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A brand new, leftist gaming podcast from Alex, Ed and Sofie! We chat about games old and new, and dive into the politics behind them. If you're sick of weirdos whining about the horror of anyone but white dudes appearing in games, we are the antidote!
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It's episode 33! Like Expedition 33! Remember that? Clobbers? Crazy days, right?Reminiscing aside, we have a great episode this week. A games one as well! Ed waxes rhapsodical about Dark Souls 2: The Second One, and Alex causes an eruption in questionable accents by talking about Mafia: Definitive Edition. Meanwhile, Sofie languidly comments on it all, like she's on a chaise lounge or something.As always (now), news next week!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
NOTICE: This episode originally went out with a small (and embarassing!) editing error where Sofie's voice was only on the right speaker. This has been fixed, so if you replay/download the episode this should be sorted! Apologies!Hello, and welcome to episode thirty-two! Like the Commodore CD32! And it's a news one!Alex (and the others) talk at some length about the suspiciously-timed news about DLSS5 - get ready to get inappropriately glammed up! But then we follow up with Sofie on PS5 price hikes and Ed on Fortnite firing an absurd number of people. At least it's better news than the world's more generally!And of course, see you next week for games chat.Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
Episode 31 arrives, and it's a games one - Sofie gets Kojima-pilled from finishing Death Stranding, Alex gets super-relevant with Resident Evil 9, er, 7, and Ed thrills with Assassins' Creed Brotherhood (or Broho if you're freaky). The wheel keeps turning, and we'll keep breaking it.Join us next week for some (annoyingly long delayed) news!DEATH STRANDING SPOILERS END 26:25Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
Episode 30 has dawned, and it's a banger: we have a guest! Today we welcome the unsurpassed Meghna Jayanth! The fabled writer of 80 Days, Sable and of course Thirsty Suitors joins us to discuss her upcoming game All Will Rise. But more pertinently (because this is a news episode!) she tells us about how her studio Speculative Agency have courageously broken a contract with Microsoft because of their support for genocide, and proscription by BDS.But it's still a news episode, so Ed tells us about Xbox's upcoming console plans (which for obvious reasons we don't think you should buy!) and Sofie updates us on accusations of treachery at the developer of the ill-fated Mindseye. It's a big one! And games next week!Back All Will Rise on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/speculativeagency/all-will-riseAnd play the demo (and wishlist) on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3165340/All_Will_Rise/Meghna on Bluesky: @meghna.bsky.socialAll Will Rise on Bluesky: @allwillrise.bsky.socialPlease consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
Welcome to episode 29! They haven't stopped us yet. And it's a games one! Ed celebrates the officially established working class hero in the original Crash Bandicoot, Sofie continues to trudge across America in Death Stranding, and Alex embraces millennial cringe in Donut County.News next week, plus an exciting guest!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
Episode 28 of the New Podcast Order is here, and we're back on a news one. And what news - Ed's telling us all about Xbox's bigwigs dramatically quitting and what that might tell us about the company's seeming inexorable decline. Meanwhile, Alex discusses the sad end of the remake supremos, Bluepoint.We're talking games next week - see you then!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
The New Podcast Order continues, and we're back talking about the games we've been playing - and you can't stop us! Alex indulges in some (now already passé, according to recent news events) Latin American adventurism in Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Ed re-enters the comforting waters of the cyberrealm in Journey of the Gods. and Sofie fantasises about working for Amazon in Death Stranding. It's a good one!We'll see you again next week to finally talk about all the news that was immediately announced after we recorded our last news ep!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
Weekly episodes continue, and now we're back to the news episode. And of course, a bunch of news broke almost immediately after we recorded! So if you think it's weird we don't mention something, that's why. Maybe in two weeks?But we've got great stuff anyway: Ed details the AI-pocalypse that's making all hardware more expensive, Sofie mourns the possible collapse of service games, and Alex tells you about a better-than-expected State of Play.Come back next week for the games we've been playing!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
It's the continuation of our revolutionary fervour in the new age of the podcast: welcome to the first dedicated games episode!First up, Alex will get NATO-pilled with Battlefield 6, but then we're on to the main event - CLOBBERGEDDON LOOMS.That's right, along with Alex, Ed and Sofie have now played and finished last year's sensation Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. And they will be getting into it, spoilers be damned! Did they like it? Did they hate it? How are the politics? End your torment and find out now!And see you next week for more news!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
Welcome to the new age of the Red Barrels Podcast! Huge changes are afoot in the podcast realm - we're going weekly!That's right, from now on every single week (illness and so on aside) you will be getting a new episode of the pod. But we're still doing this for free, so how can we make that happen logistically? The answer is that we're splitting the podcast in two - the games in one episode, and the news in the next, alternating each week. So, (whisper it) the episodes will also be shorter!This week, we are doing the news, specifically so that every morsel will be crisp and fresh. Alex and Ed talk about big layoffs at Ubisoft and Meta VR respectively, and inevitably, as turns out he was involved in every aspect of our corrupt society, Sofie chats about Jeffrey Epstein.Thanks for joining us as we transition to greatness, and we'll see you next week! (Spoiler alert: it's Clobbergeddon).Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
We're back again with episode twenty-three! Alex experiences the very Dead Rising, Sofie wallows in Stardew Valley (and likely not for the last time) and Ed aims for total extraction in Factorio. Meanwhile, in the news Anthem may be snatched from the jaws of oblivion, we indulge Ed's true passion in life, and most importantly we discuss the most astonishing GTA VI leak imaginable. Gaming will never be the same!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
