For the second week in a row, the ESRB gave us a decent amount of newly rated titles. Scanning the list, there does not appear to be anything earth shattering or any blockbusters getting rated, but we are in the middle of a traditionally dry period for video games.

Looks like this week was a throwback, as the DS and PC rated titles were littered with casual games, kids games and a bunch of sequels. If your kid likes Paws & Claws, Tamagotchi and Garfield, then you are in luck. If you want real games on the DS, I guess wait until next week. As for the Wii, it had five titles, none of which will set the world on fire. Emergency Heroes, TV Show King and Cocoto Fishing Master elicit nothing more than a yawn.

A bit of a light week for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, as they each had three games rated included the shared title of Top Spin 3. The 360 also had Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (strange, since it was made an Xbox Original and been available for download since March 28th) and RooGoo, another XBLA puzzler. The PS3 fared little better with Eye of Judgment: Biolith Rebellion 2 and R-Types as downloadable from PSN. Not exactly a banner week for these two contacts.

There really aren’t many games that would qualify for the weekly title of shame, so I just decided to pick out the lamest title that came to mind. That award goes to Dreamcatcher’s Australia Zoo Quest. By reading the official web page for the game you would think it was the second coming, but in actuality it is nothing more than an attempt to cash in on the late Steve Irwin’s fame. I realize it is a kids game, but lame is lame.






Title
Publisher
Rating
Platforms


Abra Academy: Returning Cast
Activision Value Publishing
E
Windows PC


Australia Zoo Quest
DreamCatcher
E
Windows PC


Jungo
MumboJumbo
E
Windows PC


R-Types
SCEA
E...