{"id":1721,"date":"2009-01-18T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2009-01-18T07:00:49","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T13:00:49","slug":"this-week-in-games-jan-18-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/18\/this-week-in-games-jan-18-24\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: Jan. 18 &#8211; 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/staroceansecond.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1722 alignleft\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"staroceansecond\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/staroceansecond.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/staroceansecond.jpg 280w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/staroceansecond-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>We have finally hit a week where every platform has at least something new.  The two biggest releases this week are the multi-platform <strong>Skate 2<\/strong> and the PSP &#8216;enhanced&#8217; port of <strong>Star Ocean: Second Evolution<\/strong>.  The first game was fun but flawed, and I&#8217;ll certainly be coming back with first-hand experiences from this one next week.  Another new thing &#8211; after the list of new games I&#8217;ll add a quick list of stuff I&#8217;m playing now &#8211; add your own list in the comments!  Check out the list!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/360.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1365\" title=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/360.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skate 2<\/li>\n<li>PDC Championship Darts 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1366\" title=\"ps3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skate 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/wii.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1367\" title=\"wii\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/wii.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SimAnimals<\/li>\n<li>Ultimate Shooting Collection<\/li>\n<li>PDC Championship Darts 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1368\" title=\"ps2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AR Tonelico 2: Melody Of Metafalica<\/li>\n<li>PDC Championship Darts 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/psp.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1369\" title=\"psp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/psp.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Star Ocean: Second Evolution<\/li>\n<li>PDC Championship Darts 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ds.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1370\" title=\"ds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ds.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SimAnimals<\/li>\n<li>Big Bang Mania<\/li>\n<li>Jumble Madness<\/li>\n<li>Wonder World Amusement Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/pc.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1371\" title=\"pc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/pc.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commander in Chief<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for last week &#8230; the multi-platform <strong>Lord of the Rings: Conquest<\/strong> has shown tpo be just another terrible licensed game, while the mixed reviews that <strong>Mirror&#8217;s Edge<\/strong> got on the consoles have followed it to the PC.  I just got my digital copy downloaded, so I&#8217;ll chime in next week.  The most interesting new release was the DS game <strong>Moon<\/strong>, a flawed but atmospheric first-person adventure shooter with techno music that is reminiscent of System Shock 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I&#8217;m Currently Playing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Sacred 2: Fallen Angel<\/strong> &#8211; after big hassles with patching, the game itself is a huge load of mindless fun!<\/li>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Arcanum <\/strong>&#8211; replaying the Troika classic on my netbook and savoring every second!<\/li>\n<li> <em>Mac:<\/em> <strong>Geneforge 5<\/strong> &#8211; I swear I will finish this soon!<\/li>\n<li><em>PSP:<\/em> <strong>Suikoden <\/strong>&#8211; from the PSOne download store.  Fun classic jRPG.<\/li>\n<li><em>PSP:<\/em> <strong>Resistance Retribution<\/strong> &#8211; the pre-order demo tells me I made a good choice!<\/li>\n<li><em>DS:<\/em> <strong>Moon <\/strong>&#8211; love the atmosphere and the way the game is structured.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have finally hit a week where every platform has at least something new. The two biggest releases this week are the multi-platform Skate 2 and the PSP &#8216;enhanced&#8217; port of Star Ocean: Second Evolution. The first game was fun but flawed, and I&#8217;ll certainly be coming back with first-hand experiences from this one next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-week-in-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}