Friday Night Fights: Vacation in Paradise edition

The new Burnout Paradise downloadable content “Big Surf Island” is out, and it’s kind of good. For those of you who are on an Xbox 360, and want the Achievement for doing all ten of the Freeburn Challenges, I will be hosting the game for a little while starting at around 8:30 EDT.

Your friendly neighborhood FNFers have also got plenty of Uncharted 2 beta, Halo 3, Red Faction: Guerrilla, and Shadowrun action to go around for the rest of us. There’s actually more stuff being played than that, but today’s warm weather has melted my Flinstones push-up and I must go tend to it.

Quick guide to Friday Night Fights for fresh meat: Each week, a bunch of Destructoid readers and usually an editor or two get together to play some videogames online.

The planning for FNF takes place in the forums, where Dtoiders volunteer to host by dropping their information (gamertag, time, game, etc.) in the forum post corresponding to the system they’re interested in playing on.

Then, every Friday, reminder posts for those who don’t pay attention to the forums (the scallywags) go up in the community blogs section. And for those who are too lazy to read the blogs, they have got my weekly recap posts which bring all of the FNF-related details into one unified place.

From there, all you need to do is shoot a quick message over to one of the hosts listed below asking for an invite, or simply force your way into the room. Whatever works!

If you want to get your gaming done later on in the evening, scroll on down past this section, otherwise hit up the following European hosts/early FNFers for a good time.

Tonight’s Host (more info from Gibbo):
• Gibbo – JGibbo08 (Halo 3 @ 10:00 GMT — Heroic Map Pack, Cold Storage)
• Wilbo – Wilbo25 (Left 4 Dead @ 10:00 GMT, Cellfactor @ 11:00, Bionic Commando @ 12:00)

Tonight’s Hosts (more info from Zombutler):
• ArcticFox – Arctic Fox18 (Outrun Online Arcade @ 8:00 EDT)
• usedtabe – Us3d ta b3 (Condemned 2 @ 8:00 EDT)
• Zombutler – Zombutler (Red Faction: Guerrilla @ 9:00 EDT)
• de BLOO – BLOORATARD (Shadowrun @ 9:00 EDT)
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  Beyond FNF:
• Saturday Night Arcade Games

Tonight’s Hosts (more info from Shipero):
• JackOfNoTrades – JackOfNoTrades85 (Red Faction: Guerrilla multiplayer demo @ 8:00 EDT)
• IronPikeman – IronPikeman (Burnout Paradise @ 8:00 EDT, Killzone 2 warm-up @ 9:00 EDT)
• Killzone 2 clan battle @ 11:00 EDT — pass: TOID
• Shipero – Shipero (Uncharted 2 beta @ 11:00 EDT once clan match is over)
• y0j1mb0 – k0wb0y-b33b0p (Street Fighter IV @ 9:00 EDT, SOCOM: Confrontation @ 12:00 EDT)

  Beyond FNF:

• Destructoid’s Killzone 2 clan

Tonight’s Games (more info from ryu89):
• ryu89:
  Skype: Ryuh89
  Super Smash Bros. Brawl: 0817-3428-3165
  Starting time: 11:00 EDT

Tonight’s Games:
• (Most likely) Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, and other assorted games. Check the Steam group for more details!

Beyond FNF:
• Destructoid’s Steam group
• Destructoid’s Demigod group