{"id":2397,"date":"2009-05-10T07:53:48","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2009-05-10T07:53:48","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T13:53:48","slug":"this-week-in-games-may-10-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/10\/this-week-in-games-may-10-16\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: May 10 &#8211; 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2399 alignright\" title=\"sacred2_consoles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/sacred2_consoles.jpg\" alt=\"sacred2_consoles\" width=\"100\" height=\"141\" \/>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day &#8211; hope you are doing something special for the mom&#8217;s and wives out there!  I am rather thrilled this week to put <strong>Sacred 2<\/strong> for XBOX360 and PS3 as the cover image for two reasons: first Ascaron is having financial troubles so I was concerned that it wouldn&#8217;t release at all, and second because early reports indicate it is as good as I indicated in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vgblogger.com\/?p=4334\">review of the PC version<\/a> for VGBlogger.  Other than that there is <strong>Battlestations: Pacific <\/strong> and a bunch of games making their scond or third appearance on the list.  Hopefully some of them (and also last week&#8217;s <strong>Jagged Alliance<\/strong> DS) will be released this week! Check out the list!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><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><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sacred 2: Fallen Angel <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Texas Cheat &#8216;Em <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Battlestations: Pacific <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><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><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sacred 2: Fallen Angel <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ZEN Pinball <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Texas Cheat &#8216;Em<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><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><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Help Wanted <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><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><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><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><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No New Releases<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><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><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Magician&#8217;s Quest: Mysterious Times <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Desktop Tower Defense <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>History Great Empires Rome <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><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><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Battlestations: Pacific <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Killing Floor <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hinterland: Orc Lords <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sid Meier&#8217;s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>As for last week &#8230; while the cover game <\/strong><strong>Klonoa<\/strong> is gettign decent reviews, the story of the week is <strong>Plants vs. Zombies<\/strong>.  This is one of those casual games that is sublime in execution &#8211; there is a house, a bunch of zombies, and a lawn in between.  You simply have to keep the zombies from reaching your house.  Simple, yet fun and addictive!  As for the PSP game <strong>Patapon<\/strong>, nothing has changed in the months since the EU release &#8211; decent and solid, but with some flaws and unimaginative design that make it a slightly lesser sequel to one of the best games of 2008.  I will still be looking to see how the PSN-store only release impacts sales.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>What I&#8217;m Currently Playing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>PC:<\/em> <\/strong><strong>Plants vs. Martians<\/strong> &#8211; awesome casual game.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Mac:<\/em> <\/strong><strong>Neverwinter Nights<\/strong> &#8211; reinstalled the original game, both expansions and all six Premium Modules and still working my way through.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>PSP:<\/em> <\/strong><strong>Patapon 2<\/strong> &#8211; I still like the core game, but this one is a hard sell even at $20 compared to the original.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>DS:<\/em> <\/strong><strong>Legacy of Ys: Books I &amp; II<\/strong> &#8211; another fun replay, still underway &#8230; definitely slowed down by Plants vs. Zombies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Enjoy gaming and have a happy Mother&#8217;s Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day &#8211; hope you are doing something special for the mom&#8217;s and wives out there! I am rather thrilled this week to put Sacred 2 for XBOX360 and PS3 as the cover image for two reasons: first Ascaron is having financial troubles so I was concerned that it wouldn&#8217;t release at all, and [&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-2397","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\/2397","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=2397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}