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.
Episode 289 - The One Where Everything Comes Back to AI
On this episode of the podcast, host Pete being along with guest co-hosts and friends of the show Miketendo64 and Gawny7789 talk about the games we’ve been playing including:
Pete: zelda ocarina of time, Mario world, ultimate marvel vs Capcom 3, wolverine
Mike: zelda ocarina of time, castlevania belmonts curse, mario kart world, pokopia
Gawny: animal crossing, stardew valley, tunic
We then talk about the news that's occurred over the past week including:
Epic vibe coded EGS with AI https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/epic-says-its-vibe-coded-its-new-epic-games-launcher-with-ai-because-programming-is-hard/ (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/epic-says-its-vibe-coded-its-new-epic-games-launcher-with-ai-because-programming-is-hard/)
God of war laufey new edition announced https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/god-of-war-laufeys-150-collector-box-has-been-revealed-doesnt-include-a-copy-of-the-game/ (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/god-of-war-laufeys-150-collector-box-has-been-revealed-doesnt-include-a-copy-of-the-game/)
Anyps5 https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/anyps5-reaches-critical-gpu-milestone-with-100-percent-shader-instruction-coverage-ps5-games-running-natively-on-pc-still-far-off (https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/anyps5-reaches-critical-gpu-milestone-with-100-percent-shader-instruction-coverage-ps5-games-running-natively-on-pc-still-far-off)
GTA6 pc https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-pc-version-of-grand-theft-auto-6-is-reportedly-coming-before-the-end-of-march-2027/ (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-pc-version-of-grand-theft-auto-6-is-reportedly-coming-before-the-end-of-march-2027/)
Ps6 could go over £1000 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-6s-memory-costs-alone-exceed-680-per-console-its-claimed/ (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-6s-memory-costs-alone-exceed-680-per-console-its-claimed/)
House House talk about Big Walk on Xbox https://www.gamesindustry.biz/house-house-will-not-release-big-walk-on-xbox-in-support-of-pro-palestinian-bds-campaign (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/house-house-will-not-release-big-walk-on-xbox-in-support-of-pro-palestinian-bds-campaign)
We hope you enjoy the episode
Thank you for Mike and Gawny for coming on. You can find them in the following places:
Miketendo64: https://www.youtube.com/@Miketendo64 (https://www.youtube.com/@Miketendo64) https://www.youtube.com/@GameNChatM64 (https://www.youtube.com/@GameNChatM64) https://miketendo64.com/ (https://miketendo64.com/) https://x.com/miketendo64 (https://x.com/miketendo64)
Gawny: https://www.youtube.com/@Gawny7789 (https://www.youtube.com/@Gawny7789) https://x.com/Gawny7789 (https://x.com/Gawny7789) https://www.twitch.tv/gawny7789 (https://www.twitch.tv/gawny7789)
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Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway (https://twitter.com/WriteBluesAway), Thumbnail by @nana__marfo (https://x.com/Nana__Marfo), please check out his Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@Nana__Marfo (https://www.youtube.com/@Nana__Marfo)
Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma (https://twitter.com/JonnyAtma) on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/user/JonnyAtma)
On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett talk about the games we’ve been playing including:
Pete: Street Fighter 6, Resident Evil (movie)
Kiley: clean up games
We then talk about the news that's occurred over the past week including:
Bruce straley apologises for comments about god of war laufey https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-last-of-us-director-apologises-to-god-of-war-laufey-team-for-citing-it-while-saying-aaa-experiences-are-boring/ (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-last-of-us-director-apologises-to-god-of-war-laufey-team-for-citing-it-while-saying-aaa-experiences-are-boring/)
GTA 6 is getting a physical soundtrack release https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/grand-theft-auto-6-is-getting-a-vinyl-cd-and-streaming-soundtrack-with-34-original-tracks/ (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/grand-theft-auto-6-is-getting-a-vinyl-cd-and-streaming-soundtrack-with-34-original-tracks/)
Build a rocket boy has shut down https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mindseye-studio-build-a-rocket-boy-may-be-closing-down-according-to-reports/ (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mindseye-studio-build-a-rocket-boy-may-be-closing-down-according-to-reports/)
Asha Sharma is responding to xbox support tickets https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/asha-sharma-has-been-personally-responding-to-xbox-users-support-tickets/ (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/asha-sharma-has-been-personally-responding-to-xbox-users-support-tickets/)
More Sega movies are coming https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fans-deserve-this-sega-is-turning-more-of-its-games-into-movies-with-netflix/ (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fans-deserve-this-sega-is-turning-more-of-its-games-into-movies-with-netflix/)
Last of us 2 multi-player mod stopped by Sony https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/last-of-us-part-2-multiplayer-mod-canceled-by-sony/ (https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/last-of-us-part-2-multiplayer-mod-canceled-by-sony/)
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 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FB3D2BJ8), or from the following link https://antank.net/?ref=zgbmuoxt (https://antank.net/?ref=zgbmuoxt), use code RRUK for 10% off
Please visit Rapid Reviews UK (http://www.rapidreviewsuk.com) for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces.
