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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"What have I become?"

In a very special fifth episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, we discuss the abomination that is “Sonic Unleashed”. Jesse shares his thoughts on “Gradius Rebirth”, while Jonah has been playing “Johnny Platform’s Biscuit Romp”. Luke tells us all about violence the game… I mean “Mad World” for the Wii.

In the news, we talk about the upcoming Chrono Cross Arrange Album coming out for the games 10th anniversary, and we even play a clip in the break. There is more Fable 2 DLC on the way? Good times! Also Bioshock 2 and more.

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"It's just like Zelda, only completely different."

Pleasantly surprised. That is the best way I can describe my experience with Fable 2.

Back at PAX 2008, I played the two player demo they had on display. Overall, I was not impressed. It was a trail of breadcrumbs leading from one bandit fight to another on a low-end LCD TV that was set up for someone way shorter than myself. The screen being inches from my face made it look blurry and jaggy. I’m pretty sure it was turned up too bright on top of that.

I still wanted to give the game a fair shake, knowing the code at PAX was the same from E3 months earlier. What I had played of the first game on the original Xbox I had enjoyed, but never finished. I decided to go back and finish the first game, just in case it tied in, and to see why I was excited for the sequel in the first place.

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