Achievement Bounty 2-25-2011 - 2-26-2011

Achievement Bounty 2-25-2011 - 2-26-2011 (7) (125 gamerscore)

Achievements obtained from Bulletstrom, Bloody Good Time, and de Blob 2.

Going through that burn out period once again. I need a swift kick in the ass.

Read more for 2011 stats update.

A Sad Day For Gamerscore *Updated*

It's a sad day for the gamerscore community. The good folks over at Mygamercard.net have decided to call it quits. As of this morning they have shuttered the site. I feel a little empty with something that has been there from the begining of gamerscore gone. You can read more about the story and my thoughts an memories after the break.

Achievement Bounty 2-22-2011 - 2-24-2011

Achievement Bounty 2-22-2011 - 2-24-2011 (24) (505GS)

Achievements obtained from The Force Unleashed, Bloody Good Time, Zombie Attack 2, Bulletstorm, and Lucha Libre AAA.

Completed Game: Lucha Libre AAA

Completed DLC: Jedi Temple Mission Pack - The Force Unleashed

Not much gaming going on here. I played for maybe 3 hours over the last 72. I want to dig deeper into Bulletstrom but something seems to be holding me up. However, I am eagerly waiting for Fight Night to drop next week. No doubt I will be playing the crap out of that.

PAX East

Attending PAX east? You should stop by booth 150 and take XtendPlay for a spin. I'll be hanging out and gaming all weekend long. Drop by and play some co-op with me! Be part of the 1 million journey.

World's Top-Scoring Xbox LIVE Gamer Joins XtendPlay™ at PAX East

New Windows Phone 7 Games Now Available 2/22/11

Two new Windows Phone 7 games are now available on the market place Deer Hunter 3D and Zombie Attack 2. Prices and Descriptions after the break.

Achievement Bounty 2-19-2011 - 2-21-2011

Achievement Bounty 2-19-2011 - 2-21-2011(35) (805GS)

Achievements obtained from Lucha Libre AAA, A World Of Keflings, Bloody Good Time, Test Drive Unlimited 2, and The Force Unleashed.

Completed Game: A World Of Keflings

Completed DLC: Tatooine Mission Pack - The Force Unleashed

Initial thoughts on Bulletstrom: The Dialog is brain-less and leaves a lot to be desired.  Or maybe I'm getting too old for this type of delivery. It's an M rated title, but the dialog seems tailor made for the younger crowd. I'm officially sick of seeing the unreal engine. I want something that looks different, not the same as everything else. What ever happened to originality?  The story, dialog, and voice acting wont win this game an award any time soon.

I'm not far at all into the game, but the combat is pretty unique and satisfying. The action is extremely fast paced. If you like Quake or Unreal Tournament, this is up your alley. Very gory and twisted, but unique. Most shooter fans will enjoy and eat this one up. I need to play a lot more to pass further judgment.  


Read more for 2011 stats update

Judge Judy Is a Bitch

Achievement Bounty 2-16-2011 - 2-18-2011 (22) (355GS)

Achievements obtained from Lucha Libre AAA, Things On Wheels, Bloody Good Time, and A World of Keflings.

Completed DLC: Cars, Roaar, and Vroom. Things on Wheels

I have come to terms with the fact that "The chase down" will never happen. I missed that opportunity but I'll still pursue it like a fat kid chasing down an ice cream truck. Nothing has really changed in terms of overall completions since the last update. I now will only count a game completed if all DLC is done as well. That takes away Mafia II from the completed list. On the other hand, I got Things On Wheels back to completion status by throwing my money away on overpriced DLC. So now through out the year you will get to hear me bitch and complain when new DLC comes out and takes a completion away. YAY! I'm not generally THAT dude because I really don't give a damn. But now I will be more aware when it happens. I don't have spidey sense towards that shit. I play tons of games and ass DLC comes along all the time. Going back to mostly subpar titles, with even less ambitious downloadedable content is not all that appealing to me.

