{"id":15142,"date":"2011-10-28T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"what-we-re-playing-this-weekend-29-30-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/15142-what-we-re-playing-this-weekend-29-30-october-2011","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re playing this weekend (29-30 October 2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Nic Simmonds<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have eyes for only one game this weekend, and I think you can guess what it is&#8230; I&rsquo;ll give you some clues: it&rsquo;s being released today by one of the world&rsquo;s largest publishers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You guessed it: Skylanders Spyro&rsquo;s Adventure! Also, Battlefield 3, if there&rsquo;s time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skylanders_Spyros_Adventure_Spyro_547697763.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"340\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Chris Kemp<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m  doing my best to get my hands on Battlefield 3 for weekend, but  navigating the ridiculous Origin store (which won&#8217;t let me change my  language from Korean) is no easy task. After nearly two years here I can  say &#8220;get me beer&#8221; but that&#8217;s about it. Go figure. If I&#8217;m forced to  cancel my planned weekend of hunting down MyGaming staff on the SA  servers and introducing them to my shotgun, I&#8217;ll spend my weekend  weeping in the foetal position, taking breaks in between to deliver news  articles on how awesome the game I can&#8217;t play is.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Battlefield_3_screenshot_bf3___mp____caspian_border___gamescom_05_426875949.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Dan Parmenter<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;m one of the few gamers on the planet who&#8217;s not completely frothing at the mouth over playing BF3 this weekend. I&#8217;m quite content to get more into Batman AC, thanks. (Seriously, would you rather play a generic solider in yet another story-less, graphics-driven shooter, or play a game where you can make Batman punch a shark in the face?).<\/p>\n<p>Look out for my full review of the Dark Knight&#8217;s latest outing next week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Batman_Arkham_City_Bad_guys_Screenshots_10_062_Joker_452492138.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Derrick Cramer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ve decided to take a hiatus from gaming and spend my weekends walking through green pastures, looking after cows and contemplating the meaning of life, love and deciding what true happiness really is. NOT. Battlefield 3 all weekend baby, yeah!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Battlefield_3_screenshot_bf3___co_op___exfiltration___gamescom_01_739273638.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>James Etherington-Smith<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Evil spirits have manifested in my computer&rsquo;s operating system and I sliced open my left analogue stick manipulation digit on the MyGaming forum troll banning scoreboard &ndash; so it looks like I&rsquo;m spending my weekend reinstalling Windows, wishing I could be playing Battlefield 3, and sulking ;_;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Quinton Bronkhorst<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Being the type to shy away from multiplayer military shooters, Quinton merely submitted a picture this week:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spiderman_Forever_Alone_312487943.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"632\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">What are you playing this weekend? Let us know in the comments below and on the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/136-What-are-you-playing-right-now?p=564752&amp;viewfull=1#post564752\" target=\"_self\" title=\"MyGaming forum\"><strong>MyGaming forum<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#039;ll never guess&#8230; What are you playing this weekend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}