Looks like all that smoking finally caught up to Carboni, who sounds a bit like your scary great aunt this week. That doesn't stop us from checking out the new online steampunk indie Guns of Icarus, though, or from finding out which games you think got slighted in the Free Indie of the Year nominations.

Man, who says no one gets anything done Thanksgiving week? We've got a metric ton of show for you, including our hands-on impressions of Super Meat Boy, the announcement of the contenders for Free Indie of the Year 2009, and your picks for the most underrated games ever.

This week we're doing extreme sports the safe way by playing Aaaaa! We've also got your picks for the best games involving spaceships.

Guys, let's just do it. Let's just blow shit up in space. Positech games will help us with their new release, Gratuitous Space Battles. Also: let's check out your favorite multiplayer games of all time. Oh, and one more thing: let's promise to always be best friends, like we are now.

We check out all the game-related Halloween costumes you sent in (and we even let a couple non-game ones slide -- why not). Plus the best First Person Shooters of all-time and some great new indie releases!

The long-awaited sequel to everyone's favorite WiiWare launch title is here and we put it through its paces. Plus we've got your picks for the scariest games of all time <i>and</i> we've forced Anthony to dress like tiny forest folk. Hooray!

We're taking leaps of faith with SpeedRunGames' Grappling Hook and finding out what games you want most for the holidays.

We get psychedelic with Llamasoft's <i>Gridrunner Revolution</i>, check out the games with the best character designs of all time, and get turned into a fine mist at 6427m.

It's multiplayer meme-hem (ugh) as we check out Nihilistic Software's Zombie Apocalypse for 360 and PS3. We also get your opinions on the best game levels ever and Anthony proves just how uncoordinated he really is.

We revel in the FMV cheesiness with <i>Command and Conquer: Red Alert Commander's Challenge</i>, get your picks for the best fighting game characters of all time, and drop as many F-bombs as humanly possible.

This week we check out Minigore for the iPhone, some sweet game art for your walls, and find out your picks for the best sports games of all time. Video Game Prints, Fort Awesome Studios $11, 3 for $22- http://tinyurl.com/fortawesome Minigore: iPhone, Action, Mountain Sheep, $0.99 - http://minigore.blogspot.com D2D Indie Game Bundle: http://tinyurl.com/indiebundle When Pigs Fly: Flash, Platformer, Anna Anthropy - http://tinyurl.com/getwhenpigsfly FallOver!: Windows, Platformer, Hempuli - http://tinyurl.com/fallover Super Xtreme 5 Minute Shoot em Up: Flash, Shooter, Coolio Niato - http://tinyurl.com/5minuteshmup

It's the internet age version of a rainy day activity book as we make some video game papercraft. It might also be 1994 -- or 1984 -- as we check out Weezer: The 8-Bit Album. Pterodactyl Squad's Weezer - The 8-bit Album: http://tinyurl.com/weezer8bit Video Game Papercraft: http://www.bytejacker.com/blog Nick's PAX10 Round-up, Day 1 - CarneyVale: LINK http://www.bytejacker.com/blog William and Sly: Flash, Platformer, Kajenx - http://www.tinyurl.com/williamandsly Suggested by Ludolph Neethling Tanaka's Friendly Adventure: Windows, Adorable, bento_smile - http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=7342.0 QQUAK: Windows, FPS, Jan Willem Nijman - http://tinyurl.com/getqquak

It’s our birthday, biz-natches! We are one year old today, and we are celebrating like we are insane children, because we are insane children. The Radar: The Kid’s rundown of the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade (Which I kept calling “Summer of Games” for some idiot reason): http://www.bytejacker.com/blog The Blackwell Convergence Contest! Leave your best Joey Mallone Impressions as video or audio comments on our site to win! Wadjet Eye Games: http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/convergence Puzzle Bots Trailer: http://www.livelyivy.com/?p=114 Ninja-Bot.com Birthday Wish Winners! Joe Larson: Balloon Sega Mascots – http://www.bytejacker.com/episodes/043/comment-page-1#comment-3595 Fuxter: Mega Love Gun Acoustic Mix - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhIJFjdPH-4 Legendary: Silly Anthony, Don’t Run Away While I’m Filming (The Bytejacker Video Game) – http://www.tinyurl.com/bytejackergame Free Indie Rapid Fire: Dungeons and Dungeons: Flash, Platformer, This is Pop – http://tinyurl.com/getdungeons Parasite: Flash, Platformer, Nitrome – LINK Post I.T. Shooter: Windows, Shmup, Petri Purho – http://tinyurl.com/getparasite Experimental Gameplay Project – http://www.experimentalgameplay.com/blog

RADAR: Time Gentlemen, Please: Adventure, Windows, Zombie Cow Studios, $4.99 - http://www.zombie-cow.com/?page_id=559 Evacuation: http://tinyurl.com/evacuationiphone ASCIIpOrtal beta: http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/asciiportal-update-video-2/ FREE INDIE RAPID FIRE: MoneySeize: Flash, Platformer, Matt Thorson - http://www.kongregate.com/games/YMM315/moneyseize Queens: Flash, Platformer, noonat - http://phuce.com/uploads/queens/release/ Push: Flash, Platformer, Ian Snyder - http://www.bonuslevel.org/games/game_push_7.html