I get the feeling that everyone thinks I am this crazy psycho nerd gamer. "DUH!" Which is totally fair. I realize it comes with the territory. Or maybe anyone that belittles me to a certain degree are the psycho nerd gamers? People like to judge, mostly due to their own insecurity.  But here is a fact: You may want to sit down. I wasn't born with the nerd gene. Please try not to faint. Sorry, it's just not in me. Maybe I can get some tips from the grench and learn how to grow something that is not really there. I just have to figure out  in what area of the human body the "nerd" is located. Dork stuff, in general, I don't like. I like Xbox Live a lot and wanted to have the highest score. Then it just snowballed into what it is today. There may or may not be a clear purpose to it all. I'm working with that, it's a process just like the journey itself.  For comparison sake and comparison sake only. The ps3 trophy leader wears a shirt with his completions on it.  Just from that I know there's a big difference in personality. To me, that's some dork shit. I wouldn't get caught dead in a shirt with my completions on it.( I own zero pieces of gamer clothing) But I wouldn't go out of my way to bash him for being who he is. Or anyone else for that matter.

I also seem to throw off this perception that I'm an asshole. Well, that's what my inside source tells me. Also know as the gossip girl wonder, Rand Al.  By throw off, I mean people judging without getting to know me for even a second. More than likely out of spite for whatever reason. I care so little about my gamerscore that I have never brought it up to anybody, not even once. Even when gamerscore is brought up by another person. It's not like I'll stroll into Gamestop and brag about how large my gamerscore is. Granted, I'm an introvert by nature. I'm the type of person who would rather watch one succeed, then to watch one fail. Correct me if I'm wrong but there's a good percentage that would rather see failure.  Not sure if there's a point to this but I'll treat everyone the same way. Whether your gamerscore is 0 or 400,000. Same goes if your kill to death ratio is .10 or 2.0.  Dork stuff does not impress me. I'm more drawn to good people. The whole gamer population is so judgmental, it's like a flashback to middle school days. This type of immaturity is stunting the growth of gaming seen in a good light. We (gamers) are taking two steps forward and two steps back at every corner. Have you ever watched judge Judy? She judges people for a living. You don't want to act like that, she is a bitch.

Read more for 2011 stats update. Stats are missing Test Drive Unlmited 2 and Vanquish.

So Nice I Played it Twice

As I have been trying to think of ways to freshen up the site a little and bring more news to the page I've been looking for aspects of gaming and achievements most sites don't cover. So here's a new feature I thought up while wasting my hard earned money on the Internet this morning. "So nice I played it twice" is a feature exposing games with stack able achievements from around the world and hopefully making it easier for you to find and purchase them if you are into that sort of thing. Keep reading after the break for info on games that stack and where you can find them.

Must Watch! Dead Island Announcement Trailer

Or you can view it in standard chronological order.

I really cant say whether or not a game will be good from a single trailer. However, there is no question that it did its job. They have my attention.

Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night Now available on Windows Phone 7

Only one new Windows Phone 7 game again this week and it's another iPhone port. Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night is now available.

Ketchup

Achievement Bounty 2-9-2011 - 2-15-2011 (112) (2,255GS)

Achievements obtained from Test Drive Unlimited 2, Vanquish, Lucha Libre AAA, Plants VS. Zombies, Super Hero Squad: TIG, and Duke Nukem: Manhattan.

Completed Games: Duke Nukem: Manhattan, Plants VS. Zombies, and Super Hero Squad: TIG.

Completed DLC:  Captain America Collection - Super Hero Squad: TIG and The Thanos Throwdown - Super Hero Squad: TIG

I decided to "ketchup" a little bit with the bounties. I've been living in the past for a few weeks now.

The Chase Down Progress as of 2-15-2011:

25 of 46

25 completed games. 46 days have passed in the calendar year.

Can this be done? Probably not. A single completed game per day is pushing it. The opportunity to chase  down has more than likely passed. I couldn't stay completely focused on just completing games. A little bad luck didn't help, either. I was about 20 or 30 minutes away from a Duke Nukem completion about mid week and got the dreaded corruption message. Of course that put me in bad spirits.

