I’m of the opinion that kids games shouldn’t be garbage.

Just because a game is licensed or made for kids, this should not be used as an excuse to shove shoddy, unfinished games out the door. More often than not, short development cycles thwart any attempt to make a licensed game good, because much of the sales come from hitting the shelves at the same time as the movie a game is based off of.

That’s why I was happy to see that Toy Story 3 felt like a real game.

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On a very special eighty-first episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, Jesse has been lost in the wilderness. A sketchy VHS tape may be the only clue as to his whereabouts. That is, if the mysterious creatures lurking in the forests of the Pacific Northwest haven’t already got to him.

In his absence, Jonah has been joined by WingDamage Junior Editor Russ “The Bus” Walsh and Wesley “Blood On the Sand” Johnson. They are here to kick ass and play video games, and they’re all out of video games.

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On a very special eightieth episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, Jonah and Jesse come together with only one common goal: To not break the streak of having posted a new Barrel Roll episode every week since the show’s inception.

Crazy stuff has been going down in the real world, so the guys keep things on topic and as concise as possible this time around.

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"Yeast VII: Cooking Mama XII"

On a very special seventy-ninth episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, we all step into the kitchen with Cooking Mama‘s latest JRPG/Cooking Sim/Racing Game, Yeast VII: Cooking Mama XII. There we learn the finer arts of cooking with yeast and yeast-based products.

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“Friday Old Games” is a series of articles in which we review a game from the older generations of consoles, share why we picked it, and whether or not it holds up with time.

Back in 1992, id Software set the world (of PC gaming nerds) on fire by making the first in a new genre called “First Person Shooters”. The best part: Wolfenstein 3D was shareware, so it was not only legal, but encouraged that you give the first episode of the game to your friends.

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"You furry little maniacs! You blew it up!"

On a very special seventy-eight episode of the podshow “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, we learn the dark truth about this supposedly “new” planet we found ourselves on. Oh sure, all signs pointed to the defeat of The Empire thousands of years before, but a planet where humans evolved from Ewoks? Pure madness.

That is, until we found it. The last remaining vestige of a world now destroyed. The cursed statue that showed the world was not what we once thought it was. It was our beloved Endor the whole time.

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On a very special seventy-seventh episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, we double our damagocity with special guest Mixmoff from Fall-Damage.com.

He brings us up to speed on all-things damage related.

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The big budget triple A games can be fantastic. They have huge teams backing them, allowing for the use of the latest and greatest tech. Graphics are slick and always pushing to look better than everyone else. Plus, you know everybody who’s anybody is going to be talking about them in your circle of gaming friends/podcasts/blogs/forums.

Often when I sit down to play one, I will end up spending several hours in front of my TV or computer working my way through it. Sometimes, this can lead to a strange mental block right before I get started. Since I know I will inevitably spend a lot of time playing one of these games once I start, it can be a little intimidating.

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On a very special seventy-sixth episode of Barrel Roll! A Video Game podcast, we hold an intervention for Adam’s newfound addiction to Xbox Points.

Sure, he claims that he can quit anytime he wants. But looking at his Xbox Gamecard Scores, we see that he got all the points. ALL OF THEM.

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"This is your Daddy's Crack Down"

“Friday Old Games” is a series of articles in which we review a game from the older generations of consoles, share why we picked it, and whether or not it holds up with time.

In the days when our household only had a Genesis, we almost exclusively rented our video games. There were several we would see in magazines that we thought looked interesting, or would see the cover art in stores, but could never find to rent.

This is not one of those games. Until recently, I didn’t even realize there had been a Genesis game that shared the Crack Down name. I found it purely by accident when searching for information on the first Xbox 360 game, Crackdown. Had I seen any version of the game’s box art, I would have more likely pointed to laugh at the monocled baddie on the Mega Drive cover, or the fake Stormtrooper on the US version.

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