Custom video game shoes, replicating gnomes, Hypercolor dragons and your favorite mobile games of all time. RADAR Kyozo Kicks: http://kyozokicks.com/ ParadoxArtistry: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7106755 Sceene Shoes: http://www.myspace.com/sceeneshoes The Underside Demo 3: http://www.insignificantstudios.com/ TIGSource Adult/Educational Compo: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6883.0 Anthony's Big Debut: http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/TWnkal1H Grundislav Games: http://www.grundislavgames.com FREE INDIE RAPID FIRE How to Raise a Dragon: Flash, Platformer, Gregory Weir - http://tinyurl.com/raiseadragon Castle Corp: Flash, Strategy, Nitrome - http://tinyurl.com/castlecorp CutCopyPasteGnome: Flash, Strategy, Turtlesoup - http://tinyurl.com/cutcopypastegnome SEND IN YOUR BIRTHDAY VIDEO/VOICEMAIL FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A FREE SHIRT FROM NINJA-BOT AND HALOLZ! LIVE CHAT TONIGHT AT 8:00 PM EST WITH ED MCMILLEN AND TOMMY REFENES OF SUPER MEAT BOY! http://www.stickam.com/bytejacker

LIVE CHAT TONIGHT AT 8:00 PM EST! CHECK THE BLOG OR OUR TWITTER FOR THE LINK! - http://www.twitter.com/bytejacker This week we’re checking out some great new iPhone games, finding out what your favorite fighting games are, and continuing our ever-quicker descent into madness. Join us, won’t you? On the Radar: Diabolika - iPhone, Puzzle, Derek Yu/Jonathan Perry, $1.99: http://www.diabolika-game.com/ Zenonia - iPhone, RPG, Gamevil, $5.99: http://tinyurl.com/getzenonia Diorama - iPhone, Arcade, Dromsynt, $0.99: http://www.dromsynt.com/diorama/ Free Indie Rapid Fire: Being Struck By Lightning is Probably the Best Way That You Could Die On Account of All of Its Awesomeness - Windows, Platformer, lokiji: http://tinyurl.com/struckbylightning Creator’s playthrough on Gamerdrome: http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/7tcmG54E Use Boxmen - Flash, Platformer, Greg Sergeant: http://tinyurl.com/useboxmen Suggested by stezton Raider: Episode 1 - Flash, Platformer, Pseudolonewolf: http://tinyurl.com/raider1

You tell us about the gaming-related gifts that let you down and we check out some new and upcoming indie games. RADAR Super Press Space To Win Action RPG 2009: http://tinyurl.com/pstwrpg VVVVVVVV: http://www.distractionware.com Windosill: http://www.windosill.com FREE INDIE RAPID FIRE Little Wheel: Flash, Adventure, One Click Dog, http://tinyurl.com/getlittlewheel Suggested by: Gabriel Ignacio Isla Droguett Fuxter's Little Wheel Playthrough on Gamerdrome: http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/dpECwe8b Hellycopter: Windows, Action, Yarilo Studio, http://tinyurl.com/hellycopter Suggested by: Aleksey Zubkov Upgrade Complete: Flash, Arcade, Tony, http://armorgames.com/play/3955/upgrade-complete GAMERDROME Boingo Prototype Footage, Black Drop Studios - http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/Apk5E6SM Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade - MAME), chileanretrogamer - http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/PHFZoyV4

Cat Gets 100 Stars: Flash, Platformer, Yoshio Ishii, Suggested by Sanskrit - http://tinyurl.com/100stars Das Überleben: Windows, Arcade, Beau Blyth, suggested by Ortoslon - http://tinyurl.com/uberleben The Pretender: Part One: Flash, Platformer, Launching Pad Games - http://tinyurl.com/pretender1 Gamerdrome Picks: Senkasa’s Moonwalker Playthrough: http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/puW2MvIE Tim’s Bullet Time Score: http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/U5p9MhNB Joe’s Ivory Springs Playthrough (w/ kids’ commentary): http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/NA4itGZm Ortoslon’s Excellent Bifurcation on Hard: http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/GsluMHLT MertenNor’s Teeworlds Gameplay: http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/wtcd2j61 Ashkc88’s Casual Playthrough of Spelunky - http://www.gamerdrome.com/video/iutFwBlo 2BeeGames Indie Games Contest: http://www.2beegames.com/blog/round-2-finalists-

Hey, everyone, let’s take a look at some great independent games while Anthony mentally unravels right in front of us! Bullet Time: Flash, Shmup, Terry Cavanagh - http://tinyurl.com/getbullettime Chaser: Windows, Arcade, Connor Carpenter - http://tinyurl.com/getchaser Takishawa is Dead!: Windows, Platformer, Andrew Brophy - http://tinyurl.com/takishawa There’s still one day left to enter our Pixel Ranger Contest! Check it out on our Facebook page! Head over to www.Gamerdrome.com and post all your gaming videos!

Post all your game-related videos (reviews, previews, playthroughs) over at the Gamerdrome! - http://gamerdrome.bytejacker.com/