Stallion Doin' Work: Day 9 - Like Shooting Noobs in a Barrel

Day9-

Kobe went into full noob mode on Monday Night against the Mavs tallying 14 points total in one of the ugliest games I have ever witnessed by both teams. I figured he was going to be in killer Kobe mode since the Mavs thrashed the Lakers four to nil for the sweep last year in the postseason to send Kobe, Phil, and the Lakers on an early fishing trip.

And the Kobe face was nowhere to be found during the game.

I would be shocked if it doesn't make an appearance against the Heat on Thursday night.

Tuesday: Challenge Day - A noob like 14 achievements needed

I started off with some NBA2k12 in the AM and I finally created a my player for use in player mode which is addicting as ever. That's all I really want to play at the moment. I also finished off the Legends Showcase DLC. It was fun playing with mini-fro Kobe again and all the other legends of the game. I unlocked a few more odd achievements which resulted in my score not ending in 0's or 5's. I need to fix that soon. I unlocked 6 achievements for 189 gamerscore before hitting the hay.

Victorious: Time To Shine graced my Xbox with its presence once again. The Xbox grew a face akin to a talking tree and told me to "Eat shit and die." I unlocked 18 achievements for 480 gamerscore. I'm only missing two achievements for the completion and what's holding me back is gold starring a single musical performance with the drums. I have no idea why this is giving me such fits. I even busted out my Rock Band drum sticks to play along with it and that did not help. I have the track stuck in my head and I find myself breaking out in song during the day. It goes something like this "cause its alright, keep it together." Here, have a listen for yourself.

I also have a Glee song stuck in my head. Actually, two of them. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "Marry You"

This is a debilitating disease I need to get control of a.s.a.f.p.

I'll have another crack at the little drummer boy portion soon.

That put me well over the 14 achievements I needed for the day. I had to continue along to show Kobe that he is good but I'm Tony Danza.

Even though his talk show was cancelled after 10 minutes, he is still and always will be, The boss.

Since my Kinect was all warmed up, even more so than usual due to my cat snuggling up next to it, I decided to keep the Kinectethon rolling by picking Kinect Sports as my next choice. There is some free DLC I picked up off the marketplace, and yes, it does include extra achievements. It's mostly just new mini-games, which is fine in my book. I unlocked 5 achievements for 120 gamerscore. Kinect Sports is up to 1,500 gamerscore points and I have less than half of those.

Popped In Jillian Micheals to get my 3 consecutive days played achievement. 1 achievement for 15 gamerscore.

Total for Day 8:  30 achievements - 804 gamerscore

Wednesday: Off Day


I got some more time with my player mode on NBA2K12 and I'm making progress in that slowly but surely. It takes a very long time to get all those achievements. It also reminds me of how I need to go back and finish NBA2k11. I still need to plug away on basketball games to fend the vultures off my #1 hoops gamerscore title.

I  topped off Mass Effect 2 by finishing off the Arrival DLC. March can't come soon enough! Mass Effect 3 comes out then for those that have been living under a rock or don't care for Mass Effect. How dare you! Mass Effect 2 is the last game that really grabbed me by the balls and said "Play me until the break of dawn." I was freaking hooked on that game. I'm talking about a peanut butter and jelly everyday hooked. Let me explain that. Screw sleep, screw respsoniblites, screw eating properly, screw showers, and ignore your significant other until you get nagged to death for not spending enough time with them. The stars align and your world revolves around that game for however long it lasts. And this feeling, this joy, rarely happens to me. Maybe three to four times per generation. Getting really hooked on a game is one of the best feelings in life. It's what I enjoy doing. People feel the same way about movies and books. There's nothing wrong with feeling that way about a game and thankfully, it's becoming more acceptable every day that passes.

Popped in Cabela's: Survival to capture a couple of quickies.

Tried my luck at CHAOS; HEAD NOAH and I'm making good progress. Hopefully the conclusion ends in a completion unlike 11 eyes Cross Over.

So, I was listening to the newest Jalen Rose podcast and he mentioned how he subscribes to Google Alerts about himself. Anytime someone blogs or says something about him over the interwebs, he will find out and hunt you down. I decided to do the same thing for the hell of it.

This little nugget just came in: "Killed the "Gamerscore King" Stallion83 in GoldenEye: Reloaded MP"

Well....I haven't played Goldeneye: Reloaded in a few months now and the guy claims he killed me a few days ago. So if he killed me yesterday, he either did this killing of me in his dreams, there is a Stallion83 impostor on Xbox LIVE, or the dude is just flat out lying. Take your pick.

