Achievement Hunting 101

While rawker plays hooky, Michelle fills in admirably and class goes off without a hitch. Crackdown 3 is heavily discussed, so strap on in, agents!  We look at Microsoft’s often delayed blockbuster. What do we think of it? The title of the episode may give it away, but it’s not all a bed of roses. We compare single player and cooperative play and inspect the game from all angles. What games do we enjoy boosting moreso than playing the actual games the way they were meant to be played? Which bird game do we plan on flying into for the various completion contests? Join Elroy and M as they take a slightly different approach to this week's Very Sequential Segment. Ever encounter an achievement that just wouldn't pop, even though you did exactly what the achievement told you to? This list will give you 4 achievements that somehow lead you astray. Don't worry, however, as the hosts are here to put you back on the right course to earning that coveted gamerscore. (1:47:02) Wakapeil has been able to leave his por

The VSS group is back for another holiday themed episode to celebrate Valentine's Day, VSS style! Join our trio as they each come to the table with a very different idea of what Valentine's Day should be. Be careful, though, as one of the crew has a dirty mind when it comes to this holiday for lovers!   Wakapeil hasn’t been feeling great this week but is thankful he did not experience the pathogens he creates in Plague Inc Evolved.  

Join Elroy (love that guy) and Freamwhole (he’s ok) as they weave a tapestry of stories together in a seamless production that will invoke tears of joy and laughter when they discuss their “Favorite Funny Gaming Moments”.  Spoiler alert: as the latest installment unfolds you will find that it is not the game that is causing the humor but rather the self-deprecating inadequacies of the gamers themselves.  Games discussed include, but are not limited to: Roblox, Assassins Creed Odyssey, Country Dance Stars, Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story, and that farting Sigi one.  Added bonus: Fream and Elroy discuss how the parents of students are terrible individuals whom Elroy has lost faith in and who Fream thinks are producing millennial snowflakes.    

Matrarch takes a seat on the panel as she dominates the entire episode! Are Castleroids contagious? A community member has been playing some Metroidvania games and is nipping at our heels! We discuss all things contests! Did the hosts get the hang of Hangman? Did we randomly pop any RTDL achievements? Did we gave a FRAC about scoring a lot recently? More Guacamelee 2 talk, and February Games Pass games are announced! Join us for our latest episode! ElroyOMJ and Xpovos have an EPIC review for the game Legendary Eleven! Join them as they discuss the EPIC wins and the EPIC fails of this soccer game.....or football game for you non Americans. Wakapeil and IronFistofSnuff discuss the Better Completions Matter competition and tell you about the good BCM game but otherwise not very good Zombie Driver Ultimate Edition. IronFistofSnuff also enlighten us what counts as a simulated job.      

How did our Hawken boost go? How many of our great community complete it and how long did it take? What games will we tackle next? What have we been playing in 2019 and how far have we come in our FRAC??? With their love of all things Guacamelee 2, do Koosh and rawker secretly work for Drinkbox Studios? We discuss the February Games with Gold, answer a community question from chippppppppppppppppppppppppp, and much more!   In the first ever Very Sequential Quickie, Exe celebrates his week of snow day delight by discussing his top 3 games that feature snow in some capacity. (1:07:10)   Wakapeil and Xpovos reviews The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories (1:14:38) Intro music created by Exe the Hero. Check out his band Window of Opportunity www.facebook.com/windowofopportunity  

Do you like boosting sessions? We know you do! We discuss upcoming community boosting sessions Hawken and Titanfall.   What zombie games will we use for FCC/BCM? Which games would we like to see remastered?   Will Nate buy a game on sale that he’ll never play? Will Ell talk about sandwiches? Will Kenny ever see the sun? Will Corey get a haircut? Will Mango ever talk to us again?   Find out on our latest and greatest episode! In this week's VSS, Exe the Hero and a very special guest discuss some achievements that will help with animal conservation efforts. They also argue on what is actually the best way to help the animals, since they both have very different views on the topic.   Wakapeil remembers a gem of a game unfairly expunged from the Microsoft Store  

Today's episode will have to be docked half credit for being turned in late, but we've got a good excuse......Ell's Surface ate his homework! Our panel consists of some of the usual adjuncts: RawkerDude, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Ell, and Kooshmoose. Our lesson covers a special issue of DC Universe Online, the revolving door that is Game Pass, and some of our favorite games from the latest sale. We answer a rather skeptical community question and begin offering tips so you can pass the first test in BCM/Freamwhole Completion Challenge. Don't worry, we plan on holding refreshers on each of the 30 challenges so you'll be fully prepared for the year to come.   In this week's VSS episode, Exe and Elroy discuss achievements that are impacted by the US government shutdown. Topics range from messy parks to a complete collapse of society as we know it. Hope you're all feeling patriotic!   Wakapeil and Skeptical Mario briefly discusses preloading before diving deeper into one of the best platformers on Xbox One: Chari

The panel gets a tad older but not necessarily wiser this week, as veteran podcaster Proulx joins the fray to join MightyMango, Matrarch, and Big Ell. More 2019 goals are revealed as Proulx answers the Halo MCC challenge of FuFuCuddilyPoof! Which Metroidvania games are on sale this week, and will Ell be able to afford a sandwich after he buys them all? New Game Pass additions, contests galore, and more!   ElroyOMJ returns this week with Exe the Hero for A Very Sequential Segment!   And this week we have the biggest quickie yet! Wakapeil is joined by Exe the Hero to talk Minecraft!  

