Achievement Hunting 101

Level 263 - The MEGASTAR Returns!

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

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

Vulgar Latin asks - What's your biggest video game pet peeve? Something that a game does (mechanic, plot device, whatever) that ticks you off. 

It's our live episode! rawkerdude is back! YEAH! He played a big sequel weeks before release! KooshMoose played 2 somewhat short Game Pass games. Ell totally gave his daughter the controller for a child's game! Totally! FuFu played a Burger King game. A BURGER KING GAME! 

Fun links:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/r4ezu2/i_have_2706_copies_of_the_burger_king_xbox_360/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5DuXclJWAp1-o7n3fwQaEQ

Enjoy the show. 

Games Mentioned:

FuFu - Sneak King
Koosh - TOEM
Koosh - Venba
rawker - Moving Out 2
Ell - My Friend Peppa Pig

 

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 262 - Achievement Fest Part 2 - Flat Tires and Ceiling Tiles

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

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

We will be talking more Achievement Fest this week. If you attended we would love to hear some stories! Let us know what games you completed or what achievements you earned that you otherwise wouldn't have, or anything fun!

VulgarLatin joins us and was CHOCK full of Achievement Fest stories! Michelle and Ell played some Eastasiasoft games, and then Ell played some Ratalaika games too, just for fun! Ok fine, easy gamerscore. Join us for this jam packed episode. We had lots of laughter and lots of fun, and we hope you do too!

Games Mentioned:

Vulgar - Sega Mega Drive
Matrarch - Tricky Thief
Ell - Gynoug
Ell - Prehistoric Dude
Ell - Deja Vu
Ell - Drizzlepath: Deja Vu

 

erutaerc and Chewie perform an act of sacrilege against fans of speedy blue hedgehogs in a new NeverEnding Stories

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 261 - Achievement Fest Part 1 - A Pretty Good Night for Car Races at the Hotel

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

 

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

 

In the spirit of Achievement Fest, what delisted game or region locked game that you don't have access to would you love to play? 

 

To honor the dinosaur who is absent this week, Fufu played a Game Pass game with dinosaurs in it! Matrarch played a Windows game with some touchscreen action!

Ell played a brand new 18 year old game and had quite the condemning time. Special guest pTart is live from Achievement Fest and she brought some stories with her!

 

Games Mentioned:

 

FuFu - Exoprimal

pTartTX - Grim Fandango Remastered

Matrarch - Heart Box (Windows)

Ell - Condemned: Criminal Origins

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 260 - The Games with Gold Standard

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

With Games with Gold dying, what are some of your favorite games that you received from the program? 

While Ell is off visiting the Willy Wonka we have at home, the rest of the panel discuss Games with Gold, the games we've been playing, and the lack of sales this week. FuFuCuddilyPoof talks about his love of cleaning up after digital animals. Matrarch spins a Creepy Tale and Koosh isn't so silent about the Children.

Games Mentioned:
FuFuCuddilyPoof - Zoo Tycoon 360
Koosh - Children of Silentown
Matrarch - Creepy Tale

 

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 259 - AH101 Fifth Anniversary/ABK Acquisition

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

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

What are your thoughts on the recent news of the ABK acquisition?

FuFu is back! He is excited to talk all things ABK! He also played a game very similar to Vampire Survivors!  How did they differ and how are they the same? Ell played some "easy" Eastasiasoft titles that were updated to 3K Gamerscore! On the flipside, Michelle went back in time and polished off an old Xbox Live Arcade game worth a measly 200 Gamerscore! Koosh played a game new to Game Pass! We are as shocked as you are. Enjoy the show, everybody!

Games Mentioned:

FuFu - Army of Ruin
Koosh - McPixel 3
Matrarch - Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
Ell - Cake Invaders & Castle Pals Title Updates (Fun and tasty!)

 

GT3OptionFan makes his third NeverEnding Stories appearance with a game that doesn't set the world on fire, despite the title

 

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 258 - Don’t Let Exe Guilt You Into Buying Cheap Games!

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, Exe the Hero, Kooshmoose, wildwest08

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

With the year half over, what 2023 Xbox releases are you looking forward to?

