{"id":1981,"date":"2010-02-02T04:51:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T09:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/02\/waiting-for-the-white-knight-verdict\/"},"modified":"2010-02-24T20:47:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T01:47:08","slug":"waiting-for-the-white-knight-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/02\/waiting-for-the-white-knight-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for the White Knight Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am strongly considering picking up <em>White Knight Chronicles:  International Edition<\/em>, but I think for now I will have to live vicariously through the reviews, opinions, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/187733\/hands_on_with_white_knight_chronicles_for_playstation_3.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/187733\/hands_on_with_white_knight_chronicles_for_playstation_3.html', 'blogs');\" target=\"_blank\">blogs<\/a> of others because my back catalog of games is just too full right now.<\/p>\n<p>For RPGs alone, I have (in reverse order of length of ownership) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bscreview.com\/2009\/11\/dragon-age-origins-ps3-final-review\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.bscreview.com\/2009\/11\/dragon-age-origins-ps3-final-review\/', 'Dragon Age:  Origins');\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Dragon Age:  Origins<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamefaqs.com\/console\/ps3\/home\/954345.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gamefaqs.com\/console\/ps3\/home\/954345.html', 'Demon\u2019s Souls');\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Demon\u2019s Souls<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\" http:\/\/www.gamerankings.com\/ps3\/934605-the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Elder Scrolls IV:  Oblivion<\/em><\/a>.  I picked up <em>Dragon Age<\/em> from Amazon as a Christmas present during the Thanksgiving sales, but I have not had a chance to open it yet. <em> Demon\u2019s Souls<\/em> was an impulse purchase \u2013 I read some interesting opinions of the game and just had to preorder. <em> Oblivion<\/em> was one of my first three PS3 game purchases, along with <em>F1<\/em> and the original <em>Uncharted<\/em>, but I have done little to explore <em>Oblivion\u2019s<\/em> great depths and everything it has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>This is where I get in trouble; building up a gaming library that sits idle collecting dust is an expensive endeavor, a waste of resources (i.e. my paycheck!).  Even in the best of gaming times, when I am in a wonderful gaming zone, fully committed to quality time in front of the TV with a Dualshock in hand, along with enough free time to be somewhat carefree, my collection can often be insurmountable; I\u2019ll never get my money\u2019s worth or play everything.  I know this is a pathetic and sad state of affairs, but it is sort of a sick form of addiction \u2013 the rush from getting a new game.<\/p>\n<p>Here I sit staring at my shopping cart trying not to do the needful, while <em>White Knight Chronicles: International Edition<\/em> is calling.\u00a0 Will I listen?<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am strongly considering picking up White Knight Chronicles: International Edition, but I think for now I will have to live vicariously through the reviews, opinions, and blogs of others because my back catalog of games is just too full right now. For RPGs alone, I have (in reverse order of length of ownership) Dragon &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/02\/waiting-for-the-white-knight-verdict\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Waiting for the White Knight Verdict<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11,17],"class_list":["post-1981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-rpg","tag-wkci"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2240,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981\/revisions\/2240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}