Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Ep 55, and we have to get a bit serious. The Red Barrels Podcast is issuing an apology - see the ep for details. We strive to do better. While we earn your forgiveness, Sofie stuns in viral hit Dressmaker, and Alex goes retro in Dragon Quest 1 HD-2D. Ed back soon! LINKS ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 153 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sorry we're a day late, but ep 54 is here! Just Alex and Sofie on this one - Alex gets into the Xbox drama (again) and Sofie tells us about Build A Rocket Boy's apparent demise before taking a victory lap on her total Destiny vindication. She did it! Games next week! LINKS⬇️⬇️ 154 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's ep 53 and @jamiewoodcock.com is still with us! We talk games: Jamie pines for Andor in Star Wars: Zero Company, Alex plays the now BDS-free South of Midnight, and Sofie insists the vinyl sound is warmer in Wax Heads. Star Wars and Marxism together at last! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 187 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ep 52, and with Ed out abroad, we only have a special guest co-host - it's @jamiewoodcock.com! The author of Marx At The Arcade joins us for our news ep, where we talk game announcements, the @gameworkers.co.uk Rockstar tribunal and Blizzard's union contract. More Jamie next week! LINKS⬇️ 155 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Boringly-numbered ep 51 is here, and GTA cannot be contained to news! Alex has replayed GTA5 to see how well it holds up. Has it been cancelled?! Meanwhile, Ed luxuriates in a half-tuck in Uncharted 2. Sofie silently judges us both, as is her right. News next week! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 153 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It's only episode 50?!? A half-century? How is that possible?? Well, at any rate, it's still a news one, and we go hog-wild on GTA 6 - we watch the showcase, Alex talks GTA leaks, Sofie big-ups the @gameworkers.co.uk, and Ed gets into a different set of leaks. History is made! LINKS ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 243 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It's ep 49! 50 next, which means something? Anyway, Alex nationalises the railways in Denshattack!, Sofie halflings out in a round of D&D, and Ed wrings the last drops of goodness out of Dark Souls 2 with it's DLC. Lots of GTA chat next ep! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 153 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl Marxy𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026it's me i'm "unknown" 351022225 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Ep 48! News! And most important, Kingdom Hearts news!! Will we get it memorised? Only one way to find out. Meanwhile, Ed talks Saber CEO, Sofie spills tea on Roblox and Alex delves further into the Id layoffs. You'd better believe we're keeping it Simple and Clean. LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 153 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyIWGB @iwgbunion.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Don’t boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it: youtube.com/shorts/hhIES... T-shirt preorders open now! All proceeds from the t-shirts, which are ethically made and designed by us, will go towards the fired Rockstar workers’ legal funds. bit.ly/4xLc4IPyoutube.comDon't Boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it.YouTube video by IWGB Union 26634397 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Welcome to episode 47, and Sofie's still back! We talk games - Sof's killing God in 33 Immortals, Alex has notes on the Victorian legal system in The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, and Ed falls in love with a sidekick in Jak and Daxter. News next week! LINKS ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 143 0
FM Towns Karl Marxy @alexduin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This is clearly because Disney blocks them from doing anything vaguely interesting with their characters. Nomura has complained about it in interviews. 040 0
FM Towns Karl Marxy @alexduin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is basically the Wave Race 64 soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGgU...youtube.comT-Square - 夏の惑星 (1994) - 1. 夜明けのビーナスYouTube video by Naka Sun 010 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It's ep 46 but who cares because Sofie's back!! Waaah! It's news so she's getting into Saudi Arabia buying EA, Ed talks network outages and Alex compares the Analogue 3D and the ModRetro M64 (not great for one of them). And did we say that Sofie's back?!! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 143 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Ep 45 is here with a bang - Alex is whisked away by Leon's thick arms in Resident Evil: Requiem and Ed embodies the divine wind in Ghost of Tsushima. Sofie's back next week! Along with news! And the listenability of the podcast! LINKS ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 153 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyFrank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 19/12/2025I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends. 13977053797 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Ep 44 arrives with a bumper All Bad News Special episode! Ed talks Xbox layoffs, and Alex chats ZA/UM layoffs (Sofie's back soon!). Soak up that creamy depression in our shortest ever episode. Games still next week though! