Achievement Hunting 101

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose This Week's Discussion - You are tasked with adding one new achievement to any game, BUT that achievement has to be achievable AND must be extremely mean to the gamer. Example: Kill 1 million grunts in Halo. What game achievement would you add? Feel free to explain. Big Ell played two games and then talked about them. You know how this works by now, right? Fufu played a Boomer Shooter that's a lot like Doom. Koosh played a Star Trek licensed game and lived to talk about it. Games Mentioned: Big Ell - Lucid Cycle Big Ell - Adios Fufu - Prodeus Koosh - Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova Game Passible Fream and Kooshmoose pilot a brand new segment focused on predicting the games that will leave Game Pass next month. Check out Game Passible and let us know how we can make it better. NeverEnding Stories Chewie is joined by another new voice, Scarovese, who's been sploding everywhere with joy, but not at the thought of whipping more LEGO blocks AH101 Podcast Show L

This Week's Panel - ChewieOnIce, FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose This Week's Discussion - What non-baby game would you ACTUALLY want a TU for? What achievements would it have and how much GS? (Within reason) There's an unusual amount of U's in the show doc this week as we are joined by our favorite ice skating Wookiee. Chewie plays a pretty game and guilts Koosh into promising to play it. Koosh plays an indie game and accidentily sells Chewie on it. FuFuCuddilyPoof can't control what the media says about him. Games Mentioned: Chewie - Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition Koosh - GRIS NeverEnding Stories Marvel at the ultimate alliance of Chewie & erutaerc discussing a new NeverEnding Story completion   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, FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose, rawkerdude This Week's Discussion - Discuss why we didn't have a question of the week this week. Koosh "George Orwell" Moose played a game from 1984, documentary style! FuFu "played" an idle game. He is so good at games! Ell played a "good" puzzle game about folding paper! It's better than it sounds! Rawker played a Bethesda game "without bugs" and it's the huge breakout hit, Starfield! Games Mentioned: Koosh - The Making of Karateka Fufu - DPS Idle Ell - A Fold Apart Rawker - Starfield   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 - FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose, rawkerdude This Week's Discussion - We recently got the news that the 360 marketplace is shutting down. We want to know what non BC games and/or DLC are you looking to buy before the shutdown and is there anything non BC that you would recommend someone else to pick up. Ell and Michelle are away but rawkerdude saves the day. FuFu is just happy to be alive and over the FuFu flu-flu. Koosh plays a non-BC classic that is an OG achievement hunters pink badge of honor. rawker tags in and talks about a new wrestling-themed RPG. Games Mentioned: Koosh - Barbie & Her Sisters: Puppy Rescue rawker - WrestleQuest    GT3OptionFan is back to transport Chewie through a portal with another tale of long unfinished stories finally completed.  Oh look, the other portal is right above a bunch of turrets. The scallawag.   AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Non BC games list - https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ah_Y7CqVH4YGhPVu6DjV2mv7SCzEfw?e=wa9VXb Non BC DLC list - h

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, ElroyOMJ, TripleTriad777 This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week! Is there a question of the week this week? - Everyone We are pleased to be joined with two fourths of the 2023 GTASC Champions, Elroy and Triple Triad of Beast Mode! Games Mentioned: Elroy - A ton of bad games Triple - Even more bad games and also Sea of Thieves so just a bunch of bad games 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, FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose, wildwest08 This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  What video game world would you LEAST like to live in and why? (Preferably Xbox related) FuFu tried a Borderlands clone available on Game Pass! wildwest played a huge Open World game. Was he hit with any of the game's known bugs? Ell played with Master Cheeks with Halo's first Xbox One foray. Koosh played the Veiner of the Month! How did he like it? Games Mentioned: FuFu - Gunfire Reborn Koosh - F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch wildwest08 - Cyberpunk 2077 Ell - Halo 5: Guardians NeverEnding Stories  Hurricane Dale is back with another NeverEnding Story to talk to Chewie about, but which, er, game did he pick? 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 o

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose, rawkerdude This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  Vulgar Latin asks - What's your biggest video game pet peeve? Something that a game does (mechanic, plot device, whatever) that ticks you off.  It's our live episode! rawkerdude is back! YEAH! He played a big sequel weeks before release! KooshMoose played 2 somewhat short Game Pass games. Ell totally gave his daughter the controller for a child's game! Totally! FuFu played a Burger King game. A BURGER KING GAME!  Fun links: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/r4ezu2/i_have_2706_copies_of_the_burger_king_xbox_360/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5DuXclJWAp1-o7n3fwQaEQ Enjoy the show.  Games Mentioned: FuFu - Sneak King Koosh - TOEM Koosh - Venba rawker - Moving Out 2 Ell - My Friend Peppa Pig   AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VkAvMjmVmXLjRWS61eoMimaoovUz7fr7uPsD6DQP

