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Welcome to a special bonus installment of our video game podcast, Barrel Roll.

Colin “MrColinP” Panetta, and Jonah “thespambot” Gregory got together to discuss one of their favorite video game series, Space Quest. This is an overview of the entire Space Quest series, and we have broken it up into two parts, for your convenience.

In Part One, we will be talking about how each of us found this series, and then moving on to focus on games one through three. Full show notes can be found after the break.

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In the spirit of DC comics’ Crisis on Infinite Earths and Marvel Comics’ Civil War, comic creator Erik Northfell and I have crossed our characters over in the most epic way possible… Wii Bowling to the death! Okay, no one dies. But we did make a cool poster out of it. Click through to see the complete poster in all of it’s glory.

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"A Man Out Standing In His Field"

Technology is evolving at an exponentially faster and faster rate, but because it happens over time, it’s easy to be aloof to the ways it changes our day-to-day tasks. Those of us who are of an age that we can remember when things were “different” don’t often take the time to step back and try to remember what was in fact different about our experiences a few scant years ago. Those younger than us, infuriatingly, seem to completely take for granted the things that have developed in our lifetimes, and have no appreciation for how different things are. Other than communication, the aspect that technology has had the greatest effect on is probably entertainment. And just like any other form of entertainment, the lowest common denominator is a big seller. I’m talking, of course, about the genre of games hated by those who take video games seriously, “casual games”. Here’s a rundown of the casual games that I’ve been playing recently, when and where I play them, and what it all means.

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"Not Shy About Their Love"

“2 Player Reviews” is a series of articles in which two members of the Wing Damage staff separately review a game, so as to give our readers multiple perspectives on the subject matter.

Player 1 - Jonah “spambot” Gregory

One of the bigger disappointments in gaming over the last several years, for me, has been the lack of new and creative adventure games. They are finally starting to get a small comeback through the efforts of companies like Telltale Games, but for some of us, they never really went anywhere.

The independent gaming scene has seen adventure games flourish. Many fan projects have been started, and many have died, never to be finished. I find it even more exciting when an original IP comes along that can give you not only an entertaining game, but a big dose of nostalgia to boot. Enter Zombie-Cow Studios, home of “Ben There, Dan That“.

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"One of the sexier pixel vixens, for sure"

And what am I doing writing for this blog?

Well, the short answer is that I was asked. The long answer… is longer. I thought I would spend my inaugural post for Wing Damage exploring my relationship with video games, to explain my perspective to the readers, and to introduce my n00by self to my fellow contributors. A lot of the points that I bring up in this entry will be expanded on later, so I guess you could say that this entry is going to be my Wing Damage thesis statement.

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