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 153 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 20/07/2026It's ep 43 - and with only Ed and Alex (Sofie back soon!) they go deep on their games. And they're 007: First Light and the OG Resident Evil remake! Is James Bond a true Marxist? The answer is definitely no, but we chat about him anyway. News next week! LINKS ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 143 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyGames Transformed @gamestransformed.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Call for Proposals 🔊 Help us shape the Games Transformed Festival by submitting your proposals for the festival programme or exhibition area! The deadline for submissions is July 31st, 2026. Submit now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 066 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Ep 42, and has there been any news in the last 2 weeks? Oh yeah: Xboxalypse, Playstation abandons disc and some good (!!) news about Rockstar trying to unionise! So this is a big boy episode, we've got a lot to chew on. Join us! (and games next week) ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 153 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyGames Transformed @gamestransformed.bsky.social · 09/07/2026📣 Games Transformed Festival is returning to East London on October 30th, October 31st 🎃 and November 1st 2026. Three days of radical games, playtests, panels, talks, workshops, a dedicated children and families’ programme and much more. Sign up for early ticket release: forms.gle/vpA1yRkZcExw... 01312 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Ep 41 is here, and we have gone all-out for Zero Parades, the sort-of followup to Disco Elysium! All three of us have played it - is it good? Is it bad? Does it live up to DE? Does it continue or betray its politics? Is life still worth living? All will be answered! LINKS⬇️ 153 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyFrank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative. 53100353963 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyChloe "Scare-Bot Scramble" Adams @addamschloe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026piracy is the only extant form of media preservation that exists in games right now, you might find it morally reprehensible but there is literally no other institution that will keep games alive in 25, 50 years' time 6348121288 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyKinoFabino 🇵🇸 @kinofabino.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Reposting because of the sony news 63217848834 0
FM Towns Karl Marxy @alexduin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I've been looking into an air-to-air system for my own place, but it seems that the reason most experts aren't keen on them here is that even when cooling you still need to heat water for sinks, showers etc. So you need to heat that separately with an element or something. Thoughts? 200 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 30/06/2026We're back! We did it! Our housing hassle is over (for now) and we're back on our podcast bullshit. And with a big one! It's news and Alex goes all in on Keighley's SGF, Ed maintains consistency with bad Xbox news, and Sofie has good (?!) news from Rockstar and the IWGB. Back! ⬇️ 143 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRSGWU @rsgworkersunion.bsky.social · 28/05/2026GTA fans have been on the edge of their seats at the rumours a new video is about to drop… Well the wait is over. We present: the public launch of the Rockstar IWGB Game Workers Union. Our platform, to tell our story. youtu.be/iLOq_6rOpoMyoutu.beThe Video GTA Fans Have Been Waiting For: The Rockstar Game Workers Union LaunchYouTube video by IWGB Union 17998379 0
FM Towns Karl Marxy @alexduin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Sugiyama was a genuinely horrible person, but his greatest crime was indeed the DQ11 soundtrack. 010 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyJake Orlowitz @jakeorlowitz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I'm not happy about writing this, but too many people I care about are hurting, and it's preventable. medium.com/@jakeorlowit... #Wikipediamedium.comWikipedia Is Doing the Capitalist ThingTLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire… 5317248 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 26/05/2026We're late! But here! And it's a big one - we finally talk about DISCO ELYSIUM! We're doing it! The spectre haunting the podcast has finally arrived! Also - Sofie examines hallway tiles in Exit 8, and Ed experiences "Twilight For Boys" in Dispatch. Big times! