Reece “Kiwi Talkz” Reilly

"The radroaches were scarier and killed more people than the deathclaws." haha

I got some of the old Fallout devs back together to review Fallout Season 2.

Available now on Patreon & for Youtube Members

YouTube video by KIWI TALKZ #202 - Featurecast Interview On Terminator 2D No Fate, Composing, Brad Fiedel, Sound Design....

Rejoice Terminator Fans!!

Interview out now with @featurecast.bsky.social
we talk about composing the music for Terminator 2D No Fate, sampling Brad Fiedel's score from T1 & T2, working with @bitmapbureau.com , Sound Design and more....

WATCH HERE➡️ youtu.be/aaQY2VxKsD0

Interview with Featurecast, the composer of Terminator 2D No Fate drops tomorrow!!

Terminator Fans Rejoice!

Terminator 2D No Fate Interview with the composer Featurecast is releasing this weekend!

Kiwi Talkz x @bitmapbureau.com x @featurecast.bsky.social

Wow my recent interview completely bombed, this often happens with my DK stuff.

Going forward I have made the difficult decision to no longer do any more Donkey Kong interviews, for the effort I put in and what I get back it's just not worth it anymore unfortunately.

YouTube video by KIWI TALKZ #201 - Jay Epperson Interview On Retro Studios, Donkey Kong, Mario Kart 7, Concept Art.....

Interview out now with Jay Epperson, we talk about his concept art on DKC Returns & Tropical Freeze, his work on Mario Kart 7, Retro Studios, his thoughts on DK Bananza and more....

youtu.be/su8_Ek5BiL0

This explains why Sony and Microsoft have pivoted so hard. You may hate it, but they make these decisions based on data, not by complaints on social media.

younger people arent playing AAA games they are on Roblox, and if they aren't then attention is being diverted away by apps like Tik Tok.

Retro Studios Interviews are what first put me on the map so it's nice to return to my roots every now and then.

My next interview is with Jay Epperson, the concept artist on DKC Returns & Tropical Freeze. Coming Soon!

Available now on Patreon & for Youtube Members

If you have ever wondered why Unreal Engine 5 games are unoptimized, here is your answer below (Hint: It's not what you think.)

WATCH HERE⬇
youtu.be/kckyl4sQCIY

I have Japanese students staying with me for a month, the question is do I let them play Smash Bros in peace or do I jump in and completely obliterate them lol.

These are my 2 favorite Kojima games. Portability fits my lifestyle more these days, just sayin😁

YouTube video by KIWI TALKZ #200 - Denis Dyack Interview On Nintendo, Eternal Darkness, Deadhaus Sonata, AI, Epic Lawsuit......

Podcast out now with Denis Dyack we talk about his new game
@deadhausgame.bsky.social
, Eternal Darkness, Nintendo, his friendship with Miyamoto and Iwata, AI, Unreal Engine 5, the dire state of the industry and more...

youtu.be/SYlGJiZeT5Q

lol burn!🔥

I'm betting one of these will drop for Zelda's 40th anniversary. TP HD, TP Remastered or OOT 3D (but HD)

I think the supposed OOT Remake is just noise and not possible as it would take 4-5 years and require a high caliber team with a huge amount of resources.

Nintendo have confirmed that Prime 2 on NSO was a mistake!! YES THE DREAM IS STILL ALIVE!!

Please for the love of god Nintendo, let this be a thing! I need to face Quadraxis one of gamings GOAT bosses in glorious HD.

I sit beside legends, though none are my kin
I’m sold their same keys to let players in
I share the same screen and I share the same light
Yet my bloodline says I don’t belong to the fight

What am I? 👀

I'm calling it, the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition for Switch 2 will include exclusive Metroid content in the same way Skyrim Switch 1 included Zelda BOTW content.

It's official no Metroid Prime 2 Remastered as Prime 2 is being released on NSO. I'm disappointed but not surprised.

MPR cost a crap ton and barely broke even, personally I cant go back to the graphics of the old games after MPR so I'll skip Prime 2 on NSO and preserve the memories in my mind.

I think Metroid Prime Remastered Switch 2 Edition with 4K Graphics, 120FPS and mouse controls will be a thing at some point in 2026

(I must stress this is a guess and not intel, otherwise publications will make articles of this tweet.) lol

Crimson Desert is the game to watch out for in 2026.

People would be hugely surprised how much cheaper this game was to make compared to most AAA games of this size and scope, primarily because the dev team are largely based in South Korea and not in the U.S.

I swear I have journalist stalkers that follow me around

It's scary how short of a time it takes for a headline to appear with my name in it after saying anything. Last week it was 2D Metroid (which was an innocent reply to someones question) and now this.

A year ago, that never happened.

My Top 4 most anticipated games of 2026 so far.

There is nothing really from Sony and Nintendo this year so far that I am interested in currently😕

What are yours?

It’s my last day in Sydney before I fly back to NZ, so I’ve been a little bit out of the loop on most gaming news for the last 2 weeks, has anything substantial happened???

No it isn’t the wtf game, just one of the floodgate games

NateTheHate has said that the dev kit issue for Switch 2 has largely been resolved.

I have been saying for ages now that 2026 will be the year the floodgates open for third party support for Switch 2 including a WTF game

Final interview of the year out now with Alpha 7. we talk about their mocap work on Witcher IV, Witcher III, working with CD Projekt RED, the game industry in Poland, AI and more….

WATCH⬇️
youtu.be/r_5IdAOvWdo

Thanks, 🙏there’s a massive backlog to go through lol hope you enjoy

My final podcast of the year drops tomorrow with Alpha 7 who are the mocap team responsible for a large number of mocap in games made by CD Projekt RED including the upcoming Witcher IV (which we talk about)

The man on the left Maciej has played Geralt in The Witcher 1-3!!

Tune in tomorrow!!!

Merry Xmas everyone, enjoy the festive season

I was looking to interview Vince next year, very sad news, the video game industry lost an icon, thoughts are with his family🙁