Stay awhilst and listen some more as ElroyOMJ and Freamwhole talk about extra mole appendages, 2019 plans, and their favorite gaming moments, memories, and achievements from 2018!   If you enjoyed this episode and would like to talk to EroyOMJ, Freamwhole, and the rest of the community then be sure to join our discord discord.io/AH101  

Welcome to Level 23 - The Fream Rises to the Top! Special guest Freamwhole joins the panel as we look back at our 2018 and discuss goals for 2019! Spoiler - we want to complete some games this year! Fream shares details about his awesome annual completion challenge! A new “challenger” appears as IronFistofSnuff’s Better Completions Matter challenge is also discussed! On VSS this week, Elroy and Exe take wordplay to a new level as they make some Achievement Resolutions! Wakapeil’s Quickie of the Week Gemini: Heroes Reborn

Happy Holidays, everybody! Join Rawker Claus, Kooshy the Snowman, Fufucuddilypoof the White Skinned Reindeer, and Big Elf for our final show of 2018! With Guacamelee 2 and Ori And The Will Of The Wisps set to launch in 2019, we decide to talk all things Metroidvania, and even start a new contest!   We talk about what games we got from the Holiday Sale. Was Santa nice to us?   Will we ste...borrow from the best and institute our own Game of the Month?   We finished a 2018 contest and look forward to a new one in 2019. What the FRAC is it all about?   If that isn't enough, we may be in a giving mood this episode and will be giving away a game! Listen to the details inside this very episode! Enjoy, everybody!

Join Waka, Xpovos and Big Ell in a Christmas sale recap.

: As 2018 comes to a close, the panel reflects back on the year and talk about what made it special. A Big Crowns: Showdown review sneaks it way in and we want to do the thing you should never do ... read the comments! VSS- No list? Elroy and Exe look back on a year of GTASC with the champion, RedmptionDenied. Waka talks about Sticktype in WWW this week. Enjoy the show and Merry Christmas to y'all. Big Crown: Showdown - https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Big-Crown-Showdown/achievements AH 101 Feedback Survey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W93ZRB3

Level 20 B - Stay Awhile and Listen Elroy and the legendary voice of Freamwhole have come bearing a present for you. It's none other than the gift of gab as they talk, converse, and yap their way through some epic gaming moments that have shaped them into the gamers we know and love today. Zed To Zed PSA: You only have until the end of 2018 to download any old Zed to Zed episodes from their site and other podcasting services. http://www.zedtozed.com/

Mango is back! Come join us as we talk games, achievements, and answer your community questions.  Waka tells you how to get points in Stick it to the Man. Gears of War- https://www.trueachievements.com/series/Gears-of-War Stick it to the Man - https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Stick-it-To-The-Man/achievements Minecraft stacks- https://www.trueachievements.com/series/Minecraft GTASCTT - https://www.trueachievements.com/contestleaderboard.aspx?contestid=20  

Game Swap is where we take two games, mash them together like cauliflower, digest, and see what comes out on the other end. Today, Elroy and Exe provide their mashup of a family tale with identical A.I. and roman centurions flip flopped with demon hunters. https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Brothers-A-Tale-of-Two-Sons/achievements - Brothers https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Twin-Robots/achievements - Twin Robots: Ultimate Edition https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Ryse-Son-of-Rome/achievements - Ryse: Son of Rome https://www.trueachievements.com/game/DmC-Devil-May-Cry/achievements - DmC: Devil May Cry

: Please welcome special guest Kooshmoose as he joins regular hosts Fufucuddilypoof, Rawkerdude, and Big Ell! We talk about many December contests going on in the world of achievement hunting! We have a plethora of milestones to discuss as we name-drop many members of our awesome community! We answer a royal community question and celebrate the newest addition to Game Pass, The Gardens Between!   Waka goes over 2 games today. The puzzle game three and the weird game known as Zenith.

This week the panel talks about Red Dead Redemption 2 multiplayer mode. Final Fantasy XV discontinued achievements and the boosting that has happened as a result. As always the panel also takes community questions. This week we listen to 10% of GTASC talk about strategy and answer questions about the contest. Go team Go!  Waka decides to tackle an entire genre in this level's quickie of the week.  

: Join the crew on this lovely Turkey Weekend to learn about games. We laughed, we cried, we taught Elroy about TA! It's ... Review Raid 2.0! 2:58 -Doodle God: Crime City 9:36 - Claws of Furry 17:37 - Adios Amigos 24:39 - 1979 Revolution Black Friday 35:45- Super Volley Blast 46:15 - Arcade Islands: Volume 1 57:08 - #Wargames 1:07:01- Demon's Crystal 1:16:00 - Bud Spencer and Terrance Hill - Slaps and Beans

Join the panel as they discuss the Xbox, answer your burning questions and have a grand time with each other. The VSS wants to wish you a happy thanksgiving. Is Elroy willing to eat non caveman food on this holiday? Was there such a thing as a turkey in the Paleo era? Waka does a quickie on a game that has a chicken. Close but not quite a turkey.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving to all 5 of our listeners out there who celebrate the holiday.