A gamer's worst nightmare.

I sucked it up and started Duke from the beginning a few days later. I hated every single second of that. I'm not giving up on the chase down just yet, but I don't see it happening. Unless I get my butt in gear RIGHT NOW.

Nothing like oddly shaped, over-sized, polygon boobs in your eye.

Luchador El MachiNeo

No 2011 stats update for today. I'll put that together tomorrow.

Stallion VS EA Servers: A Battle to The 15th Round

Achievement Bounty 2-8-2011 (7) (170GS)

Achievements obtained from NHL 09 and Test Drive Unlimited 2.

The Chase Down Progress as of 2-8-2011:

22 of 39

22 completed games. 39 days have passed in the calendar year.

This is where the slippage begins for the chase down due to getting wrapped up in other things. Me versus the EA servers. A battle I knew would be a lost cause. EA was pulling the plug on various games on the 8th. And NHL 09 being one of those games. I found myself in a race against time, once again. At the beginning of the day, I had no intentions on getting this done. I was going to just let it slide.

Not sure what changed my mind about going for it, but I cautiously jumped in.I started at around 11:00PM EST on the 7th. 150 games played in online team play mode while maintaining at least an A- was the requirements. This is for the EA Sports Hockey League Legend achievement. Not knowing exactly when the servers were being shutdown on the 8th, I was taking a risk. Some people claimed 3:00AM EST would be the final bell. I was thinking more like 5:00AM or 6:00AM in my head. Regardless, I knew the servers were a ticking time bomb. I had to get it done faster than humanly possible. I became a robot for 6 straight hours. I probably blinked twice...three times at the maximum.  My blatter suffered, my belly ached, and my ass hurt. (But my hands were relaxed thanks to XtendPlay ;) ) It was like staying alive a little longer once the bottom of each hour passed by. 3am, 4am, 5am; a sigh of relief came over me each time.

At around 5:42AMish I go into my final game, game number 150. I finish that game off and I'm starting to feel really good about making the decision to go for it. To get that specific achievement to pop, you have to check your performance tracker just off the main menu. As I am doing just that, I get this message: "CANNOT RETRIEVE STATISTICS FROM EA SERVERS, PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER."

FREAK OUT!

As you can see in the picture above, 150 games played. A overall ranking. The severs went down right when the achievement was suppose to pop. Talk about unfortunate luck. Not 120 games played or even 133 games played. But 150 on the dot. Not only was I pissed off, it was kind of humorous to me as well. Here's some of the thoughts that crossed my mind: "Just my luck", "EA is laughing at me right now ", "Those bastards waited for me to get to 150 games then pulled the plug", "That damn achievement is worth BIG TA points", "Why did you look at that Xbox live message early on? It slowed you down", "Why did you take a piss at 144 games played? That cost you the achievement." "And I thought Zakke cock blocked me good in Chromehounds....".

Hey Zakke! Are you going to PAX east this year? You should come by and I MIGHT let you touch my Guinness World Record. I Teabagged your....blow up doll. This is in reply for THIS. Justified retaliation on my part, I believe.

I got served!

Picture above shows that everything checks out. Except for one MAJOR detail. A card not being unlocked that should be. So here I decided to wait for the servers to come back online. It was wishful thinking, I know. I knew it was the end. My gut feeling even told me to give up, there was no turning back. The scoreboard most definitely read, "fucked". I waited patiently for an hour, nothing happened. I kept trying to connect to EA numerous amounts of times to no avail. It was a waste. I was doomed!

I was about to call it quits and pack it up. But it was too unbelievable for me just to give up. At roughly 7:10AM, the servers came back on and the achievement immediately popped. Making that one of my most memorable achievements yet. The ordinary just doesn't cut it at this stage. That one made me bust a groove. The 100 point achievement put me at 533,533.

533,533 by accident

Busting a groove continued because this little baby came out on the same day.

In the 2011 stats below, nothing from Test Drive Unlimited 2 is included. Not sure where to rank it since they are having server issues. Good to great range. I hope all the reviews out there mentioned that ginormous problem.

