Red Dead Reflection

An episodic reflection on the monumental piece of fiction that is Red Dead Redemption II. Brought to you by creators of Computable, a podcast about PC building, game playing, and whatever we do next.

10 | You Don't Know Jack

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption. Brevin and Tyler are playing through Red Dead Redemption 1 again after exploring and philosophizing its prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. Will the trials of Arthur Morgan and the revealed past of John Marston color this experience differently? Tyler and Brevin discuss the ending of the Red Dead series and look back on Red Dead Reflection as a whole! This episode contains spoilers for the entirety of Red Dea...

08-14
03:12:11

9 | When We're Gone, They'll Just Find Another Podcast

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption. Brevin and Tyler are playing through Red Dead Redemption 1 again after exploring and philosophizing its prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. Will the trials of Arthur Morgan and the revealed past of John Marston color this experience differently? Tyler and Brevin discuss the fall of one of Red Dead's greatest characters. We also get Brevin's initial impressions of Hamilton, so I hope at least someone besides m...

08-07
02:35:43

8 | Character Change and Narrative Short-Change

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption. Brevin and Tyler are playing through Red Dead Redemption 1 again after exploring and philosophizing its prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. Will the trials of Arthur Morgan and the revealed past of John Marston color this experience differently? Tyler and Brevin rate their encounters with the legendary former members of the van der Linde gang. They also rate characters relative to how interesting Han Solo is....

07-31
02:15:38

7 | We're Back And We Have Emails!

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption. Brevin and Tyler are playing through Red Dead Redemption 1 again after exploring and philosophizing its prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. Will the trials of Arthur Morgan and the revealed past of John Marston color this experience differently? Brevin and Tyler are back and this week they'll be going through their stuffed mailbox to answer your questions! Next week, we'll continue to discuss our progression ...

07-24
03:00:04

6 | Where is Javier Escuella? Where is Bill Williamson?

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption. Brevin and Tyler are playing through Red Dead Redemption 1 again after exploring and philosophizing its prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. Will the trials of Arthur Morgan and the revealed past of John Marston color this experience differently? Tyler and Brevin try to figure out what Rockstar was thinking with the Mexico sequence. This episode covers up to The Great Mexican Train Robbery following the order ...

06-26
03:33:18

5 | War Crimes of Passion

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption. Brevin and Tyler are playing through Red Dead Redemption 1 again after exploring and philosophizing its prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. Will the trials of Arthur Morgan and the revealed past of John Marston color this experience differently? Tyler and Brevin contemplate John's morality. This episode covers up to Mexican Caesar following the order of the Table of Contents of this page: https://www.ign.com/...

06-19
03:24:07

4 | Horsing Around New Austin

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption. Brevin and Tyler are playing through Red Dead Redemption 1 again after exploring and philosophizing its prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. Will the trials of Arthur Morgan and the revealed past of John Marston color this experience differently? Tyler and Brevin question the motives of John Marston and reveal sad stories about their horses. This episode covers up to Assault on Fort Mercer following the order ...

06-11
02:42:19

3 | Hay is Fur Horses

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption. Brevin and Tyler are playing through Red Dead Redemption 1 again after exploring and philosophizing its prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. Will the trials of Arthur Morgan and the revealed past of John Marston color this experience differently? Tyler and Brevin begin to interact with Red Dead's more quirky characters. This episode covers up to Can a Swindler Change His Spots following the order of the Table ...

06-05
02:58:18

2 | Increase in Horsepower

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption. Brevin and Tyler are playing through Red Dead Redemption 1 again after exploring and philosophizing its prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. Will the trials of Arthur Morgan and the revealed past of John Marston color this experience differently? Tyler and Brevin discuss their initial reactions with returning to Red Dead Redemption 10 years after its initial release. This episode covers up to Old Swindler Blue...

05-28
02:47:33

1 | My Goodness, Revisited

**Switching to Thursday releases from now on** Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption. Brevin and Tyler are playing through Red Dead Redemption 1 again after exploring and contemplating its prequel, Red Dead Redemption 2. Will the trials of Arthur Morgan and the revealed past of John Marston color this experience differently? Tyler and Brevin catch up with the community after their brief hiatus and return to the survey Brevin completed before ...