The Lakers and Kobe take the court again on Thursday and Firday night. Which means more back to back challenge days for me coming Friday and Saturday.

Day 1: Kobe 37pts - Stallion 38 achievements - 805 Gamerscore
Day 2: Kobe 30pts - Stallion 32 achievements - 505 Gamersocre
Day 3: Kobe 39pts - Stallion 44 achievements - 1,035 gamerscore
Day 4: Kobe 26pts - Stallion 40 achievements - 1,145 gamerscore 
Day 5: Kobe 48pts - Stallion 49 achievements - 1,260 gamerscore
Day 6: Kobe 40pts - Stallion 41 achievements - 906 gamerscore
Day 7: Kobe 42pts - Stallion 44 achievements - 790 gamerscore
Day 8: Kobe 42pts - Stallion 42 achievements - 725 gamerscore
Day 9: Kobe 14pts - Stallion 30 achievements - 804 gamerscore
Day 10: Kobe ???  - Stallion???


9 Day Challenge Total: 360 achievements - 8,010 Gamerscore


2012 totals as of 10:50PM EST on January 18th


Start - Current - Total


Gamerscore: 666,666 - 678,604 - 11,938


Achievements: 27694 -28,190 - 496

Stallion Doin' Work: Day 8 - The Train Keeps on Rollin'

Day8-

As I said on Day 7, Kobe had another 40 point game on Saturday night against the LA Clippers. 42 points to be exact. That makes four games in a row over 40. That's not even his best streak, back in 2003 he scored 40+ in 9 straight games. In 2007, he scored 50+ in 4 straight. 65,50,60,50 and then was held to 43 points in the fifth game which broke that streak. So these types of streaks are common when it comes to him.

Sunday: Challenge Day - 42 achievements needed once again


The first thing I did was purchased and downloaded Scene It: Movie Night for 800MSP. If movie trivia is your thing you should like the series. I recommend checking out Scene it? Box Office Smash or Lights, Camera, Action, the two best of the series. Movie Night is sub par, too many repeating questions. 10 achievements for 140 gamerscore.

1 Achievement for 30 Gamerscore in NBA2k12

Tentacles for WP7 got some more love and I unlocked 6 achievements for 80 Gamerscore.

Victorious: Time To Shine was up next. I've never heard of this show but I think it airs on nickelodeon. It's a Kinect only title that has singing, dancing, and other goofy stuff. It seems easy thus far and I don't see it causing too much trouble to complete. There's a music portion where you have to act like you are playing different instruments. The drums are giving me fits! It doesn't seem to track very well at all.....but still light years ahead of that abortion known as Let's Cheer. I unlocked 22 achievements for 445 gamerscore before calling it quits.

Briefly played Jillian Michaels Fitness Adventures which also requires Kinect and it seems like a good system to get your butt into shape. I didn't play it long enough to get a good read on everything it has to offer. I should get more time with it on Tuesday. 3 Achievements for 30 gamerscore.


Total for Day 8: 42 achievements - 725 gamerscore


Monday: Off Day


Tried to unlock those last two achievements in 11eyes cross over but no luck thus far. I'd love to break this disc in half right about now. I just need to give it up because it just slows me down and makes me hulk the F out.

Completed Scene it? Movie Night

Re-completed (DLC) in A World of Keflings. Great arcade game, go get it! Try out the trial at the very least.Glad to hear they are releasing more DLC down the road which you can vote on. I voted for Candy of Keflings.

Finished off KR: Glee Vol. 3.

That's about it for gaming.

Kobe and the Lakers played on Sunday night. He finally cooled off scoring a measly 14 points.

They don't play again until Thursday and another on Friday. Which makes for a lite week as far as this challenge goes and the first two day break coming Wednesday and Thursday.

Day 1: Kobe 37pts - Stallion 38 achievements - 805 Gamerscore
Day 2: Kobe 30pts - Stallion 32 achievements - 505 Gamersocre
Day 3: Kobe 39pts - Stallion 44 achievements - 1,035 gamerscore
Day 4: Kobe 26pts - Stallion 40 achievements - 1,145 gamerscore 
Day 5: Kobe 48pts - Stallion 49 achievements - 1,260 gamerscore
Day 6: Kobe 40pts - Stallion 41 achievements - 906 gamerscore
Day 7: Kobe 42pts - Stallion 44 achievements - 790 gamerscore
Day 8: Kobe 42pts - Stallion 42 achievements - 725 gamerscore
Day 9: Kobe 14pts - Stallion (check back Wednesday)


8 Day Challenge Total: 330 achievements - 7,206 Gamerscore


2012 totals as of 12:00am EST on January 17th

Start - Current - Total Gain


Gamerscore: 666,666 - 677,335 - 10,669


Achievements: 27,694 - 28,147 - 453


Also during this year I have completed or re-completed as many games as days passed.