Read more for 2011 stats update.

Achievement Bounty 2-7-2011/ The Chase Down

Achievement Bounty 2-7-2011 (15) (405GS)

Achievements obtained from Fifa 08, Mafia II, Bubble Town 2, and NHL 09.

Completed Games: Mafia II and Bubble Town 2

The Chase Down Progress as of 2-7-2011:

22 of  38

22 completed games. 38 days have passed in the calendar year.

All the 3's looked cool for a moment.

Read more for 2011 stats.

Achievement Bounty 2-6-2011/ The Chase Down

Achievement Bounty 2-6-2011 (3) (35GS)

Achievements obtained from Bubble Town 2.

The Chase Down Progress as of 2-6-2011:

20 of  37.

20 completed games. 37 days have passed in the calendar year.

I didn't realize I only put up 3 achievements for that day. I was more concerned with food and the Superbowl.

Read more for 2011 stats.

Achievement Bounty 2-5-2011/ The Chase Down

Achievement Bounty 2-5-2011 (20) (515GS)

Achievements obtained from Game Party: In Motion, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, Fifa 08, Bubble Town 2, and NHL 09.

Completed Games: Game Party: In Motion, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, The Snowy Mountain Dungeon DLC - DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue

The Chase Down Progress as of 2-5-2011:

20 of  36.

20 completed games. 36 days have passed in the calendar year.

Recent struggles are making this very tough. Race against server shutdowns, Test Drive Unlimited 2 being a must play (LONG GAME), and Duke Nukem save corruption almost at the very end.

Ginger bread Rambo would mess you up! He is my Mickey.

Read more for 2011 stats update.

Achievement Bounty 2-4-2011/ The Chase Down

Achievement Bounty 2-4-2011 (28) (980GS)

Achievements obtained from OMG: Our Manic Game, Game Party: In Motion, Mafia II, Fifa 08, and Bubble Town 2.

Stay far away from Game Party: In Motion. Worst. Kinect. Game. Yet.

Completed Game: OMG: Our Manic Game

The chase down progress as of 2-4-2011:

18 completed games

The Target: January = 31days February = 4 days

Total of 35 completed games needed

I have a LONG way to go.

Read more for 2011 stats

You Don't Know Jack Review

You Don't Know Jack is a throw back to the 1990's an edgy trivia game for the at the time cutting age PlayStation 1. A lot of things have changed over the last ten years since the last YDKJ was released. Does this franchise stand the test of time or is it another game that shouldn't have been resurrected? Should you fear the $30 price tag or should you embrace it? Find out after the break.

The Chase Down 2-3-2011

Achievement Bounty 2-3-2011 (20) (350GS)

Achievements obtained from Flight Control, The Oregon Trail, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, FIFA 08, and NHL 09.

What is the chase down? I started the new year out very slow. So I decided a few weeks back to chase down that lost time. I'm trying to get my completed game total for the year equivalent to the number of days that have passed.  So obviously it is a moving target, almost prey like. To achieve this goal, I'll have to complete at least a game a day and then some to even keep pace. The sooner I meet the moving target, the easier it will be. To complete the case down by the end of February, I would have to complete a total of 59 games. That would be 42 more games in 25 days as of 2-3-2011.

I'm juggling a couple of other things at the moment which is making this even harder. I need to just focus on completing a bunch of games if I want to get it done.

The Chase Down Progress as of 2-3-2011: 17 completed 34 needed (this number goes up one every day form here on out)

Completed Game: Flight Control

2011 Stats

Achievements & Gamerscore

Total achievements: 422

Total gamerscore: 8,261

Retail game achievements: 232

Retail game gamerscore: 5,691

Arcade achievements: 74

Arcade gamerscore: 1,170

DLC achievements: 23

DLC gamerscore: 450

Windows Phone 7 achievements: 114

Windows Phone 7 gamerscore: 1,400

Kinect achievements: 2

Kinect gamerscore: 50

Achievements from amazing games: 50

Gamerscore from amazing games: 1,130

Achievements from great games: 53

Gamerscore from great games: 961

Achievements from good games: 93

Gamerscore from good games: 1,650

Achievements from decent games: 83

Gamerscore from decent games: 1,550

Achievements from bad games: 94

Gamerscore from bad games: 1,730

Achievements from terrible games: 44

Gamerscore from terrible games: 1,225

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Games Played

Amazing games: Halo: Reach, Red Dead: Redemption, Dead Space 2

Great games: NBA 2k11, DJ Hero, Rock Band 3, Raskulls, DeathSpank, BioShock 2, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, Mafia II

