Episode 87 - Education Preservation

In this episode of the podcast, hosts Kiley, Pete and Ciaran deep dive into a few news stories from the previous couple of week’s, including: Small stories Company of Heroes of Heroes announced Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl announced Warframe Cross-Play update Larger Stories Red Dead Redemption Research - researchers from the University of Exeter found that players in Red Dead Redemption 2 learned how to identify real wildlife and even predict certain animal behaviours. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-57805418 Netflix adding games to its subscription service as early as next year - Netflix is still looking to break its way into the gaming market with the addition of games to its streaming service. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-14/netflix-plans-to-offer-video-games-in-expansion-beyond-films-tv Steam Deck - Valve have finally unveiled their next big project, the Steam Deck, a portable gaming device built to play PC games on the go. https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/steam-deck-price-release-date-specs/ Super Mario 64 sold at auction for $1.5m - an unopened copy of Super Mario 64 broke records at an auction after being bought for $1.5m. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57804089 Xbox head, Phil Spencer, talks video game preservation and Game Pass’ role in it - Appearing on the Kinda Funny Gamescast, Phil expressed his interest in the topic of video game preservation, saying that the games industry needs to “come together” behind video game preservation We hope you enjoy the episode. Please leave us a comment, share the podcast on social media and please rate us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Contact us: Twitter - @RRRadioPod @RapidReviewsUK @petebeckett1 @kileytehgreet @theemcginn Email - [email protected] 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