Meanwhile, on a very special seventieth episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, the Rainbow Suspenders of Justice Friends meet at the Hall of Justice to take down Lex Luthor and his cohorts in the Hall of Doom. Will their fashion sense be enough to save the world?

In our “Games We Played This Week” segment, Jonah and Jesse tell tales of an actual LAN party (using computers and everything!) with Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Jonah has been trying his best to finish Saints Row 2 before the show (but failed), has put a little more time into Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow and it’s finally starting to click. He also spent time with DJ Hero thanks to the recent price drops and sales.

Jesse has been playing Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, which may just be the best PSP game he has played. He also picked up Mega Man Zero: Collection, despite owning all the games on GBA. Wesley has been spending all his time on with Assassin’s Creed 2 and it’s DLC missions.

In the news, we nerd out about Telltale’s announcement of a Back to the Future game. There is a lot of talk about what we would like to see in DJ Hero 2 and which Dreamcast games we’d like to see hit XBLA and PSN.

Finally, we are contractually obligated to make our E3 predictions. All this and more on the latest episode of the Barrel Roll Showcast.

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Outro Music – “Fortuna (Star Fox)” by The OneUps

Telltale Announces Partnership with Universal

Kindom Hearts Re-Coded

Dreamcast Games Coming to XBLA & PSN

Necromachina

The new Fire Emblem

On a most excellent sixty-ninth episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, the dudes must travel through time to find the most  bodacious of all gaming experiences.

When the time comes for the shooting of the breeze, Jesse and Adam give us the rundown on their experience with the VD-W3 Wii HDMI Upscaler Processor. EXCELLENT!

In what we’ve been playing, the guys return to Monster Hunter Tri and 3D Dot Game Heroes. Jonah has been giving some portable games a try in the form of Highborn and Carcassonne on the iPod Touch as well as Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow on the DS.

In the news, the guys talk pre-E3 rumors, particularly on the Nintendo 3DS. There is also talk of multiplayer gameplay hitting the Mass Effect universe, a new Contra game in the works, and a patch to Lost Planet 2 that addresses nearly all of our complaints.

We also talk about some new game trailers and finish things off with a Mega Man News Roundup. All this and more on the latest episode of Barrel Roll.

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Earth Seeker Art and Info

Lost Planet 2 Patch Details

Batman: The Brave and the Bold Trailer

Vanquish Trailer

Featuring music from the upcoming Rockman Zero: Mythos

Outro Music – “Fortuna (Star Fox)” by The OneUps

There may not be a lot of portable games coming out in the second quarter of 2010, but there are a couple big ones. We’ve chosen not to include games listed simply as “Summer” (sorry Dragon Quest IX and Ace Combat: Joint Assault) since they’re more likely to end up in Q3. Here are the games we’re looking forward to.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP)

“The story of Big Boss continues in the first PSP Metal Gear to be directed by Hideo Kojima himself. Originally titled Metal Gear Solid 5: Peace Walker, the game is being developed by a team that’s just as large as the one responsible for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots on the Playstation 3. Peace Walker bridges the gap between the prequels and the original Metal Gear and will have a large emphasis on co-operative play. I can’t wait to play as the REAL Snake once again.” -Jesse

Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP)

“Finally, the sequel to my GOTY 2008 is coming. Valkyria Chronicles 2 takes the Strategy/RPG/Third Person Shooter hybrid gameplay and moves it to the PSP for battles on the go. VC2 keeps the same watercolor art style and manages to shine visually even with the limited hardware. While the system is smaller, the game will be bigger with more advanced unit classes branching from the starting five. Missions now have alternate paths leading to other smaller maps. If that wasn’t enough for you, the sequel will feature both co-operative and competitive multiplayer modes. This looks to be one meaty sequel.” -Jesse

Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow (DS)

“The developers over at Mistwalker have decided to take the Blue Dragon series in a new direction. Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow is a direct sequel to the Xbox 360 game, but rather than be turn based, it is an action RPG. The developers have said they took inspiration from Secret of Mana (one of my personal favorites) and went with a leveling system where, rather than your character leveling, your equipped shadows (the giant blue monsters where the series gets its title) gain levels and experience. Your character is fully customizable, and all your loot shows up on the character model. There is even an online component where you and two friends can go on boss runs to get even better loot. It sounds like an interesting change for the series and has definitely peaked my interest.” – Jonah