It's a new year, and inevitably, a new episode. The gang's all here: Sofie very unambiguously doesn't endorse buying Hogwarts Legacy, Ed moseys confidently in Red Dead Redemption 2, and Alex basks in his absolute and uncontested vindication in Metroid Prime 4. Christmas meant some slow news, but we talk about Vince Zampella's legacy and have a group discussion about Xbox's woes. 2026 will be the year the revolution comes!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
The year is almost over and that can only mean it's time for the most august and respected award ceremony of the festive season: The Most Ideologically Correct Game of the Year 2025 award. You can count on the Red Barrels Podcast to objectively determine the most politically pure title of the last 12 months - though unfortunately it's such a forgone conclusion that we have no choice but to do the rest of the podcast anyway, including a dissection of the much more reactionary Keighleygasm Game Awards.As a result, we talk games as usual, getting unexpectedly relevant in KOTOR and cutting a swathe through Hyrule Warriors. We also talk about the Horses controversy, BUT - most excitingly we also have an exclusive interview with Sara from No Games For Genocide to talk about their recently launched campaign to boycott Xbox. It's a bumper episode! I swear the next one will be shorter!NO GAMES FOR GENOCIDE:https://nogamesforgenocide.com/Email: hello@nogamesforgenocide.comPlease consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
The impossible has happened - with episode 20 the Red Barrels Podcast has reached it's one year anniversary! One whole year! And to celebrate, instead of our usual game coverage we've done a deep-dive into the phenomenon of so-called "friendslop" games. We even got into a little Peak!But to do this properly we really need a new friend to help us out and so we are joined by none other than the superstar streamer Littlebear36! Yes! Really! LB's an old hand at the friendslop and is a wonderful presence on the pod too. And of course we get into the news as well!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialFEATURING LITTLEBEAR36: https://www.twitch.tv/littlebear36Amazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
Episode 19 descends upon us all, and thankfully Sofie is back to carry the load with us! She's indulging in her vampiric dependencies by playing Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines: 2, Alex got gud and finished Silksong, and Ed hisses at his own reflection in a window in Stray.In the news, we express full solidarity with Rockstar's disgracefully fired staff, commiserate over more Amazon games layoffs, and see what the UK Parliament had to say about the Stop Killing Games campaign.Most importantly, next episode will be our one year anniversary! It'll be a big fancy one, you definitely won't want to miss it.ROCKSTAR WORKERS' FUNDRAISER: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-rockstar-workers-fighting-unfair-dismissals/Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
Sadly no Sofie today as she is still stricken with the plague. But Ed and Alex continue to make do, and somehow manage to cobble together a banger episode nonetheless!We're finally delving into controversy as Ed experiences Mass Effect 3 and it's notorious ending, while Alex rollicks around feudal Japan - again! - in Ghost of Yōtei. In the news we have a game workers' roundup and a very sad obituary. But we swear it's fun!MASS EFFECT ENDING SPOILERS END AT 00:59:00Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
We're back! And gaming as hard as ever. Today, Ed talks about a little-discussed obscure game called Dark Souls, Alex frankly way overshoots his obligations by reviewing fifty whole games in UFO 50, and Sofie releases pent-up angst about the entire Sims franchise.In the news, we get into the fun news of EA's purchase by Saudi Arabia, all the excitement of Tokyo Game Show, and what incredibly is some actually unambiguously good developments in the ongoing ZA/UMageddon. They said it couldn't happen!Also, The World Transformed is happening! And will be really good! If you can get to Manchester between 9-12 October, we heavily recommend it. https://theworldtransformed.org/twt25/DARK SOULS SPOILERS END AT 00:37:25Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
As in all our lives, the sixteenth instance of this podcast is maybe the most impactful imaginable. That's because we have the unbelievable double whammy of the triumphant return of Sofie, along with an incredible all-Silksong game discussion. We've all been playing it! We have thoughts! Your mouth is watering at the prospect of tasting our scandalous difficulty discourse takes! Find out who on the podcast is a True Gamer and therefore Got Gud??Also we have news as we go over the recent Nintendo Direct, some er, stuff, happened in America and Randy Pitchford gets his loud shirts all over everything. Enjoy!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
It's another episode of the Red Barrels podcast, but this time we're down a member - Sofie has swanned off to South Africa (to see "family", as if that's an excuse), so it's an opportunity to have a deep dive into the depravity of Ed and Alex.But when the cat's away, the mice will play! There's no one to stop us from going full Nintendo, so Ed goes all in to discuss Majora's Mask, and Alex talks about the most recent big Switch 2 game Donkey Kong Bananza.We've got news too of course, chatting Silksong and PS6 rumours. But we promise Sofie will be back soon! We miss her!Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
After a very "fun" stay in the hospital, we're back and stronger than ever! It's like that bit in James Brown shows when he'd come back from his agent putting a blanket on him! But lefty videogame chat!So, this time from the hardest working podcasters in games criticism, Alex gommages all over Expedition 33, Sofie dives into Dave the titular Diver, and Ed Unleashes the Force on us all.Then, in the news, it's another Keighleygasm from Gamescom, and depressing (but important!) stuff about censorship and standing up to the Gaza genocide.Please consider reviewing us on iTunes and Spotify, and sharing us on social media!For updates on our upcoming episodes, make sure to subscribe and follow us on Twitter or increasingly BlueSky:@redbarrelspod@redbarrelspodcast.bsky.socialYour hosts are:Alex: @alexduin, @alexduin.bsky.socialSofie: @sofreelymedia, @sofreely.bsky.social, streaming on https://twitch.tv/sofreelyEd: @stillnotalemon, @notalemon.bsky.socialAmazing art from Bella Harter - https://www.instagram.com/_.o.bella.o._Fantastic theme song from brilliantdrink! https://soundcloud.com/brilliantdrink
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