#1  Pictionary - 1/2/2012

#2  Big League Sports - 1/3/2012

#3 NBA JAM - 1/3/2012

#4 Nascar unleashed - 1/4/2012

#5 Red Faction Armageddon - 1/4/2012

#6 Once Upon a Monster - 1/4/2012

#7 Dungeon Siege III - 1/5/2012

#8 Tower Bloxx: New York - 1/5/2012

#9 Battle Stuff - 1/6/2012

#10 Jurassic Park - 1/7/2012

#11 Pia Carrot - 1/8/2012

#12 Dead Island - 1/11/2012

#13 Cro-Mag Rally - 1/11/2012

#14 Eat Lead JP - 1/13/2012

#15 Ben 10 Galactic Racing - 1/14/2012

#16 Scene it? Move Night - 1/16/2012

#17 A World of Keflings - 1/16/2012

#18 KR: Glee Vol. 3 - 1/16/2012

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Stallion Doin' Work: Day 7 - The Madness Continues

Day7-


Kobe continues to be red hot. He had another 40 plus point night scoring 42 points against the Cleveland Cavilers. The oldest player to ever have 3 consecutive 40 point games. Something even MJ never did at 33 or older.

Friday: Off Day 

Temptation to post that silly ass Friday song is very high but I'll try to refrain.

It also happened to be Friday the 13th. There's two more taking place this year.

Off the top of my head I have no idea what I did as far as gaming goes. *Takes a look at achievement dates*

It appears as if I finished off Eat Lead JP. I also played some Ben 10 Galactic Racing and a little bit of NBA2k12.

At pigs request we started recording the podcast early and he STILL feel asleep during recording. Everyone except for Omega and myself are in different time zones which makes it hard to schedule a time for recording that works great for everyone. Next week we are recording at 2:00AM EST, which is the time zone I'm in. It's not very covenant for myself but you got to do what you got to do.

I'm convinced this is pig before and after the podcast.


Saturday: Challenge Day - 42 Achievements needed to match Kobe

The podcast spilled over into Saturday so I fired up Ben 10 Galactic Racing while that was taking place and unlocked 5 achievements for 110 Gamerscore to finish it off for good. Even though I do enjoy my kart racers, I can't recommend Galactic Racing. It could be the worst one for the 360.

Skipping along, I went with NBA 2k12, a game that is so fitting for this challenge. I unlocked 2 achievements for 45 gamerscore. NBA2k11 and NBA2k12 are not only the best basketball games ever created,  they are probably the best sports games ever made. There are still tons of faults like online servers not working properly which can be so frustrating. I love to play team-up mode but it hardly ever works.

During the podcast phatal1ty recommend I play Harbor Master on WP7 since it's similar to Flight Control for WP7. Boy was she right! I really like it a lot and it plays exactly like Flight Control. I can't believe I'm just now finding this out. A few of the achievements are ridiculous...like shipping 50,000 lifetime cargo units or scoring 500 on any map. I unlocked 13 achievements for 100 Gamerscore by playing it through-out the day.

It was KR: Glee Vol. 3 time! Yippee Skippy! Mopped up 3 achievements for 250 Gamerscore which leaves me 1 achievement away for the completion.


Guess I couldn't refrain after all. :)

Briefly played Disney Universe which lead to unlocking 3 achievements for 45 gamerscore before moving on.

I purchased Tentacles for my Windows Phone. I never tried the demo before so this was new to me even though it came out some months ago. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this platformer where you need to use your creatures tentacles to maneuver past the hazards and enemies. If you like the thought of eating eyeballs, this is the game you have been waiting your entire life for. I unlocked 10 achievements for 70 Gamerscore.

I first played The Sims 3 back in July and only popped a few achievements. I just now got back to playing it all these months later. Nothing new here, it's still the same Sims game that sold a bazillion copies on the PC. You eat, shit, sleep, and work. You played this game for reals today. Hopefully you took and shower and yes, this was a friendly reminder. I unlocked 8 achievements for 170 Gamerscore before I took one. No, really..


Went back to 11eyes Cross Over to get that last measly percentage done. I ended up in an all German speaking party and the first thing I heard in English was "Hello Raymond." He tried his best to guide me through what I was missing but we could not figure it out. I'm stuck on 99.70%. 2 achievements and 170 gamerscore is just laughing at me.