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Matrarch, VulgarLatin This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  We will be talking more Achievement Fest this week. If you attended we would love to hear some stories! Let us know what games you completed or what achievements you earned that you otherwise wouldn't have, or anything fun! VulgarLatin joins us and was CHOCK full of Achievement Fest stories! Michelle and Ell played some Eastasiasoft games, and then Ell played some Ratalaika games too, just for fun! Ok fine, easy gamerscore. Join us for this jam packed episode. We had lots of laughter and lots of fun, and we hope you do too! Games Mentioned: Vulgar - Sega Mega Drive Matrarch - Tricky Thief Ell - Gynoug Ell - Prehistoric Dude Ell - Deja Vu Ell - Drizzlepath: Deja Vu   erutaerc and Chewie perform an act of sacrilege against fans of speedy blue hedgehogs in a new NeverEnding Stories AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https:/

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Matrarch, pTartTX   This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!    In the spirit of Achievement Fest, what delisted game or region locked game that you don't have access to would you love to play?    To honor the dinosaur who is absent this week, Fufu played a Game Pass game with dinosaurs in it! Matrarch played a Windows game with some touchscreen action! Ell played a brand new 18 year old game and had quite the condemning time. Special guest pTart is live from Achievement Fest and she brought some stories with her!   Games Mentioned:   FuFu - Exoprimal pTartTX - Grim Fandango Remastered Matrarch - Heart Box (Windows) Ell - Condemned: Criminal Origins 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 Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  With Games with Gold dying, what are some of your favorite games that you received from the program?  While Ell is off visiting the Willy Wonka we have at home, the rest of the panel discuss Games with Gold, the games we've been playing, and the lack of sales this week. FuFuCuddilyPoof talks about his love of cleaning up after digital animals. Matrarch spins a Creepy Tale and Koosh isn't so silent about the Children. Games Mentioned: FuFuCuddilyPoof - Zoo Tycoon 360 Koosh - Children of Silentown Matrarch - Creepy Tale   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, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  What are your thoughts on the recent news of the ABK acquisition? FuFu is back! He is excited to talk all things ABK! He also played a game very similar to Vampire Survivors!  How did they differ and how are they the same? Ell played some "easy" Eastasiasoft titles that were updated to 3K Gamerscore! On the flipside, Michelle went back in time and polished off an old Xbox Live Arcade game worth a measly 200 Gamerscore! Koosh played a game new to Game Pass! We are as shocked as you are. Enjoy the show, everybody! Games Mentioned: FuFu - Army of Ruin Koosh - McPixel 3 Matrarch - Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes Ell - Cake Invaders & Castle Pals Title Updates (Fun and tasty!)   GT3OptionFan makes his third NeverEnding Stories appearance with a game that doesn't set the world on fire, despite the title   AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veine

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, Exe the Hero, Kooshmoose, wildwest08 This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week! With the year half over, what 2023 Xbox releases are you looking forward to? It's our live show! Special guests Exe the Hero and wildwest08 joined us and we had a blast! wildwest fit in perfectly as he prominently played a pixely platfromer before it went poof from Game Pass! Exe played an RPG that takes many hours to complete! Ell played a pair of wrestling games that couldn't be more different. Not to be outdone, Koosh played two games that couldn't be more different! You had to be as blind as a bat, boy! Enjoy the show, everyone! Games Mentioned: Exe- Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition Koosh - The Vale, Bat Boy wildwest08- Olija Ell - All Elite Wrestling: Fight Forever, Action Arcade Wrestling xNeo21x drops in to give the June Metroidvania update. AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

This Week's Panel - ElroyOMJ, FuFuCuddillyPoof, KooshMoose This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week! What hidden-gem in your opinion is the best clone of a massively more popular game and what makes it so good? Elroy steps up to the plate and fills in for M and Ell but forgets to go left at the start of the level and spends so much time looking for crystal shards. Koosh takes a break from GP to play the original Iron Man simulator, Iron Man. FuFu is an enigma wrapped in a delicious candy shell. Games Mentioned: KooshMoose - Iron Man ElroyOMJ - Aryre and the Crystal Comet ElroyOMJ - Beacon Pines   Another new voice to the podcast joins Chewie to talk about rocking through the Dragon Ball XenoVerse story like a Hurricane   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

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, Matrarch, Kooshmoose, wildwest08   This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!   Alan Wake 2 is on the horizon but the game has you playing as a different character at times. Does that make you more or less excited for a beloved sequel if too much has changed from the original? What sequels have you excitedly tried or actively avoided because too much was different from the original?   Everyone talked about colorful games this week! Nate splashed around and put out some fires in a colorful indie game. wildwest took over the Nate role and talked up a colorful game leaving Game Pass at the end of the month! Matrarch played a colorful platformer, of a prominent franchise, but did she like the DLC? Ell played a game so colorful that color is in the title! Enjoy the show, everyone!   Games Mentioned:   Koosh - Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue M - Shantae: Half-Genie Hero DLC Ell - Color Pals wildwest08 - Road 96   The Master Raters are back with their judgement ove

