Achievement Hunting 101

Level 215 - Please Judge a Game By Its Cover

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, Vulgar Latin, KooshMoose

This Week's Question - What's the best and worst Xbox game cover art and why?

It's the September live show! Devin spaced out and played a free game, and it was educational too! Ell played an homage to a 1990s classic. Koosh played both a free game (if you have Game Pass) and it's also an homage too! Find out which community members are giving their all to win pTart's Birthday Challenge! And get ready for Shiny September!

Please help Vulgar Latin (Devin Specht) and donate to Extra Life! https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.team&teamID=61280

xNeo21x gives the round up for August's Year of the Veiner. (1:20:26)

Wakapeil returns with weird wonder review of Cruz Brothers. (1:25:00)

Games Mentioned:

• Freeze Me
• Space Science Investigation
• Tinykin

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Intro music provided by Exe the Hero. Check out his band Window of Opportunity on Facebook and YouTube

Level 214 - Big Ell Commits Title Evasion

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose

This Week's Question - What is your most controversial gaming take? - Freamwhole

We provide more controversial takes from the panel and from the patrons! The Switch gets dunked on. Ell enjoyed Island Saver, which is available for $Free.99! Turnip Boy is a fun Game Pass game. Check it out! Nate played another Game Pass new game at 12AM, and it packs a punch!
 
We say RIP to Xbox 360 games being part of Games with Gold!

Games Mentioned: 

Island Saver
Midnight Fight Express
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Cheevwhiz returns with a totally original idea that is totally not jeopardy as three contestants battle it out for an awesome prize of absolutely nothing which is coincidentally what chipp remembers about all the games he has played.  Spoiler alert. (1:25:54)

Level 213 - Quick! Resume Your Most Controversial Gaming Takes!

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose, Proulx

This Week's Question - What is your most controversial gaming take? - Freamwhole

We welcome back avid Xbox gamer and Star Trek aficionado, Proulx! We had very lively discussion and debate our most controversial gaming takes, as well as the takes of the patrons! 

Nate played the new Game Pass game Escape Academy. Where else do you find Subjects ending in 101 but in an academy? Kenny played a management game. Everyone was shocked. Proulx played a  totally original game that is unlike any other game seen or heard of before! Ell was proud of an achievement he got! Remember folks, it's better for the wrist.

Freaky gets an N+ at GenXbox for talking about Ten rooms and ten seconds without making ten comparisons to broforce.  Elroy dips into his NES memories for a game that has a serious connection to the city… and makes a splash with his offering!
 
Games Mentioned: 

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Escape Academy
Nexomon: Extinction
Two Point Campus
Watch_Dogs

 

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Intro music provided by Exe the Hero. Check out his band Window of Opportunity on Facebook and YouTube

Level 212 - 2 Discs 1 Cartridge

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, Exe the Hero, Ahayzo, FuFuCuddilyPoof

This Week's Question - While many gamers consider remakes, remasters, or definitive editions to be nothing more than a cash grab, there are several that buck that trend and offer a genuinely superior product. What remake, remaster, definitive edition, etc. do you consider to be the best delivering or most worthwhile?

ElroyOMJ talks with TripleTriad777 about his time at Achievement Fest 2022.

Wakapeil takes a look at the game Rumbleverse. 

Click the link below to sign up for pTartTx 2022 birthday challenge https://www.trueachievements.com/gamerblogcomment.aspx?gamerblogid=86496

Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VkAvMjmVmXLjRWS61eoMimaoovUz7fr7uPsD6DQPIz4/edit?usp=sharing

 

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Intro music provided by Exe the Hero. Check out his band Window of Opportunity on Facebook and YouTube

 

Level 211 - There’s Always Money in the Arcade Paradise

This Week's Panel - KooshMoose, kT Echo, rawkerdude

This Week's Question - Now that summer's almost over, we'd like to know if you cheevo hunt/game while on vacation? If so, what do you do and how does it differ from your regular gaming?

