Achievement Hunting 101

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, wildwest08, rawkerdude Show Discussion - Koosh shockingly found a Game Pass game where you play as a dog. wildwest is going back to the games he likes! Alan Wake 2 and Hogwarts Legacy got DLC and completed respectively! rawker DEMANDED our GRATITUDE and also DEMANDED to be on the show to talk about Still Wakes the Deep! Big Ell and his crew finally finished an Xbox 360 campaign almost TWO decades after starting it! Enjoy Achievement Hunting 101! Games Mentioned: wildwest08 - Alan Wake 2 DLC wildwest08 - Hogwarts Legacy Koosh - Humanity rawkerdude - Still Wakes the Deep Big Ell - Still Likes Sandwiches OLTL 24 - Surprise surprise, Elroy picks another beat em up game, except this one is extra old and musty much like all of his references.   Inigo enters a tower (he hardly knew her (see Episode 23)), blew up, but at least got an achievement and did better than Joe. (1:25:33) ----- AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet -

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, wildwest08 Show Discussion - Koosh submerged himself into a non Game Pass game! How did he like this sequel compared to the original? wildwest of all people enjoyed himself a new Game Pass game! Ell played a...Metroidvania? Do pigs fly? No, but cats do! Enjoy Achievement Hunting 101, ya spoopy bards! Games Mentioned: KooshMoose - Submerged: Hidden Depths wildwest08 - Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends Ell - Gato Roboto NeverEnding Stories -Hurricane Dale blows through another couple of NeverEnding Stories with Chewie, this time demonstrating his uncanny knack for escaping from many, many prisons. (1:19:14) ----- AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VkAvMjmVmXLjRWS61eoMimaoovUz7fr7uPsD6DQPIz4/edit?usp=sharing 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, wildwest08, Exe the Hero   Show Discussion: Please join 4 very excited panelists as we talk about the Xbox Games Showcase of 2024! We take patron submissions and reveal our own favorite (and not so favorite) trailers and talk about a LOT of games on the horizon! Enjoy the show!   Games Mentioned: KooshMoose - South of Midnight KooshMoose - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle wildwest08 - Perfect Dark wildwest08 - Doom: The Dark Ages Exe - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Exe - Life is Strange: Double Exposure Big Ell - Gears of War: E-Day After Party: Cue the after party, baby! In this first ever after party segment, Elroy and Exe discuss the dubious naming conventions behind Game of the Year editions and the problem many of us face with an overabundance of games to play. (1:51:12) Year(s) of the Veiner Update - xNeo21x drops in to give another Metroidvania update. (2:16:50) ----- AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - ht

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, wildwest08 Show Discussion: It's our LIVE show (check it out on Twitch/YouTube at ANY time!) Koosh played a new Game Pass game called Hauntii. It's somehow black and white AND colorful at the same time! wildwest and Ell, still reeling from participating in the big May Gamerscore contest, talk about some of the high Gamerscore games they played! Enjoy Achievement Hunting 101! Games Mentioned: KooshMoose - Hauntii wildwest08 - Listeria Wars wildwest08 - Chur...Cake Invaders Ell - Cave Bad Ell - Blow and Fly Ell - Hatup Ell - Betomis Game Passible - Fream and Koosh return with your August Game Pass leavings predictions. Check out Game Passible to get the most gamerscore from your Game Pass subscription. (1:18:34) ----- AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VkAvMjmVmXLjRWS61eoMimaoovUz7fr7uPsD6DQPIz4/edit?usp=sharing Intro music provided by Exe the Hero. Check out his band Window

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, wildwest08 Show Discussion: wildwest spent the entire podcast trying to get Ell to buy something called displates. “OHHHHH DISPLATES= DISPLAY+PLATES I GET IT NOW” - Ell Koosh played a Game Pass game. The sky is blue. Death and taxes. Ell played a baby game. The sky is blue. Death and taxes. wildwest got almost half a million gamerscore in a month. No biggie. Wait. What? Enjoy Achievement Hunting 101! Games Mentioned: KooshMoose - Chants of Sennaar wildwest08 - Pirate Bloopers wildwest08 - Color Pals Ell - Rayland 2 NeverEnding Stories - Mental Knight is getting stacked with Chewie in the latest NeverEnding Stories. (1:27:36) ----- AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VkAvMjmVmXLjRWS61eoMimaoovUz7fr7uPsD6DQPIz4/edit?usp=sharing 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, wildwest08 Show Discussion: wildwest, away on assignment, surprised us all by scoring HOW much Gamerscore in a day? Wait what? He even found a puzzle game to showcase for us. HOW much Gamerscore in the month of May did wildwest score so far? Listen and find out! Koosh played Game Pass roguelite Have a Nice Death. It's like Hades and Dead Cells had a baby? Wowzers. Ell went Balls to the wall with an "easy" Eastasiasoft game and then clowned around with yet another Eastasiasoft game! Enjoy Achievement Hunting 101! Games Mentioned: KooshMoose - Have a Nice Death wildwest08 - Flying Soldiers Ell - Ayo the Clown Ell - Ball Lab & Ball Lab II OLTL 23 - Inigo and Elroy return for another edition of One List, Two List, Bad List, Good List where Inigo traveled to a far off place where much like the inhabitants, the game too sucks.  Elroy, on the other hand, regresses back to his teenage self and picks a real winner…. Winner?  Didn’t even know her! (1:20:31) ----- AH101 Podc

