Achievement Hunting 101

Level 161 - Freaks and Geeks

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, FreakyRO, FuFuCuddilypoof

This Week's Topic - What is the worst achievement you've seen in a game you absolutely loved? - Vulgar Latin

We welcome to the panel longtime listener, patron, and friend, FreakyRO! This one is a doozy, folks. We talked EXTENSIVELY about our weekly topic. Koosh has been waiting...several minutes to talk about a particular game. Kenny talked Splitgate...did it give him a splitting headache? Freaky discussed a 4 player online game. He has friends? Shocking! Ell took in the chiptunes and discussed yet another 4 player online Scott Pilgrim!

We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed Gamescom happenings, and...sang.

Games Showcase:

Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The Game - Complete Edition
Splitgate
Twelve Minutes
Warhammer: Vermintide 2

One List Two List Good List Bad List - Vulgar and Elroy talk about good and bad achievement lists.

Waka's Weird (and offensive) Wonders - This week Wakapeil takes on the "unique" game Beware the Indiecalypse. 

 

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

Level 160 - Back in the Hades

This Week's Panel - KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof, NOTH ULTRA

This Week's Topic - Given unlimited funds to procure one thing anywhere in the world of gaming, what would it be and why? - rawkerdude5012

We've secretly replaced one of our panel hosts with a guest patron. Let's see if the listeners notice the difference? Kevney and Nate both played the most righteous game, Hades. That poser Corey, put 2 hours into Hades but then spent a bogus amount of time simulating mowing lawns. NOTH continued the roguelite trend and played the gnarly Curse of the Dead Gods.

We talked about games coming...real soon, dissed on the heinous Art of Rally mod that was recently banned by TA, and shouted out our follower's milestones.

Elroy and his homey FreayRO are back with a legit Gen-Xbox 4.

Closing out the show is Waka with his Wakavania take on Touhou Luna Nights.

Games Showcase:

• Curse of the Dead Gods
• Hades
• Lawn Mowing Simulator

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 159 - Boulevard of Broken Games

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilyPoof

This Week's Topic - If you could ensure a series would never have another sequel, which series would it be and why? - Retrochief1969
If you could remove one game from any series to make the series as a whole better, which game from which series would you remove? - Death Dealers

The panel collectively has a tough time this week! Corey played a broken, glitchy game. Ell played some "easy" games that gave him some trouble. Koosh and FuFu both played with their balls, but only one of them had sticky balls in the end.

We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed the Indie Game Showcase, and shouted out milestones galore!

Vulgar & Chewie are back, bringing you all the details from July’s Rumble and Space Race, as well as the August Boss Battle, Backlog Bounce and Back to School Bash. That’s a lot of Bs. (1:42:46)

In this edition of Abandonment Issues, Exe has opened his segment up to the public and is joined by 2 very specials guests! You’ll have to listen to find out who they are, but one of them admirably (or foolishly?) adds games to his tag for brotherly love, and the other apparently only plays games for competitions! Plus, Exe has a nice flashback to the good, old college days (2:17:31)

This week Waka will surely have you hopping as he talks about the games Bunny Parking and Sokobunny. (2:55:01)

Games Showcase:

Dodgeball Academia
Escape Sequence
Katamari Damacy Reroll
Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child
Spacejacked 
The Ascent

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 158 - The AH101-Team!

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012, FuFuCuddilypoof

This Week's Topic - What do you hope will be the next controller upgrade and when do you think we will see it? - Jblacq

On our monthly LIVE episode, Kenny and friends took on Annual in Halo 3 and then it was Deja Vu all over again! In a long time coming, Ell and Michelle played a local co-op game! Corey played with his little blue ball of fur. He also played Sonic Forces. Nate played Omno and was relaxed into boredom.

We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed Forza Motorsport 7 going bye-bye, and shook our collective heads at Corey for his intro to the live show. I pity the fool who didn't check it out!

Genre-lly Speaking 3 - I'll take "Elroy and Matrarch dropping genre knowledge" for 300, Alex.

Waka's Weird Wonders - On this week's episode, Waka talks about the new title update for the game Cold Silence. 

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

Games Showcase:

• Dishonored
• Halo 3
• Omno
• Sonic Forces
• Trigger Witch

 

Level 157 - Knock Knock Knockin' on Death's Door!

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012

This Week's Topic - What are your bad gaming habits?

Kooshmoose took a free trip to Tokyo for the Olympics. Ell got Touryst trapped by a Game Pass closure. rawkerdude and Koosh converged on Death's Door. Does "Game of the Year" get thrown around? Check it out and see!

We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed Cold Silence's title update, and shook our collective heads at the Coalition. Gears 5 has some ridiculous new achievements and we lay them out.

Back 2 Back - Elroy and Chewie are joined by a special guest host, stepping in for Matrarch, in the latest Back 2 Back, featuring weird creatures being punched, birds that are definitely still alive and dragons that resemble Michael Keaton. (1:43:21)

Waka Royale - Wakapeil plays the Forza Horizon 4 battle royale, the Eliminator mode. (2:39:28)

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

Games Showcase:

• Death’s Door
• Eragon
• Forza Horizon 4
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
• Rio
• Shenmue
• The Touryst
• Zeno Clash II

Level 156 - A Verry Super Humman Episode!

Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012

This is the AH101 TV Show! Today we will be jumping into a pool filled with toasters and barbed wire! This is for all the juggalos and juggalettes! Do NOT try this at home, and I hope you like it. Woop Woop!

This Week's Topic - How much of a (non baby) game do you need to play before you decide if you want to keep going with it? Does the list (easy, hard, grindy) play a part at all?

Ell reflected on Reflection of Mine. Corey tried to beat a Game Pass removal with Undermine. Koosh sadly didn't play a game with the word "mine" in it, but he went back to his roots to play a new Game Pass addition!

We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed all the new Game Pass additions, and confused Koosh with Super Humman talk!

One List, Two List -

Roses are red
Violets are Blue
One list is good
The other is poo

Bridge Constructor Waka - Wakapeil is joined by Exe the Hero to talk about the Bridge Constructor games.

Games Showcase:

Bloodroots
Reflection of Mine
Undermine

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 155 - Payne in the Assist

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

We change up the format and start right off with a hot button issue. How do we feel about assists in games affecting achievements? We hear from our illustrious panel as well as several patrons! 

Nate was trying to beat the Max Payne 3 server closure. Ell was trying to beat Gutwhale. Corey was trying to beat his me...troidvania game. We all tried to beat dead horses. We all succeeded.

We talked about games coming....real soon, discussed the new TA contest entitled Jake Jump, and googled Max Payne with Safesearch off while sharing a screen. PSA - Don't do that.

GenXbox 3 - Elroy and FreakyRO are back for the third installment of GenXbox. (1:40:41)

Waka's Weird Wonders - Wakapeil dives into a game you may not have heard about but you should try out, Baobabs Mausoleum. (2:36:47)

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

Games Mentioned:

• Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
• Gutwhale
• Max Payne 3

Level 154 - Third Anniversary Reflections!

Panel - Corey leads the way and reminisces about the days of YORE! Relive the memories as we discuss the first year of the podcast! Corey and Nate talk about Operation Tango, a co-op game in which you have to work together and hack stuff! FUN! Nate played Space Jam, a 90's style beat em up game. Ell played a 20 year old FPS as well as a puzzle board game that totally didn't rip off Mario Party. Kenny showed his true colors saying DC is better than Marvel. He is no longer affiliated with the show.

We talked about games coming....real soon, had many milestones and giveaways, and for those on Twitch had a fun duck race at the end!

VCCCW - We’ve spent June working together on our differences and now we’re back to battling it out with the return of our Royal Rumble event, along with a special new challenge from Exe the Hero (1:34:41)

One List Two List - Elroy and Vulgar return to jump back into some good and some bad achievement lists. (1:58:04)

Waka Royale - Wakapeil dives into one of the newest Battle Royale games, Worms Rumble. (2:25:02)

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

Games Mentioned:

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary Edition World Tour
Injustice
Injustice 2
Operation Tango
Scribblenauts Showdown
Space Jam: A New Legacy - The Game

Level 153 - Silenzio, Big Ell!

Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, Matrarch, InigoMontoya80

Ell is back after moving to his new house! There are boxes everywhere, but the only important one is the Xbox! 

Once again, Ell channeled his inner old man and played an old school point and click game! Matrarch played an old school RPG and reminisced about the days of yore. Koosh also played an old school RPG and wondered what he was doing with his life. Inigo shockingly played a racing game, but it had unobtainables! Why did he commit such a cardinal sin? 

We talked about games coming....real soon, ranted about music in modern gaming, and talked about the new Totally Reliable Delivery Service DLC!

GenXbox - This week fellow olds ElroyOMJ and FreakyRO are back to talk about games that most of us don't remember seeing as we weren't even born when they were released. (1:47:22)

Waka Squad 2 - Wakapeil reviews the game Knight Squad 2 from one of our new favorite developers Chainawesome Games! (2:52:46)

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

Games Mentioned:

• Carrion
• Ikenfell
• Moto Racer 4
• Octopath Traveler
• River City Girls
• State of Decay 2
• Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
• Totally Reliable Delivery Service
  
  

Level 152 - Aftercharge is Chainsawesome

Panel: This week's international panel - Jblacq, KooshMoose, rawkerdude5012

Replacing Ell this week is another 6 letter gamertag gamer in the form of our brother from a northern mother... Jables. Kooshmoose rolls the dice on a brand new gamepass game. Rawker's time with Yakuza is starting to get strange and he thinks he likes it. We talked very briefly about the ID@Xbox game demos and games coming soon... real soon.

Generally Speaking 2: It’s time to take the bull by the horns in the debut of a second episode hosted by Matrarch and ElroyOMJ (love that guy) called Genre’lly Speaking.  So saddle up again and give a listen as they discuss their second my-steer-ious genre and then talk about the ride! (1:45:31)

WakaTrove: Waka talks about Trove, the game he can't get enough of! (2:26:39)

Games mentioned:

• A Juggler's Tale
• Aftercharge
• Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered
• Dreamers
• Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
• Echo Generation
• Get Packed
• Godstrike
• Knockout City
• Lawn Mowing Simulator
• Sea of Thieves
• Yakuza: Like A Dragon