Friday Night Gaming

We got our good internet back at CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA, and we decide to play online with our audience in PS3's MAG, but first we take a look at the Heavy Rain demo (which was not available in the US at the time of airing.)

Frankensheppard makes his first memorable appearance at CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA, where we deconstruct the first few hours of Mass Effect 2. CC Gaming employee Mike tells us about the differences between the first game and this one. We also take some calls about controller extensions for older consoles and about building a MAME cabinet.

This week, Derrick Hopkins, creator of the Xbox 360 Indie Game You Will Die joins us on the phone as we discuss XNA development and his show Dead Pixel Live on the All Games Network. You Will Die is available from Dead Pixel Arcade for a mere 80 spacebucks ($1)...You should get it! Then we pop in Darksiders and check out if it really IS a "Zelda Clone" or not. Originally broadcast live from CC Gaming in Kenessaw, GA.

In our Season Three premiere and triumphant return to the All Games Network, we're playing Bayonetta on the PS3 live from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA! We had planned on also spotlighting the Modnation Racers beta, but it ended. We discuss Snowpocalypse 2010 which caused the previous week's show to be cancelled.

It's our "Best of 2009" show where we look back at where we've been for the first two seasons of FNG. We played three games during the show, as voted on by our viewers the previous week. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (where we continued where we left off), Street Fighter IV on the Xbox 360, and Uncharted 2 on the PS3. The last two games were played online against our audience. We also discuss how the mother of one of our viewers is attempting to shut down the store by complaining to the Better Business Bureau, and talk about the crunch time that exists in retail during the holiday season.

We take a look at Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time for the PS3 and how it's mostly platforming with a little bit of time puzzle thrown in. We discuss that yes, CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA is STILL OPEN, despite telephone problems, and talk about some of the crazier things that happen in retail. During the show, we take a poll of our live audience (and fix our website live on the air) to determine our audience's favorite games that we played in 2009. The top three games will be played on next week's show that will end out the year. We announce the surprising winners at the end of the show.

After taking a week off for Black Friday (well, Glen worked harder) we are back with New Super Mario Bros. Wii, live from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA. Witness people who have never played a Mario game before attempt to make it through the first castle! Plus, we take a look at XLINK's Nintendo DS repairs.

We were almost Left 4 Dead 2 at CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA...This episode features the description of the pre-show encounter with a Grown Ass Man! Don't treat him like a child! Then we play some Left 4 Dead 2 both online and splitscreen with our local audience.

We would have been lynched if we did not play Modern Warfare 2 live from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA, even though we thought it was the epic PC game Mechwarrior 2. We play some of the singleplayer campaign and we play online with our live audience. PLEASE NOTE: The "Disturbing" Mission in MW2's singleplayer IS SHOWN and discussed!

One of the hosts was overruled and instead of Tekken 6, we're checking out Borderlands on the Xbox 360 at CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA. Does the game translate as well to a live TV show as it's sales do to retailers? We also take a look at the Motorola Droid, released that day.

Live from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA, we take a look at Forza Motorsport 3. Glen gives driving and car selection advice to people who don't know how to drive. Plus, we get designs and cars sent to us by listeners!

Glen's most anticipated game is the focus of this episode live from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on the PS3! We coach our gamers through the singleplayer portion, finding hidden treasures that you might have missed. We also play some multiplayer and get shot repeatedly due to our live audience not understanding that they're playing the ultimate screen peak (others are watching the feed to see where they are) so they can't camp and snipe effectively. Good times! In the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight, we replace an analog stick in an N64 controller as well as replace pads in a SNES controller.

We will not try to kill The Metal as we take on Tim Schafer's Brutal Legend on the Xbox 360 live from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA! We play both singleplayer and then attempt the multiplayer, but we wind up going back to the story. There are LOTS of story spoilers from the first few hours of the game here, so be warned! We also talk with ITT Tech Kennesaw about their new gaming club and the events they have going on there, as well as discuss our new relationship with the Entertainment Consumers Association.

PLEASE NOTE: There were some audio hiccups during this episode that were NOT edited out! Sorry! Live from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA, we play the revolutionary game that everyone has been waiting for - Halo 3: ODST. We play coop offline and then jump online for some firefight action. For the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight, we replace a battery inside a Game Boy cartridge...It's not as easy as you might think!

Broadcasting live from the Crowne Plaza Atlanta-Perimeter Hotel Bar, FNG is live from the Southern Interactive Entertainment & Game Expo! Being flanked by an open bar party from CCP Games (and they wouldn't tell us anything about Dust 514) we play a not very popular offline game Katamari Forever for the PS3.

In this episode filled with technical glitches from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA, we play Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 for the Xbox 360 both locally (with some gamers of questionable skill) and on Xbox Live with much better players. During this time, we also discuss how much Bobby loves Scribblenauts. In a very quick hardware segment, we show the secret of removing permanent marker off of those NES cartridges that you put your name on as a kid. We will not be on the air on September 25th as we will be in Augusta, GA for Video Games Live. On October 2-4, we will tentatively be broadcasting from the Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo in Atlanta.

We are back from the Penny Arcade Expo - some of us got here sooner than others. If you have a buddy who works at Delta, do NOT accept his Buddy Pass...It's not worth it! We try out Darkest of Days on the Xbox 360 - a time traveling FPS from new publisher Phantom EFX that is also available on the PC. The company that makes the game is very enthusiastic, however that did not deter our live and chat room audience from voicing their opinions on the game. We also go through our PAX swag, trade stories about wild parties put on by space MMO developers, and discuss our least favorite peripherals per caller suggestions. At the end, we briefly mention Bobby's trip to Dragon*con and show the coolest Thriller practice video ever.

It's an asylum at CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA, and we're bringing in the Batman. Batman: Arkham Asylum is the game for the PS3 and we play both the main campaign and the Joker challenge levels. But the big news is the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight - we got our hands on a brand new PS3 Slim and completely disassemble it, and then put it back together. Does it work when we're done with it? There is no live show on September 4th as we will be at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. See you on the 11th!

Two blockbuster movie games for the price of one tonight courtesy of our friends at Activision and Electronic Arts. First up, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on the Xbox 360, as we start the game as both the Autobots and the Decipticons. Then, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra on the Xbox 360, as we take the game for a co-op spin. In the CC Gaming Hardware Segment, we show you how to get into the PS3 diagnostic menu and fix a lot of the software-based problems you may be having with your PS3. We also give away Nintendo candies to callers and talk about movie games. And thunderstorms. And wanting to date Felicia Day's avatar.

Destroying and cleaning discs is the name of the first game live from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA. We show the RTI ECO Senior II disc cleaning system, along with DESTROYING an Xbox 360 game of our audience's choosing and bringing it back to mint condition! Then we play Fat Princess for the PS3 online with our PS3 pals...Warning, we don't know how to play the game, so there's a lot of coaching going on. Then we take calls about the PS3 - future rumors, and fixing them.