It's been a real week of panelist musical chairs. Koosh is rushing to complete the multiplayer in several games. kT Echo makes his podcast debut and talks about Yakuza and the Outriders DLC. Rawkerdude bats cleanup and sells us on Arcade Paradise which is most definitely not a game about laundry.

Games Mentioned:
Arcade Paradise
The Ascent
Jump Force
Outriders
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Yakuza 0

Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VkAvMjmVmXLjRWS61eoMimaoovUz7fr7uPsD6DQPIz4/edit?usp=sharing

 

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

Level 210 - As Dusk Falls is a Ball!

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, Matrarch, FuFuCuddilyPoof

This Week's Question - If the panelists went to Achievement Fest, which games would they want to play there?

It’s our August live show! 

Game Pass new release As Dusk Falls is the primary target here! Three of our panelists played it and up to eight people at once can enjoy it! Nate told about Driver: San Francisco, as the servers are going down soon! 

Also, we discussed Achievement Fest, as many of our community members went there!
 
Games Mentioned: 

As Dusk Falls
Driver: San Francisco

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

Level 209 -All Work and No Play Makes Kenny a Chore Boy

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, Matrarch, FuFuCuddilyPoof

This Week's Question - Those who interact with kids, do you feel like because you play lots of video games, you are still "cool"? Or has the streaming, F2P/P2W, disposable mobile gaming of today make those kids view you as some relic of the past?

Unlikely Game Pass hit Power Wash Simulator gets most of the love (or hate?) this week.  Nate played a fantastic children's game and M went for a swim with a puzzle game. Most importantly, we discussed kitchen cleaning equipment in great detail.
 
Games Mentioned: 

Power Wash Simulator
My Friend Peppa Pig
Swim Out

The Master Raters are back, bringing you the games they and the community have rated as 1.5s, featuring broken dreams and artful escapes. (1:25:51)

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

Level 208 - 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY MEGA LIVE SHOW SPECTACULAR

It's the 4th anniversary of AH101 and to celebrate we have a MASSIVE show for you all. Everyone on staff is on this week as we look back on our favorite moments and reminisce on all the good times we have had with the community over the years. 

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Intro music provided by Exe the Hero. Check out his band Window of Opportunity on Facebook and YouTube

Level 207 - Knees to the Groin are InfallibEll

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, Matrarch, FuFuCuddilyPoof

This Week's Question - Assuming there was no lag or other issues to make games less than completely playable, how would you feel about an all streaming future? Would you embrace it or would you prefer consoles stick around?

Really, we hate lag but would otherwise embrace the cloud.
Ell had some bad luck with an achievement popping. Stayaway from Slayaway.
To be honest, I still can't believe Nate played a sports game.
I know Kenny was excited to learn about an accessibility option in a game he had played.
Race with Ryan is Nate's favorite game. He made M play it too.
Enjoy the show!

Games Mentioned: 

Down in Bermuda
Fall Guys
Fight Night Round 3
Race With Ryan
Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator

The contest that shall not be named goes nameless... until now.  Two battle worn contestants explain what it is for those who have never made the poor decision to compete in it, then briefly give it praise, only to close out by spending an uncomfortable amount of time grousing about it.  It's frontline news from the Gtasctt with ElroyOMJ and Inigo Montoya.

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

Level 206 - Preaching to the Chorvs

This Week's Panel - FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose, rawkerdude

This Week's Question -  What's your game of the year so far?

First Tuesday of the month means Live Show. Today we've secretly switched things up on the panel - let's see if anyone notices. FuFu plays a game that is out of this world. rawkerdude continues simulating real life chores. Kooshmoose talks about a movie tie-in game that is up, up, and away from being current... or what most people would agree is good.

xNeo21x gives the round up for June's Year of the Veiner. (1:22:19)

Games Mentioned:
Chorvs / Chorus
House Flipper
Superman Returns

Year of the Veiner spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VkAvMjmVmXLjRWS61eoMimaoovUz7fr7uPsD6DQPIz4/edit?usp=sharing

 

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