Forza Horizon Hits The Road While Solitaire Deals The Cards

Another new game in Forza Horizon, a game based on the Horizon festival of Colorado.

The first unlock was Welcome to Horizon (10G) for reaching the Horizon festival successfully and was swiftly followed by ...and across the line! (10G) for competing in my first race at Horizon.

First (20G) came for winning my first race which was in my debut race and A Wristed Development (20G) unlocked after the award of my Yellow Wristband.

Take her for a Spin! (15G) came after purchasing a car from the Autoshow and was soon joined by Born Slippy (10G) popped up for winning my first mixed-surface race.

Later on I went on Microsoft Solitaire Collection and secured the final of the three achievements in the shape of Well Played (10G) for securing my first win on the collection.

This meant it became by 13th completed game overall but with the impending DLC for Sleeping Dogs, MSC sits as number 12 with Sleeping Dogs likely to become the 13th later in the week. 

Windows 8 Launches With Free Achievements While DC3 Completes A Week

Windows 8 launched today and as I browsed the new layout I spotted games with Xbox liveries and in downloading noticed they had achievements so went on and played a few of them.

Up first was Microsoft Minesweeper which saw the unlocking of Good Start (10G) for completion of the first minefield and Happens To Everybody (5G) for triggering a mine for the first time.

Wordament was my next game and saw nine unlocks which began with Sweet Sixteen (10G) for finding words which used each of the 16 letters in the grid once in a round. Spin Cycle (10G) spun in for rotating the grid in a round.

Theme Word (10G) unlocked for finding a themed word in a round and at the same time was joined by CH a CH IN g (10G) for finding a diagram word in a round.

Autobiographical (20G) unlocked for finding the longest possible word in a round which was 'Groomsman' and in doing so unlocked Swipe Those Tiles (10G) for completing 10 rounds.

Multilingual (10G) popped up for playing the game in an alternate language of which I chose Français. Better Than Half (10G) unlocked for finishing in the top 50% of players in a round and in doing so I unlocked Beat Your Frenemies (20G) for beating all frenenmies (I selected a random player)

The last of the nine meant that I had reached the milestone of 85,000 TA score and  moved onto Dance Central 3 and unlocked five achievements which began with Daily Grind (20G) for playing the game for seven consecutive days  and Nice Moves (20G) unlocked for claiming a 'Nice' score on 1000 moves.

Top Agent (15G) spied in for deciphering a craze on the first try an Do It... (15G) popped up for achieving five stars on 'The Hustle' in Story mode.


GOOOAAALLL! (20G) scored a hit for setting and completing a weekly goal successfully. Onto Pinball FX 2 and a solitary unlock which was Shuttle Pilot (15G) for finding five samples on the Mars table.

Jetpack Joyride rocketed up next and Alpha Charlie (5G) unlocked for flying over 2kms in distance. Reckless Racing drove in and sped to four achievements which began with Winner (5G) for winning a race.

Cup Winner (5G) unlocked for winning a cup, Proud Car Owner (5G) unlocked for purchasing a car and Picasso (5G) rolled up for painting the previously purchased car.

Finally, I played on Microsoft Solitaire and two unlocks were dealt to me in the shape of First One's Free (10G) for filliping over my first card and Jack Of All Trades (20G) for playing at least 1 game of Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, TriPeaks, and Pyramid.

A very successful day which in summary saw 25 achievements for a total of 438 True Achievement points and an amazing 305G.

Borderlands 2 Searches for Constructors

A late go saw the unlock of Build Buster (20G) for defeating a Constructor before it could produce a bot.

Dance Central 3 Shares The Scores While Borderlands 2 Does Safari

A late go saw the unlock of Let 'Em Know (20G) for sharing five scores with my friends list and on Borderlands 2, I soon unlocked Farewell, Old Girl (20G) for completing the mission 'Wildlife Preservation'.

Borderlands 2 Goes Exploring

A late go ended with the unlock of Phased and Confused (20G) for phase-locking 100 enemies while playing as the Siren character.

Borderlands 2 Surges On

A late go on Borderlands 2 after the heroics on DC3 saw an early unlock in the shape of Sky's The Limit (20G) for completing the mission 'Rising Action'. Cute Loot (15G) later unlocked for killing a Chubby.

Can See My House From Here (20G) unlocked for completing the mission 'Bright Lights, Flying City'.

Dance Central 3 Hits The Floor

Another new game in the shape of Dance Central 3 and a quick unlock in Best Practices (15G) for beating the high score on a song after rehearsing it first. Go Shorty (15G) unlocked next for performing 'In Da Club' on a character's birthday so I chose Miss Aubrey as today is her day.

First Degree Burn (15G) ignited for burning at least 100 calories in any game mode and was then joined by a double unlock of  Worth A Thousand Words (15G) and We're Friends, Right? (20G) for sharing a photo online and doing it via Facebook. 


Dig In Deep (10G) unlocked for successfully changing the sorting on the song select screen from skill to alphabetical.


Just Pick Something! (10G) unlocked for skipping five songs on Party Mode. Up All Night (25G) popped up after beginning a party before midnight and playing on until the next day.

Borderlands 2 Resumes

Back onto Borderlands 2 and a quick unlock with Goliath, Meet David (15G) which popped up after letting a Goliath level up four times before killing him and it took me over the 63k mark for Gamerscore on what is my 2 year anniversary on True Achievements.  Wilhelm Screamed (20G) unlocked for completing the mission 'A Train To Catch'.

FIFA 13 Goes Live

A late go on FIFA 13 and unlocked Go Live (15G) for winning an EASFC Live Matchday game which saw me defeat Reading 3-2 with Liverpool. Hello World (5G) soon unlocked for giving a debut to my Pro online.

Sleeping Dogs Reaches The End

An afternoon go to replay missions/events to claim the final achievements and with the help of a briefcase, Whatever's Handy (15G) unlocked for using 10 different melee weapons and left four to go on the achievement chase. Solid Silver (35G) popped up after reaching 30 Silver Stat awards.

Auto Enthusiast (10G) drove in for purchasing all vehicles and was soon joined by Fashion Victim (15G) for purchasing all clothing and this left only one more achievement.


Pure Gold (60G) sealed the 100% completion of the achievements and came after reaching all 30 Gold Stat awards with the final awards being the Gambler award.

The final chase meant Sleeping Dogs became my 12th completed game since July 2007 and the 5th in 2012 so far.