Achievement Hunting 101

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

 

Level 253 - The Genre of this Episode is Music. Totally.

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

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

What modern movie or tv show would you like to see get the licensed game treatment?

Koosh played a Game Pass Limbo-like. Did he like it like he liked Limbo??? M played an interesting indie horror game. Kenny also played a horror game that is totally not a music game despite spending the entire game playing a guitar. Ell played the DLC of a game unfortunately leaving Game Pass very soon! 

Games Mentioned:

Koosh - Planet of Lana
Matrarch - The Coma: Uncut
Ell - Maneater (Truth Quest DLC)
Fufu - Metal Hellsinger (don't tell him)

 

Neo has much to say (seriously, like over 35 minutes) about a game that hurt him deeply and now will feel his wrath after he worked so hard for a 0 TAD platinum chievo.  Elroy, on the other hand, gushes on and on about a super game that’s hot.

 

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 252 - BEST. ACHIEVEMENTS. EVER.

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 top 3 achievements? Top as in how you define it. Nostalgic, fun, ease to get, noteworthy, iconic, etc. Pick your top 3 and let us know why you chose them.

Koosh played a beautiful veiner. He definitely loved it, right? RIGHT? M played a classic Telltale game. She definitely loved it, right? RIGHT? Ell is excited about the new rasslin game on the horizon! He definitely knows wrestling is predetermined, right? RIGHT? 

Games Mentioned:

Koosh - The Last Case of Benedict Fox
Matrarch - The Walking Dead: Michonne
Ell - All Elite Wrestling: Fight Forever
Ell - Halo Infinite
Fufu - Likes to run Annual annually

 

NeverEnding Stories
Mario lines up the shot. He has a 99% chance to complete his NeverEnding Story. Will he make it or will he whiff and lose his whole squad to the alien scourge? Chewie sits him down to find out. 

 

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 251 - It’s Scorn! When I Tried it with Game Pass, Everything Changed!

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

This Week's Discussion - It's time for the question of the week!  If you could go back in time and give yourself one or two pieces of achievement-hunting-related advice, what would it be and why? - KooshMoose

Michelle tried a Game Pass game and its results were puzzling. After a Star Wars Jedi: Survivor hangover, Koosh played a licensed game meant for children. wildwest destroyed humans and our expectations with his analysis. Ell likes crème brûlée.

Games Mentioned:

Koosh - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Koosh - DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of The Nine Realms
Matrarch - Scorn
wildwest08 - Destroy All Humans! 
Big Ell - Her Story About Forza Horizon 4 and Slayaway Camp

NeverEnding Stories
Chewie & GT3OptionFan reconvene to hear how more long unfinished stories are now complete. This time with even more XBLA. which might seem Greedy but we think it's Perfect.

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 250 - The Part Where Koosh Gushes About Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

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

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

What's the best video game quote? Obviously tell us what game it is from, and if you can tie it back to achievements somehow, even better! - Vulgar Latin

Ell played a game that was colorful...except the parts that were in black and white. Michelle drove on the wrong side of the road in Forza Horizon 4 and finally played the Lego DLC! Koosh sunk a LOT of time into the new Star Wars game. What did he think of it?  Listen and find out!

Games Mentioned:

Koosh - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Koosh - Ravenlok
Matrarch - Forza Horizon 4: Lego Speed Champions DLC
Ell - Discolored
Ell - Her Story
Fufu - Miserable Pile of Secrets

NeverEnding Stories

Creature spelled backwards goes backwards through his backlog to tell Chewie about an old not-LEGO LEGO game whilst also calling out Big Ell.  It's another classic NeverEnding Stories.

Chievoside Chats

Fufu and Elroy debut in cheivoside chats where two fellers just catch up with one another and reflect on the recent podcast milestone of 250 episodes by each discussing two fifty point chievos.  Revelations abound such as Fufu not remembering Elroy's issues with crabs and both fondly missing the good ol' days of the community's collective misery of a tackling a very unrealistic chievo list of a game everyone played.

 

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