{"id":3091,"date":"2012-01-04T11:15:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T15:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lungfishopolis.com\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2011-12-19T12:15:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T16:15:06","slug":"the-games-of-2011-part-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/2012\/01\/the-games-of-2011-part-x\/","title":{"rendered":"The Games of 2011: Part X"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is the story behind the overturned cabbage cart?<\/p><\/div>\n

Skyrim<\/strong>, Skyrim<\/strong>, Skyrim<\/strong>. Yes, it’s nearly all I’ve been playing for the past few months, and I’ve put in a lot of time. I’ve written about the game so much at this point that I’m hesitant to include too much more, but I’m very much enjoying it, and it’s a strong contender for 2011 Game of the Year. Unsurprisingly, Skyrim gets an ‘A<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n

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Starcraft 2<\/strong> is a game that I’d been looking forward to for quite some time. The original had been my favorite RTS for a long time, and hearing that the sequel was nothing more than an updated version was good news to me. But after playing it for a while, I got Starcraft fatigue. For some reason, I just didn’t end up loving it.\u00a0 It’s a good solid game, but I quit playing it after I failed at the final mission for the fourth or fifth time. Maybe I’ll like the Zerg expansion better. Starcraft 2 gets a ‘B<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n

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Part of a recent Humble Indie Bundle was a game called Steel Storm<\/strong>. It’s a very retro top-down “bullet hell” shooter, and it’s a lot of fun. It’s an age-old and incredibly simple formula, and as such there’s not a lot to say about the game. Shoot other spaceships, reach goals, and upgrade your weapons and shields. But it’s very well made, and I continually go back to the game when I’ve got only ten minutes to kill. Steel Storm gets a ‘B-<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim. Yes, it’s nearly all I’ve been playing for the past few months, and I’ve put in a lot of time. I’ve written about the game so much at this point that I’m hesitant to include too much more, but I’m very much enjoying it, and it’s a strong contender for 2011 Game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[272,136,276],"class_list":["post-3091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-list","tag-skyrim","tag-starcraft-2","tag-steel-storm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3091"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3102,"href":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3091\/revisions\/3102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greghowley.com\/lungfish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}