One final fade out
Sad tidings, folks. Today is vid bud Liam Richardson’s last day at RPS. After a glorious eighteen months of photoshopping creepy smiles onto thumbnails and making astaggering 125 videosabout our beloved PC games, Liam is returning to the world from whence he came: the wild frontiers of software design. It’s been a pleasure having him, even if but for a brief window of time, and I invite you all to come and bid him a fond farewell below.
Liam also spearheaded ourRPS@PAXcoverage, a new project we started last year, also mere weeks after he joined us. I had the pleasure of joining him on our first PAX adventure, and I still think hisdeep dive into the Pinny Arcade communityis one of my favourite RPS videos we’ve ever produced. Likewise, Liam’s breakdown of all thebest carpets at PAX, which yes, is as unhinged as it sounds. Listen, we were both very tired, and jet lag did some strange things to Liam’s sanity on that trip. And of course, how could we forget, his interview with the voice cast ofTeam Fortress 2at PAX West last year?A true standout.
But of all the amazing work Liam did during his time with us, it’s hisInventory Spaceseries that he worked on with Edders that I’ll miss the most. This looked at the colossal demands made by live service games on both our time and our patience, and most importantly, what it was like to play them as a complete newcomer? Just how easy is it to get into World Of Warcraft these days? Spoilers: it’s anabsolute trash fire. And just how much can a great FPS experience pave over the cracks inDestiny 2’s MMO-scale raids? Answer:it’s complicated.
Liam’s list of achievements go on. He also lent his northern tones to ourIndiescovery podcast(RPS in peace), he was one of ouravid Steam Deck enthusiasts, and he remains probably the only person to have ever truly, deeply loved Fortnite in the entire RPS Treehouse, ever.
I won’t forgive him for insistingSonic Frontiers is good, actually, though. That’s just plain crazy talk.
Still, dodgy Sonic takes aside, we’ll miss Liam greatly, and so please join me in the comments to wish him a fond farewell and a final like and subscribe.
