This week on the show, Jesse, Jonah, and Wes reconvene to talk about video games.

Wes kicks things off with a breakdown of the new Facebook edition of You Don’t Know Jack, the snarky trivia game with no less than 40 releases worldwide, now with the ability to be played directly from your cubicle while you are supposed to be working! He also finished Max Payne 3, and Resonance (which he reviewed), and played the iPhone game The Act.

Jesse tells us about one of his new favorites, Gravity Rush. Not only does it break your mind with its gravity defying gameplay, but it is one more excuse to grab Sony’s new handheld. He also spent some time with the Pokemon/Japanese Warlords crossover Pokemon Conquest, which allows you to use cutesy creatures to determine the fate of an empire in the form of a strategy RPG.

Meanwhile on the PC front, Jonah has spent a lot of time with DC Universe Online, the now free-to-play MMO from SEO. It allowed him to play a Green Lantern game that was actually fun, and for that, he was most thankful.

All this and more on Barrel Roll #160, “Rush, Rush, Rush”!

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The most dangerous being in Cassardis is not the huge, heart stealing dragon after all, but the infinite number of brine that live just below the water’s surface. There they wait for the unsuspecting traveler to go for a casual dip on a hot summers day. Then they pounce, devouring anything and everything they can get their microscopic mitts on.

In other words, most of the crew played Dragon’s Dogma this week. The crew being Jonah, Jesse, Wes, and the return of Adam Anania. Because fighting Tolkien-esk monsters in one game wasn’t enough, Wes and Jonah also tried their hand at the Tolkien themed “Lord of the Rings” based game, Lord of the Rings: War in the North. Here Jonah played as a Wizard for a change. He also did in Diablo 3 and Torchlight II, both of which he gave a whirl over the last few weeks.

Not to be outdone by sheer number of games played, Wes brings Max Payne 3, Doctor Who Adventure and Portal 2 to the table. He seems to enjoy them all and would recommend them for various audiences based on which ones are age and content appropriate, but that is really your call.

All this and more on Barrel Roll #158, “Beware the Brine”.

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