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 143 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Incredible scenes in ep 38 as we are joined by @gameworkers.co.uk's Chair, Spring McparlinJones! We talk corporate skullduggery, worker uprisings, and of course, ZA/UM. Also, Ed and Sofie hear Alex gripe about Starfox. Great for fans of tone shifts! And good podcasts! Games next week! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 165 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The rifts grow ever-wider in ep 37, live now! The co-hosts are at each others' throats - will all three somehow be purged?? Before they are, Sofie plays Tomodachi Life and Flock Around, Ed revisits Blue Prince, and Alex finds a Marxist werewolf in Resident Evil: Village! LINKS⬇️ 132 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Episode 36 has arrived and the cracks are forming! Listen in to hear the beginnings of the invitable sectarian split. Also news! Sofie talks Xbox climbdowns, Ed relays a Build A Rocket Boy deep-dive and Alex explains Halo's recent link to fascism. Games next week! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 143 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Episode 35! It's here at last! Alex hangs outside of Whitechapel station to declare that London has fallen (to fascism tho) in Watch Dogs: Legion, Ed wakes with élan in Alan Wake, and Sofie nostalgiamaxxes in Retro Rewind. News next week! LINKS ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 143 0
FM Towns Karl Marxy @alexduin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Megaman's basic blaster should beat Cutman as he is, of course, in fact Rockman. 000 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Episode 34 ominously looms over us all - a clear sign that this is a news one! Ed updates us on Stop Killing Games, Sofie finds an unlikely ally against payment processors, and Alex has a big old rant about the Triple I Initiative. Join us! Games next week! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 143 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 13/04/2026It's episode 33! No Clobbers chat though unfortunately. Instead, Ed proves himself to be an insufferable hipster in Dark Souls 2, and Alex hangs around floozies in Mafia: Definitive Edition. Sofie's just taking it all in. News next week! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 123 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyJon Deadvies 🦖 🔜 Pixel Art Park (Tokyo) @sovanjedi.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Okay so you might see this video with the audio muted. Now imagine how the music must sound like. I urge you to unmute and listen to what it's actually like because I guarantee you you're not prepared for it. 18763823167 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Episode 32 has dawned, and despite the game industry's suspicious timing, we have no choice but to talk about the inappropriately glammed up DLSS 5. Also, Sofie tells us about PS5 price gouging and Ed mourns Fortnite layoffs. Games chat next week! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 143 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl Marxyaustin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 01/04/2026REALIS, the science fantasy TTRPG I’ve been working on for the last five years, is now live on Kickstarter! 55 Player Classes 150+ NPC Classes 29 Factions 20 Example Moons of Realis GMing and Prep Guidance Over 100 incredible illustrations from 17 artists! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...kickstarter.comRealisA new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker 9324641089 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Episode 31 is here! We're talking about games we've played this time, and Sofie Kojimafies her life finishing Death Stranding, Alex is chased by hillbillies in Resident Evil 7 and Ed rebuilds Rome on Marxist principles in Assassins' Creed Broho. News next week! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 144 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Banger episode alert: we have Meghna Jayanth on as a guest! She's here to talk about her upcoming game All Will Rise, and their very cool decision to break a contract with Microsoft over BDS. More news too - new Xbox (don't buy it) and more Mindseye mysteries! LINKS⬇️⬇️⬇️ 1146 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Hello again! Episode 29! It's a games one! Ed Crashes his Bandicoot, Sofie Strands her Death and Alex Counts his Donuts (in Donut County). It's good stuff! News next week - plus a special guest??!? LINKS BELOW⬇️⬇️⬇️ 133 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 09/03/2026News 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 LINKS BELOW⬇️⬇️⬇️ 143 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The 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! Links!⬇️⬇️⬇️ 133 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Weekly 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! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ LINKS 133 0
Reposted by FM Towns Karl MarxyRed Barrels Podcast @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social · 16/02/2026The 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! News next week! Links! ⬇️ 133 0