Total for Day 7: 44 Achievements - 790 Gamerscore

The Lakers and Kobe played again on Saturday night. He scored another 42 points. That's 4 games in a row at 40! Crazy stuff. They play again on Monday night.

Since starting this challenge Kobe has averaged an outstanding 38 points per game.

Day 1: Kobe 37pts - Stallion 38 achievements - 805 Gamerscore
Day 2: Kobe 30pts - Stallion 32 achievements - 505 Gamersocre
Day 3: Kobe 39pts - Stallion 44 achievements - 1,035 gamerscore
Day 4: Kobe 26pts - Stallion 40 achievements - 1,145 gamerscore 
Day 5: Kobe 48pts - Stallion 49 achievements - 1,260 gamerscore
Day 6: Kobe 40pts - Stallion 41 achievements - 906 gamerscore
Day 7: Kobe 42pts - Stallion 44 achievements - 790 gamerscore
Day 8: Kobe 42pts - Stallion???(check back on Monday)

7 Day Challenge Total: 288 achievements - 6,416 gamerscore

2012 totals as of 12:00am EST on January 15th

Start - Current - Total Gain

Lost track. Will update tomorrow.

The Gamerscore Popcast - Episode #23

Stallion83, Pigimus Prime, StophJ, Omega Deez, and Phatal1ty all are all together again this week.... for the most part.

• Gaming Highlights and low-lights of the week: Leela, Grease Dance, Raving Rabbids, KR Glee, Dead Island DLC, Bug Village, and Shrek and Roll
• News & New releases: XBLA house Party and some nice WP7 titles coming soon 
• Listener questions: Lots and lots.
• Gamerscre Popcast Marathon sign-ups  TA  leaderboard that you must be on to participate and Website (going live soon)
• "who am I" mini game for a mystery prize
• Bloopers reel 

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Stallion Doin' Work: Day 5 & 6 - Mamba Droppin 40's On Em

Day5- 


Kobe is absolutely on fire! He dropped 48 on the Suns Tuesday night. Which was the most ever for an NBA player during their 16th season of play. I never thought doing this would be so challenging, but he is kicking ass and taking names. I enjoy the difficulty, so keep at it #24. 48 achievements needed on Wednesday to complete day 5 and here is how I did.


Tuesday: Off Day


Played Dead Island and more of the Bloodbath Arena DLC with Omega. We both inched ever so close to that sexy completion. I probably played about 3 hours of it before hitting the eject button.

11eyes Cross Over got more PT which was another one I thought was close to complete. More on that in a moment.

Wednesday: Challenge Day - 48 Achievements needed to match the Mamba.

I started out in the AM with some 11eyes Cross Over. Which is a Japanese story book game and requires a NTSC-J region Xbox. Only hardcore achievement hunters apply. I've had mine since 2006 and was one of the first American Gamerscore hunters to grab one. Somehow, someway, my launch Japanese Xbox is still alive and kicking *Knocks on Wood* I thought I was about to complete the game, but hit a snag. I'm stuck at 99.57% complete and I have no clue what I'm missing. It's pretty rough to determine such things when you can't read the words on the screen. I'm missing two achievements for the completion, but I ended up unlocking 9 achievements for 350 Gamerscore before the day was over.

Popped Dead Island in to finish off the final 3 achievements for 80 Gamerscore and I threw it on the ground. I've had enough of it to last a lifetime. That being said, I would love to see a sequel. The ground work has already been laid, but it needs a few massage sessions to get the knots out.

I had to play something on the WP7 and that game happened to be Cro-Mag rally A.K.A. a little puke in your mouth at first sight. It only took a few hours to complete unlocking 12 achievements for 180 Gamerscore in the process. I can't recommend this game to anyone, it's awful! Glad I did give it a second look after playing it months ago and getting ill from that initial experience.

KR: Glee Vol. 3 was next up to bat. Not a whole lot to say about this one. If you like the TV show, you may enjoy singing along to hit songs with your favorite cast members. I personally have never seen Glee in my life, but I would rather play it over the Disney Sing it games. Those are far less manly.....I think. 12 achievements for 475 Gamerscore unlocked before I moved onto Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking.

And finally I unlocked 13 achievements for 175 Gamerscore in Raving Rabbits for Kinect which topped off the long day.

Total for Day 5: 49 Achievements - 1,260 Gamerscore


Day6-

Kobe had another 40 point night dropping exactly 40 on the Utah Jazz. This is getting out of hand!

Thursday: Challenge Day - 40 Achievements needed to keep pace

KR: Glee Vol. 3 to get things started. 2 Achievements for 150 Gamerscore.

