"Nicer than a picture of sick people."

Despite the fact that two of the three hosts are sick, the guys get together after a one-week hiatus to bring you the latest in Barrel Rolling technologies. Jesse and Jonah kick things off with talk of Scroll magazine, which you should probably go buy. They then discuss the launch lineup of the 3DS (since we didn’t get to last week), as well as the new games coming out this week.

In our “The Games We Played” segment, we discuss a variety of topics, from the demos of Dragon Age 2 and Yakuza 4, to the time traveling antics of Back to the Future Episode 2 and Radiant History. Jesse explains the craziness of Acceleration of Suguri X-Edition and Adam talks Harms Way and his latest Android addiction, Zombies Live. We also give our thoughts on the new Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Shadow Mode DLC.

Then in our “Let’s Play Together” segment, Jesse and Adam delve deeper into Hard Corp: Uprising for some sweet, sweet Run ‘n’ Gun action.

All this plus the news on Barrel Roll #106 - “Everybody is Sickisode”.

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The weather has been cold and rainy, snowy for some. You know what that means. It’s time for Jonah, Jesse, Adam, and Wes to grab some hot cocoa, grab a warm blanket, and cozy up to the warm roar of the fire being displayed on your Nintendo Wii.

In our “Games We Played Last Week” segment, Jesse talks about the new DJ Hero 2 DLC and continues his playthrough of The Last Story. Adam tells us about Giana Sisters DS. Jonah finally finishes up Assassin’s Creed and Wes is up to his iPhone antics with Infinity Blade. The guys also talk Hard Corps: Uprising initial impressions and Marvel VS Capcom 3 in the return of our “Let’s Play Together” segment.

This plus news and new releases on Barrel Roll #105, “Cozy Fire Edition”.

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With E3 having come and gone now, I do miss it a little. By all means, it was no walk in the park. Driving around busy downtown LA looking for parking, wading through crowds of gamers, and sitting in lines for upwards of an hour just to try a game for ten minutes; it’s a lot of work. And yet somehow I feel like I came back too soon. Sure, it was fun to try out a lot of cool games before they release, but there was also an energy in the air that I miss being a part of.

At any rate, I must give sincere thanks to Capcom, especially Joveth “jgonzo” Gonzales. Due to my large involvement with The Mega Man Network, and promoting Mega Man in general, they offered me a pass as a way of saying thanks for the support. I am very humbled to know how much they appreciate the work I do, which has never struck me as anything incredible. Still, it’s unfortunate that none of Capcom’s announcements pertained to Mega Man… but I’m thankful all the same! Above is me on Capcom*Unity’s E3 stream with jgonzo and Noah, another Capcom fan. Sadly, I don’t recall what was said to make jgonzo produce such an awful expression.

Also deserving of thanks is my good pal Cheston, who accompanied me and helped out with some of the expenses, and more of the driving around. He also acted as our eyes as assistant media coordinator and took many of the photos we’ve used here in our reports. Cheston is getting married next month, so this may have been our last big adventure. But who knows! Couldn’t have done it without you, man. Congrats on tying the knot.

Finally, I guess I should thank the WingDamage crew for giving me a podium to express my experiences, since they wouldn’t really fit on TMMN. But having gotten to know Jesse and Jonah… yeah, I dunno. They’re sketchy to me. Anyway, enough sentimental crap. To close things up, I’m taking a look at Hard Corps: Uprising, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Metroid: Other M, Dead Rising 2, and Marvel vs Capcom 3.

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