Buying every great soundtrack that comes out can get expensive. But don’t you fret. The Indie Game Music Bundle 2 is available now and it will blow your mind. For an amount of your choice under $10, you can get five soundtracks (including Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony and Machinarium).

But that’s not all. Pay $10 or more and you’ll get more than three times as many albums! And not just any albums. You’ll get Mighty Switch Force (one of my top soundtracks of 2011) and Shatter (one of 2009′s best) along with a ton of other great stuff. The more sales the bundle gets, the more albums unlock for contributors of $10 or more.

We get it, though. Money is tight. Maybe you don’t have any cash to spare on this sweet deal. Well, we don’t want you to miss out. We have a download code of the standard bundle for one lucky commenter. All you have to do is tell us your favorite indie game in the comment section and you could be win the bundle yourself. What do you have to lose? (more…)

We’ve finally decided to throw in the towel and become a full on tabloid rag. Think of all the awesome hits we could pull in with sensationalist headlines like “Nintendo is Over!”, “Miyamoto Quits All Games!”, and “Video Games Kills Kittens!”. We would be rolling in the fat stacks of cash. But alas, we were too busy playing video games to sensationalize headlines about them.

This week on the show, Jonah and Jesse and joined by Rockin’ Android’s own Adam Milecki for some in-depth talk of Demon’s Souls and why Adam is so addicted to it. Jonah has been playing baby games, specifically Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure on both the PS3 and 3DS. Jesse gives us an look into what makes Mario Kart 7 a worthwhile entry in the series and to your 3DS library. Jonah and Adam talk about Blocks that Matter and what it is that matters about them. Adam has also given Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony a try and gives us his thoughts.

There wasn’t much of note hitting shelves this week, so we delve right into the news to talk about what Miyamoto’s recent announcement regarding his position at Nintendo could potentially mean, Capcom getting into the doujin localization market, The Old Republic early access, and much more. All of this plus more sensationalist journalism than you can wave a batboy at on Barrel Roll #145, “Sensationalist Journalism”.

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On this, the one-hundred and forty-fourth entry in the annals of podcast history, we travel back to do the days of Templars and Assassins fighting over their various creeds. And who can rise up and rule them all? Only one man is brave enough. Only one man is cunning enough. Only one man has top hat enough to accomplish his goals.

This week, Jonah, Jesse, and Adam come together to discuss their likes and dislikes of Super Mario 3D Land, and even spend some time in Bowser’s Zen Garden. Adam goes back to one of his favorite series of this generation with Assassin’s Creed Revelations and gives us the breakdown of the changes from the last game. Jonah, living in the past once again, has been playing a bunch of Ticket to Ride. That’s a German board game from 2004, which shows you how hip that guy is. Jesse tries desperately to bring us back into the future with his initial impressions of Mario Kart 7 and the Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony DLC.

We are joined once again by our “Let’s Play Together” segment, where both Jesse and Jonah have thrown their hats into the modern warfare combat simulator, Battlefield 3. It’s unique take on the military shooter genre has sucked them in even more so than the last entry in the genre they cared about, Rainbow Six Vegas 2.

There is also a hearty discussion of the Vita and its memory card pricing reveal and the upcoming North American release of Xenoblade Chronicles. All of that plus a lot more on Barrel Roll #144, “Abraham Lincoln: Master Assassin”.

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Middle Song - “Two Excellent Italian Siblings (Super Mario 2)” by Armcannon

Contractual obligations are back for 2011! Once again our man on the street, Adam Anania, has been to E3, played a bunch of games, and is back to tell us all about them.

Instead of the regular news segment, the guys focus the discussion on the games and systems announced (and played) at the big show. From the new Kirby to the Vita, a lot of ground is covered.

In addition to the E3 talk, the guys discuss the new print on demand magazine 1up Presents. They also discuss the games they’ve been playing this week, which include Fortix 2, GO Series Picdun, and Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony.

All this and a whole lot more on episode #120 of Barrel Roll!, “Contractual Obligation 3: E3 Talk 2011″.

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Indie SHMUPs might not be the rarest thing in the world, but indie developer Final Form Games aims to stand out with a few unique twists. Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony features 4-player co-op (instead of the standard 2) and an interesting setting: 17th-century British Colonial Mars.

The team is hoping to tell an interesting story featuring “Famous alt-historical figures! Majestic alien landscapes! Steampunk space tech! Hard-bitten settlers taking their shot at ekeing out a better life in the New World!” and “Redcoats and Martians settling their differences with spear and space-musket!” (more…)