{"id":5740,"date":"2010-04-10T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"my-gaming-weekly-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/5740-my-gaming-weekly-round-up","title":{"rendered":"My Gaming weekly round up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>wo<strong>6 Awesome Browser Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week My Gaming compiled a list of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/5696-Awesome-Browser-Games.html\" target=\"_self\"> entertaining browser games <\/a>perfect for a quick gaming fix<\/p>\n<p><strong>Retards make headlines again<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gamer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/5704-Retards-make-headlines-again.html\" target=\"_self\">sues retailer <\/a>because used game was, well, used. Tarryn van der Byl investigated. <br \/><strong><br \/>The Top 10 Most Absurd Video Game Controversies Part 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week we took a look at a few of the most<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/5706-The-Top-Most-Absurd-Video-Game-Controversies-Part.html\" target=\"_self\"> ridiculous controversies<\/a> in gaming history.<br \/><strong><br \/>Xbox 360 flash drive storage update now live<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft this week released a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/5715-Xbox-360-flash-drive-storage-update-now-live.html\" target=\"_self\"> firmware update <\/a>via Xbox live which allows console owners to use regular flash based USB memory sticks to store content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Retro Wednesday: We will, we will rock you<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This week John McCallister, a locksmith from Seattle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/5716-Retro-Wednesday-will-will-rock-you.html\" target=\"_self\">broke a long standing (twenty eight years) high score<\/a> in Asteroids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is Rockstar fixing review scores?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mega developer Rockstar was this week<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/5720-Rockstar-fixing-review-scores.html\" target=\"_self\"> accused of fixing game reviews<\/a>, is there truth to the rumours?<br \/><strong><br \/>Local StarCraft II community site now up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SA&rsquo;s official Star Craft II community hub<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/5726-Local-StarCraft-community-site-now.html\" target=\"_self\"> is now up and running<\/a>. Starcraft2za.co.za was launched as a platform for gamers to share everything Star Craft II related within a South African context.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modern Warfare 2 free this weekend on Steam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Valve announced a pretty exciting promotional exercise for Activision&rsquo;s contentious FPS Modern Warfare 2 this week, which allows gamers to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/5727-Modern-Warfare-free-this-weekend-Steam.html\" target=\"_self\">play the title for free this weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>April game release calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April looks set to be<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/5733-April-game-release-calendar.html\" target=\"_self\"> quietest month of 2010 so far<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The end of Console Gaming as we know it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grant Hinds turns his stoic gaze on Metal Gear Solid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/5738-The-end-Console-Gaming-know.html\" target=\"_self\">creator&rsquo;s recent prediction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/5713-Final-Fantasy-XIII.html\" target=\"_self\">Final Fantasy XIII<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/5705-Robot-Unicorn-Attack.html\" target=\"_self\">Robot Unicorn Attack<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/5724-Command-Conquer-Tiberium-Twilight.html\" target=\"_self\">Command &amp; Conquer 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of this week\u2019s biggest features on My Gaming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5740","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\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}