News episode! Ed delves into the corporate skullduggery (and all other forms of duggery) at Xbox. and Alex mourns the loss of Bluepoint. Plus Sofie too, don't worry! See you next week for the GAMES
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The New Podcast Order continues, and we're back on games. Alex endorses regime change in Latin America in Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Ed visits Cyberville again in Journey of the Gods, and Sofie is wary of Kojima in Death Stranding. News next week!
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Weekly podcasts continue - and we're back on news! Ed breaks down the AI-pocalypse, Sofie reads a maybe-obituary for service games, and of course Alex goes over the big PlayStation showcase. And we're back with games next week!
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The weekly revolution of Red Barrels continues! It's a dedicated games ep - and after Alex gets all NATOy in Battlefield 6, we move onto the main event: CLOBBERGEDDON. That's right, we've all finished it, so it's time for an Expedition 33 spoilercast!
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Incredible news comrades! RED BARRELS IS GOING WEEKLY! From now on, we will be splitting the podcast in half, making the games and news sections their own episodes, posted on alternate weeks.
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Ahh that's all very disappointing!
If it was meant to be a game about the appeal of capitalism, it's another classic example of a libertarian failing to understand what capitalism actually is!
I feel like this was one of our most fun episodes so far - and not just because I got to talk about #Runescape - check it out!
New year, new episode! Ep 22 is here with a rubbish terf game, a cool cowboy game, and an unexpectedly sensual Metroid game. Plus, some sad news, and some less sad news: the downfall of Xbox. 2026 is the year of the revolution! But, in like, games.
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Ep 21 and it's time to award the most important trophy possible: Most Ideologically Correct Game of the Year 2025! Also we talk about the far less important and far more reactionary Keighleygasm Game Awards.
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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
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!
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!
It was a pleasure to have @tomnicholas.bsky.social as our first guest on this episode of @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social!
Join us as we discuss the excellent Citizen Sleeper and gaming news ranging from the exciting to the baffling!
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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.
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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 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
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.
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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??
🇬🇧 Today will make history in the video game industry. Strikes in 3 countries, more than 1000 people at our rallies across France, and even more on strike for our working conditions and our jobs' future. The balance of power has shifted #gg25
