First I was pissed off, I was agonized. Kept thinking how much fun you were, but at 97 stars I died. But I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong, and I grew strong. I learned how to carry on. And now you’re back from outer space. I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face. I should have changed that stupid lock. I should have made you leave your key. If I’d known for just one second you’d be back here with Yoshi.

Super Mario Galaxy, and really 3D Mario in general, is one of those weird games for me. While I’ve been a big Mario fan from my scrappy youth, Super Mario 64 just didn’t gel with me. It was fun, but awkward. And for every one thing about it I came to like, there was something else that wanted to prevent me from fully enjoying the game.

Apparently, Nintendo seems to feel there are a lot of people like me out there since, with Super Mario Galaxy, they’ve strived to pull in their Wii Sports and New Super Mario Bros.-loving expanded audience. They’ve done this by throwing in 2D oriented stage segments, by making spherical levels that are hard to get lost on, by making the camera better, and by making the controls simpler.

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On a very special episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, the guys hit up the ultimate Dojo of awesomeness and have a battle royal to the death in front of a giant creepy clown face.

In what we’ve been playing, Photo Dojo is declared the best game ever made (see above).

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On a very special fortieth episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, Krishna Sadasivam from PC Weenies stops by to class up the joint. Krishna tells us about his history as a gamer, a cartoonist, and a family man.

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On a very special thirty-fifth episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast, we are once again joined by our good friend WeJo, who is apparently calling the show from space. Brittany also returns to tell us about her new obsession, De Blob, in our “What We’ve Been Playing” segment.

Here we also talk about Mario Galaxy, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, World of Goo and more. Later in “Let’s Play Together”, some co-op Words With Friends and Battletoads and Double Dragon have been played by various members of the show.

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