Seattle based Kirby Krackle are a self-proclaimed “Comic Book/Nerd Rock Band”. What does this mean, exactly?

No, their albums aren’t made up of KA-POW! sound effects. Neither are they a band that covers songs from video games. What it means is that their lyrics are heavily inspired by the things that interests nerds and geeks around the world; video games and comic books.

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On a very special fifty-eight episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, Jesse, Jonah, and Adam try to catch them all. It ends tragically.

In “The Games We Played Since Last Time”, Jesse and Adam mock Mega Man 10′s easy mode, Jesse gets even more in-depth with Final Fantasy XIII, and Adam tries out the Monster Hunter Tri demo. It turns out he is actually digging this one, and it is sounding more and more like we’ll have a team with which to hunt monsters come April.

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"A Dramatic Recreation of Golfin' for Brains"

On a very special twentieth episode of Barrel Roll, A Video Game Podcast, we are joined by special guest Dalibor “Dali” Dimovski, co-founder of Sidequesting.com to talk about video games and video game related topics.

First and foremost is what we’ve been playing, which ranges from Sega’s new Wii title “Let’s Tap” and “Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance”, to a comparison of the Wii and 360 versions of “Tiger Woods 10″. Which version wins out? The one that is most fun! Also Rhythm Heaven and Mega Man Star Force 3 demos have been played by Jesse.

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On a very special 19th episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, we spend the evening talking to Kyle Stevens and Jim Demonakos of Kirby Krackle. If you are not familiar, they have created the world’s first comic book rock band.

We delve into how the band was formed, their writing process, the new summer single (out on 6/30!), touring at comic conventions, and more!

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"Guitar Battle!"

While the next episode of “Barrel Roll! - A Video Game Podcast” (scheduled to go up Tuesday, the 16th) is being editing now, we are already prepping for next weeks show. This episode will feature special guests Kyle Stevens and Jim Demonakos from Kirby Krackle. If you have any questions for the guys, please post them here or email us at podcast@wingdamage.com.

We are also starting to prep for our next bonus episode of the show, in which we will be covering both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. This will record sometime next month, and we’d also love to get your thoughts on the games. We’re starting to play through them this week and plan to finish them up by early next month for the recording.

"Make The Voices Stop!"

On a very special second episode of “Barrel Roll!”, we talk a lot about “Street Fighter 4″, a game where you have fun beating the crap out of your friends. Old School. The anime movie that is packed in with the collectors edition of the game is also discussed.

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“The World’s First Comic Book Rock Band”

Kirby Krackle is a collaborative project between indie rocker Kyle Stevens (former frontman and songwriter of Seattle based Laymans Terms) and Jim Demonakos (owner of The Comics Stop and head organizer of The Emerald City ComiCon). As you might imagine, comic books and video games have heavily inspired all the songs in this self-titled debut album from the pop-culture fueled pair.

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