Stayed with the Rabbits in the AM to unlock a few stragglers before moving on. 4 Achievements for 50 Gamerscore obtained.

I then perused the Xbox LIVE marketplace and found a deal on Shrek-n-Roll for half price. It came out in 2007 and is nothing special. You use both sticks to control a teeter totter like wooden plank with food in the middle which you need to navigate around obstacles to baby ogres. It's weird! Oddly enough, I kind of like the concept. Try the trial before spending your $5 bucks. I unlocked 8 achievements for 120 gamerscore before tapping out for the night.

NBA2k12 was the next game I played much later in the day. I purchased and downloaded The Legends Showcase DLC for 800 MSP. It features some new features such as H-O-R-S-E, 3-3 Era challenges, and  a change in the style of graphics. H-O-R-S-E remind me of those old McDonald's commercials featuring MJ and Larry Legend.  It also has 10 achievements for 250 Gamerscore. I ended up unlocking 5 achievements for 96 Gamerscore before moving on. I did get my gamerscore back on track making it end in zeros or fives with an achievement for the game that was worth 16 points. It has two more odd achievements that are worth 23 and 21.

The final game was Eat Lead JP which I unlocked most of the achievements  for the day on. 22 of them for 490 Gamerscore.


Total for Day 6: 41 Achievements - 906 Gamerscore

More back to back games for The Lakers and Kobe on Friday and Saturday night. So more back to back days for me over the weekend.

Since I started this challenge Kobe is averaging an amazing 37.4 points per game. Practically unheard of for a guy with so many minutes played or for any player for that matter.

Day 1: Kobe 37pts - Stallion 38 achievements - 805 Gamerscore
Day 2: Kobe 30pts - Stallion 32 achievements - 505 Gamersocre
Day 3: Kobe 39pts - Stallion 44 achievements - 1,035 gamerscore
Day 4: Kobe 26pts - Stallion 40 achievements - 1,145 gamerscore
Day 5: Kobe 48pts - Stallion 49 achievements - 1,260 gamerscore
Day 6: Kobe 40pts - Stallion 41 achievements - 906 gamerscore
Day 7: Kobe 42pts - Stallion???(check back on Sunday)

6 Day Challenge Total: 244 achievements - 5,626 gamerscore

2012 totals as of 12:00AM EST on January 13th

Start - Currrent - Total Gain

Gamerscore: 666,666 - 675,395 - 8,729

Achievements: 27,694 - 28,045 - 351

Stallion Doin' Work - Day 4

Day4-


A little info on what this challenge is all about.

Kobe scored 26 against the Memphis Grizzles on Sunday night. Which was an off night for him as of recent. On Monday I only needed 26 achievements to pass day 4.

Sunday: Off Day

I ended up playing Pia Carrot and topping that off (700 points worth) and dove back into some Dead Island action with Omega Deez. I currently have that on the brink of completion.

Monday: Challenge Day

I started out with a little National Geographic Challenge! in the AM and unlocked a few achievements in that before sleepy eyes set in. By the time the day was over I had unlocked 23 achievements for 850 gamerscore in Nat Geo. That alone just about put me at the minimum achievements required for the day. A very easy game and kind of fun if you enjoy Trivia, putting together puzzles or board games. Watch out for a nasty save file corruption glitch which happened to me. Make sure to back up your save often when going for the complete all the puzzle achievements. "lord of the dance" "square eyed" and "Let it slide." Everything else is one and done achievements for the most part.

Rabbids Alive & Kicking for Kinect was next on the menu. That game has some massive TA ratios and understandably so. Some of the mini games do seem a little rough to 3 star and there are a ton of them. I thought it was fun but nothing I would recommend buying. I unlocked 11 achievements for 135 gamerscore before I put it to bed. I'll probably revisit it during the next challenge day.

Last and least I tried my luck at 11 Eyes CrossOver which I previously played for a brief moment back in November. 6 achievements for 160 gamerscore in that and it took a good chunk of time. I feel like I'm getting close to unlocking the final achievements but it keeps dragging on and on and on.

Total for Day 4: 40 Achievements - 1,145 Gamerscore

The Lakers play again tonight (Tuesday) and tomorrow. Which leaves me with another back to back on Wednesday and Thursday.

