Achievement Hunting 101

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Wakapeil Wakapeil made a surprise appearance on the live show! He played some River City Girls before it leaves Game Pass and offered many tips. Kenny played another PC Game Pass game with some Age of Empires 4. Enjoy the next 200 hours, Kenny! Ell played yet another Rat but had some questions about it! Nate took his role of playing the colorful game back from Corey this week, while Corey did the unthinkable and bought a game at full price! We talked about games coming....real soon, were puzzled by the puzzle genre, and talked for two hours with an angel.Waka Support Vulgar Latin (Devin Specht) here and help him reach his $1000 goal! https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=450084    Games Showcase:   Age of Empires 4 More Dark Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan Rider’s Republic River City Girls AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Intro music provided by Ex

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude, FuFuCuddilyPoof This Week's Topic - What is a game that you would like to play but don't because of length/discontinued/unable to complete, or too difficult/grindy of an achievement list? Would you not start a game with unobtainables/hard achievements in a series you love or a game you think you would enjoy? - Jblacq Kenny committed a sin and played some Game Pass, Corey played with some colorful pixels on some Game Pass, Koosh did some racing and some mapping with some Game Pass, and Ell... was a pain in the ass. We talked about games coming....real soon, learned of a Solitaire game with a....story, and hyped up Extra Life again! Support Vulgar Latin (Devin Specht) here and help him reach his $1000 goal! https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=450084    One List Two List Bad List Good List 10 (1:46:34) Elroy’s super beat em up achievement list beats up on Inigo’s vroom vroom turn left vroom vroom a

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, VulgarLatin This Week's Topic - "Go to your achievements won on TA. Go to the fifth to last page and tell us about what achievements are there. Can be general, like games you played or a specific story. The question is, would the you of today (consider how you play your games, not just if you like the game) actually have played that game/earned those achievements." - Matrarch Corey channeled his inner Left 4 Dead with some Back 4 Blood! Ell played some non baby games for a change including a veiner and a Game Pass game! Nate also played a Game Pass game, but did he give the humorous game a pass? Devin got his Shocktober on early with some Bioshock Remastered! We talked about games coming....real soon, told some stories about some OLD achievements, and hyped up Extra Life! Support Vulgar Latin (Devin Specht) here and help him reach his $1000 goal! https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=450084 GenXbo

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof This Week's Topic - Nickelodeon-branded consoles? Have they gone too far? What brand would you love a custom console designed for, that no one else would want? - Skeptical Mario Corey brawled with some cartoons. Ell played a random assortment of games. Nate battled an acronym. Kenny is abstaining from gaming until the Thursday night Back 4 Blood crew can reunite.  We talked about games coming....real soon, got our Parry Gripp on, and discovered Herbie Husker!  One List Two List Good List Bad List - Elroy explains why the chievo list from Fallen Knight falls flat while Inigo thinks Hitman's list is a hit and that you should play it even though it's a member of the worthless stealth genre. (1:35:45) Wakavania - This week's Wakapeil deep dive has him taking a look at the Castlevania Anniversary Collection(2:10:05) AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Intro music provided by Exe the Hero. Check out his band Window

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, FuFuCuddilyPoof, rawkerdude5012 This Week's Topic - When Series X was coming out they put backwards compatibility on the backburner to focus on that. Do you think that they will ever return to and start adding more Xbox 360 games to backwards compatibility or will they just leave it how it is now and move on?  Do you still play Xbox 360 games on Xbox One/Series consoles? - Death Dealers It's our October live show! Ell channeled his inner animal as he played Catty & Batty. Corey played Hades with magic AKA Dandy Ace. Nate baked a cake on the Lake. Kenny was super excited for Back 4 Blood! We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed the possible future of backwards compatibility, and named our patron of the month! VCCCW -Chewie & Vulgar are back with all of September’s Mathletics numbers, and information about the chilling challenges happening in October (1:40:26) Waka's Weird Wonder - This week Waka going into the game Dead Effect 2 (2:0051) Games

