Backlog Catchup Part One

After a huge neglect in updating this blog dating back over a month, finally I have got around to sorting through the unlocks and milestones but after such a huge delay, a lot of days will be condensed into the same post in order to reduces traffic of posts.

The backlog begins with December 15th which saw a session on Kinect Sports Rivals on co-op with Tonyboykid which resulted in six unlocks beginning with Soccer Champ (20G) for winning my first Soccer event online which was soon followed by Wake Racing Champ (20G) for winning my first Wake Racing event online.

 Aces High (20G) swung in next for hitting four consecutive aces in a single Tennis event which led to the popping up of Tennis Champ (20G) for winning my first Tennis event online.

Climbing Champ (20G) unlocked after winning my first climbing event online which saw an instant partner in the form of Climbing Clever (20G) for throwing all three opponents off the wall before winning a climbing event.

December 16th saw two new arcade games grace the Achievement chase in the form of Risk and Trivial Pursuit Live with the latter involving co-op with Tonyboykid where overall there were 11 unlocks. The day began with Trivial Pursuit Live and the unlocking of A Noble Pursuit (50G) for reaching a trivia rating of 100.

#WedgesFTW (25G) unlocked after winning my first gameshow which saw the popping up of Greedy Grabber (100G) for completing a grab bag question by selecting all of the answers on the grid.

Tens, Anyone? (25G) unlocked after correctly answering 10 questions of each Trivial Pursuit category type which was soon followed by Wedge Warrior (30G) for collecting 30 wedges.

The Real Treasure was Friendship (30G) unlocked after completing a gameshow with three other human controlled players and was later followed by Around the World in 80 Plays (50G) for answering 50 questions correctly in the Geography category.

The session ended with the unlocking of Six Seasons and a Movie (50G) for answering 50 questions correctly in the Entertainment category.  Next up was the debut of Risk which I did solo and came away with three unlocks starting with Perfect! (25G) after conquering a territory by taking no casualties.

By Strength and Guile (50G) unlocked after spending five stars in a single purchase of troops and was followed by the final unlock of the day in the form of Be the Best (25G) for attacking with 10 or more troops.

December 17th saw a quick stop on Call of Duty:Ghosts with a single unlock in the form of The Belly of the Beast (20G) for reaching the cargo area in Mayday in regular or hardcore difficulty. December 18th also saw a limited stop on South Park: Tenorman's Revenge which saw two unlocks starting with The Perfect Host (5G) for hosting a level in multiplayer.

Super Best Friends (5G) popped up for joining and successfully completing a level in co-op mode and ended the session. December 19th signalled the start of a huge mission to end the year with an unlock on 200 games and featured five games across the day.

Trials Evolution kicked off the day with a trio of unlocks beginning with The Editor's Apprentice (20G) for creating a track that has three path points before going on to test it with Community Spirit (20G) popping up after posting a time on a another player's custom track.

The stint ended with Custom Finish (20G) for hosting and finishing a local multiplayer match on a user-created track. Next up was a quick stop on Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 which saw a single unlock in the form of Enemy Hunter (10G) for defeating 1,000 enemies.

Later in the day, I played on Pac-Man on the Xbox 360 and secured three unlocks with Apple (10G) popping up for eating the apple in round five before Clear Round 5 (15G) unlocked after clearing the beginner level by completing the first five rounds.

Melon (15G) ended the stint after eating the melon in round seven which took a lot of effort to earn. An afternoon session on Crazy Taxi saw huge success with seven unlocks which began with Original B-license (10G) for earning the B class license in Original mode.


Arcade S-license (20G) unlocked after earning the S class license in Arcade mode and was soon followed by Original S-license (20G) for earning the S class license in Original mode.



 Original A-license (15G) unlocked after earning the A class license in Original mode which soon led to the popping up of Arcade C-license (5G) for earning the C class license in Arcade mode.



Arcade A-license (15G) unlocked after earning the A class license in Arcade mode before the session ended with the popping up of Arcade B-license (10G) for earning the B class license in Arcade mode.



The day ended with a quick stop on Burnout Crash which saw a quartet of unlocks starting with Maximum Withdrawal (10G) after collecting $9,000,000 from a single Bank Truck and on the same level, Maximum Carnage (5G) popped up for triggering a Super Feature with 100% power.


Fighting Back (10G) unlocked after taking on and beating an Autolog Recommendation while beating a friend's score and the day ended with the popping up of Hat Trick (10G) after winning three Autolog Challenges in a row against the same friend.


December 20th saw a quick stop on PES 2009 with a single unlock in the form of Come From Behind (10G) for coming from behind in a match to win. December 21st saw another quick stint but on Rabbids Big Bang which saw a trio of unlocks starting with Gas attendant (5G) for refuelling five times.


Bwaatt man (9G) unlocked after upgrading my bat to maximum which took a huge amount of coins and was later followed by Show-off (27G) for upgrading the jetpack and bat to maximum.