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, Matrarch Show Discussion - Koosh played the 2024 Game of the Year(?), Little Kitty, Big City! wildwest was on assignment and didn't get to hear Ell talk about Farm Together and MLB: The Show, 2024! Matrarch got to put some time into a big Game Pass RPG that she Kickstarted! We have news about Xbox 360 games going on a deep discount before the store closes in July! Enjoy Achievement Hunting 101! Games Mentioned: KooshMoose - Little Kitty, Big City Matrarch - Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Ell - Farm Together Ell - MLB The Show 2K24 NeverEnding Stories - Hurricane Dale is back with a NeverEnding Story to tell Chewie from deep within Middle-Earth as he builds armies, takes back Mordor and wages war on his nemesises. Nemesi? Nemeses? (1:37:07) ----- AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VkAvMjmVmXLjRWS61eoMimaoovUz7fr7uPsD6DQPIz4/edit?usp=sharing Intro music provided by Exe the

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, wildwest08, KooshMoose, Proulx   Show Discussion: Koosh played a Demolition Derby style Game Pass arcade racing vehicular combat automobile game. Is it worth your time or will you get REKT like Koosh? Ell looked at a cat for many seconds and got 1,000 Gamerscore. The other panelists were proud. Special guest Proulx played an impressive amount of GTA V. Proulx proceeded to do something so amazing, even Ell was surprised at the magnitude of his accomplishment. Despite seeing several acts of actual grand theft auto in New York City on a daily basis, Ell still gave Proulx his props. wildwest deemed GTA too violent so he played an indie game designed to tug at the heartstrings.   Games Mentioned: KooshMoose - Wreckfest wildwest08 - A Fold Apart Proulx - Grand Theft Auto V Ell - Aabs Animals? Really, Ell? Game Passible - Fream and Koosh return with your July Game Pass leavings predictions. Check out Game Passible to get the most gamerscore from your Game Pass subscription. (1:26:23) Ye

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, eildwest08, Exe the Hero, ElroyOMJ This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week! But wait. We don't need one because we have some awesome talkative fellows on tap! Show Discussion - Koosh has been an editing machine and deserved a night off. So...we channeled our inner Koosh! Ell channeled his inner Koosh and got his 2 games leaving Game Pass done! eildwest channeled his inner Koosh by gushing over Hogwarts Legacy. Exe channeled his inner Koosh by being afraid of scary games and getting his co-op partner to do all the work for him. Elroy channeled his inner Koosh by...playing loads of baby games, going far in Leap Frog, and winning GTASC. Koosh totally did that too. Games Mentioned: Exe the Hero - Dead Island 2 Eildwest08 - Hogwarts Legacy Ell - Pikuniku (Definitely not a Showcase) Elroy - Xbox Batman Arkham Return to Arkham Xbox X Series Arkham City Return to Xbox Series X Batman NeverEnding Stories - Mario emerges from the shadows to bring Chewie a new(ish) N

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, wildwest08, KooshMoose This Week's Discussion - Our Question Guru wildwest asked - As we reminisce about Level 300 and the history of Achievement Hunting 101, let’s think about the history of Xbox as well. What is the most important feature that Microsoft has revealed for the Xbox brand? It could be achievements, Game Pass, Elite Controllers, or something else. Show Discussion - Welcome to milestone Level 300! We thank you SO much for continuing to listen to our show! Koosh talked about a lil Game Pass game. It may or may not be inspired by Zelda. It's up for you to decide. wildwest played a surprise game! He shared his opinions on a game you may or may not have heard about in the past. Ell finished up the May 2024 TA challenge centered around Golf, The TA Open. He played a myriad of games to finish up, and this is the most athletic thing he will likely do all year. Games Mentioned: Koosh - Little Lil Gator Game wildwest08 - Hogwarts Legacy Ell - Quote the Ravenlok, nevermore. Hmm

