Xbox Live is 5ive, and Microsoft is celebrating. We look back at Xbox Live and why it's lasted when other console online gaming initiatives before it failed. We also show that online gaming isn't all that new, just never mainstream. The PS3's 2.0 firmware is out, and while not the megaton that the PS3 fanboys promised on Sony's behalf, it still has a few nice features that are a welcome sight to see. We take a look at Sam & Max Episode 201: Ice Station Santa - the beginning of the next season of the episodic point and click adventure game. We also talk a little bit about Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure for the Wii, although we've only had a little bit of playtime with it. The NPD Group decided to cut back on releasing hardware and software sales numbers, and they didn't expect the fan reaction. We recount our trip to the Jonathan Coulton concert in Atlanta, where some idiot demanded to hear the song from Portal the minute he walked on stage. Then we take a call about Namco Bandai purchasing Banpresto, and about the breaking of street dates.

Tonight, we have our final interview from PAX'07 - Jeremy Zoss from Destineer Studios to discuss Indianapolis 500 Racing, Word Jong, John Deere: Harvest in the Heartland, Homie Rollerz, and games based on Full Metal Alchemist. We issue a correction on our Halo 3 statements from last week, just to make sure that you knew we were wrong. Rock Band demo units are currently in Best Buy - except ours, due to a new Elite doing old 360 tricks. We dip deep into the Manhunt 2 hacking debacle, and give our reasons why the ESRB made the right call in this one. Then we take calls on minor cursing in an E10 rated game, the November game rush, and some upcoming Wii titles we hadn't heard of.

Tonight we have an interview with Ryan Cravens from Betson Enterprises to discuss the arcade industry and the arcade games Big Buck Hunter Pro and Fast And The Furious: Drift. Happy Birthday to the PlayStation 2 in the US, which turned 7 on October 26th. Beautiful Katamari was released last week, and we're not exactly feeling it or it's Xbox Live play this time around. Guitar Hero III was released this past Sunday, and there are some issues with the controller and some framerate dips there as well - but join the All Games Radio Tour Group anyway! We also discuss which guitar controllers work with what games. Valve has cut off gamers who found a great deal on The Orange Box ordering via Thailand. Then we take a call about E For All's "success" and any chance it has next year since they decided to have their show on the same weekend as PAX.

In this non-live interview, we have two interviews and some corrections. First, we correct some misunderstandings from last week's Pirates of the Burning Sea interview such as who the developers REALLY are as well as the release date. Then, we ask Ricardo Sanchez, VP of Content and Creative Director at Gametap, such questions as if we're going to see infamous Atari 2600 games on the service, if Bobby is really on the payroll, and who really thought having Daikatana on the service was a good idea. Then we head back in time to PAX to speak with Nathan Davis, Assistant Producer of Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer.

This week we interview Jess Lebow, Content Director for Flying Lab Software, about Pirates of the Burning Sea. This week, two games that came straight out of the student and independent scene made big splashes. The first was the Orange Box's Portal, born out of Digipen senior project Narbacular Drop. The other was Everyday Shooter, now available on the Playstation Network. Nintendo's Fall Conference was this week, and we learned that Super Smash Bros. Brawl was delayed (but with Sonic and Online coop), Mario Kart was delayed (but with motorcycles), and that DS demos are FINALLY coming to the Wii. Continuing the recent trend of buying out other developers, Electronic Arts bought both Bioware and Pandemic. Then we take a call about Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. There will be no LIVE show next week due to local performance commitments, but stay tuned for an interview segment on the podcast feed as usual.