Friday Night Gaming

This week, we start off with a LIVE REVIEW of Bit.Trip Beat for WiiWare. Video is complete with gameplay and PiP of controls! Then, we take the retro game consoles FC3 Plus and Retro Duo through their paces with direct feed audio and video of both systems playing games like Zelda, Punch Out, a Super Game Boy, Sonic The Hedgehog, Super Mario RPG, Starfox, and Castlevania III! Then it's time to put the kids to bed, as we play Madworld on the Wii. Check out the reactions to the game the National Institute on Media and the Family DOESN'T want you to play! You'll REALLY want to see the video for this one over at FNGLive.net!

We really wanted to play Resident Evil 5, but because it released that day, we had a problem getting our hands on it. We also couldn't get a hold of Madworld on short notice, so on Friday Night Gaming the 13th we played...PEGGLE. Yes, Popcap's lovable rainbow-filled unicorn-featuring casual game was just released on Xbox Live Arcade and we hook a few local players at the Computer ArenA in Roswell, GA on it, as well as playing in Peg Parties with our listeners. We also take calls about a viewer in a national Street Fighter IV tournament, reminiscing about old TV commercials, and online tournament running. In the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight, we fix a "Blinking NES" with just three household objects, one of which we fix quite by accident and have to get a second one to do the real fix that we intended. Be sure to check out the video archive at FNGLive.net!

Opening song "Stupid Head" by VideoGameOutsiders.com. This week, we play Halo Wars both offline and online on the Xbox 360. Other topics include how to turn our video archives (which are available immediately after the live show, unlike this audio podcast) into your own video podcast, how to install the Xbox 360 Jewels that go on the power button, and iPhone/iPod Touch gaming. In the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight, we take apart a PS2 Guitar Hero controller and fix it's whammy bar, as well as showing how to fix the buttons and the strum bar. We also show what ordinary household item lies within each and every guitar!

The game of the week is Killzone 2 for the Playstation 3 - our Killzone 1 fanboy plays it with our online audience all night and even makes a stunning vow concerning his Xbox 360 and current collection at the end of the show! In the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight, we take apart a PlayStation 2 that has a Disc Read Error and fix it. Our callers discussed fighting games like Street Fighter IV and Killer Instinct, and about why FNG isn't a video podcast (and how much money it might cost to make it one!)

This week we're Street Fighter IV'ing it up playing the game on the PS3 both at our location at the Computer ArenA in Roswell, Georgia and online. We take calls about what people think of the game and the difficulty curve that exists in all Street Fighter games, and broadcast a 20-person SFIV tournament where players were competing for five free Anytime Hours at the ArenA! For the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight, we take apart an Xbox 360 controller and show how you can improve the performance of your D-Pad. FNG is intended to be a live TV show and really should be experienced in video form at ustream.tv - video archives are available on FNGLive.net!

This week on Friday Night Gaming The 13th, we ask: what games SCARE you? We play Left 4 Dead on Xbox Live with our audience and take our audience's calls on scary games while wondering nobody puts up Youtube videos of the Genesis game Chakan: The Forever Man without them talking over it. (Who talks over live gameplay video, anyway?) We also take a look at the God Of War III trailer. For the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight segment, we take apart a PSP and replace its video screen. We also take some generic hardware tips based on our live callers.

This week, Harrison Krix from Volpin Props shows off his Portal Gun that recently made the blog rounds. He also shows off Midna's Hat from Zelda: Twilight Princess! We play Call of Duty: World at War with a few members of our audience, with a challenge laid down by one of our attendees! In the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight, we take apart both a Wii and a Gamecube and see if they really are one in the same - and we find out that sometimes the Nintendo money making machine gets stuck. In other hijinks, we discuss the Red Alert 3 Campiagn Conquer This Life and enjoy some of The Hoff. We also fire up the Halo Wars demo and take it for a spin.

This week, we challenge our live audience at the Computer ArenA in Roswell, GA to a SCORE CHALLENGE in newly release Xbox 360 Community Game Revenge of the Ball. Creator Derrick Hopkins spends a few hours on the phone with us and cover art illustrator Tedakin joins us live on location. We discuss the ins and outs of XNA development and what may be next from Dead Pixel Arcade. In the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight, we take apart an Atari 2600 and show off an Odyssey 300, and discuss the origins of gaming. Then, in our finale, we predict the winner of The Big Game by having two people face off in Madden NFL 09. You'll want to watch the video on ustream.tv for the telestrator action!

In this episode, two experienced builders in LittleBigPlanet create a level from scratch in three hours. This level is currently available to play and compete in under the PSN ID "FNGaming" and is called "Friday Night Gaming Level #1" because we are very original. Check out FNGLive.net/LBP for information about our contest! We also discuss the closure of Gamerscore Blog along with the news of the layoffs of all of it's members, and welcome Tedakin from the All Games Radio community to talk to us about how much he didn't see at CES. We also meet "Ted from the Past", a 13 year old who plays Gears of War 2 even though his mother doesn't want him to. Our CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight is on the PS3 and the differences between the old models and the new models, and we actually show the PS2's Emotion Engine. We take several calls about many things, including CD-I porn...It's our first full episode since we started, and one you won't want to miss! Check out portions of the video archive at FNGLive.net and our U

Rich Weil, Community Director for Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall joins us to discuss the new kid-friendly MMO. Then, Alan from CC Gaming talks about a 360 repair gone horribly wrong from another company while we play Burnout Paradise with our listeners. Join us LIVE Fridays at 8PM ET/5PM PT on All Games Radio, FNGLive.net, or at the Computer ArenA in Roswell, GA!

The first episode of Friday Night Gaming, a brand new Internet TV Show broadcasting live from the Computer ArenA in Roswell, GA! Unfortunately, due to technical mishaps, the video archive was not saved (that'll teach us to trust third party video providers) so you won't be able to see what the live viewers saw. In this episode, Bobby Blackwolf and Glen Martin from CC Gaming commiserate over EGM's closure and the layoffs of 1up while attendees at the ArenA play Grand Theft Auto IV with our audience. Our scheduled on-site tournament for Soul Calibur IV didn't have any entrants (it's still early in the show's lifespan) so it's being postponed. In the CC Gaming Hardware Spotlight segment, we take apart an Xbox 360 that has disc tray issues. Then we take calls about hardware repair and discuss the new DLC coming to Burnout Paradise, which is our Free Play game for next week. Also, next week, a live on-air demo of Cartoon Network's MMO FusionFall!