Shots in the Dark - Episode 24: Analyzing Xbox Achievements
In this week’s episode, Vince, Imoticon, Halcylon and The Viceroy wax philosophical on the amazing phenomenon of Xbox achievements. Have they enhanced games or taken something away from the experience? After another rousing edition of Gatling Geek, offering the Shots in the Dark opinions on the latest pop culture news, the crew digs deep into the competitive world of Xbox achievements.
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May 26th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
SO, Halcylon is trying to say that either someone named Mac owns “suck” or that Mac is suck. Neither of those things make much sense, now do they?
But hey, a Mac user would’ve caught that mis-used apostrophe, methinks.
May 29th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
achievements (and by proxy gamer-tags, -points and -scores) are the best thing to happen to console gaming since the dual analog stick and as ‘revolutionary’ as the wiimote controller IMO.. achievements are also great reference points to compare and share gaming experiences.. replay value is priceless and m$ has found a way to extend the life of a game without necessarily adding cost or time to the development process..
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Agreed. It’s like getting two games at once, with two different ways of ‘beating them’! As I said on the show, it single handedly got me back into console gaming, and it totally caters to the collector in me.