On a very special seventy-third episode of our video game show, Barrel Roll!, Wes is once again looking for love in all the wrong internet chat forums. Jesse tries to explain to him that “Allzyagottado is…” but never gets to finish his thoughts before we start in with the gaming talk. This is all pre-show, of course, and has no bearing on the episode at large.

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"A very subjective list."

Some really fantastic soundtracks came out this year. There’s no way I could write about all of them, so I’ve chosen my ten favorites to share. I’m only counting soundtracks of games that were released in North America in 2009 (sorry, Bayonetta). As music is very subjective, these are just my personal picks.

Is you favorite not in the list? Let us know in the comments!

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One of my favorite soundtracks this year was Shatter by an artist I was completely unfamiliar with at the time named Module. Each song is a strange mix of mellow electronica with very sparing guitar. Many of the tracks are minimal, but also evolving. It’s an extremely relaxing album to listen to and it has made its rotation in my car and at work more times than I care to remember.

From today until Christmas, you can buy the entire Shatter Official Videogame Soundtrack for the low price of $1. Since it is through BandCamp, you’re free to choose whatever format you like. In fact, you can even stream the entire album before purchasing if you don’t want to be too hasty with that dollar. When I purchased it, I paid more money than the game itself costs with no regrets. So what are you waiting for? Go check it out!

"I Found Him!"

On a very special twenty-fifth episode of “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, we are joined by our friend and yours, Ben Paddon of the Science-Fiction Comedy “Jump Leads” and returning guest Wesley Johnson. We spend a good portion of time talking about how much we all love adventure games, how glad we all are that they are back, and which games we would like to see made. But a lot of that is saved for when we talk about stuff in our most terribly named segment “Let’s Talk About Stuff.”

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