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This Family Gaming TV show is broadcast every other week. We talk about the latest games, and how we find time to play them with busy family and work lives.

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Kinect Sports 2 Basketball downloadable content. Gameplay footage and hands on with the new mode with Everton and England footballer... watch now

Thu, 10 May 2012 Loading comments...

R2D2 introduces us to Star Wars Kinect's Campaign, Dance, Podrace and Rancor Rampage modes on the Xbox 360. We look at light saber gestures, using the force and navigating the Star Wars universe. We review campaign, dance, podrace and rancor rampage modes in advance of our full write up... watch now

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Kinect Rush on Xbox 360 (A Pixar Adventure) In depth hands on with Pixar's Jay Ward. We look at The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Cars 2. Kinect controls, player scanning and branching paths all discussed and played... watch now

Thu, 03 May 2012 Loading comments...

Family gaming with teenage kids gets us talking about Professor Layton on DS and WiiU multi-screen gaming... watch now

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We get the the bottom of Runescape and World of Warcraft massively multiplayer gamers with the Hilson family... watch now

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We had time with Eric Hirshberg to talk Skylanders Giants game-play and figures. He introduces the strategy behind Skylanders Giants, talks about new character and toys and game mechanics. He also links Skylander's physical nature as a lifeline for high street stores like Game and GameStation... watch now

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We take an in-depth look at Grand Slam Tennis 2 on the PlayStation 3 with Move controls. This follows up the Wii MotionPlus version although on PS3 and 360 rather than the Wii platform... watch now

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 Loading comments...

Kinect Rush is more than Disneyland Adventures for Pixar films. It brings both ambition and common sense to steer the Cars, Toy Story and Incredibles themed exploration and adventuring in an engaging direction... watch now

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 Loading comments...

Exclusive Skylanders Giants interview with creators Toys for Bob and hands on time with game/figures. We ask what's new in Giants, about marketing to kids, figure stock availability/issues, backward compatibility... watch now

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 Loading comments...

Skylanders Giants announced, and we are in New York to get a first hand look at the game and Skylanders Giant figures... watch now

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This week we have our first look at the PS Vita and in particular at Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Wipeout 2048. We also meet a new family with teen gamers, the Hilsons, who we will be quizzing about their gaming habits over the coming weeks... watch now

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 Loading comments...

This week we see how the kids get on with AppMATes Cars 2 the toy car controlled iPad game. Like Skylanders, it uses a toy to select a character in the game, but here it also functions as the controller... watch now

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As a thank you to our loyal viewers for FGTV Season 1, here is our out take reel to prove that things don't always go to plan. FGTV will be back with Season 2 in February 2012. Have a very happy festive holiday... watch now

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This week we look at Skylanders Universe, their new WebWorld. But before getting into that we spent some time with another family new to gaming to see how they got on playing Skylanders for the first time... watch now

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 Loading comments...

We talk to Tobi about Kinectimals, their families alternative to a real pet. We also look at the new Kinectimals Bears, the Windows Phone 7 version and the physical cuddly Kinectimals cats... watch now

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 Loading comments...

We talk to Mary (Tobi's wife) and discover why gaming isn't working for her yet. Along the way we talk about Skylanders, Kinect Sports Season 2 and ask whether Mary's sewing hobby would mean that Kirby's Epic Yarn is the perfect game for her... watch now

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 Loading comments...

This episode of Family Gamer TV dedicates itself to explaining the different between (and history of) the Gameboy and DS handheld consoles... watch now

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 Loading comments...

This week Tobi introduces a 3DS to his family so they can play Super Mario 3D Land. Andy gets stuck into Mario Kart 7 and discovers its new first person perspective and tilt controls... watch now

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 Loading comments...

This week Tobi tries iPad gaming and we introduce him to the new Bang card game on iPhone/iPad/PC. Along the way we get talking about Fruit Ninja, Plants vs Zombies and Mario Kart... watch now

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 Loading comments...

This week Tobit and family put Forza 4 through its paces and discover hands free driving is the way forward. Andy tries to temp them with some Mario Kart 7 on 3DS, but has more success with Kinect Sports 2... watch now

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