{"id":1752,"date":"2009-02-01T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2009-02-01T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T13:00:09","slug":"this-week-in-games-feb-1-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/01\/this-week-in-games-feb-1-7\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: Feb. 1 &#8211; 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/burnout_pc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1753 alignleft\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"burnout_pc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/burnout_pc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/burnout_pc.jpg 280w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/burnout_pc-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><\/a>Very thin release schedule this week.  The two biggest releases this week are the Wii game <strong>Tenchu: Shadow Assassins<\/strong> and the PC release of <strong>Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box<\/strong>.  Thanks again for the replies to the &#8216;now playing&#8217; lists &#8211;  I love to learn about games by reading other opinions, so keep them coming!  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>No new releases\n<\/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>No new releases\n<\/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>Tenchu: Shadow Assassins\n<\/li>\n<li>RYGAR: The Battle of Argus\n<\/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>No new releases\n<\/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>No new releases\n<\/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>My World My Way\n<\/li>\n<li>Drivers&#8217; Ed Portable\n<\/li>\n<li>Phineas and Ferb DS\n<\/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>Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for last week &#8230; the anime-inspired <strong>Afro Samurai<\/strong> was the highlight of the week based solely on not being terrible &#8230; a fate that <strong>Coraline<\/strong> couldn&#8217;t escape.  Let&#8217;s hope the movie is better.  Personally, I finished the PSP game <strong>Star Ocean: Second Evolution<\/strong> and found it very average and too much of the same too soon after the first one.  I also finished the PC version of <strong>Mirror&#8217;s Edge<\/strong> and liked it, and  , <strong>Rise of the Argonauts<\/strong> and hated it.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>What I&#8217;m Currently Playing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage<\/strong> &#8211; I promised myself I wouldn&#8217;t reward Bethesda for such an average game and their constant micro-transactions, and also Microsoft for their lousy points system &#8230; yet here I am again.  So far it reminds me of everything problematic about the original game.<\/li>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Arcanum <\/strong>&#8211; I will finish it &#8230; but at a few hours a week it will take some time!<\/li>\n<li> <em>Mac:<\/em> <strong>Kivi&#8217;s Underworld<\/strong> &#8211; ultra-light adventure\/RPG from the folks who brought us the excellent &#8216;Depths of Peril&#8217;.  Not bad for what it is.<\/li>\n<li><em>PSP:<\/em> <strong>Dungeons &#038; Dragons Tactics<\/strong> &#8211; replaying this 2007 game.  Very mixed quality, but just what I was in the mood to play this week!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very thin release schedule this week. The two biggest releases this week are the Wii game Tenchu: Shadow Assassins and the PC release of Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box. Thanks again for the replies to the &#8216;now playing&#8217; lists &#8211; I love to learn about games by reading other opinions, so keep them coming! 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