On an extra special eighth episode of “Barrel Roll! – A Video Game Podcast”, we are up at 1am Sunday night after having a great time at Emerald City ComiCon. Thrill, as we attempt to not fall asleep while doing a con wrap up! Also, live Keytar intro featuring the demo button.

Jerry, who you might know from the Internet as Tycho Brahe, was kind enough to stop by the table. Not only did he pick up a copy of our book, but he was nice enough to do an interview with us as well. We talk about his earliest gaming memories, what he’s playing now, and what’s coming up for Penny Arcade.

But that’s not all!

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"Not a representation of the idea"

I played a decent amount of Action RPGs in 2008. Among these were games such as “The World Ends With You”, “Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core”, and “Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates” (subtitle within a subtitle? Yeah… they went there!) to name a few. At some point during the year, playing these games got my creative juices flowing. My brain gave birth to an idea and I felt compelled to write it down. There it sat, alone inside a notebook. But today, faithful readers, I will share with you my dream.

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"A Luke and His Blob"

On a very special fourth episode of Barrel Roll, we discuss “Eternal Darkness”, “Rogue Galaxy”, “Robo Ninja Haggleman 3″, “Castle of Shikigami III” and “Dragon Quest 5″ in the “What We’ve Been Playing” segment.

In news, Jonah tells us all about the release of his first trade paperback, which can be found for sale at Indy Planet. We also talk about our anticipation for “King of Fighters XII” and “BlazBlue”, the upcoming Wii remake of “A Boy and His Blob”, “Little Big Planet” on PSP, and what we think may be Capcom’s new announcement that will apparently “make Wii owner’s happy.

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Mighty Final Fight Gottfried

It is hard to get everyone from the site on the podcast at any given time. Sometimes, when everyone else is available, Dave can’t make it. When Dave and Luke are at the store and able to record, sometimes Jesse is with Geoffio at a Pendulum concert.

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"Word"

On a very special third episode of “Barrel Roll!”, we are joined by the internet’s own Wesley Johnson of InsulinFunk.net, as well as the JPAG.

We get into what we’ve been playing, where we discuss the Fallout DLC “Operation Anchorage”, Jesse tries his darnedest to explain just what the heck “Noby Noby Boy” is all about, Luke has been playing through “Rogue Galaxy”, and Wesley talks about “50 Cent, Blood on the Sand.”

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