Good games: Lost Planet 2, Lara Croft: GoL, Project Sunburst (WP7), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Parachute Panic (WP7), Fable III, Axel and Pixel, Rocket Riot (WP7), Flight Control (WP7), Wallace and Gromit #4, Monkey Island: SE, The Oregon Trail, NHL 09

Decent games: Games Chest Solitaire (WP7), Revolution (WP7), Kinect Adventures, Karaoke Revolution, Golf: Tee It Up!, de Blob Revolution (WP7), Brick Breaker: Revolution (WP7), Cabela's North American Adventures, Microbot, Fifa 08

Bad games: FF: Adrenaline (WP7), Dead Space: Ignition, Women's Murder Club, MorphX, Guitar Hero 5 (WP7)

Terrible games: Turning Point [FR/DE], Family Game Night 3

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Completed Games

Overall: (17) Family Game Night 3, FF Adrenaline, Golf: Tee It Up!, de Blob Revolution, Dead Space: Ignition, Women's Murder Club, Star Wars The Force Unleashed II, Halo: Reach, Raskulls, Cabela's North American Adventures, MorphX, Axel and Pixel, DeathSpank, Guitar Hero 5 (WP7), Wallace and Gromit #4, Rocket Riot (WP7), Flight Control

Retail: (5) Family Game Night 3, Star Wars The Force Unleashed II, Halo: Reach, Cabela's North American Adventures, MorphX

Arcade: (6) Golf: Tee It Up!, Dead Space: Ignition, Raskulls, Axel and Pixel, DeathSpank, Wallace and Gromit #4

Windows Phone 7: (6) FF Adrenaline, de Blob Revolution, Women's Murder Club, Guitar Hero 5, Rocket Riot, Flight Control

DLC: (3) Endor DLC - Star Wars The Force Unleashed II, Minerva's Den - Bioshock 2, Raskulls Reinforcements 1 - Raskulls

Amazing games: (1) Halo: Reach

Great games: (2) Raskulls, DeathSpank

Good games: (5) Star Wars The Force Unleashed II, Axel and Pixel, Wallace and Gromit #4, Rocket Riot (WP7), Flight Control

Decent games: (3) Golf: Tee It Up!, de Blob Revoltion, Cabela's North American Adventures

Bad games: (5) FF Adrenaline, Dead Space: Ignition, Women's Murder Club, MorphX, Guitar Hero 5 (WP7)

Terrible games: (1) Family Game Night 3

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The Chase Down/ XtendPlay Giveaway

Achievement Bounty 2-2-2011 (13) (185GS)

Achievements obtained from Raskulls, Rocket Riot (WP7), Flight Control, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, and Mafia II.

Completed Games: Rocket Riot (WP7) and Raskulls Reinforcements 1 DLC - Raskulls

Nothing really new going on here just continuing along with my current challenge. The chase down. It's very tough, much harder than a complete a game a day. More juicy hints below for the XtendPlay giveway. The hints below should be enough to crack the code.


Details on How To Win XtendPlay

 *UPDATE*

The winner is: 
GT: dertswa687o "To have an equivilant number of completed games for the year as how many days in the year have passed? For example, today is the 36th day of the year, so you want to have 36, but you have to "chase down" that number from the 20 you're at now."


 Here's the deal:

I have a new challenge underway and I've been doing this particular challenge for a couple of weeks now. Instead of me telling you what my challenge is, I challenge you to make a guess at what it is.

Guess my current challenge correctly. Win XtendPlay!

