I was reading through Masterlookas’ review of Wanted and it started the rusty gears in my brain region spinning.  As the cogs spun around I was reminded of Ernest Hemingway.  The great American writer gave us such classics as A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea.

He was noted for his bare bones journalistic writing style.  Hemingway didn’t feel the need to pad his novels with 2 page long descriptions of furniture like a lot of other writers.   In fact, he once said he could tell a story in 6 words “For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn.”  What in the world does this have to do with anything?

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On a very special ninth episode of “Barrel Roll! – A Video Game Podcast”, with Wesley Johnson from Insulin Funk in tow, we review “Wanted: Weapons of Fate”, Civ Rev on the DS, “Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard”, and HAWX to name but a few.

In the news we discuss the rumors of the Xbox Elite being bundled with some best-sellers, Assassin’s Creed 2, the fact that GameStop has gotten themselves in hot-water (as did EA), and that you can suplex a dragon in Bayonetta.

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"Magic Bullets Abound"

I came into “Wanted: Weapons of Fate” not expecting much. The game being a videogame adaptation of a film, that is an adaptation of a graphic novel, I was prepared for the worst. Surprisingly, Wanted: WoF actually manages to rise above the average licensed game.

The game begins immediately after the movie ends, and without having watched the movie since its release in theaters, I wasn’t quite sure what was going on half the time. The player character swaps between Wesley and his father, Cross, both telling their own story between two different time lines. The story is a poor follow-up to the film, which didn’t have too strong of a plot to begin with.

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