Achievement Hunting 101

Level 205 - No Gametime For Old Men

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, Matrarch, Exe The Hero

This Week's Question - As your gaming time declines from getting older and/or life getting busier, have your gaming goals or priorities changed in any way? If yes, how so? And if not, how have you managed to keep focus with the reduced gaming time? - Exe The Hero

Exe the Hero joined the panel this week. What has he been up to? He LOVES party chat and  multiplayer games now! (doubt). Two Halo games were discussed! Does anyone like Halo? Nate loves it! (doubt). Nate played a game where you play as a young girl, and he did it all by himself! (doubt). Ell also played a game all by himself and didn't get carried! (doubt.) Michelle played Fall Guys and liked it a lot! (this one's true).

Games Mentioned: 

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Fall Guys
Goroons
Halo 2
Halo Infinite

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

Level 204 - People of a Certain Age Enjoy TMNT

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

This Week's Question - What is your favorite genre and what is the best & worst game you've played from that genre? - Freamwhole

Cowabunga! Ell and Elroy are excited about TMNT! We discuss the new 6 player Game Pass TMNT game! Is it as good as we hoped? Elroy also gets a kick out of one of the Dead Island games. They aren't all the same. He promises. Michelle, on her Xbox Series X, played a backwards compatible Xbox 360 game, which was in turn a port of an original Xbox, Gamecube, and PS2 game. Confused yet? Nate played a fun game leaving Game Pass at the end of June! Hurry! You still have some time!

Games Mentioned:

• Beyond Good and Evil HD
• Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
• Last Stop
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Vulgar and Ahayzo learn about CO-LAB-ER-ATION in the latest Cooperation Nation.

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

Level 203 - Xbox/Bethesda Showcase Thoughts!

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

On this special episode, we ditched the usual format and gushed over the 2022 Xbox/Bethesda Showcase. We named well over 20 games that we are excited for! Enjoy listening to us be happy about video games!!!!

Games Mentioned: (and many more!)

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Ark II
• As Dusk Falls
• Cocoon
• Diablo IV
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
• Forza Horizon 5 (New DLC)
• Forza Motorsport
• Grounded
• High On Life
• Lightyear Frontier
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition
• Minecraft Legends
• Naraka: Bladepoint
• Overwatch 2
• Persona 5
• Ravenlok
• Redfall
• Sea of Thieves
• Starfield
• The Last Case of Benedict Fox

In Waka's Weird Wonders, Wakapeil takes a peek at the Lonely Mountains: Downhill free DLC, Misty Peak. (1:42:37)

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 202 - Sometimes You Just Gotta Shoot a Dude in the Face

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

This Week's Question - What announcement are you most excited for from the upcoming Xbox Showcase?

On this special LIVE episode, we Stealthed and Battle Royaled! Devin stealthily stealthed playing a Tom Clancy game! Who was your favorite Tom Clancy in the movies? Harrison Ford is correct. Nate stealthily stealthed whilst shooting Hitler in the crotch in elite fashion! Ell played a Battle Royale game with easy achievements. Thank goodness for cheat codes!

If you didn't watch the live stream on Twitch, you missed live game footage and you also missed ducky races for prizes!!!!

Our awesome patrons helped answer our question that leads this week's episode!

Games Showcase:

AXES
Sniper Elite 5
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist

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 201 - Be Our Guest, Snooty Umplebeast

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

This Week's Question - What's the best 200 point game on Xbox?

Straight from Florida, we have patron Umplebeast on the show! When did he start gaming and what type of achievement hunter is he? Nate played an Xbox 360 game with an impressive pedigree.  Michelle played a UDraw game and had the time of her life. Or...she was bored to tears. One of those. Umplebeast talked about a Game Pass game. Was it worth the hype? Ell was the bestest host.

Plenty of news and notes, and a very nostalgic question to start the show! Enjoy!

