Achievement Hunting 101

Level 127 - The Ellephant in the Room

This week's panel - FufuCuddilyPoof, Big Ell, KooshMoose, Vulgar Latin, puns

Vulgar Latin played some older games for the Backlog Blitz challenge, including some indie FPS nobody has ever heard of! Kooshmoose battled a Shadow of Mordor server closure and then did some swimming! FufuCuddilyPoof played some Gears of War, and then he played some more Gears of War! Big Ell put his foot in his mouth and may or may not have done some console command games?!?!? What possessed him to do such a thing? Find out in this action packed episode! 

Enjoy the show and have an excellent 2021!

 

Waka gives a roundup of the 2020 battle royale scene! (1:41:55)

 

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

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUwFljh9dSk6LfsgWilRlDg..

 

Games Mentioned:
Animal Crossing (wait, what?)
Control (STACK~~~!!!!)
Gears of War 3
Gears of War: Judgement
Halo 4
LOST ORBIT: Terminal Velocity
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Shadow of Mordor
Swimsanity!

Level 126 - GOTY Simulator 2020

This week's panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof

It's the AH101 Game of the Year Showcase! Forget the exposition, we just jump right in and discuss our top picks in categories provided by our lovely Patrons and we also get to hear some answers from our community members as well.

Our GOTY Categories are as follows:
1. Which game most exceeded your expectations?
2. Which game most failed your expectations?
3. Worst Game
4. Best Achievement Name
5. Most Inventive Gameplay System
6. Best Gaming Experience
7. Dumbest Thing You've Encountered This Year
8. Most Aggravating Achievement/Game
9. Game of the Year

Waka plays us out with a weird, wonderful take on Lonely Mountains: Downhill's Eldfjall Island DLC.

Now that you've heard our picks of the year, tell us yours in the Discord!

 

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

https://www.facebook.com/WindowOfOpportunity/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUwFljh9dSk6LfsgWilRlDg

Level 125 - Back 4 Blood Forever Among Us While Perfectly Drinking Your Dark Juice in the Hood

This week's panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude, FuFuCuddilyPoof

We recap the Game Awards Show. Which trailers excited us? Spoiler. Check the name of the episode. 

Koosh plays Bedlam. Bedlam ensued. Kenny and his Halo 3 gang go for the Annual achievement! How did they do? Rawker gives some great achievement tips for Hyperdot. Ell plays a classic RPG. Now with 100% more achievements!

12 Days of Christmas has us playing all kinds of cool stuff too! Check it out and discuss in the discord!

 

Chewie silts down and talks with Freamwhole about the 2021 Freamwhole's Completion Challenge! (2:07:04)

 

Waka breaks down the recently added game pass game Superhot Mind Control Delete to get you some extra TAD (2:48:02)

 

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

https://www.facebook.com/WindowOfOpportunity/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUwFljh9dSk6LfsgWilRlDg

Games Showcase:

Bedlam
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Halo 3
Haven
Hyperdot
Minecraft Dungeons
Unto the End

Level 124 - It's a Math Joke

This week's panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof

The 12 days of Christmas on TA are nearing their end and the panel is happy to briefly talk about what they've been playing and share what games they've been using for each challenge.

Ell adds the final Double Fine epic remaster to his to-do list while simultaneously partying up. Nate rounds up his completions with an old game, increments his games started count with a Game Pass stack, and suggests evaluating a new game demo. Corey breaks down a game into its composite segments and theorizes that he might be spending more time with a new veiner hybrid. Kenny's game time may have depreciated this week, but he's no square and made time to play some games in a few different series.

Back to Back is back on track! Hear all about our faithful three and the journey to destroy their backlogs! (1:41:04)

For this week's Waka's Weird Wonders, Waka discusses the hidden gem that is Nippon Marathon. (2:55:07)

 

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

https://www.facebook.com/WindowOfOpportunity/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUwFljh9dSk6LfsgWilRlDg

 

Games showcase:

• Assassins Creed The Ezio Collection
• Call of the Sea
• Gears of War 3
• Grim Fandango Remastered
• Landflix Odyssey
• Monster Sanctuary
• Song of Iron
• Submerged

Level 123 - Phogs and Cogs

Link to this podcast done live AND all the rest of the content from our live stream - https://youtu.be/sN6iyEI-2K4

Link to our first Cake Bash stream - https://youtu.be/eKGx5skVtY8

 

This week's panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude, FuFuCuddilyPoof

It's December's big live show, where you had to be there with us in person to fully appreciate it! Rawker got his hands on PHOGS! early and he had a lot to say about it! He also told us a SECRET! What does the word "PHOG" mean? FuFu continued his Gears of War journey with Gears of War 2! Koosh played a StrollPG that many are calling...a game! Big Ell played the point and click classic Full Throttle Remastered!

We preview the huge December Game Pass offering and discuss multiple contests including TrueAchievements' 12 Days of Christmas! This show is LOADED so dig in and enjoy!

Chewie and Waka make appearances too talking about the November CCC Update and Adios Amigos respectively!

 

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

https://www.facebook.com/WindowOfOpportunity/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUwFljh9dSk6LfsgWilRlDg

Games Showcase:

• Eastshade
• Full Throttle Remastered
• Gears of War 2
• PHOGS!
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
• Wandersong

Level 122 - Happy Cakesgiving!