It's our live show! Special guests Exe the Hero and wildwest08 joined us and we had a blast! wildwest fit in perfectly as he prominently played a pixely platfromer before it went poof from Game Pass! Exe played an RPG that takes many hours to complete! Ell played a pair of wrestling games that couldn't be more different. Not to be outdone, Koosh played two games that couldn't be more different! You had to be as blind as a bat, boy! Enjoy the show, everyone!

Games Mentioned:

• Exe- Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition
• Koosh - The Vale, Bat Boy
• wildwest08- Olija
• Ell - All Elite Wrestling: Fight Forever, Action Arcade Wrestling

xNeo21x drops in to give the June Metroidvania update.

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 257 - Ayre (and the Crystal Comet) You Gonna Gonna Go My Way?

This Week's Panel - ElroyOMJ, FuFuCuddillyPoof, KooshMoose

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

What hidden-gem in your opinion is the best clone of a massively more popular game and what makes it so good?

Elroy steps up to the plate and fills in for M and Ell but forgets to go left at the start of the level and spends so much time looking for crystal shards. Koosh takes a break from GP to play the original Iron Man simulator, Iron Man. FuFu is an enigma wrapped in a delicious candy shell.

Games Mentioned:

KooshMoose - Iron Man
ElroyOMJ - Aryre and the Crystal Comet
ElroyOMJ - Beacon Pines

 

Another new voice to the podcast joins Chewie to talk about rocking through the Dragon Ball XenoVerse story like a Hurricane

 

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 256 - 69 Easy Completions (nice) and Road 96 (ecin)

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, Matrarch, Kooshmoose, wildwest08

 

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

 

Alan Wake 2 is on the horizon but the game has you playing as a different character at times. Does that make you more or less excited for a beloved sequel if too much has changed from the original? What sequels have you excitedly tried or actively avoided because too much was different from the original?

 

Everyone talked about colorful games this week! Nate splashed around and put out some fires in a colorful indie game. wildwest took over the Nate role and talked up a colorful game leaving Game Pass at the end of the month! Matrarch played a colorful platformer, of a prominent franchise, but did she like the DLC? Ell played a game so colorful that color is in the title! Enjoy the show, everyone!

 

Games Mentioned:

 

• Koosh - Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue
• M - Shantae: Half-Genie Hero DLC
• Ell - Color Pals
• wildwest08 - Road 96

 

The Master Raters are back with their judgement over the 3.5 rating and the goodish games that receive it.

 

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 255 - Xbox Showcase 2023 Thoughts! FABLE, Avowed, 33 Immortals, Star Wars Outlaws, and More!

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

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

Question this week is real simple, we are going to go over the Xbox showcase this week on the podcast so I want to know what you thought of it. What are your highlights, favorite games shown, was something not shown that you wish it was? 

Koosh played an indie game from Game Pass. All is right with the world. Ell played an indie game from Games with Gold. The world is getting crazier by the minute! Fufu pronounced Hellsinger correctly. Yup. World is over. Enjoy a PACKED episode featuring Xbox Showcase 2023 news and our thoughts! 

Games Mentioned:

• Koosh - Dordogne
• Ell - Hoa
• Fufu - Metal Hellsinger DLC news

 

NeverEnding Stories
Freamwhole joins Chewie to talk about the existential Crysis of picking out a long uncompleted story from his big bean dive backlog

 

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 254 - Achievement Hunting 101’s ExeEllent Adventure

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

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

What's the last game that made you rage quit and why?

Koosh and Matrarch are on vacation, and Fufu has an ouchy voice (feel better soon!) so Exe saved the day! What a hero! Pun intended.

Exe and his wife found a lot of cats before finding homeless Ken!  Ell found two games that made him mad! Hilarity ensued.

Games Mentioned:

Ell - Among Us
Ell - Armikrog
Ell - Gaijin Charenji 1: Kiss or Kill
Exe - Street Fighter 6
Exe - A Building Full of Cats

 

xNeo21x gives the monthly update for year 2 of the veiner!

 

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