What a week this has been. PAX and Castle Crashers coming at us back to back? Talk about a win-win situation -- unless, of course, the former prevented you from becoming intimate with the latter.

While Castle Crasher's netcode remains bothersome, that's not to say it'll be impossible to get a few Destructoid groups going. The key word here is persistence.

If you're eager to tackle the entire campaign from start to finish with a level one character, you've come to the right place. I'm not sure about the rest of you, but I have already invested 20+ hours in CC and I am still antsy just thinking about it.

[Thanks, AgentMOO, EuroFNF, insomnia, Mushman, randombullseye, and Y0j1mb0]

Suggested Games:
• Burnout Paradise
• Call of Duty 4
• Castle Crashers
• Gears of War
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Halo 3
• Rock Band / Guitar Hero III
• SoulCalibur IV
• Team Fortress 2

Tonight's Hosts (more info @ bullseye's blog):
• randombullseye - randombullseye (Castle Crashers @ 8:00 EST)

Suggested Games:
• Burnout Paradise
• Call of Duty 4
• Metal Gear Solid 4
• SoulCalibur IV
• Unreal Tournament 3
• Warhawk

Tonight's Hosts (more info @ Y0j1mb0's blog):
• SantanaClaus - Moosehole (SoulCalibur IV @ 8:30 EST)
• Y0j1mb0 - k0wb0y-b33b0p (Call of Duty 4 @ 10:30 EST)
• Shipero - Shipero (Rock Band @ 10:30 EST, Warhawk @ 11:30)

More Dtoid Gaming:
• PS3 Poker Nights
• Solid Snake Saturdays
• The MGS4 Destructoid Clan

Mini-guide for meeting up with Dtoiders for Super Smash Bros. Brawl or Mario Kart:

The IRC way: head on over to this Web site (or start up your own IRC client) and type "/join #destructoid" without the quotation marks.

The Ventrilo way: download and install Vent, then use the following info to log onto Dtoid's server:

• IP/Hostname: VOICE-VA2.BRANZONE.COM
• Port: 3790
• Password: None

Once you're in, you'll need to use the password "ftw" to access the Social Lounge.

The Xbox 360 way: use Xbox LIVE to chat with people on your friends list. Steam or an IM client will work fine too.

Suggested Games:
• Agent MOO: Maximum Overdeath (more info @ AgentMOO's blog)
• Team Fortress 2

More Dtoid Gaming:
• The Ship Mondays

The following hosts are European, and may or may not still be hosting by the time you read this. Alternatively, if you want to get your gaming done earlier on (say 5:00 p.m. EST), these are the people you'll want to talk to.

Tonight's Hosts (more info @ Mushman's blog / EuroFNF's blog):
• Gibbo - JGibbo08 (GTA IV, 360)