Day 1: Kobe 37pts - Stallion 38 achievements - 805 Gamerscore
Day 2: Kobe 30pts - Stallion 32 achievements - 505 Gamersocre
Day 3: Kobe 39pts - Stallion 44 achievements - 1,035 gamerscore
Day 4: Kobe 26pts - Stallion 40 achievements - 1,145 gamerscore


4 Day Challenge Total: 154 achievements - 3,460 gamerscore


2012 totals as of 12:00AM EST on January 10th


Start - Current - Total Gain for 2012


Gamerscore: 666,666 - 672,989 - 6,323


Achievements: 27,694 - 27,949 - 255

Stallion Doin' Work - Day 3

Day 3-


There were no days off in between day 2 and 3. Kobe put up 39 points against the Warriors on Friday night. Which left me with at least 39 achievements to gain on Saturday to pass day 3 of the challenge.

Here's how I did:

We started recording Episode 22 of the gamerscore popcast at about the time the game ended. 39 is quite a high mark to get and I couldn't just waste 3-4 hours in a Skype call. But I had a solution. Game while recording the podcast. Genius, I know.

I figured I would just finish up the story in Need for Speed: The Run while we recorded and it worked out great. I ended up with 9 achievements for 340 gamerscore well before we wrapped up the popcast. It ended up being a fun one to record at pig's expense. (Pig jokes welcome in the comments below)


The next day I went straight to work gaining two quickies in Mortal Kombat Arcade. 2 achievements for 25 Gamerscore.


I had Jurassic Park in my back pocket so I knew it wouldn't be too hard getting the 39 achievements needed for the day. I unlocked 33 achievements for 670 gamerscore and made it extinct for good.

Total for Day 3: 44 Achievements - 1,035 Gamersocre

The Lakers and Kobe will take the floor again on Sunday night after being off on Saturday.

Day 1: Kobe 37pts - Stallion 38 achievements - 805 Gamerscore
Day 2: Kobe 30pts - Stallion 32 achievements - 505 Gamersocre
Day 3: Kobe 39pts - Stallion 44 achievements - 1,035 gamerscore
Day 4: Kobe ?? (check back on Tuesday)


Challenge Total: 114 Achievements - 2,315 Gamerscore


2012 totals as of 12:00AM EST on January 8th


Start - Current - Total Gain for 2012


Gamerscore: 666,666 - 670,954 - 4,288


Achievements: 27,694 - 27,895 - 201

The Gamerscore Popcast - Episode #22

Stallion83, Pigimus Prime, StophJ, Omega Deez, and Phatal1ty are all aboard for Episode #22.

• Gaming Highlights and low-lights of the week: Need for Speed: The Run, Crackdown 1 & 2, Saints Row: The Third, U-Draw, Nascar Unleashed, Championship Jockey, WRC, V8 Supercars, and much more.
• News & New releases
• Listener questions: LOTS!
• "who am I" mini game for a mystery prize
• Bloopers reel with new song

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Stallion Doin' Work - Day 2

Day 2-

Thursday: Off Day

No challenge took place on Thursday, but I still played some games. I finished off the Dungeon Siege III DLC I started a day prior, completed Tower Bloxx: New York for the Windows Phone, dusted off my Japanese 360 for a little Otomedius Gorgeous, and briefly checked out the Arrival DLC for Mass Effect 2 which is on sale this week.

Kobe scores 30 against the Portland Trailblazers on Thursday night so at least 30 achievements needed on Friday to keep the challenge alive and kicking.

Friday: Challenge Day

Started playing SEGA Rally online arcade slightly after the game ended to hit the ground running. I unlocked 6 achievements for 80 Gamerscore in it before I checked out for the night.

I went with Jurassic Park later in the day for a Quick time event overdose extravaganza. The game just rubs its big ol' QTE all up in your face. I unlocked 12 achievements for 250 gamerscore in that before I moved onto Battle Stuff.

Battle Stuff is currently free! Go grab it while you still can. Even if you don't currently own a Kinect it would be wise to at least download it just in case a Kinect falls into your lap in the near future. I unlocked 8 achievements for 50 gamerscore to polish it off in very little time.

Finally I popped in Need for Speed: The Run. The only Need for Speed game to come out in the last 8 months. What a travesty to only have two Need for Speed games in the same year. EA is milking the teet out of these things! I heard bad things about The Run, and from my experience, it's by no means a great or even a good game. A game I believe sits smack in the middle. It does not live up to the glory of Hot Pursuit, but I knew that long ago since The Run was not being constructed by the Burnout team. I did enjoy the concept about racing across the entire USA. It reminds me of a little movie called The Cannonball Run. I could do without the story in this game, hell, in all Need for Speed games for that matter. I could also do without QTE during the cutscenes. The game is just one big sprint race spanning across different locals that feature various terrains and weather elements. If you prefer sprint races over circuit races; you will find some enjoyment out of the not-so-lengthy story mode. I unlocked 6 achievements for 125 gamerscore before I called it a day.

