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”.

Download

RSS

iTunes (Subscribe and Rate the show!)

A new Nintendo system means a new Mario Kart game. That’s just how things work. So here we are with the seventh entry in the chaotic kart racing series (not including the Namco co-developed arcade games). Aside from it being one of the very few first party games currently available on the 3DS, why should you care about yet another Mario Kart game?

The answer is simple: Mario Kart 7 is easily one of the best games in the series.

(more…)

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”.

Download

RSS

iTunes (Subscribe and Rate the show!)

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