Games Showcase:

Fuse
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst 
Pictionary Ultimate Edition

Fugg's as old as time
Ell's a master of rhyme
Snooty Umplebeast

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

Level 200 - Stats and the Union Address

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

This Week's Question - What are suggestions for a great game where you can play and get all achievements without missables or having to follow a walkthrough?

Ell and Michelle played an excellent point and click Game Pass game. Kenny played a hilarious Game Pass game. Nate...did NOT play a Game Pass game, but he played some straight fire!
Ell played the best Rockstar game and tailed Candy Edwards! Could be this be the start of the Achievement Showcase? Are there any hidden codes in these shownotes? 

Several retro games are discussed, as we are very old people. Time for some Mega Man X, on sale now!

PS - There will be a fair amount of reminsicing about the first 199 episodes, and kT Echo provided us with some great stats! Thank you, Echo!

Games Showcase:

Blue Fire
Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos - Chicken Edition
Twelve Minutes

Nope. You can stop looking.

Elroy has a good ideeeer about what makes a good list and shares such with downtrodden Fufu who is disappointed in the list that lacks the power ranging from what he wanted to what people with nephews in a godforsaken contest indulged in. (1:49:49)

Wakapeil returns to talk about the F2P MMO Tera. (2:31:52)

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

 

Level 199 - Accessibility ＞ Ability

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

This Week's Question - What is your favorite game in a genre that you otherwise don't enjoy?

Ell played two games in which accessibility modes can make the achievements easier. Did Ell succumb to these temptations, or did fun outweigh achievements? Michelle finally got her hands on Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising! What did she think? Ell played some Japanese games with some easy Gamerscore! Nate compared and contrasted two different Picross games! Which one was better? Fufu grew some flowers and watered some crops with Farm Together! 16 person plowing? Sounds kinky... Ahem. Enjoy the show!

Games Showcase:

Dodgeball Academia
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
Farm Together
Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S
PictoQuest
Unpacking

The Master Raters are back, this time talking about their 1 star games and calling out more ratings from the community

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

Level 198 - Visit ilovebees.com!

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

This Week's Question - What is the worst obtainable Xbox achievement and why? 

In the wake of The Stanley Parable, Ell showed us that waiting 10 years to unlock achievements isn’t so bad! Nate had a little misfortune paying money for a subpar game. M went all in with Iin! 
Bee Simulator is on sale. Buy it for Corey.

Games Showcase:

Iin
Little Misfortune 
Torchlight

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 197 - Game Pass is Great!

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

This Week's Question - What’s the longest you’ve actively worked going for a skill based achievement? Not talking about grindy achievements where it’ll unlock eventually, but skill based ones where you can unlock it immediately if you’re good enough, or lucky enough. - FreakyRO

It's our LIVE show! 4 Game Pass games this week, and 4 bangers! Ell destroyed some spiders and he liked it! Kenny destroyed some spines and he liked it! Devin evaded some taxes and he liked it! Nate ate some snax and he liked it! Kenny butchered Elrueisnyden Chronicles again and Michelle didn't like it! 

We have our Patron giveaway, contest roundup, and so much more!

Games Showcase:

Bugsnax
Kill it With Fire
Mortal Kombat 11
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

The April update for the Year of the Veiner is here with xNeo21x. (1:28:39)

Wakapeil gives an update on life and the podcast. Send hugs. We love you buddy.  (1:32:39)

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 196 - Sitches get Stitches

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

This Week's Question - What do you feel is a good warning time for a server closure? What causes you to drop everything to complete a multiplayer game?

Kenny showed his tactical side and played a game that Koosh recommended to him! KooshMoose had the time of his life playing a brand new Metroidvania game! M played a black and white game for some collectibles. Ell played a Stroll playing game and got mad at it.

GTASC is heading into its final week. Nice job, Scroll Lock!

Games Showcase:

Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread
Gears Tactics
In rays of the Light
Ovivo

What’s in the box?  What’s in the box?  Fufu finds out it could be the massive magical gold reserve of Elroy’s in the latest edition of One List Two List, Bad List Good List! (1:47:09)

This week Wakapeil checks out the game pass game Mighty Goose. (2:15:25)

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