December 22nd saw another short day with the debut of Tetris Ultimate on Xbox One with a single unlock in the form of Ultimate Explorer (25G) for claiming the first three badges. December 23rd saw a return to Trivial Pursuit Live with a trio of unlocks kicking off with Doing Science and Still Alive (50G) after answering 50 questions correctly in the Science & Nature category.

Hunting for Sport (50G) followed after answering 50 questions correctly in the Sports & Leisure category before the session ended with the popping up of Historical Oracle (50G) for answering 50 questions correctly in the History category.

Later on, I went on Halo Spartan Assault and scored two unlocks starting with Prodigy (10G) for earning a first gold star in an operation mission which was soon followed by Switched On (20G) for completing Operation B.

A busy Christmas Eve meant a small gaming session split across two games which began with Project Spark featuring two unlocks beginning with Haakon Challenger (10G) after completing 10 Champion Challenges with Haakon. Collector of Rare Antiquities (15G) popped up after retrieving the Rune Stone in Champions Quest: Void Storm.

Later in the day, I handed a debut to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on the Xbox One which resulted in four unlocks starting with Not on my Watch (10G) for preventing the walking tank from being destroyed by the Drone Swarm in Induction. Threat Detected (15G) popped up after painting ten enemies with a single threat grenade.

Seoul Mates (25G) unlocked after completing Induction before Advanced Soldier (5G) popped up after spending the first exo upgrade point. 

Christmas Day saw a rise in the chase with four different games featuring a single unlock starting with Jetpack Joyride and the earning of Bullseye (15G) for getting a score of exactly 200m which took a lot of attempts. Next up was Halo: The Master Chief Collection and the popping up of Destination Vacation (10G) for viewing a seasonal sign on Zanzibar.

A stop on Game Room resulted in the unlocking of My First Challenge (5G) for basically sending a challenge and the day ended with a quick go on Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leading to the popping up of Good While It Lasted (20G) for completing memory sequence 2.

Xbox Catch-up List Builds Momentum

After slipping behind on my goal of earning achievements on 200 different games across the year, December 12th saw the remaining total at around 50 games so I did a few stints on some random games.

First up was a co-op session with Tonyboykid on Need for Speed: The Run which saw two achievement starting with All for one (15G) unlocking after completing a group objective while One for all (50G) popped up after completing five group objectives.


 Next up was a go on F1 2013 which also saw two achievements which began with These cars are Laud! (25G) for setting lap times at Brands Hatch and Jerez with the Ferrari 312 T2 with Five Star Rating (20G) following for setting clean lap times on five different circuits.


The afternoon saw a quick workout via Fruit Ninja Kinect which saw three achievements earned starting with Windmill (10G) for becoming a blur on screen via a combo with BLITZIN! (10G) popping up after scoring with a Combo Blitz.


The stint ended with the unlocking of Winning! (10G) after beating a friend on the weekly leaderboard. Next up was a quick go on Pool Nation which led to two achievements being earned starting with Does Not Compute (10G) after a first win against the AI in Versus.

Back to the Future (10G) soon popped up after using a Flashback and later on, I debuted Titanfall with the help of Tonyboykid which saw us gain two achievements starting with Sand Trap Victor (5G) for winning a match on Sand Trap.


The Bigger They Are (30G) popped up after killing two Titans as a Pilot in a single match on Sandtrap and the day came to an end with the co-op session continuing onto Monopoly Deal which saw two achievements beginning with Final no (90G) for countering a 'Just Say No' card with a 'Just Say No' card.

Business Master (200G) unlocked after using a 'Double The Rent' card on the full dark blue set of properties with a house and a hotel and the session continued into the next day which Wild wild set (80G) popping up for having a full set composed of 'Property Wildcards'.


Selective (40G) unlocked after winning a game without having a 'Property Wildcard' in any full set and the game itself was completed with the popping up of I want those ones. (120G) for winning a game without playing any property cards.

 The day itself was the milestone 350th of my achievement win streak but another milestone came later on in the form of my 6000th non-app achievement as I earned seven in a session on Hitman Absolution.

Blood Money (20G) unlocked after completing the Contract Basics Tutorial with First Contract (20G) popping up after completing the Creating Contracts Tutorial. 


Competitive Spirit (20G) unlocked after creating a contract competition and was soon followed by Partners in Crime (20G) for playing a contract made by a friend.


Self-improvement (20G) unlocked after purchasing a weapon upgrade and was followed by Thumbs Up (20G) for liking a contract.



The day ended with the unlocking of Contender (20G) for participating in a contract competition. December 14th saw a split session between Stick it To The Man and Kinect Sports Rivals. The former saw two achievements beginning with Eureka! (60G) for giving poor Ron the perfect idea for a date.

Food for Thought (60G) unlocked after reading the mind of an eaten fish and later on, I went on Kinect Sports Rivals for an online session with Tonyboykid which led to two achievements starting with Shooting Champ (20G) for winning a Target Shooting event over Xbox Live.

The day and the session ended with the popping up of Bowling Champ (20G) for winning a Bowling event over Xbox Live.