{"id":2117,"date":"2009-03-29T17:25:47","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T23:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2009-03-29T17:25:47","modified_gmt":"2009-03-29T23:25:47","slug":"this-week-in-games-march-29-april-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/29\/this-week-in-games-march-29-april-4\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: March 29  &#8211; April 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2126 alignright\" title=\"gh_metallica\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/gh_metallica.jpg\" alt=\"gh_metallica\" width=\"100\" height=\"141\" \/>After some weeks that left folks wondering how they missed spring &amp; summer and went straight to the fall release schedule, things have calmed back down.  The big release is  <strong>Guitar Hero: Metallica<\/strong> for the XBOX360, PS3 and Wii.  And not too much else &#8211; especially since the PC release of Braid has apparently been delayed until August!  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>Guitar Hero: Metallica<\/li>\n<li>Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust<\/li>\n<li>Ski-Doo Snowmobile Challenge<\/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>Guitar Hero: Metallica<\/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>Dance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves<\/li>\n<li>Don King Boxing<\/li>\n<li>Guitar Hero: Metallica<\/li>\n<li>Major Minor\u2019s Majestic March<\/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>Air Conflicts: Aces of World War II<\/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>Don King Boxing<\/li>\n<li>Gardening Mama<\/li>\n<li>Tokyo Beat Down<\/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>Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for last week &#8230; well, the handheld onslaught continued! <strong>Pokemon Platinum<\/strong>, <strong>Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time<\/strong> and <strong>Broken Sword: Shadows of the Templars<\/strong> for the DS were all quite solid (and Broken Sword &amp; Final Fantasy were better than their Wii counterparts), while  <strong>Tenchu: Shadow Assassins<\/strong> for the PSP was merely average.  Many DS gamers failed to notice because they were still playing <strong>Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I am still busy playing a number of games across all of my platforms, and encourage you to chime in here or in the <a href=\"http:\/\/gamerdadforums.redbirdsolutions.com\/phpbb2\/viewtopic.php?t=5735\">ongoing forum thread<\/a>, whichever you are more comfortable dealing with.<\/p>\n<p>Another programming note &#8211; I&#8217;ll no longer be posting &#8216;Idol Thoughts&#8217; here, so <a href=\"http:\/\/txa1265.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/idol-thoughts-motown-weak-well-if-you.html\">I have put it on my personal blog<\/a>.  If you are interested, take a look!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After some weeks that left folks wondering how they missed spring &amp; summer and went straight to the fall release schedule, things have calmed back down. The big release is Guitar Hero: Metallica for the XBOX360, PS3 and Wii. 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