Red Dead Reflection
36 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsAn 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.
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First Episode of Much To Do About Something!
October 27, 2020 01:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBWhen are you going to finally work towards your dreams? For Tyler and Brevin, the time is NOW! (Well, sometime this week, anyway...) Join them on an adventure of learning, failure, and productive discomfort as they challenge themselves and each other to put the work in and get better. Subscribe wherever you listen by searching for Much to Do About Something! Write into [email protected] with your goals, or give Tyler or Brevin's a try. They will hold you accountable! Let's do som...
10 | You Don't Know Jack
August 14, 2020 01:00 - 3 hours - 132 MBWelcome 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 De...
9 | When We're Gone, They'll Just Find Another Podcast
August 07, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours - 107 MBWelcome 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 ...
8 | Character Change and Narrative Short-Change
July 31, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours - 93.2 MBWelcome 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...
7 | We're Back And We Have Emails!
July 24, 2020 17:00 - 3 hours - 124 MBWelcome 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...
Update | We'll Be Back!
July 09, 2020 23:00 - 1 minute - 832 KBWelcome 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? UPDATE! We will be taking an indefinite break from recording due to extenuating circumstances. Again, nothing serious and we are very much looking forward to recordi...
Update | Where is Brevin? Where is Tyler?
July 03, 2020 00:00 - 1 minute - 843 KBWelcome 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? UPDATE! We are off this week, sorry for the late notice! Hopefully you can use this opportunity to catch up or explore some more of the west! We will most likely b...
6 | Where is Javier Escuella? Where is Bill Williamson?
June 26, 2020 04:00 - 3 hours - 147 MBWelcome 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...
6 | Where is Javier Escuella? Where is Bill Williamson?
June 26, 2020 04:00 - 3 hours - 147 MBWelcome 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...
5 | War Crimes of Passion
June 19, 2020 02:00 - 3 hours - 140 MBWelcome 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...
4 | Horsing Around New Austin
June 11, 2020 17:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBWelcome 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...
3 | Hay is Fur Horses
June 05, 2020 01:00 - 2 hours - 122 MBWelcome 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...
2 | Increase in Horsepower
May 28, 2020 17:00 - 2 hours - 115 MBWelcome 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 Blu...
1 | My Goodness, Revisited
May 21, 2020 05:00 - 2 hours - 117 MB**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...
19 | Blessed are Those Who Listen
April 30, 2020 03:00 - 4 hours - 174 MBWelcome 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 redd...
18 | Know When To Walk Away
April 23, 2020 08:00 - 3 hours - 138 MBWelcome 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. SPOILER...
17 | The Coyote Who Cried Uncle
April 15, 2020 17:00 - 3 hours - 127 MBWelcome 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 a...
16 | Practice Social Distancing: Get a Loan
April 08, 2020 04:00 - 2 hours - 113 MBWelcome 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 t...
16 | Practice Social Distancing: Get a Loan
April 08, 2020 04:00 - 2 hours - 113 MBWelcome 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 t...
15 | Milton's Hierarchy of Needs
April 01, 2020 23:00 - 3 hours - 152 MBWelcome 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 t...
14 | Red Dead Reflection
March 25, 2020 19:00 - 4 hours - 178 MBWelcome 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 ...
13 | Fathers, Sons, and Would-be Mothers
March 17, 2020 23:00 - 2 hours - 105 MBWelcome 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 o...
12 | Why Are We Even Doing This?
March 11, 2020 16:00 - 2 hours - 98.2 MBWelcome 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...
12 | Why Are We Even Doing This?
March 11, 2020 16:00 - 2 hours - 98.2 MBWelcome 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...
11 | Where the Water Tastes Like Rum
March 05, 2020 02:00 - 2 hours - 101 MBWelcome 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 R...
10 | Holier-than-thou
February 26, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBWelcome 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 ...
9 | The Van der Love Gang
February 19, 2020 23:00 - 3 hours - 129 MBWelcome 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 presents Brevin with a love bracket for Valentine's Day. Brevin falls for Mary after a night on the town. Enjoy a picture of steamy Saint Denis to set the mood. SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 1 and Red...
8 | Worth its Braithwaite in Gold
February 12, 2020 17:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBWelcome 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. In this episode, boys are off limits and all Rhodes come to an end. Here are the photos we discuss in today's episode: Arthur and Teyah. SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 1 and Red Dead Redemption 2 up to the C...
7 | Racism is not PC
February 06, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBWelcome 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 build a PC out of the Van der Linde gang and discuss the state of racism. They also spend a long time describing these pictures. SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 1 and Red Dead Redemption 2 up to th...
6 | Moonshine Consumption
January 29, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBWelcome 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. Sickness comes for Tyler and the law comes for the Van der Lindes. Also, how old is John? What even is moonshine? What do you call that record player thing with the horn on top? These questions and more remain unanswered in today's episode. ...
5 | The Wrong Mic(ah)
January 23, 2020 00:00 - 2 hours - 89.6 MBWelcome 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 episode is as untamed and sprawling as the wild west itself. Apologies in advance. SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 1 and Red Dead Redemption 2 up to the Chapter 3 mission "Further Questions of Female Suf...
4 | Van der Linde and Sons, Incorporated
January 15, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBWelcome 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 episode we consider the hirability of Arthur and the rest of the gang. We also contemplate the role of the Pinkertons and who, if anyone, would take a deal with them. SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 1 an...
3 | Big Game and Bigger Monogamy
January 07, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBWelcome 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 episode we yell "Lenny!!", eradicate every man in Strawberry, and contemplate love and loss in the west. SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 1 and Red Dead Redemption 2 up to the Chapter 2 mission "We Love...
2 | Out of the Snow and Into the Fire
January 01, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBWelcome 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 episode is as wild as the west itself. Brevin provides knee-jerk reactions to many facets of Red Dead Redemption 2 as he begins to settle into the boots of Arthur Morgan. SPOILERS: This episode contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption...
1 | Beginning with the End: Red Dead Redemption
December 25, 2019 18:00 - 2 hours - 86.2 MBWelcome 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. In our debut, we discuss what Brevin remembers from Red Dead Redemption, what he expects from the sequel, and whether Brevin is a good person. SPOILERS: This episode contains no spoilers for Red Dead Redemption 2, but it does spoil the main ...