Gears of War 2 can only be described as the polar opposite of this.

In other words, while it may not be cute and cuddly like a basket full of adorable puppies, Gears 2 expands and improves upon the original game in just about every possible way.

As some of you might have guessed, Horde Mode will likely be the highlight of this week's Friday Night Fights. For those unfamiliar with the mode, it is essentially five players versus wave after wave of increasingly difficult Locust scum; it's simply delicious.

Don't forget to toss out your gamertag in the comments if you're looking for a few good teammates. Oh, and look at all that juice!

Suggested Games:

• Call of Duty 4
• Castle Crashers
• Gears of War
• Halo 3
• Rock Band 2
• Saints Row 2
• Team Fortress 2
• World at War beta

Tonight's Hosts (more info from power-glove):
• power-glove - P0WER GL0VE (Gears of War 2 @ 8:00 EST)
• Grim - Warchiefgrim (Gears of War 2 @ 8:30 EST)

Suggested Games:

• Call of Duty 4
• Metal Gear Solid 4
• Saints Row 2
• SoulCalibur IV
• Tekken 5
• Warhawk
• WipEout HD
  

Tonight's Hosts (more info from Y0j1mb0):

• Ironpikeman - IronPikeman (Soul Calibur IV @ 8:30 EST)
• Alexradl - alexradl (Resistance 2 @ 9:30 EST)
• Shipero - Shipero (Warhawk @ 11:00 EST)
• SantanaClaus89 - Moosehole (SOCOM @ 12:00 EST)

Suggested Games:

• Mario Kart
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tonight's Hosts (more info from craineum):

• craineum - 3738 0140 6156 (Mario Kart @ 10:00 EST)

The lack of communication options for the Wii got you down? Head on over to this Web site (or use your own IRC client) and type "/join #destructoid" to chat it up with the Dtoid community. Just sayin'.

Suggested Games:

• Agent MOO: Maximum Overdeath @ 11:00 EST (more from Agent MOO)
• The Ship
  
• Team Fortress 2

More Dtoid Gaming:

• The Ship Thursdays

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 from EuroFNF):

• Gibbo - JGibbo08 (Halo 3, World at War @ 10:00 GMT)