{"id":20714,"date":"2018-07-17T09:36:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T13:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=20714"},"modified":"2018-07-24T09:39:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T13:39:03","slug":"games-for-windows-january-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/07\/17\/games-for-windows-january-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Games For Windows (January 2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Games-For-Windows-January-2008-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Games-For-Windows-January-2008-001-768x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"games-for-windows-january-2008-001\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FGames_for_Windows%2Fgfw_014_2008-01&amp;twg_show=Games+For+Windows+%5BJanuary+2008%5D-001.jpg\">Games For Windows &#8211; Issue Number 14 &#8211; January 2008<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Coming in at just over 10.5 years old, the January 2008 issue of Games For Windows is barely what I consider retro. Then again, the Nvidia 8800GT as the best $250 graphics card does seem like a long time ago. This issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Cover Story<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Day of Reckoning<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; This holiday season&#8217;s game deluge makes for our biggest reviews lineup ever: a whopping 30 pages, covering everything from Crysis to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to Hellgate: London to Universe at War: Earth Assault to SimCity: Societies. Plus, a trio of postmortem Q&amp;A interviews with game developers to round out this month&#8217;s extra-special reviews extravaganza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Departments<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Editorial<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;Why so low?&#8221; Jeff ponders why some folks seem to think 8 out of 10 is a &#8220;bad&#8221; review score. (Short answer: They&#8217;re idiots!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Letters<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Readers share their thoughts on when it&#8217;s OK to spoil and how Half-Life 2: Episode Two is really just a game of &#8220;defend the flag!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Start<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Batman gets Lego-ized, Sam &amp; Max gets a second season, Lost gets&#8230;uh, lost, and shooter savants get their grubby mitts on your hard-earned cash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Extend<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; While casual games columnist Robert Coffey rocks out with a handy Guitar Hero alternative, MMO columnist Cindy Yans tries her hand at crafting, and Tom and Bruce go head-to-head in Armageddon Empires.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tech<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;Which graphics card to I buy?&#8221; is an age-old question among gamers. We address it in this month&#8217;s Tech section &#8211; and the answers may surprise you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Greenspeak<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; In 2009, editor-in-chief Jeff Green is going to resolve to be less of a jerk. Too late for this issue, though, in which he offers New Year&#8217;s resolutions for everyone but himself!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Games For Windows &#8211; Issue Number 14 &#8211; January 2008 Coming in at just over 10.5 years old, the January 2008 issue of Games For Windows is barely what I consider retro. Then again, the Nvidia 8800GT as the best $250 graphics card does seem like a long time ago. This issue includes: Cover Story Day of Reckoning\u00a0&#8211; This holiday season&#8217;s game deluge makes for our biggest reviews lineup ever: a whopping 30 pages, covering everything from Crysis to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to Hellgate: London to Universe at War: Earth Assault to SimCity: Societies. Plus, a trio of postmortem Q&amp;A interviews with game developers to round out this month&#8217;s extra-special reviews extravaganza. Departments Editorial\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;Why so low?&#8221; Jeff ponders why some folks seem to think 8 out of 10 is a &#8220;bad&#8221; review score. (Short answer: They&#8217;re idiots!) Letters\u00a0&#8211; Readers share their thoughts on when it&#8217;s OK to spoil and how Half-Life 2: Episode Two is really just a game of &#8220;defend the flag!&#8221; Start\u00a0&#8211; Batman gets Lego-ized, Sam &amp; Max gets a second season, Lost gets&#8230;uh, lost, and shooter savants get their grubby mitts on your hard-earned cash. Extend\u00a0&#8211; While casual games columnist Robert Coffey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[2524,1934],"class_list":["post-20714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-arcana","category-retro-games","tag-retrogaming","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}