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof This Week's Topic - How much does nostalgia play a part in the games you are currently playing? Whether it be a Switch title playing the newest Mario/Pokemon/Zelda title or a Ratalaika game that reminds you of the games of yesteryear, does nostalgia prey on your current gaming habits? - A Nony Mouse (definitely not Big Ell) Kenny has (dis)honorably finished a campaign! Nate was in like Flynn! Corey juggled playing and reviewing a game. Ell had some bonding time with his son playing a Game Pass game!  We talked about games coming....real soon, revealed the October Games with Gold, and celebrated a gamer who hit a HUGE milestone! VSS - Elroy, Ingio, and Noth get together for a very sequential segment. (1:47:47) Waka's Weird Wonders - This week Wakapeil talks about the game Clumsy Rush. (2:47:43) Games Showcase: Dishonored Flynn: Son of Crimson A Juggler’s Tale Omno Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew Ultra Hat Dimension AH101

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Ahayzo This Week's Topic - Would you rather have lots of free time to play games but can only buy 1-2 games a year or the ability to buy loads of games but never have much time to devote to them? - RetroChief We welcome patron Ahayzo to the podcast! Where did he get his gamertag and what exactly does he do for Trueachievements.com? Ahayzo talked some Dragon Age and brought us up to speed on the the trilogy. Nate played Conga Master as we waxed nostalgic about...a Gamecube game? Ell channeled his inner Mortal Kombat as he played Get Over Here, but this game isn't like MK at all! We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed the new TA Contest, had the longest outro ever, and named the episode 12 times. Genre’lly speaking - Matrarch and Elroy think outside the box.  Which box?  The same dang box that TA thought outside of when they came up with this genre’s description.   Is it simulation? Management? Open world?  What the heck is sandbox? Fin

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof This Week's Topic - What if Xbox could get an exclusive Marvel game? What character or team would you like to see? What kind of game would it be?  Nate played the Artful Escape. That must mean it was colorful! It was then Ell's turn to play with his.. marbles this week as he tackled Hyposphere: Rebirth! Corey then lost his marbles while playing SkateBIRD, and then realized a little something as the episode was coming to an end. We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed the revamped TA Cheater's Policy, and attended Ell's pot luck. One List, Two List - Elroy and Vulgar serve up another set of good and bad achievement lists in the next installment of One List Two List Bad List Good List. Waka's Weird Wonders - Wakapeil dives into all the expansions for Forza Horizon 4 Games Showcase: The Artful Escape Hyposphere: Rebirth SkateBIRD AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Intro music provided by Exe the

Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof This Week's Topic - Do you buy collector's editions of games, and if so, which is your favoUrite?  If not, is there anything a collector's edition could do to make you buy it? - Erutaerc On this LIVE episode, we talk extensively about collector's editions of games! Did we stop buying them as we got older? Listen and find out! Koosh played a fun boss rush game! rawker may have had clouded judgment when playing his game. Ell played a pair of Eastasiasoft gems!!! Kenny...picked the Fantasy Football draft order! We talked about games coming....real soon, showed off our toys, and gave out game codes & money! VCCCW - Vulgar & Chewie are back, back again, with your challenge info, tell a friend (1:39:47) Waka's Weird Wonders - This week Waka goes over the game Neversong. (2:04:04) Games Showcase: Blitz Breaker Cloud Gardens Mechstermination Force Rogue Explorer AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Intro music provided

This weeks panel - FuFuCuddilyPoof, Big Ell, rawkerdude5012, Kooshmoose This weeks topic - what do you believe is the MVP for games (minimal viable product)? When a game comes out what features do you expect there to be or do you think should be there. Abandonment Issues - Exe is back with some familiar voices for this episode of Abandonment Issues, which features community favorite games, deceptive genre tags, and games that just aren't as fun the second time through. (1:49:37) Wakavania -Wakapeil covers the game Escape From Tethys. (2:47:12) AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Intro music provided by Exe the Hero. Check out his band Window of Opportunity on Facebook and YouTube