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  Question this week is real simple, we are going to go over the Xbox showcase this week on the podcast so I want to know what you thought of it. What are your highlights, favorite games shown, was something not shown that you wish it was?  Koosh played an indie game from Game Pass. All is right with the world. Ell played an indie game from Games with Gold. The world is getting crazier by the minute! Fufu pronounced Hellsinger correctly. Yup. World is over. Enjoy a PACKED episode featuring Xbox Showcase 2023 news and our thoughts!  Games Mentioned: Koosh - Dordogne Ell - Hoa Fufu - Metal Hellsinger DLC news   NeverEnding Stories Freamwhole joins Chewie to talk about the existential Crysis of picking out a long uncompleted story from his big bean dive backlog   AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, Exe the Hero This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  What's the last game that made you rage quit and why? Koosh and Matrarch are on vacation, and Fufu has an ouchy voice (feel better soon!) so Exe saved the day! What a hero! Pun intended. Exe and his wife found a lot of cats before finding homeless Ken!  Ell found two games that made him mad! Hilarity ensued. Games Mentioned: Ell - Among Us Ell - Armikrog Ell - Gaijin Charenji 1: Kiss or Kill Exe - Street Fighter 6 Exe - A Building Full of Cats   xNeo21x gives the monthly update for year 2 of the veiner!   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, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  What modern movie or tv show would you like to see get the licensed game treatment? Koosh played a Game Pass Limbo-like. Did he like it like he liked Limbo??? M played an interesting indie horror game. Kenny also played a horror game that is totally not a music game despite spending the entire game playing a guitar. Ell played the DLC of a game unfortunately leaving Game Pass very soon!  Games Mentioned: Koosh - Planet of Lana Matrarch - The Coma: Uncut Ell - Maneater (Truth Quest DLC) Fufu - Metal Hellsinger (don't tell him)   Neo has much to say (seriously, like over 35 minutes) about a game that hurt him deeply and now will feel his wrath after he worked so hard for a 0 TAD platinum chievo.  Elroy, on the other hand, gushes on and on about a super game that’s hot.   AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  What are your top 3 achievements? Top as in how you define it. Nostalgic, fun, ease to get, noteworthy, iconic, etc. Pick your top 3 and let us know why you chose them. Koosh played a beautiful veiner. He definitely loved it, right? RIGHT? M played a classic Telltale game. She definitely loved it, right? RIGHT? Ell is excited about the new rasslin game on the horizon! He definitely knows wrestling is predetermined, right? RIGHT?  Games Mentioned: Koosh - The Last Case of Benedict Fox Matrarch - The Walking Dead: Michonne Ell - All Elite Wrestling: Fight Forever Ell - Halo Infinite Fufu - Likes to run Annual annually   NeverEnding Stories Mario lines up the shot. He has a 99% chance to complete his NeverEnding Story. Will he make it or will he whiff and lose his whole squad to the alien scourge? Chewie sits him down to find out.    AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/A

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, wildwest08, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  If you could go back in time and give yourself one or two pieces of achievement-hunting-related advice, what would it be and why? - KooshMoose Michelle tried a Game Pass game and its results were puzzling. After a Star Wars Jedi: Survivor hangover, Koosh played a licensed game meant for children. wildwest destroyed humans and our expectations with his analysis. Ell likes crème brûlée. Games Mentioned: Koosh - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Koosh - DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of The Nine Realms Matrarch - Scorn wildwest08 - Destroy All Humans!  Big Ell - Her Story About Forza Horizon 4 and Slayaway Camp NeverEnding Stories Chewie & GT3OptionFan reconvene to hear how more long unfinished stories are now complete. This time with even more XBLA. which might seem Greedy but we think it's Perfect. AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - h

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  What's the best video game quote? Obviously tell us what game it is from, and if you can tie it back to achievements somehow, even better! - Vulgar Latin Ell played a game that was colorful...except the parts that were in black and white. Michelle drove on the wrong side of the road in Forza Horizon 4 and finally played the Lego DLC! Koosh sunk a LOT of time into the new Star Wars game. What did he think of it?  Listen and find out! Games Mentioned: Koosh - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Koosh - Ravenlok Matrarch - Forza Horizon 4: Lego Speed Champions DLC Ell - Discolored Ell - Her Story Fufu - Miserable Pile of Secrets NeverEnding Stories Creature spelled backwards goes backwards through his backlog to tell Chewie about an old not-LEGO LEGO game whilst also calling out Big Ell.  It's another classic NeverEnding Stories. Chievoside Chats Fufu and Elroy debut in cheivoside chats where