You can also listen to the show on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2i8PQaFs3OhDIzYpkSt2Gu), Apple Podcasts, Goodpods (https://goodpods.com/podcasts/rapid-reviews-radio-181770) and Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@rapidreviews5534). You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/rapidreviews), or on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@rapidreviews5534)
You can follow the podcast on Twitter (https://twitter.com/RRRadioPod), or Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/rrradiopodcast.bsky.social)
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Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway (https://twitter.com/WriteBluesAway), Thumbnail by @nana__marfo (https://x.com/Nana__Marfo), please check out his Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@Nana__Marfo (https://www.youtube.com/@Nana__Marfo)
Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma (https://twitter.com/JonnyAtma) on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/user/JonnyAtma)
14 Sept 2026
Episode 287 - Double Dipping Directs
On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett are joined by friends of the show Nana Marfo and Rowan to discuss the 2 recent Nintendo Direct presentations.
We firstly discuss our impressions of the Zelda 40th anniversary direct that aired on the 8th September, including impressions of Ocarina of Time Remake, Zelda Movie and the Switch 2 console and pro controller.
We then move on to the Direct that aired on the 9th September, where they showed over 50 games, and rapid fire through the announcements and discuss any games that took our eye and what our general thoughts of the direct were.
We hope you enjoy the episode.
Thank you to Nana and Rowan who joined us for this episode. You can find them in the following places:
Nana: https://x.com/Nana__Marfo (https://x.com/Nana__Marfo), https://bsky.app/profile/nmarfo.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/nmarfo.bsky.social), https://nmarfoblogs.wordpress.com/ (https://nmarfoblogs.wordpress.com/)
Rowan: https://bsky.app/profile/mbpuk.net (https://bsky.app/profile/mbpuk.net), https://x.com/RowanFN (https://x.com/RowanFN), https://www.mbpuk.net/ (https://www.mbpuk.net/), https://switchiverse.com/ (https://switchiverse.com/)
Please visit Rapid Reviews UK (http://www.rapidreviewsuk.com) for all the latest reviews and opinion pieces
You can listen to the show on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2i8PQaFs3OhDIzYpkSt2Gu), Apple Podcasts, and Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@rapidreviews5534). You can also watch the video version with our live pre and post shows via the VOD on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/rapidreviews), or on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@rapidreviews5534)
You can follow the podcast on Twitter (https://twitter.com/RRRadioPod), or Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/rrradiopodcast.bsky.social)
Please follow and subscribe to Kiley’s Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde (https://www.twitch.tv/kiley_wilde), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/Kiley__Wilde/), Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@kileywilde2608) and Tiktok (https://www.youtube.com/@kileywilde2608)
Artwork by Chloe Osborn - @WriteBluesAway (https://twitter.com/WriteBluesAway)
Music by Jonny Atma aka Gametal - @JonnyAtma (https://twitter.com/JonnyAtma) on Twitter, Gametal on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/user/JonnyAtma)
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