Achievement Hunting 101

Level 273 - To Infinity and Mirage!

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

This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week! 

In the spirit of Halloween, what game would be made much better or much worse if they added zombies?

Exe played a couple of AAA whoppers, Halo Infinite and Assassin’s Creed Mirage! Fufu talked about a new AAA racing game on Game Pass that many are playing!  Ell played a AAA game too. One that came out in 2006, but still! All Ell will ever be is a faded memory of a bully. 

Games Mentioned:

Exe - Halo Infinite
Exe - Assassin’s Creed Mirage
Exe - Nice Show Title
Fufu - Forza Motorsport
Big Ell - Bully: Scholarship Edition

Game Passible
Fream and Kooshmoose return with your October mid-month Game Pass update. Check out Game Passible and let us know how we can make it better.

Games discussed:
Eastward

 

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

Level 272 - An Onyxpected Conversation About Broken Achievements

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

This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week! 

What game(s) would you otherwise play but are avoiding because you are too scared of the achievements being too difficult, buggy, or broken?

Fufu talked about Pokemon and the Mandela Effect!  Koosh played a beautiful black and white Game Pass game set in feudal Japan. Ell played a game from 1983 and a game from 2023. Guess which one played better!

Games Mentioned:

Koosh - Trek to Yomi
Big Ell - Panda's Village (Windows)
Big Ell - Dragon’s Lair

Nerdy Neo returns (with a new intro!) to give the September Year of the Veiner roundup.

One List Two List 21
Inigo and Elroy return to discuss some good and bad achievement lists.   Inigo chooses one that is bound to get a reaction from the whole family while Elroy loses his mind and actually plays one of those danged 70 dollar 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

Level 271 -Trick or Treat, No Old Bay, Give me some Cocoon to Play!

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

This Week's Discussion - In the spirit of the current TA contest, give us a gaming trick or treat - a game you wish you never started and why, or a great game you've played recently that you want to shout out.

It's our monthly live show!  Koosh for the first time ever reviews a colorful independent Game Pass game! FuFu shares some more thoughts on the new Game Pass MP game, Party Animals! Ell is upset about a server showdown.  Ell is planning his future gaming! Ell wants a sandwich. We also discussed the current TA contest, Trick or Treat! Enjoy the show! 

Games Mentioned:

Koosh - Cocoon 
FuFu - Party Animals
Ell - Shalt Be Walloping Fugg in BCM H2H

 

Game Passible
Fream and Kooshmoose return with the segment focused on predicting the games that could leave Game Pass in the next few months. Check out Game Passible and let us know how we can make it better.

Games Mentioned:

Fream - NORCO

 

Dragon's Lair Trilogy live stream - https://youtu.be/StDPbZkpzxM?si=vv6U9E5NjgaCwPhF

 

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

Level 270 - WSTNG Away Again in Achievementville

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

This Week's Discussion - What games have you played just for an easy achievement for the daily Game Pass Quest, a competition, or some other reason and discovered that you actually kind of enjoy the game? - CarpeAdam

Koosh played a LimboLike on Game Pass! In other news, water is wet. Ell played a baby game with his wife. In other news, the sky is blue. Fufu played and streamed a new party game. In other news, the earth is flat. We welcome WSTLNDRJoe to the show. He reached his first milestone! In other news…we had a great show! Check it out!

Games Mentioned:

Koosh - Bramble: The Mountain King
Fufu - Party Animals
Ell - My Hidden Things
Joe - Firewatch

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

Level 269 - Nothing Beats Fresh Prodeus

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.

Games Mentioned:

• Fream - Last Call BBS
• Fream - Despot's Game

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 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

Level 268 - Kiss My Northern Gris

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

Level 267 - A Heaping Plate of Starfield With a Side of Space Taters

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

Level 266 - Non-BC Boys Cold Kickin’ It Live

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 - https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ah_Y7CqVH4YGhPYDaLAykPEA6a8j3Q?e=UYjhPG

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

Level 265 - Overload on this Episode with Beast Mode!

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

Level 264 - Earning Gamerscore Hand Over F.I.S.T.!

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 on Facebook and YouTube