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, wildwest08, KooshMoose   This Week's Discussion - A. Nonymous asks - Are there games you want to love but just can't for some reason? What are the games, why can't you get into them, and do achievements play a part?   Show Discussion - A fun question starts the show off! Koosh played a Game Pass game with some totally impressive voice acting by some amazing celebrities! Just don't ask who they are. We forgot. wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! wildwest played DEATHLOOP! Ell hit his head writing these show notes.   Games Mentioned: Koosh - KooshMoose Plays Open Roads, The Only Ones That I Have Ever Known wildwest08 - Don't Know Where DEATHL00P Goes, But Montana Is Home To wildwest And I Eat Alone Ell - I Walk This Empty Stre

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, wildwest08, KooshMoose, rawkerdude This Week's Discussion - You can only preserve one game from each system to represent/define the entire console generation: OG Xbox, 360, and Xbox One. Which games do you preserve and briefly, why? Show Discussion - Our MASSIVE LIVE show! We have a great discussion about the best games of each Xbox generation! Koosh plays a Game Pass game that is somehow both colorful AND black and white! wildwest played a Game Pass game that teaches you old English AND cursive! Ell played a game that is both Role Playing AND turn based! rawker played and completed a game on both Xbox AND Windows! Enjoy the show everybody, it's a doozy! Games Mentioned: Koosh - Chicory: A Colorful Tale wildwest08 - Pentiment Ell - Reverse Crawl rawker - Botany Manor Game Passible -  Fream and Koosh return with your June Game Pass leavings predictions. Check out Game Passible to get the most gamerscore from your Game Pass subscription. (2:14:15) Skeptical Mario's "Big Ell Wants A

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, wildwest08, xNeo21x Nerdy Neo This Week's Discussion - Who/what is your favorite video game antagonist? - Nerdy Neo Show Discussion - We welcome special guest Nerdy Neo! He loves Metroidvanias but dislikes sports games, so Ell only half liked him. Did Ell FINALLY complete MLB The Show 23? What baby game will he discuss next week? Only time will tell. wildwest channeled his inner Koosh and checked out a brand new Game Pass game! Neo talked about a popular podcast favorite game and then picked a second game to boot! Matrix, Veiners, and Achievements galore! Enjoy. Check out Nerdy Neo's Youtube page here: https://www.youtube.com/@nerdyneo21 Games Mentioned: wildwest08 - Lightyear Frontier (Cozy Management Game ™️) Ell - MLB The Show 23 Nerdy Neo - Immortals Fenyx Rising Nerdy Neo - Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments Koosh - Beach Buggy Racing Year(s) of the Veiner Update - xNeo21x drops in to give another Metroidvania update. (2:00:13) ----- AH101 Podcast Show Links - https:/

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, wildwest08 This Week's Discussion - What do you consider 2 or 3 hidden gems of the Xbox 360 generation? Show Discussion - wildwest is already waxing nostalgia about the Xbox 360. We discussed many hidden gems in the Xbox 360 library. Koosh waxed nostalgia about playing with Hot Wheels as a youth 55 years ago. He played a game leaving Game Pass to commemorate this monumental event in his life. A sequel may or may not be on the way! wildwest played Koosh's favorite Ubi game! Games Mentioned: Kooshmoose - Hot Wheels Unleashed wildwest08 - Immortals Fenyx Rising Master Raters - The Master Raters are back with their penultimate segment, looking at some 4.5 rated gems which may get a Ryse out of you, or make you Rage, and will definitely make you question whether or not they're In Sound Mind. (1:25:53) ----- AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VkAvMjmVmXLjRWS61eoMimaoovUz7fr7uPsD6

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, wildwest08, ELSock This Week's Discussion - In honor of our surprise guest on the podcast tonight, who is your favorite video game streamer/ content creator? What games do you like to watch online? Please explain why you would recommend them. Show Discussion: We welcome special guest ELSock! A LEGENDARY streamer and an even more legendary man. He played the roguelite co-op game Ship of Fools! wildwest seemingly plays the same sports game every week! Ell...also seemingly plays the same sports game every week, but that's because he is bad at it. Koosh played a platformery veinery double jumpy game according to him and not TA. Games Mentioned: Kooshmoose - Astronite wildwest08 - MLB The Show 24 ELSock - Ship of Fools Big Ell - A Very Sad Person Banana Cream Pie > Pecan Pie - Because pudding NeverEnding Stories - Hurricane Dale is back with Chewie to discuss two games he's finally finished the campaign modes for - a classic XBLA title and a big old collectathon. (2:02:

