Yes, we sorta left Jason in the dust last week, but we make it up to him with a good ol' fashioned summer BBQ resplendent with delicious eats! We figured it would be a good idea to take some cameras along and reminisce about the week's gaming adventures. And yes, that screenshot is, indeed, JayFresh partaking directly from the mini-keg. BBQ=success.

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The more things change, the more things stay the same. It's another year in gaming which means more capture-the-flag, multiplayer gameplay. Luckily for us there's Fat Princess; a downloadable title for the PS3 which mixes that ancient (in terms of gaming history) concept with some RTS and throws on bit of cute and a lot of violent on top of some beat-em-up to give you the most unique multiplayer experience so far this year. David Ellis steps out of the 1UP offices for some lunch-time discussion with Matt and Cesar about the great time they're all having with the Beta.

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Ryan imported Final Fantasy: Advent Children from Japan since it comes with a demo for Final Fantasy XIII. Or, rather, it would probably be more accurate to say that the demo of Final Fantasy XIII comes with Final Fantasy: Advent Children. Either way, Ryan, Cesar, and JayFresh were the only ones who are really obsessed enough with it to bear the heat of the unusually hot weather we experienced during the filming of this week's episode. Special thanks to Chris Kohler of Wired.com's Game|Life for his willingness to hang out in our downstairs hallway for the Rhythm Heaven discussion. We have no climate control and it's the only place in the building where heatstroke didn't threaten our very lives!

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