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It's ep 20, and the 1-year anniversary of the podcast! To celebrate we went all-out and had a Friendslop special episode with the incredible @littlebear.bsky.social! We friend! We slop! And we even do the news as usual. Onwards to year two!

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Sofie returns! For episode 19! And talks about vampires! And Alex finished Silksong! And Ed's played Stray! And we have solidarity with @gameworkers.co.uk's members being strikebroken at Rockstar! And even more news! Right now!

Sofie's still out due to the plague but Ed and Alex manage a banger episode anyway! The eighteenth one! Ed revives a controversial ending with Mass Effect 3 and Alex roams feudal Japan again with Ghost of Yōtei. Plus news!

It's episode 17 baby! Ed gets obscure with Dark Souls, Alex faces choice paralysis with UFO 50 and Sofie gets a lot off her chest with The Sims. Meanwhile we talk EA getting snagged by the Saudis. Tokyo Game Show, and actually good news about the whole ZA/UM thing?? It's true!

A super-special episode because 1) Sofie's back (thank god) and 2) we've all played Silksong! It's a Silkstravaganza! And after we're all silked out, it's onto the news, with Nintendo chat, loud-shirted knobheads, and some nonsense going on in America. They call it: Episode 16

You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.

We're back, but not all of us! Unfortunately Sofie is off swanning in South Africa, so we've got a duo episode with just Alex and Ed. But when the cat's away, the mice will play - and so we've got a full Nintendo episode about Majora's Mask and DK Bananza! Plus news!

The deep state defeated! Fresh from hospital, the gang are back to discuss Expedition 33, Dave the Diver and to Unleash the Force on us all. PLUS! Another Keighleygasm, and less fun news about censorship and opposition to genocide. The grave failed to claim us!

Where's the new episode? Unfortunately, the deep state rose again and whisked Alex into A&E and trapped him in hospital for a week. He's fine, but also too lazy to record and edit a podcast from a hospital bed. So, a class traitor. Next episode (🤞hopefully!) on 25 Aug as usual!

We're back! Again! And with a dark portent: the 13th episode. In a rebuke to fate itself, we carry on as normal. Ed reminisces about God of War (2005), Sofie talks Animal Crossing and Alex talks for far, far too long about Death Stranding 2, for all you Kojima heads. Links!⬇️

A few days late (due to illness and the insane heat), but episode 12 is here! And it's a big one - we're doing a full Mouthwashing spoilercast! Come hang out with Alex, Ed and Sofie, along with Daisuke, Swansea and Anya (not the other two)! Also the news!

Episode 11 is live! And (some audio issues aside), it's a great one. We have Switch 2 and Summer Game Fest blowouts from Alex, Ed fiancés it up with Split Fiction and Sofie raises her brow as high as it gets with Kentucky Route Zero. We can't be stopped!

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

We're pleased to reveal the lineup poster for Games Transformed 2025!

We’ll be joined by Meg Jayanth, Chris Bratt, Gareth Damian Martin, Clapton CFC, Innuendo Studios & many more!

Join us on Saturday 12 July for Games Transformed 2025.

TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...

We're back! And with a banger of tenth episode: we're joined by the colossus of YouTube (and Nebula), @tomnicholas.bsky.social! Ahead of his appearance at next month's @gamestransformed.bsky.social festival, he joins us to prove his gamer cred. Turns out he's got loads!

🚨 TICKETS ARE LIVE! 🚨

How do we kick the fash out of gaming? Join devs, players & organisers (and @chrisbratt.bsky.social!) July 11–12 at Pelican House , London to find out.

Tickets on sale now → buytickets.at/gamestransfo...

#SmashTheFash #GamesTransformedFestival

Ep 9 is here! After a BRAND NEW mystery segment, Alex unlocks the many mysteries of Blue Prince, and Ed takes aim at the clergy in Cult of the Lamb. News: we talk about the implosion of games media, prices going up as well as GTA 6 and finish up laughing at billionaires as usual.

Ep 8 - this time we're recording remotely, and the sound quality actually worked out!

Ed plunges into the soulsborne genre with Demon Souls, Alex finishes up Assassins' Creed Shadows, and Sofie ascends into the unknown in Outer Wilds. Also the news!

Games Transformed organisers playing Billionaires and Guillotines. They are drunk.

Games Transformed THOROUGHLY ENDORSES Billionaires and Guillotines, the new game from @maxhaiven.bsky.social & @plutopress.bsky.social!

We were forced to introduce a house rule to legalise the copious amounts of cheating at our table and Max has promised it will make it into the game at release 😎

Ep 7 is upon us, and of course we're talking about the big reveal of the Switch 2 - oh and the financial collapse too, can't forget about that.

But before that, we discuss Ed's Survival of Vampires, Sofie talks REPO, and Alex revives the discourse of 2013 with Bioshock Infinite!

Ep 6! This time, Alex hits up Assassin's Creed, wedding bells ring for Ed in It Takes Two, and Sofie submits to the allures of colonialism in Monster Hunter Wilds. Also! Saudi Arabia, Unions and more ZA/UMageddon!

Don't forget we're also on Soundcloud and Amazon now! vvvvvvvv

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And more! We're also now on Amazon Music & Audible!

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Red Barrels Podcast A brand new, leftist gaming podcast from (on Twitter) ATalexduin, ATstillnotalemon and ATsofreelymedia! We chat about games old and new, and dive into the politics behind them.

We're now on Soundcloud! Give us a follow on there, and check out all of our episodes!

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We're back! Due to deep-state malfeasance, we had a brief hiatus, but now we return with Sofie finishing up Pentiment, Alex uncovering shocking secrets about the Yakuza series, and Ed enters the cyberrealm with Death Horizon: Reloaded.

A screenshot of a forum post dated 2/28/08 It’s my birthday today, and I'm 33! That means only one thing...BRING IT IN, GUYS!!! *every character from every game, comic, cartoon, TV show, mo

happy 50th to gamesmaster anthony

Why did they censor themselves?

For episode 1 of This Must Be The Place @claraish.bsky.social and @jackwitek.bsky.social spoke to writer and organiser @alvagotby.bsky.social about moving away from the private home, collective living & how vital care is in life and organising

Feeling At Home is out now on @versobooks.bsky.social.

e00 - Welcome to This Must Be The Place In our first ever instalment of This Must Be The Place - a podcast about housing and the home, Clara and Jack introduce the show

🚨🚨🚨WELCOME TO THIS MUST BE THE PLACE!!!!!!! 🚨🚨🚨

We am thrilled to share this wee project @claraish.bsky.social and @jackwitek.bsky.social have been working on for AGES!!!!!

Here is episode 0 to kick things off!!

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In defiance of all reason and good taste, episode 4 is here! We chat about Fallout 2, 1000x Resist, and Pentiment. PLUS! Our brand-new continuing segment: Who Would Marx Main??

Lotta people came over here and started doing what I’m calling Libbin’ Out. Using the word leftist in scare quotes? You might be libbin’ out.

y'all ever see a take so bad you are forced to immediately go to sleep?