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, wildwest08, Exe the Hero This Week's Discussion - Since the Dragon's Dogma 2 Standalone character creator is getting so much positive press and feedback, how much effort do you like to put into character creators? Do you spend hours fine tuning your character down to the minutest detail, do you just get a look that you like and not worry about specifics, do you just hit randomize and go from there, or somewhere in between? - Exe the Hero Stay tuned for details on a related contest. Hint - download the Dragon's Dogma 2 Character Creator for FREE right now and get to work! Show Discussion: We had a special Hero on the show this week! He missed us terribly and we missed him too. wildwest talked about the Nintendo Switch, I guess. Oh, not that kind of coaster? OHHHHHH. Koosh played the bestest Game Pass game in all the land, while Ell is trying to finish MLB before it leaves Game Pass! My, how the tables have turned. A table...with a sandwich on it..with lettuce. Tomato. O

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, wildwest08, Proulx This Week's Discussion - Have you ever bought and sat on a game only to see it come to GP before you even started it? Does a purchased game coming to GP change your enjoyment/value of it? Let us know so we can thank you for your service. - KooshMoose Show Discussion: I hope you like pie as much as we do. What's your favorite kind of pie? These are the type of questions you ask as you go over the TA March Targets and it gets close to March 14! Koosh found an interesting looking point and click game, but where are those darn papers? wildwest played a polarizing sequel. Some like it, and others think it bites. Ell played an easy 1K game with an interesting black and white and red all over aesthetic. Proulx played a Super Smash Bros clone. You'd think this would make him happy, but the achievements are annoying and too difficult for a grown man who is just used to button mashing in a child's game like Smash Bros that is strictly luck based. Games Mention

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, wildwest08, Skeptical Mario This Week's Discussion - We have a Tomb Raider collection recently released and Stars Wars Battlefront is coming soon. What other collections would you like to see come out? Show Discussion: We had a special guest this week. Skeptical Mario and his love for Metroidvanias joined us as he reviewed...a game that is not a Metroidvania. Brotato was such an important game in the life of Mario that he decided to play its predecessor. Nate played a cute little puzzler with a witch protagonist. You solve cozy dioramic puzzles! FUN! wildwest once again broke out a Backwards Compatible Xbox 360 Title, as he played the DLC to a popular game that might one day be included in...a collection! Games Mentioned: Koosh - Harmony’s Odyssey wildwest08 - Fable III - Traitor’s Keep DLC Skeptical Mario - Space Gladiators NeverEnding Stories - A new voice joins Chewie in another NeverEnding Stories to talk about their attempt to reignite their love for a classic se

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude This Week's Discussion - With rumors that Microsoft is developing a handheld gaming device we want to know if you would be interested in buying one? What features would you like to see? - wildwest08 Show Discussion: Panelist wildwest took a must needed birthday break off. rawkerdude was up to the task to take his precious spot, and immediately provided commentary on the intro to his new favorite game, Strong Moon. https://youtu.be/o1BT5VCWZOs (Warning. NSFW!) Ell complained about Marvel Ultimate Alliance. It won't be the last time. Koosh took in some new Game Pass hotness. Little rawker: The Games Master then gave Koosh and Ell a surprise! Listen to the ENTIRE episode please! Ranking of Rats - Approximately six years ago the achievement gods sent down from on high a rat. This rat was to be called Ratalaika and it was bountiful. It flourished in all ways Gamerscore and served up over 250 samplings for achievement hunters to partake in. Waka and Elroy have sip

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, wildwest08, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - We need to get a Valentine's Day for our SO. Can you help us write a gaming themed card? We'll give a prize to the one we like the best. Here's an example: Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, There's a new Tomb Raider coming out, And she's still uglier than you. Show Discussion: We first discuss the new Tomb Raider I-III Remastered. It has a WHOPPING 269 achievements and an unusual 4,290 Gamerscore! Why? Because reasons. 3 of the 4 panelists discuss Backwards Compatible Xbox 360 games. The love for that good old console is real! Ell is still in the middle of games and not actually completing them. M FINALLY discovered what we've been saying on the podcast for years, that Hades is one of the best games ever! wildwest08 played some Dragon Age II. He loves him some long, old Western RPGs! But we get mad at him for a game he has NEVER played. Listen to find out what game that is! Koosh played a new veiner....limbolike game Puzzle