Total for Day 2:  32 Achievements - 505 Gamerscore

Kobe dropped another 39 points on Friday night which leaves me with 39 achievements to gain on Saturday. Check back Sunday to see if I meet that goal.

Since I started the challenge Kobe has averaged 35.3 points.

Day 1: Kobe 37pts - Stallion 38 achievements - 805 Gamerscore
Day 2: Kobe 30 - Stallion83 32 achievements - 505 Gamersocre
Day 3: Kobe 39 - Stallion83 ????(check back tomorrow)

Challenge Total: 70 Achievements - 1310 Gamerscore

2012 Totals as of 12:00AM EST On January 7th

Start - Current - Total gain for 2012

Gamerscore: 666,666 - 669,919 - 3,253

Achievements: 27,694 - 27,851 - 157



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Stallion Doin' Work Challenge - Day 1

I gave an intro for this puppy in a previous post.

Here's the gist of the challenge: It's based around how many points Kobe Bryant scores during a game. The day after every game during this season I will try to achieve the amount he scores but with achievements gained. I have to at least hit the number he scores.

For instance, Tuesday night Kobe scored 37 points. On Wednesday I needed to gain AT LEAST 37 achievements to complete day 1 of the challenge.


Day 1-

Kobe: 37 points scored - So I needed at least 37 achievements to pass.

I figured Kobe would score about 27-30 points before the game started. After the first quarter was over and done, I knew he was going to have a good night.

As soon as the game was over I got to work. I wasn't really prepared to get 37 achievements without piling a bunch of games into my disc drive- and that's exactly what I did. It was a very heavy DLC day and I manged to pick up a few long lost completions along the way.

I started out with NASCAR UNLEASHED since I had it on the ropes and was a mere 20 minutes away from a completion. I did just that and unlocked 4 achievements for 170 gamerscore to top it off. I hate Nascar racing games with a passion, but this isn't anything like the other simulation ones. It's an arcade racer who's parents are Burnout and Hot Wheels beat that!. It belongs somewhere in the middle of those two,which equals mediocre. It inherited more of the Hot Wheels gene; bad physics. All that strange car flipping and flopping around like a fish out of water is on full display.

Next I went to gain a completion back from Red Faction Armageddon. Purchased (560MSP) and downloaded The Path to War DLC which contains 10 achievements for 250 gamerscore points. It took around 40 minutes to complete, and like most DLC, it's nothing to write home about.

I had a good lather built-up and was off to a good start, sitting precisely on 14 achievements earned.  23 to go.

Z0MB1ES (on teh ph0ne) was released while I was asleep. I purchased($2.99) and downloaded it immediately after checking out the trial. Z0MB1ES is one of the more famous XBLI games to be released and one of the handful I actually tried. How do the controls translate? Nothing can replace the sticks, but to be fair, for on-the-go it works very well. I recommend using the relative control scheme over the default. I ended up unlocking 8 achievements for 80 gamerscore points. Hard to play in the car while a monkey is at the wheel. She doesn't read this. :)

Started a trend with DLC packs and decided to keep it going with Dungeon Siege III. Another completion taken away like Zelda in her prime. Purchased (800MSP) and downloaded Treasure of the sun DLC which also contains 10 achievements for 250 gamerscore. I snagged 8 achievements for 170 gamerscore before I got bored. I'm not a huge fan of most DLC because it always seems to fall short and never lives up to the original content.

Quick launched the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection from my HDD to grab 1 achievement for 10 gamerscore in a jiffy.

DLC trend still chugging along which made me fire up Once Upon a Monster, to yet again, reclaim my cookie from the Grinch who stole completions. Purchased (400MSP) and downloaded New Chapter! which contains 5 achievements for 105 gamerscore. I liked it! Of course it was over all too quickly like most DLC. What's up with the strange points developers include in thier DLC packs? 105? I just don't get it.

Quick launched SROA and popped 1 achievement for 10 gamerscore.


That makes 37 achievements for the day.

BUT.....I decided to pop one last achievement to show Kobe who's the boss. Kobe Bryant ain't got shit on me!
  


I ended with a little Spongbob Surf & Skate kinect action. 1 achievement for 10 Gamerscore


Total for day 1: 38 Achievements - 805 Gamerscore

That's day one in the books. Thursday is an off day when it comes to this challenge. What will I do on the off days? I'll still be gaining points just not at a high rate, however, I might add something to the mix in the future.

Kobe and the Lakers play tonight (Thursday) and on Friday. That means a back-to-back for me on Friday and Saturday.

