Achievement Hunting 101

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 t...

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 Gam...

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 take...

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 m...

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 P...

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!...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose, Vulgar Latin This Week's Discussion - Are there any games that you wish you could have earned achievements in but are no longer able to? This can be because of delistings, server shutdown, support ending, etc. Ell played an OG Xbox game remastered for a new generation! Devin played a game leaving Game Pass soon. Get on it! Koosh played a ga...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose This Week's Discussion - Vulgar Latin asks - Have you ever had tryers remorse where you tried a game on Game Pass or wherever and regretted having it on your tag? If so, what game and why?  New Releases Ahoy! Ell drank lots of coffee whilst serving coffee in Coffee Talk 2. Fufu played a shiny game that is not the genre that you might expect....

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - It's time for the ques...er task of the week!  Everyone! We'd like for you to recommend to all of us one of the hidden gems in your personal Xbox game collection! Pick a game (or two) on your tag with less than 1000 gamers tracked on TA and tell us why it's awesome and why we should bump up those numbers! I...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Proulx, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - If you had a month of free time, no job/family/other commitments, what game(s) would you like to play that you currently don't feel you have time for?  Guest Proulx joins us again to talk about Star Trek! Or games! Or Star Trek games! Michelle found a unique puzzle adventure game. Ell is months behind the curve...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Exe the Hero, rawkerdude This Week's Discussion - Will you be participating in GTASC this year? What is your team name and who is on your team? How far do you plan on making it? Games Mentioned Exe - Tales of Symphonia and Guilty Gear Strive rawker - The Forest Cathedral  Ell - My Little Pony AH101 Podcast Show Links - https://tinyurl.com/AH101Links  ...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, wildwest08, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - Do you pay attention to Time Estimates on TA? Is there a certain Time Estimate that would make it so you start/don't start a particular game? Finally, what's the longest game you would start once you find out a game you may want to play is leaving Game Pass? Special guest wildwest08 is here again and he was on a...

This Week's Panel - ChewieOnIce, FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose, Vulgar Latin This Week's Discussion - If Microsoft were to make a smash clone game who would you want on the roster and what would their move set be? - FuFuCuddilyPoof While Big Ell and Matrarch are off, Vulgar Latin steps in and Chewie On Ice takes advantage of a time zone shift to make a rare panel appearance. Time zones. Amiright? Ch...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - What is a game you have been wanting to play but the multiplayer achievements have put you off, and if there was a possibility of boosting them would that change your mind? - Chezno Great question this week that lead perfectly into the Games Showcase! Michelle mech her match in Titanfall 2 on the highest di...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, KooshMoose, rawkerdude, Vulgar Latin This Week's Discussion - Vulgar Latin asks - What is the best Xbox 360 game? We are live! What can go wrong? Oh. We aren't live! But we still are putting out a podcast for our loyal listeners! Rawker joined the party and professed his love for all things Harry Potter! Vulgar played some Civ 6 and we pretended to know what he was tal...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - What is your favorite intro and/or first level of a game? Did the rest of the game live up to it? It's backwards day, as Fufu talked about a Game Pass game, but Kooshmoose didn't! Fufu talked about Merge and Blade, and the rest of the panel was pretty intrigued by it! Nate played an old school point and cli...

This Week's Panel - FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose, Vulgar Latin, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - What you think is the best Free to Play or Gamepass game that isn't Rocket League on the Xbox ecosystem? - Vulgar Latin This week, Ell tags out to let Vulgar Latin join a 4-chair match with the rest of the regular crew. Vulgar Latin flashes a blue steel badge. Matrarch cleans up a Game Pass GOAT. Koosh...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - Happy Valentine's Day! This question is from awesome community member Big Ell! In the spirit of Valentine's Day, we want to know your favorite Xbox co-op games! Tell us some stories! Were achievements involved? We'd love to know if you've gotten your spouse/SO to play any games with you in any capacity. If...

This Week's Panel - FuFuCuddilyPoof, KooshMoose, wildwest08, a picture of a sandwich This Week's Discussion - Now that the Lara Croft mansion power washing DLC is out, what would you want the next DLC to be? - SkepticalMario It's our live show for February so check out the video on YouTube if you want to put voices/names to faces. Of course, two of our live show regulars are out but you can still...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, FuFuCuddilyPoof, Kooshmoose, Matrarch This Week's Discussion - With Hi-Fi Rush being announced and released on the same day, do you think the reception it has received is the same it would have gotten had it been revealed 6 months ago? Secondly, what are your opinions on releases in this format? Do you like stealth releases or would you prefer games to have a longer bu...

This Week's Panel - Big Ell, Matrarch, Kooshmoose, rawkerdude This Week's Question - RetroChief asked - "Dead Space is getting a remake that changes the original achievement list - which games would you like to see remade with a revised list? Or which should they absolutely not touch?" Our special guest rawkerdude is playing a pretty™ 3D platformer! Matrarch played a card and boardy role playing g...