{"id":2428,"date":"2009-05-17T18:27:34","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T00:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2009-05-17T18:27:34","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T00:27:34","slug":"this-week-in-games-may-17-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/17\/this-week-in-games-may-17-23\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: May 17 &#8211; 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/punchout2009.jpg\" alt=\"punchout2009\" title=\"punchout2009\" width=\"100\" height=\"140\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2430\" \/>Do you remember when the new releases coming each week had us thinking that 2009 would never see the typical spring and summer drought?  Well, that seems like ages ago, as proven with yet another thin week of mediocre releases.  Big releases other than the cover image?  Probably the biggest are  <strong>Bionic Commando<\/strong> for XBOX360 and PS3, the sequel <strong>Bionic Commando<\/strong> for the Wii, and another movie tie-in <strong>Terminator Salvation<\/strong> for PC, XBOX360 and PS3.  Hopefully <strong>Jagged Alliance<\/strong> DS actually gets 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>Terminator Salvation\n<\/li>\n<li>UFC 2009 Undisputed\n<\/li>\n<li>Rock Band Classic Rock Track Pack\n<\/li>\n<li>Bionic Commando\n<\/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>Terminator Salvation\n<\/li>\n<li>UFC 2009 Undisputed\n<\/li>\n<li>Rock Band Classic Rock Track Pack\n<\/li>\n<li>Bionic Commando\n<\/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>Boom Blox Bash Party\n<\/li>\n<li>Punch-Out!!\n<\/li>\n<li>Party Pigs: FarmYard Games\n<\/li>\n<li>Tournament Pool\n<\/li>\n<li>EA Sports Active\n<\/li>\n<li>Yu-Gi-Oh 5D&#8217;s Wheelie Breakers\n<\/li>\n<li>Rock Band Classic Rock Track Pack\n<\/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>Rock Band Classic Rock Track Pack<\/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>Jagged Alliance\n<\/li>\n<li>Steal Princess\n<\/li>\n<li>Puchi Puchi Virus\n<\/li>\n<li>Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D&#8217;s Stardust Accelerator: World Championship 2009\n<\/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>Terminator Salvation\n<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Montana: The Movie\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>As for last week &#8230; while the cover game <\/strong><strong>Sacred 2<\/strong> is getting mixed reviews &#8211; with some sites loving and others hating it, the story of the week is <strong>Battlestations: Pacific<\/strong> is getting much more solidly average reviews.  Not much else worth noting.<\/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; still absorbed by this one.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Mac:<\/em> <\/strong><strong>Neverwinter Nights<\/strong> &#8211; the one rule is to stay on the path &#8230; but if you stay on the path you die.  Very different game.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Mac:<\/em> <\/strong><strong>Neverwinter Nights<\/strong> &#8211; still in Chapter One &#8230; knowing things so well means feeling the need to do absolutely everything.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>PSP:<\/em> <\/strong><strong>Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII<\/strong> &#8211; enjoying my replay once again.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>PSP:<\/em> <\/strong><strong>Patapon 2<\/strong> &#8211; best reason to play this game is enjoying it with my kids who missed the original.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>DS:<\/em> <\/strong><strong>Magician&#8217;s Quest: Mysterious Times<\/strong> &#8211; cute but short RPG aimed at kids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Enjoy gaming!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember when the new releases coming each week had us thinking that 2009 would never see the typical spring and summer drought? Well, that seems like ages ago, as proven with yet another thin week of mediocre releases. Big releases other than the cover image? Probably the biggest are Bionic Commando for XBOX360 [&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-2428","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\/2428","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=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}