This week's panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof

Fresh off of a Cake Bash livestream, we've got another auditory feast for your ears in time for Turkey Day. Ell brings a point and clicker on this Day of the Turkey and gets a crew together for some Black Friday cheevo discounts at the local casino. Nate serves up a cautionary tale of glitched metroidvanias and keeps an eye on the clock. Corey's looking to get on the Road to beat the gamepass departure traffic by possibly picking up some DLC with his holiday money. Kenny gives up some of his valuable gaming time to help an AH101 family member progress closer to their game completion goals.

Microsoft's Black Friday deals are live and running through November 30th and we have a few suggestions that might help you to make decisions on how to fill some gaps in your punchcard.

Waka accepted the Hive Jump challenge and is back to tell you about this weird wonder.

 

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

 

Games Showcase:

• Cake Bash
• Clocker
• Day of the Tentacle
• Four Kings Casino
• Halo 3
• Micetopia
• Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

 

Level 121 - I Like To Keep My Hands Busy

Nate played the Xbox Series X exclusive Bright Memory. Did he make Corey jealous? Ell got his Series X! What did he play first and what boneheaded move did he make? Corey played a niche game involving drones. Kenny played a classic game from....2006? Only took him 14 years. Ell played the super SCARY Goosebumps. What old school game did it remind him of?

The community question asked us what we notice first when we make a new friend on TrueAchievements.  We announce the winners of the Streak King challenge, break down the GTASC losers, and read off the milestones of the community! There's something here for everyone, so check us out, we are on a casserole!

 

Your next favorite segment kicks off as bros Elroy and Chewie spit some fire of truth as they both have something to say and they are both right. Give these bros a listen as they address speed running lunacy and the best game ever created by the bros at Telltale in the most sizzling hot take and bro fusion segment ever aired on AH101's airwaves.  It is Hot Takes from the Broderlands.   #gains&sizzles   CAUTION: may singe eyeBROws. (1:40:15)

 

This week for Waka's Weird Wonders, Wakapeil talks about Turok Escape from Lost Valley. (2:12:03)

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

https://www.facebook.com/WindowOfOpportunity/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUwFljh9dSk6LfsgWilRlDg

Games Showcase:

Bright Memory
Castle of No Escape
Gears of War
Goosebumps: The Game
Grim Fandango Remastered
Liftoff: Drone Racing
Pathologic 2
Tracks - The Train Set Game

Level 120 - Raining Tacos and New Xboxes

This week's panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude, FuFuCuddilyPoof

While the members of the community are busy enjoying their new shiny Xboxes, we talk about our new consoles and which games we plan on tackling first!

rawker Bites the Bullet and plays a pretty fun game, but it has some nasty unobtainables! BOO! Koosh buys Evergate right out of the gate and compares it to another prominent Microsoft classic! Ell plays Decay, a solid point and click & puzzle horror adventure! Fufu...is the host!

We answer an awesome community question featuring our favorite games with under 1,000 starters. Who made the illustrious Xbox Hall of Fame and won a free Xbox Series X?

Plus as usual, contests galore and a ton of Game Pass news too!

Inoffensive English from Vulgar Latin with regards to Extra Life 2020 (1:36:05)

Waka serves up a cold dish in his latest Weird Wonder (1:37:52)

Hold your hats, Cheev Whiz is back and it's TOTALLY not 100K Dollar Pyramid (1:40:22)

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

https://www.facebook.com/WindowOfOpportunity/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUwFljh9dSk6LfsgWilRlDg

Games Showcase:

• Bite the Bullet
• Decay
• Evergate
• Gone Home
• Knights and Bikes
• YesterMorrow

Level 119 - The Definition of Insanity

This week's panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude, FuFuCuddilyPoof

Our main topic of conversation revolves around achievement lists being modified after release to become easier. Do we like this? Is this fair to the people who have completed the game already? Shouldn't the developer be entitled to some attention leading to fresh sales?

Nate is beating yet another server closure! Ell is insane for playing the same game more than once in the pursuit of a completion. Kenny kicks some doors down! Corey tells us untold stories about Stories Untold. Mind. Blown.

Gears Pop is going down. We discuss what went wrong. Will we miss it?

We have giveaways! We have contests! Listen and enjoy!

Michelle reviews the game Double Pug Switch (1:52:30)

Chewie breaks down the CCC for the month of October (2:01:04)

Waka talks about the first two entries in the Five Night's at Freddie's series (2:09:32)

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

https://www.facebook.com/WindowOfOpportunity/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUwFljh9dSk6LfsgWilRlDg

Games Showcase:

Door Kickers
Gears Pop
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Game of the Year
Rise of Insanity
Stories Untold
Supraland

 

And now... Gilmore Girls!

Level 118 - This Spud's for You

This week's panel: Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012

GTASC week 3 is done and our panel is wearing their shiny badges. The weather is cooling off so Ell stays Inside and plays some comfort games. Fufu's too busy to play games, but at least he's not dancing to GTASC's tune. Nate completes another game about to leave Game Pass in time to start another game about to leave Game Pass. Corey provides the intel on a new game and as we all know, that's half the battle.

The panel discusses two quick news stories about xCloud and answers a community question.

ElroyOMJ sits down to talk to Nebraska's #1 gamer in this weeks Milestone Musings. (1:48:28)

Wakapeil reviews one of the latest games from Ratalaika, CrossKrush. (2:36:00)

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

https://www.facebook.com/WindowOfOpportunity/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUwFljh9dSk6LfsgWilRlDg

Games discussed:
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout
Inside
Katana Zero
Prominence Poker
Rocket League
Tacoma


And now...time for Gilmore Girls!