Welcome back to The Weekly Rapture, our fortnightly pop culture news and reviews podcast! We have been away for a long time, sorry about that!

Big News

We talk about the most recent Nintendo Direct, including the N64 and Sega Genesis platforms, the weird new Mario film. and Bayonetta 3, and the upcoming new Dungeons and Dragons content.

Screentime - Star Wars: Visions

We review Star Wars: Visions, the new animated series on Disney+, with each episode created by a different Japanese animation studio. Its pretty cool!

Now Playing - Reading/Watching/PlayingAdam - Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive #3) by Brandon Sanderson, Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The City We Became (Great Cities #1) by N.K. Jemisin, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost #1) by C.L. Clark, The Truth (Discworld #25) by Terry Pratchett, and an early peek at the sequel to Ian's book/Black Widow and Shang Chi and the Ten Rings, What If...? and Loki on Disney+, Ted Lasso Season 2 and Mythic Quest on Apple TV+, and Midnight Mass on Netflix/The Avengers: War for Wakanda, Persona 5, and Horizon Zero Dawn: Frozen Wilds DLC on Playstation 5

Ian - The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, Farewell to the Liar (Tales of Fenest #3) by D.K. Fields and Hyperion by Dan Simmons/Ian hasn't been watching anything, but he has been playing Adeptus Titanicus/Demon's Souls, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Unraveled 2, Metal Gear Solid 5, Spyro Reignited Trilogy and Monster Hunter Iceborne on Playstation 5

Also, Ian's fantasy book is out!

THE GAUNTLET AND THE FIST BENEATH

An action-packed fantasy adventure kicking off an epic new trilogy. Brutal juntas and animist gods- protect, fight, destroy!

Order on Amazon here.

Or order from UK outlets below. Or call up your favourite indie bookshop!

bookshop.org- https://t.co/EMy3ogD4Bj 

Foyles - https://t.co/7lzuGQhcjM 

Waterstones - https://t.co/pUlwPxCYlq 

WHSmith - https://t.co/5dOwq0kxUA 

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