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, FreakyRO, FuFuCuddilypoof This Week's Topic - What is the worst achievement you've seen in a game you absolutely loved? - Vulgar Latin We welcome to the panel longtime listener, patron, and friend, FreakyRO! This one is a doozy, folks. We talked EXTENSIVELY about our weekly topic. Koosh has been waiting...several minutes to talk about a particular game. Kenny talked Splitgate...did it give him a splitting headache? Freaky discussed a 4 player online game. He has friends? Shocking! Ell took in the chiptunes and discussed yet another 4 player online Scott Pilgrim! We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed Gamescom happenings, and...sang. Games Showcase: Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The Game - Complete Edition Splitgate Twelve Minutes Warhammer: Vermintide 2 One List Two List Good List Bad List - Vulgar and Elroy talk about good and bad achievement lists. Waka's Weird (and offensive) Wonders - This week Wakapeil takes on the "unique" game Beware the Indie

This Week's Panel - KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof, NOTH ULTRA This Week's Topic - Given unlimited funds to procure one thing anywhere in the world of gaming, what would it be and why? - rawkerdude5012 We've secretly replaced one of our panel hosts with a guest patron. Let's see if the listeners notice the difference? Kevney and Nate both played the most righteous game, Hades. That poser Corey, put 2 hours into Hades but then spent a bogus amount of time simulating mowing lawns. NOTH continued the roguelite trend and played the gnarly Curse of the Dead Gods. We talked about games coming...real soon, dissed on the heinous Art of Rally mod that was recently banned by TA, and shouted out our follower's milestones. Elroy and his homey FreayRO are back with a legit Gen-Xbox 4. Closing out the show is Waka with his Wakavania take on Touhou Luna Nights. Games Showcase: Curse of the Dead Gods Hades Lawn Mowing Simulator AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Intro music pro

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof This Week's Topic - If you could ensure a series would never have another sequel, which series would it be and why? - Retrochief1969 If you could remove one game from any series to make the series as a whole better, which game from which series would you remove? - Death Dealers The panel collectively has a tough time this week! Corey played a broken, glitchy game. Ell played some "easy" games that gave him some trouble. Koosh and FuFu both played with their balls, but only one of them had sticky balls in the end. We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed the Indie Game Showcase, and shouted out milestones galore! Vulgar & Chewie are back, bringing you all the details from July’s Rumble and Space Race, as well as the August Boss Battle, Backlog Bounce and Back to School Bash. That’s a lot of Bs. (1:42:46) In this edition of Abandonment Issues, Exe has opened his segment up to the public and is joined by 2 very specials

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilypoof This Week's Topic - What do you hope will be the next controller upgrade and when do you think we will see it? - Jblacq On our monthly LIVE episode, Kenny and friends took on Annual in Halo 3 and then it was Deja Vu all over again! In a long time coming, Ell and Michelle played a local co-op game! Corey played with his little blue ball of fur. He also played Sonic Forces. Nate played Omno and was relaxed into boredom. We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed Forza Motorsport 7 going bye-bye, and shook our collective heads at Corey for his intro to the live show. I pity the fool who didn't check it out! Genre-lly Speaking 3 - I'll take "Elroy and Matrarch dropping genre knowledge" for 300, Alex. Waka's Weird Wonders - On this week's episode, Waka talks about the new title update for the game Cold Silence.  AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Intro music provided by Exe the Hero. Check out his band

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012 This Week's Topic - What are your bad gaming habits? Kooshmoose took a free trip to Tokyo for the Olympics. Ell got Touryst trapped by a Game Pass closure. rawkerdude and Koosh converged on Death's Door. Does "Game of the Year" get thrown around? Check it out and see! We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed Cold Silence's title update, and shook our collective heads at the Coalition. Gears 5 has some ridiculous new achievements and we lay them out. Back 2 Back - Elroy and Chewie are joined by a special guest host, stepping in for Matrarch, in the latest Back 2 Back, featuring weird creatures being punched, birds that are definitely still alive and dragons that resemble Michael Keaton. (1:43:21) Waka Royale - Wakapeil plays the Forza Horizon 4 battle royale, the Eliminator mode. (2:39:28) AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Intro music provided by Exe the Hero. Check out his band Window of Opportunity on Facebook

Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012 This is the AH101 TV Show! Today we will be jumping into a pool filled with toasters and barbed wire! This is for all the juggalos and juggalettes! Do NOT try this at home, and I hope you like it. Woop Woop! This Week's Topic - How much of a (non baby) game do you need to play before you decide if you want to keep going with it? Does the list (easy, hard, grindy) play a part at all? Ell reflected on Reflection of Mine. Corey tried to beat a Game Pass removal with Undermine. Koosh sadly didn't play a game with the word "mine" in it, but he went back to his roots to play a new Game Pass addition! We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed all the new Game Pass additions, and confused Koosh with Super Humman talk! One List, Two List - Roses are red Violets are Blue One list is good The other is poo Bridge Constructor Waka - Wakapeil is joined by Exe the Hero to talk about the Bridge Constructor games. Games Showcase: Bloodroots Reflection of Mine U

This week's panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof We change up the format and start right off with a hot button issue. How do we feel about assists in games affecting achievements? We hear from our illustrious panel as well as several patrons!  Nate was trying to beat the Max Payne 3 server closure. Ell was trying to beat Gutwhale. Corey was trying to beat his me...troidvania game. We all tried to beat dead horses. We all succeeded. We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed the new TA contest entitled Jake Jump, and googled Max Payne with Safesearch off while sharing a screen. PSA - Don't do that. GenXbox 3 - Elroy and FreakyRO are back for the third installment of GenXbox. (1:40:41) Waka's Weird Wonders - Wakapeil dives into a game you may not have heard about but you should try out, Baobabs Mausoleum. (2:36:47) AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Intro music provided by Exe the Hero. Check out his band Window of Opportunity on Facebook and YouTu

Panel - Corey leads the way and reminisces about the days of YORE! Relive the memories as we discuss the first year of the podcast! Corey and Nate talk about Operation Tango, a co-op game in which you have to work together and hack stuff! FUN! Nate played Space Jam, a 90's style beat em up game. Ell played a 20 year old FPS as well as a puzzle board game that totally didn't rip off Mario Party. Kenny showed his true colors saying DC is better than Marvel. He is no longer affiliated with the show. We talked about games coming....real soon, had many milestones and giveaways, and for those on Twitch had a fun duck race at the end! VCCCW - We’ve spent June working together on our differences and now we’re back to battling it out with the return of our Royal Rumble event, along with a special new challenge from Exe the Hero (1:34:41) One List Two List - Elroy and Vulgar return to jump back into some good and some bad achievement lists. (1:58:04) Waka Royale - Wakapeil dives into one of the newest Battle Royale

Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, Matrarch, InigoMontoya80 Ell is back after moving to his new house! There are boxes everywhere, but the only important one is the Xbox!  Once again, Ell channeled his inner old man and played an old school point and click game! Matrarch played an old school RPG and reminisced about the days of yore. Koosh also played an old school RPG and wondered what he was doing with his life. Inigo shockingly played a racing game, but it had unobtainables! Why did he commit such a cardinal sin?  We talked about games coming....real soon, ranted about music in modern gaming, and talked about the new Totally Reliable Delivery Service DLC! GenXbox - This week fellow olds ElroyOMJ and FreakyRO are back to talk about games that most of us don't remember seeing as we weren't even born when they were released. (1:47:22) Waka Squad 2 - Wakapeil reviews the game Knight Squad 2 from one of our new favorite developers Chainawesome Games! (2:52:46) AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH10

Panel: This week's international panel - Jblacq, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012 Replacing Ell this week is another 6 letter gamertag gamer in the form of our brother from a northern mother... Jables. Kooshmoose rolls the dice on a brand new gamepass game. Rawker's time with Yakuza is starting to get strange and he thinks he likes it. We talked very briefly about the ID@Xbox game demos and games coming soon... real soon. Generally Speaking 2: It’s time to take the bull by the horns in the debut of a second episode hosted by Matrarch and ElroyOMJ (love that guy) called Genre’lly Speaking.  So saddle up again and give a listen as they discuss their second my-steer-ious genre and then talk about the ride! (1:45:31) WakaTrove: Waka talks about Trove, the game he can't get enough of! (2:26:39) Games mentioned: A Juggler's Tale Aftercharge Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered Dreamers Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance Echo Generation Get Packed Godstrike Knockout City Lawn Mowing Simulator Sea of Thieves