk-retail-group-condemns-playstation-decision-to-stop-making-discs/ We hope you enjoy the episode If you are interested in the Antank S3 Max Switch 2 Dock, you can purchase it on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FB3D2BJ8, or from the following link https://antank.net/?ref=zgbmuoxt, use code RRUK for 10% off Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces. You can also listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube  You can follow the podcast on Twitter, or Bluesky Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde, Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfo, please check out his Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@Nana__Marfo  Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

    Episode 281 - The Games Industry Is Burning

  4. 22 Jun

    Episode 280 - Crisis on infinite Xbox's

    On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by Colddeath to discuss the recent news of the Xbox showcase, and subsequent rumours of studio closures and job losses. How did Xbox get into the situation? What did we think of the recent showcase? And how does this affect Xbox in the long term and how do we think they can improve things? We hope you enjoy the episode. Thank you again to CD for joining us on the show, you can find them at the following places: https://x.com/colddeath        Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces  You can listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube  You can follow the podcast on Twitter, or Bluesky Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde, Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

    Episode 280 - Crisis on infinite Xbox's

  5. 15 Jun

    Episode 279 - Serious Bonding Time

    On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by Adam and Kurt Lewin to do a full spoiler discussion on 007: First Light. We talk about the story beats, the set pieces, the different gameplay styles and mechanics, as how well the game performs on the different systems it was played on. We hope you enjoy the episode. Thank you again to Kurt and Adam for joining us on the show, you can find them at the following places: Kurt: https://x.com/Angry_Kurt, https://bsky.app/profile/neverwatchers.bsky.social, https://open.spotify.com/show/6vsMVDdydkzAA7Cuty5dcH   Adam: https://theeliteinstitute.net, https://x.com/L33t_Institute        Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces  You can listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube  You can follow the podcast on Twitter, or Bluesky Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde, Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

    Episode 279 - Serious Bonding Time

  6. 1 Jun

    Episode 278 - The Xbox Hater Manifesto

    On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett first discuss our initial thoughts of the first few levels of IOI’s latest release, 007: First Light. We then talk about the news that's occurred over the past week including: Fable has been delayed to 2027 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fable-has-been-delayed-to-2027/  Steam deck price is increasing https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/valves-steam-deck-gets-huge-price-increase-1tb-oled-model-now-949/  Playstack due to be sold to integrated media company https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/balatro-owner-playstack-sold-to-parent-company-of-fandom-gamespot/  Epic have announced Unreal Engine 6 and rocket league will be using the new engine https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/epic-announces-unreal-engine-6-which-will-run-the-next-era-of-rocket-league/  Rayman Remake and Remaster has seemingly leaked before announcement https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rayman-remake-and-remaster-leaked-ahead-of-expected-reveal/  We hope you enjoy the episode If you are interested in the Antank S3 Max Switch 2 Dock, you can purchase it on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FB3D2BJ8, or from the following link https://antank.net/?ref=zgbmuoxt, use code RRUK for 10% off Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces. You can also listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube  You can follow the podcast on Twitter, or Bluesky Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde, Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfo, please check out his Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@Nana__Marfo  Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

    Episode 278 - The Xbox Hater Manifesto

  7. 25 May

    Episode 277 - We Have Returned

    On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett talk about the games we have been playing this week, including:  Pete: Among Us, Two Point Museum, Resident Evil 5, Forza Horizon 6 Kiley: Resident Evil Requiem: Leon Must Die Forever, Life is Strange, Bendy and the dark revival, Among Us, Fall Guys, abiotic factor, the happyhills homicide, gori cuddly carnage We then talk about the news that's occurred over the past week including: Embracer have announced plans to split in 2 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/embracer-announces-plan-to-split-into-2-companies-as-tomb-raider-and-lotr-spun-off/ as well as discussing dormant IPs and upcoming games https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/embracer-says-it-will-more-actively-explore-deus-ex-timesplitters-and-saints-row-partnerships/  Bungie have stopped updates on Destiny 2, with reports of significant layoffs coming https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bungie-reportedly-plans-significant-layoffs-as-no-destiny-3-greenlit/  Sega has been teasing new Crazy Taxi https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-is-teasing-the-new-crazy-taxi-with-first-social-media-post-in-7-years/ but have now cancelled the Super Game  Sony State of Play announced, heavy focus on Wolverine https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-state-of-play-marvels-wolverine-announced/ Long Rumoured changed to Sony’s PC releases confirmed by Herman Hulst https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-boss-says-single-player-games-wont-come-to-pc-going-forward/  PS+ increase https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-plus-is-going-up-in-price-for-new-members/  Subnautica 2 sells over 2 million copies in 12 hours https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/subnautica-2-sells-2-million-in-12-hours-with-over-600k-concurrent-players/  We hope you enjoy the episode If you are interested in the Antank S3 Max Switch 2 Dock, you can purchase it on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FB3D2BJ8, or from the following link https://antank.net/?ref=zgbmuoxt, use code RRUK for 10% off Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces. You can also listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube  You can follow the podcast on Twitter, or Bluesky Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde, Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfo Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

    Episode 277 - We Have Returned

  8. 27 Apr

    Episode 276 - Tommy Tanking Is The Best Part

    On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett talk about the games we have been playing this week, including:  Pete: Pragmata, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Kiley: Mouse PI for Hire We then talk about the news that's occurred over the past week including: Sony added ages verification for playstation in the UK https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-has-started-telling-uk-and-ireland-players-to-verify-their-age-by-june-to-keep-certain-features/  Toei have formed a gaming division https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/japan-entertainment-giant-toei-is-forming-its-own-gaming-division/  Chris avellone throws shade at Bethesda https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesda-doesnt-have-the-engineering-know-how-to-remaster-fallout-new-vegas-former-obsidian-cco-says/  Mindseye staff taking legal action against the studio https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mindseye-studio-staff-takes-legal-action-saying-management-installed-invasive-surveillance-software/  Gamepass price is going down and removing COD https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-is-cutting-game-pass-prices-and-removing-launch-day-call-of-duty-games/  Xbox re evaluating exclusivity https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-confirms-its-reevaluating-exclusivity-as-it-shares-future-mission-statement/  We hope you enjoy the episode If you are interested in the Antank S3 Max Switch 2 Dock, you can purchase it on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FB3D2BJ8, or from the following link https://antank.net/?ref=zgbmuoxt, use code RRUK for 10% off Please visit Rapid Reviews UK for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces. You can also listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and Youtube. You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch, or on Youtube  You can follow the podcast on Twitter, or Bluesky Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde, Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway, Thumbnail by @nana__marfo Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube

    Episode 276 - Tommy Tanking Is The Best Part
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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.

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  • Creator
    Rapid Reviews Radio
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    293
  • Rating
    Explicit
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