Barrel Roll! Episode 10 - “Tractors” (and a Giveaway!)
"Mario Tractors"
On a very special tenth episode of “Barrel Roll! - A Video Game Podcast”, we are once again joined by our good friend Wesley Johnson from InsulinFunk.net
We are also having a contest, the details of which are found at the end of the episode. More info is located after the break.
What we’ve been playing this week includes “Dragon Quest 4″, “Scene It? Box Office Smash!”, “HAWX”, the Wipeout HD patch, The Pitt (Fallout 3) and more.
Our NEWS section is very Wii focused, with discussion of the Wii Motion Plus on Virtua Tennis, Giga Mac in the new Punch-Out! and Konami’s new Wii-Ware racing game.
In “Let’s Talk About Stuff”, Patapon 2 and the future of the disc-less game system is pondered. Jesse also relates his experience at Sakuracon.
Finally, in “Movie Time”, several of us subjected ourselves to “Dragonball: Evolution”.
Show Links:
Jesse’s Sakuracon Pics
That Sakuracon Commercial
Insulin Funk Interview with Kieron Gillon
Space Quest Retrospective Outline
GIVEAWAY!
We put together a bunch of stuff we picked up from Emerald City ComiCon, including some posters, comics, pins, and more! At the end of episode 10, we tell you what to post in the comments section of this post. We will randomly pick a winner from all those that correctly post in regards to the contest in the comment section below. One entry per person, please.
Questions? Email us at podcast [at] wingdamage.com.
Tags: dlc, downloadable content, Dragon Quest 4, Dragonball, Fallout 3, Giveaway, JPAG, Punch-Out!, sakuracon, Scene It? Box Office Smash!, The Pitt, Valkyria Chronicles, Wipeout HD
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April 21st, 2009 at 11:11 am
Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory says:i jumped the gun a bit on the Expert Mode DLC for Valkyria Chronicles. The hard mode introduced in New Game + is actually what makes those new mission objectives and deployment locations. Expert is harder versions of those new missions with more enemies (and harder ones) and what not, a complete lack of tanks (for your side), but the same objectives from Hard Mode.
I should be doing a full review of the DLC soon.
April 21st, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Wesley "Run ... Run, It's Him" Johnson says:I really wish I’d picked up VC during Gamestop’s sale. It was only 30 bucks! Sadly, my pay period fell at an odd time that week and I needed to make my car payment. Grr.
April 21st, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Wesley "Run ... Run, It's Him" Johnson says:Also, Jarret did the KG interview, not I.
April 21st, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory says:it’s worth paying full price if you can’t get it for cheaper
April 21st, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Jonah "spambot" Gregory says:Amazon has it on sale:
http://www.amazon.com/Valkyria-Chronicles-Playstation-3/dp/B0016C3260/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1240347375&sr=8-1
It’s not quite as cheap, but still not bad.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:53 pm
wesley "can i have a dollar" johnson says:hmmm perhaps i’ll make this next on my must-get list.
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:06 am
Samuel Dixon says:I’ll look into picking up Valkyria Chronicles. It seems like everyone has been really please with it so far. Also that book for Fallout 3 is great it allows the OCD side of me to stay in check while I’m playing that game. Thanks guys for coming over the the Funk and commenting on my post about LEGO: Rock Band. Its not as cool as LEGO Star Wars but maybe it will be able to achieve some of the fame.
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Russ "The Bus" Walsh says:Kobi Crystal? C-3PO? Ewoks? Jar-Jar Binks? SEBULBA?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!1!!!
So, at the rate this contest is going, I have an 100% chance of winning.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Ben "I couldn't register" Pack says:First of all, first episode, suscribed.
Second of all, VC is the kind of game i would totally pick up if i had a playstation (I’m a microslave)
Third of all, let the Wookie win.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Russ "The Bus" Walsh says:Well crap, looks like it’s going to be 50/50.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory says:I think if you read a bit closer you’ll find you’re actually one of THREE eligible contestants so far. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Samuel Dixon says:You forgot about me Russ…. HOW COULD YOU!?!
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:12 pm
John M. says:“That was never a condition of our arrangement!”
“I have altered the deal, pray that I don’t alter it any further.”
“This deal is getting worse all the time.”
“Here is a unicycle, you will ride it where ever you go.”
“A UNICYCLE? I’m not riding a f*#@ing unicycle!”
April 24th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Dave "shaolinjesus" Corvin says:A recent study in the “New England Journal of Totally Not Made Up On the Spot Science” has found that riding a unicycle makes you significantly more attractive to the opposite sex F (3, 1) = 6.75 p < .05.
April 26th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Russ "The Bus" Walsh says:@Sam: Sorry Sam, totally glazed over your reference to Lego Star Wars.
May 1st, 2009 at 1:15 pm
MrColinP says:Good episode!
Ashley Williams is the name of the main character in Evil Dead, in addition to whatever you were talking about.