{"id":1805,"date":"2009-02-15T08:17:37","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T14:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2009-02-15T08:17:37","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T14:17:37","slug":"this-week-in-games-feb-15-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/15\/this-week-in-games-feb-15-21\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: Feb. 15 &#8211; 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fireemblemds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1807 alignleft\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"fireemblemds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fireemblemds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a>This week has something to offer just about everyone! The PS3 \/ XBOX360 release of the fighting-game classic franchise <strong>Street Fighter IV<\/strong> will try to hack &amp; slash its&#8217; way to success!\u00a0  The XBOX360 actually gets <strong>Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned<\/strong> that was initially supposed to be out last week, the PC grognards will be thrilled at the release of <strong>Warhammer Dawn of War II<\/strong>.  PSP owners get a quirky offshoot of the <strong>Disgaea<\/strong> franchise with <strong>Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?<\/strong>.  The DS gets two hotly anticipated titles &#8211; we get the follow-up to last year&#8217;s excellent classic jRPG port with <strong>Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride<\/strong> and also finally see the arrival of <strong>Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon<\/strong>, the first time for the classic handheld strategy-RPG to make it to the DS.  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>Street Fighter IV<\/li>\n<li>Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned<\/li>\n<li>Race Pro<\/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>Street Fighter IV<\/li>\n<li>Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3 Senior Year<\/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>Cradle of Rome<\/li>\n<li>Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3 Senior Year<\/li>\n<li>Battle Rage<\/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>Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3 Senior Year<\/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>Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?<\/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>Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon<\/li>\n<li>Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride<\/li>\n<li>Moomin: The Mysterious Howling<\/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>Warhammer Dawn of War II<\/li>\n<li>Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst<\/li>\n<li>Penumbra Collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for last week &#8230; the promising set of releases proved to be another mixed bag, with the multiplatform release of <strong>F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin<\/strong> being widely reviewed as a solid but very generic and average shooter that adds nothing to the franchise and is below what we would expect from Monolith, and the PSP sequel <strong>LocoRoco 2<\/strong> delivering solid heaps of fun!  Finally the multi-platform <strong>Sonic\u2019s Ultimate Genesis Collection<\/strong> has proven to actually be a very good collection that folks are really enjoying.  I am now charging up my DS for a busy week after very little use so far this year.<\/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; this one tests the capabilities of current netbooks, especially when I turn everything up full!  Definitely one of my favorite games of all time and really consuming most of my gaming &#8230; yet again!<\/li>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Arcanum<\/strong>&#8211; still making good progress here, though I&#8217;m getting to the point where the end is in sight, even if it is still many hours away!<\/li>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Burnout Paradise: Ultimate Box<\/strong>&#8211; I am just starting tis &#8230; my first PC racing game since Test Drive Unlimited a few years ago!<\/li>\n<li><em>PSP:<\/em> <strong>LocoRoco 2<\/strong> &#8211; the original was flawed but loads of fun, and so is this one &#8230; even more fun than before!<\/li>\n<li><em>PSP:<\/em> <strong>Monster Hunter Freedom 2<\/strong> &#8211; still looking for why this game sells millions in Japan &#8230; haven&#8217;t found it yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week has something to offer just about everyone! The PS3 \/ XBOX360 release of the fighting-game classic franchise Street Fighter IV will try to hack &amp; slash its&#8217; way to success!\u00a0 The XBOX360 actually gets Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned that was initially supposed to be out last week, the PC [&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-1805","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\/1805","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=1805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}