05-21
02:50:40

19 | Blessed are Those Who Listen

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption 2. Brevin is playing through it for the first time while Tyler challenges him to consider what it all means, and what we can learn from the trials of Arthur Morgan. Tyler and Brevin reflect on the game, the podcast, and this community, each in their entirety. SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 1 and Red Dead Redemption 2. Please send in questions, comments, whatever to redde...

04-30
04:12:37

18 | Know When To Walk Away

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption 2. Brevin is playing through it for the first time while Tyler challenges him to consider what it all means, and what we can learn from the trials of Arthur Morgan. If you are interested in skipping straight to the story, go to 01:40:40 (Nearly two hours on emails this week :D) Tyler and Brevin try to interpret and digest the ending of the monumental piece of media that is Red Dead Redemption 2. SPOILERS...

04-23
03:21:17

17 | The Coyote Who Cried Uncle

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption 2. Brevin is playing through it for the first time while Tyler challenges him to consider what it all means, and what we can learn from the trials of Arthur Morgan. If you are interested in skipping straight to the story, go to 01:01:40 (Yes, we spent an hour on emails :D) Tyler has a heart-to-heart with the audience and Brevin discusses his escapades on the ranch. This late in the game, new structures ar...

04-15
03:04:50

16 | Practice Social Distancing: Get a Loan

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption 2. Brevin is playing through it for the first time while Tyler challenges him to consider what it all means, and what we can learn from the trials of Arthur Morgan. Brevin begins to settle into John's threads as John settles into the crushing debt of the American Dream. And the end of this behemoth game may be approaching, but the boys still don't have a standard for reading emails on the show. Bear with th...

04-08
02:43:59

15 | Milton's Hierarchy of Needs

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption 2. Brevin is playing through it for the first time while Tyler challenges him to consider what it all means, and what we can learn from the trials of Arthur Morgan. Our second remote episode reveals Brevin's progress in the epilogue and Tyler's progress towards mania. We also received plenty of emails and they continue to impress. Thank you everyone for writing in! If you're reading this, please write in to...

04-01
03:40:36

14 | Red Dead Reflection

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption 2. Brevin is playing through it for the first time while Tyler challenges him to consider what it all means, and what we can learn from the trials of Arthur Morgan. A line has been drawn in the sand. The Van der Linde gang faces their toughest decisions yet. Will Brevin remain unshaken? SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 1 and Red Dead Redemption 2 up to the Epilogue Part 1 m...

03-25
04:18:28

13 | Fathers, Sons, and Would-be Mothers

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption 2. Brevin is playing through it for the first time while Tyler challenges him to consider what it all means, and what we can learn from the trials of Arthur Morgan. Distrust is spreading like a virus among the Van der Linde gang, and Arthur reveals an old story that paints him in a different light. Also, Brevin makes some predictions regarding how this experience will come to a close. Here's some photos of...

03-17
02:33:13

12 | Why Are We Even Doing This?

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption 2. Brevin is playing through it for the first time while Tyler challenges him to consider what it all means, and what we can learn from the trials of Arthur Morgan. The boys talk about Red Dead Redemption and more existential things in this week's episode. And you know what? Bill really isn't a bad guy! Here's some photos that technically qualify this as a visual-audio experience. SPOILERS: This episode ...

03-11
02:22:59

11 | Where the Water Tastes Like Rum

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption 2. Brevin is playing through it for the first time while Tyler challenges him to consider what it all means, and what we can learn from the trials of Arthur Morgan. This is paradise. Brevin finds himself in unfamiliar territory after a botched robbery. Tyler finds himself in familiar territory after some botched philosophy. SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 1 and Red Dead Re...

03-05
02:27:08

10 | Holier-than-thou

Welcome to Red Dead Reflection, a contemplation and meditation of Red Dead Redemption 2. Brevin is playing through it for the first time while Tyler challenges him to consider what it all means, and what we can learn from the trials of Arthur Morgan. Brevin played a whopping 2 hours this week, but that's okay because Tyler was able to fill the time with mad ravings. Also, would you get a load of these cuffs? SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 1 and Red Dead R...

02-26
01:49:15

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