{"id":2355,"date":"2009-05-03T14:28:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T20:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2009-05-03T14:28:01","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T20:28:01","slug":"this-week-in-games-may-3-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/03\/this-week-in-games-may-3-9\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: May 3 &#8211; 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2357 alignright\" title=\"klonoawii\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/klonoawii.jpg\" alt=\"klonoawii\" width=\"100\" height=\"140\" \/>While my personal pick of the week is <strong>Jagged Alliance<\/strong> for the DS, I simply had to put up the picture of <strong>Klonoa<\/strong> for the Wii in honor of Cary!  The other releases include new <strong>Fallout 3<\/strong> DLC called <strong>Broken Steel<\/strong> and a <strong>Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian<\/strong> game for pretty much every platform.  The final release of interest is the Wii &#8216;New Play Controls&#8217; re-release of the fun GameCube game <strong>Donkey Kong Jungle Beat<\/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>Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian\n<\/li>\n<li>Fallout 3: Broken Steel\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>Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust\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>Klonoa\n<\/li>\n<li>The Destiny of Zorro\n<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy Aquarium World\n<\/li>\n<li>New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat\n<\/li>\n<li>Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian\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<\/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>Patapon 2\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>Jagged Alliance\n<\/li>\n<li>Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian\n<\/li>\n<li>Puzzle Kingdoms\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>Crysis: Maximum Edition\n<\/li>\n<li>Fallout 3: Broken Steel\n<\/li>\n<li>Sherlock Holmes Chronicles\n<\/li>\n<li>Plants vs. Zombies\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for last week &#8230; well, not so great once again.  The biggest release &#8211; <strong>X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/strong> &#8211; was pretty mediocre across all platforms, though it seemed to get a better reception than the movie!  My fave &#8211; <strong>Stalin vs. Martians<\/strong> proved to be exactly what was advertised &#8211; a fun RTS-lite with a totally over-the-top feel.  Oh, and I did manage to get <strong>Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate<\/strong> completed and reviews and you can read about it at RPGWatch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I&#8217;m Currently Playing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Demigod<\/strong> &#8211; loads of fun with plenty to do.<\/li>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Stalin vs. Martians<\/strong> &#8211; this is the first casual-RTS I know of, and after playing things like Company of Heroes and Empire: Total War recently it is a refreshing break.<\/li>\n<li><em>Mac:<\/em> <strong>Neverwinter Nights<\/strong> &#8211; reinstalled the original game, both expansions and all six Premium Modules and still back in Chapter One.<\/li>\n<li><em>PSP:<\/em> <strong>Space Invaders Extreme<\/strong> &#8211; missed this one at release, this is a complete blast!<\/li>\n<li><em>DS:<\/em> <strong>Legacy of Ys: Books I &#038; II<\/strong> &#8211; another fun replay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While my personal pick of the week is Jagged Alliance for the DS, I simply had to put up the picture of Klonoa for the Wii in honor of Cary! 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