Just make a guess in the comments below and include your gamertag. First person to guess correctly, wins.

Limit a single guess per new achievement bounty post until a winner is declared.

This is a world wide giveaway.

Today's hints: Has to do with completed games . At 1-18-2011 I only had one completed game for the year (2011 stats). So in 18 days I only had a single completed game. I now have around 20 for the year. I'm chasing time and making up for lost time. Much harder than a completed game a day. The sooner I reach the goal, the easier it will be. Every day that passes makes it harder. Calendar, days...... Challenge is called: The Chase Down

The wii remote ++. Where's the vibrate button?

2011 Stats

Achievements & Gamerscore

Total achievements: 402

Total gamerscore: 7,911

Retail game achievements: 220

Retail game gamerscore: 5,426

Arcade achievements: 71

Arcade gamerscore: 1,130

DLC achievements: 23

DLC gamerscore: 450

Windows Phone 7 achievements: 111

Windows Phone 7 gamerscore: 1,355

Kinect achievements: 2

Kinect gamerscore: 50

Achievements from amazing games: 50

Gamerscore from amazing games: 1,130

Achievements from great games: 50

Gamerscore from great games: 921

Achievements from good games: 85

Gamerscore from good games: 1,430

Achievements from decent games: 76

Gamerscore from decent games: 1,460

Achievements from bad games: 94

Gamerscore from bad games: 1,730

Achievements from terrible games: 44

Gamerscore from terrible games: 1,225

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Games Played

Amazing games: Halo: Reach, Red Dead: Redemption, Dead Space 2

Great games: NBA 2k11, DJ Hero, Rock Band 3, Raskulls, DeathSpank, BioShock 2, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, Mafia II

Good games: Lost Planet 2, Lara Croft: GoL, Project Sunburst (WP7), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Parachute Panic (WP7), Fable III, Axel and Pixel, Rocket Riot (WP7), Flight Control (WP7), Wallace and Gromit #4, Monkey Island: SE

Decent games: Games Chest Solitaire (WP7), Revolution (WP7), Kinect Adventures, Karaoke Revolution, Golf: Tee It Up!, de Blob Revolution (WP7), Brick Breaker: Revolution (WP7), Cabela's North American Adventures, Microbot

Bad games: FF: Adrenaline (WP7), Dead Space: Ignition, Women's Murder Club, MorphX, Guitar Hero 5 (WP7)

Terrible games: Turning Point [FR/DE], Family Game Night 3

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Completed Games

Overall: (16) Family Game Night 3, FF Adrenaline, Golf: Tee It Up!, de Blob Revolution, Dead Space: Ignition, Women's Murder Club, Star Wars The Force Unleashed II, Halo: Reach, Raskulls, Cabela's North American Adventures, MorphX, Axel and Pixel, DeathSpank, Guitar Hero 5 (WP7), Wallace and Gromit #4, Rocket Riot (WP7)

Retail: (5) Family Game Night 3, Star Wars The Force Unleashed II, Halo: Reach, Cabela's North American Adventures, MorphX

Arcade: (6) Golf: Tee It Up!, Dead Space: Ignition, Raskulls, Axel and Pixel, DeathSpank, Wallace and Gromit #4

Windows Phone 7: (5) FF Adrenaline, de Blob Revolution, Women's Murder Club, Guitar Hero 5, Rocket Riot

DLC: (3) Endor DLC - Star Wars The Force Unleashed II, Minerva's Den - Bioshock 2, Raskulls Reinforcements 1 - Raskulls

Amazing games: (1) Halo: Reach

Great games: (2) Raskulls, DeathSpank

Good games: (4) Star Wars The Force Unleashed II, Axel and Pixel, Wallace and Gromit #4, Rocket Riot (WP7)

Decent games: (3) Golf: Tee It Up!, de Blob Revoltion, Cabela's North American Adventures

Bad games: (5) FF Adrenaline, Dead Space: Ignition, Women's Murder Club, MorphX, Guitar Hero 5 (WP7)

Terrible games: (1) Family Game Night 3

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