2012 Totals as of 12:00AM EST on January 5th

Start/Current/Total Gain for 2012

Gamerscore: 666,666/669,191= 2,525
Achievements: 27,694/27,813= 119

How Kobe Bryant Will Dictate My Future Achievement Gains - Start Of A New Challenge

A new year, a new challenge. On January 1st I was going to start the leapfrog challenge back up again for the fourth time.

But I decided to try something different due to how difficult leapfrog can get towards the end. You are going to hit a wall with leapfrog. Granted, it's a beneficial way to get points quickly in a month period. It's just so very taxing.

The new challenge "Stal Doin' Work" is based off how many points Kobe Bryant of The Los Angeles Lakers scores in the previous nights game. Tonight he tallied 37 points against the Houston Rockets. Which means tomorrow I will need AT LEAST 37 achievements to complete the challenge and the first day of "Stal Doin' Work." If Kobe happens to not play in a given game for whatever reason, I'll need to score the points of the highest scoring player on the Lakers that night. Obviously I will have days off since NBA teams don't play every single night. It will still pose a challenge since this season has a condensed schedule due to the lockout spilling over into the regular season. 60 regular season games remain and whatever happens in the playoffs.

I got the idea when I noticed Kobe has scored 28,000 points in his career and I'm sitting on 27,773 achievements.

It's just another way to keep motivated and keep the train rolling.

I guess I better get to crackin' on those 37 achievements.

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The Number of The Beast - 666,666 Gamerscore. Two Thirds of 1 Million Accomplished

333,334 away from 1 Million. I had to drop 666,666 before 2011 came and went and I did just that around 7:43PM EST on December 31st.

Here is the achievement that put me at 666,666 on the dot.

"BEWARE OF THE BEAST" from the Mortal Kombat Kollection.

As you may or may not know, my original idea was to get 666,666 on Halloween. However, I set out for that insane goal too late in the game. I got close but as they say, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

Two months late could be construed as failure. In my defense, I did take a tremendous chunk of much needed time away from gaming during the month of December; only playing around an hour a night for a 3 week span.

So, I ended 2011 with 666,666 and I also start 2012 with 666,666. Exactly Two thirds of my 1 Million Gamerscore goal accomplished.

You could say I'm on the final leg of my journey for the triple crown. No horse has done it in over 33 years. Even if my gamertag was not created with a horse in my mind, I'm willing to roll with that analogy.

333,333 is still a lot of gamerscore to gain. As of January 3rd, 2012 only 68 other people in the world have a score north of that. Lets just say there are 30 million people on Xbox LIVE. A score of 333,333 has only been achieved by 0.00023% of all users. And some of those gamertags are probably multiple people on one account.

666,666 took:
2,231 days 

6 years, 1 month, 10 days 

• 192,758,400 seconds
• 3,212,640 minutes
• 53,544 hours
• 318 weeks (rounded down)

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The Gamerscore Popcast: Episode #21

Happy New Year!

The first of many podcasts coming in 2012. Pig is out this week but Stallion83, StophJ, Omega Deez, and Phatal1ty hold it down.

• Gaming Highlights and low-lights of the week: Homefront, Alone in the Dark, bully, Spider Jack, All Zombies must die, Gal gun and much more.
• News: Ocean Marketing Fail
• Listener questions: A TON
• "who am I" mini game for a prize 
• Bloopers reel 
• New Song

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The Gamerscore Popcast: Episode #20 Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from the Gamescore Popcast!

Stallion83, Pigimus Prime, StophJ, Omega Deez, and Phatal1ty try spreading a little holiday let's cheer.

• Gaming Highlights and low-lights of the week: Let's Cheer, Hulk Hogan's: Main Event, Adventure Camp, Who Wants To be a Millionaire?, Do Don, Enslaved, Big League Sports, Dead Island DLC, and much more
• Game of the Year Awards: Easiest gamerscore game, Worst GOTY, and GOTY.
• News: Gamerscore Popcast Marathon starts on Feb. 2! very large, very awesome 3 man team achievement competition with amazing prizes. 1st place prize is an Xbox 360 from your region of choice or a GAEMS G155 case. Always wanted a Japanese Xbox? Here is your chance to do something about it. Go here for the rules and pre-marathon chatter. 
• Listener questions: Favorite Christmas Presents ever and how many messages do you get.
• "who am I" mini game for a prize 
• Extended Bloopers reel 

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Thanks to everyone that listened to the show this year. We all appreciate the support very much.


Happy Holidays and have a safe and happy New Year. See you guys in 2012.


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My Top 10 Achievements From 2011 On IGN

You can find the article here.  What was your favorite of the year? Follow @stallion83