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Thank you and farewell to RPS vid bud Colm AhernSteven Spielberg finally answered his phone
Steven Spielberg finally answered his phone
There’s no denying the RPS video team has had a pretty rough time over the last 18 months. When Colmjoined usin April 2020, he did so as the third member of our video squad, working alongside fellow vid buds Matthew Castle and Alice Liguori (RPS in peace) to carry on producing the top qualityvideo reviewsandraucous livestreambants our YouTube channel was known for. He also proved to be a dab hand atanimating cartoon dogs playing a flute, birthing a new series of music quizzes in the process.
Year In Review | Mystery Steam Reviews (2021 Video Games)Watch on YouTube
Year In Review | Mystery Steam Reviews (2021 Video Games)
Alas, after somesadandunexpected departures, Colm quickly became the sole remaining member of the RPS video team, all while facing quite a different job to the one we originally hired him for - creating videos that would now live on the site rather than YouTube.
To his outstanding credit, Colm took all these changes in his stride, and he leaves behind a video legacy I’m immensely proud of. Not only has he created some much beloved video series over the past year and a bit, including the ever excellentMystery Steam ReviewsandThe PC Gaming Weekspot, but he’s also made us all sound 200% more intelligent when chatting to us about ourfavourite thingsin games and editing our podcasts - something I’ll be forever grateful for as a frequent umm-er and ahhh-er.
Colm has also done incredible work organising our RPS Live and Indies Uncovered livestreams at various incarnations of EGX, Rezzed and PAX during his time with us - and these, too, were often put together under very difficult circumstances. But time and again, Colm went above and beyond the call of duty to produce amazing line-ups of indie games, and he leaves very big shoes to fill for the person who’s going to be stepping into them next.
That’s right. The role of RPS vid bud isn’t going anywhere. Applications forRPS' new video producer / editorare open now, so if you think you’ve got what it takes to be the next leader of RPS video, then we’d love to hear from you.
