It takes a certain special something to get me to play most iPhone games for more than a few minutes. I’m not saying that to be antagonistic, I just don’t find enough meat on most of them to hold my interest.

But sometimes in even the simplest of games, all the elements come together in a magical way that initially captures your attention, then progresses into a soul eating hell-beast of gaming addiction that just won’t let go no matter how hard you struggle. This was the case with Jetpack Joyride.

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Bursting into action, Captain America takes on the unstoppably adorable forces of Red Skull and his giant teddy bear army in the latest episode of the Barrel Roll show!

Wes returns to tell the tale of Captain America Super Soldier. But before we can get into that it must be told that Jesse and Jonah are also back (as per usual) to bring us the latest in the same games they’ve been playing the last several weeks. This includes Disgaea 4 and Xenoblade Chronicles, but has expanded into Jesse returning to, and finishing Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. His Dragon Quest inspired mood was brought on, not only by the recent info about part ten, but also on the fact that his import copy of Dragon Quest Collection has arrived.

In an attempt to keep things “funky fresh”, Jonah has invested some time into Jetpack Joyride and Swords & Soldiers HD as well. When he wasn’t busy pummeling Nazis, Wes also delved into Icarus and Quarrel. Two great tastes that taste great together.

All that plus the news, new games this week, and the winner of our Bastion soundtrack giveaway is picked on Barrel Roll! #135, “Captain America’s Epic Yarn”.

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This week on the show, Jonah, Jesse and Wes are joined by Mike Bachmann of “A Fistful of Pixels“. He also wrote a review for WingDamage that one time.

On our “What Games We Played” segment of the show, Jesse finally gets around to talking about Xenoblade Chronicles and its amazing, super-British localization. Wes and Mike both give us their feelings on the new Jetpack Joyride. Jonah talks about Space Marine and how many times the game says “Space Marine”, which it does with a surprising frequency. Mike has also been playing Dead Island and gives us the good with the bad. Finally, our “Let’s Play Together” returns for talk of the recent XBLA release of Radiant Silvergun.

The guys also discuss the new releases of the week and the gaming news. All this and more on Barrel Roll #134, “Shoot Shoot Jump Man”.

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