{"id":1781,"date":"2009-02-08T09:12:37","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T15:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2009-02-08T09:12:37","modified_gmt":"2009-02-08T15:12:37","slug":"this-week-in-games-feb-8-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/08\/this-week-in-games-feb-8-14\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: Feb. 8 &#8211; 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fear2_box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1782 alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" title=\"fear2_box\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fear2_box.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>This week has a bit more interesting stuff than we&#8217;ve seen recently, with a few different interesting releases.  The multi-platform <strong>F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin<\/strong> will try to find success in spite of a demo widely regarded as falling somewhere between mediocre and average.  The XBOX360 gets <strong>Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned<\/strong>, the Wii sees the release of <strong>NASCAR Kart Racing<\/strong> and PSP owners get the sequel to one of the most loved games for the platform with <strong>LocoRoco 2<\/strong>.  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>Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned<\/li>\n<li>F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin<\/li>\n<li>OneChanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad<\/li>\n<li>Sonic&#8217;s Ultimate Genesis Collection<\/li>\n<li>Mass Effect 2-Disk Edition<\/li>\n<li>X-Blades<\/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>F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin<\/li>\n<li>Sonic&#8217;s Ultimate Genesis Collection<\/li>\n<li>X-Blades<\/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>Deadly Creatures<\/li>\n<li>House of the Dead: Overkill<\/li>\n<li>OneChanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad<\/li>\n<li>NASCAR Kart Racing<\/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<\/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>LocoRoco 2<\/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>Retro Game Challenge<\/li>\n<li>Jake Power Policeman<\/li>\n<li>Jake Power Fireman<\/li>\n<li>My DoItAll<\/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>X-Blades<\/li>\n<li>Galactic Civilizations II Ultimate Edition<\/li>\n<li>F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin<\/li>\n<li>Perimeter 2: New Earth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for last week &#8230; the thin set of releases proved to be a mixed bag, with the PC release of <strong>Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box <\/strong> gaining similarly high marks as its&#8217; console brethren, the Wii game <strong>Tenchu: Shadow Assassins <\/strong> merely showing up as an average effort.  Finally the DS RPG <strong>My World My Way<\/strong> has some very interesting story and character features, but is thin on content and yet gets too repetitive in gameplay.  I finished the DLC <strong>Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage<\/strong> and was terribly unimpressed &#8211; it actually diminished my memory of the original game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I&#8217;m Currently Playing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Gothic 2 Gold<\/strong> &#8211; one of my &#8216;gaming resolutions&#8217; from the GamerDad article a few years ago was that there was never a bad time to replay a great game &#8230; and this one just became available on GoodOldGames!  So naturally I grabbed it and installed on my netbook!  I still love testing my skill in some of the areas before Khorinis &#8230; Xardas isn&#8217;t kidding when he says that there is some tough stuff!<\/li>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Arcanum <\/strong>&#8211; I keep making good progress, this time taking a long side-trip to explore a dungeon area I had avoided through dialogue options!<\/li>\n<li><em>PSP:<\/em> <strong>Chili Con Carnage<\/strong> &#8211; another old-game replay, this one from 2006.  The controls are worse than I remember but the game is just as fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week has a bit more interesting stuff than we&#8217;ve seen recently, with a few different interesting releases. The multi-platform F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin will try to find success in spite of a demo widely regarded as falling somewhere between mediocre and average. 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