Angry Birds Star Wars Stellar Morning

An hour on Angry Birds Star Wars saw six unlocks for the achievement chase beginning with Walking Carpet (10G) which unlocked when a turret gun hit Chewbacca six times in succession while Star Bird Fan (10G) popped up after reaching five hours playing time.


Magnificent Grumble (10G) unlocked for hitting 300 blocks with Chewbacca, Imperial Entanglement (10G) popped up for hitting a Storm-trooper with a Tie-fighter wing.


Pork Side of the Force (10G) unlocked for failing a level ten times with a a solitary pig remaining and finally Ultimate Laser Shooter popped up for hitting 1000 blocks with a laser.

Win 8 and Doritos Crash Course 2 Hit Back

Another good afternoon saw seven unlocks while playing alongside my girlfriend beginning on Monsters Love Candy  with Sugar Sands (5G) for reaching the Desert World and followed by Galatic (15G) on Doritos Crash Course 2  for collecting 100 unique stars.

Next up was I Stunt 2 and Grabs Unlocked (5G) for unlocking all of the available grabs and ShowOff (5G) popped up for performing five stunts in a single combo.

Angry Birds Star Wars began with Lack of Faith (10G) for restarting a level 100 times while Target Shooter (10G) popped up for shooting three pigs with a single blaster shot.

Finally, Skilled Pilot (10G) unlocked for smashing 500 blocks with a Pilot and that completed a good afternoon of achievement chasing.

Doritos Crash Course 2 Continues

An afternoon on Doritos Crash Course 2 with my girlfriend began with Stellar (15G) for finding/collecting 25 unique stars while Crash Course 1 Style (10G) popped up for completing a level without ledge grabbing.

Shocking (10G) unlocked for being shocked five times in a row and Let It Snow (25G) popped up for unlocking every Antarctic course marked with a trophy.

Hit the Road (10G) popped for unlocking five split paths and was the final achievement of the afternoon.

June begins with Team Crossword, Jetpack Joyride and Doritos Crash Course 2

A poor total in May meant June needed to start well and within two hours of the new month, Team Crossword posted two new unlocks.

Community Leader (10G) unlocked during a multiplayer game for completing a word affected by a Community Hint while Power User (15G) popped up for utilising each power upon the game at least once.


In the afternoon, I went on Jetpack Joyride and after a good hour of effort on the collecting based achievements I was able to unlock six in quick succession beginning with James Who? (15G) for purchasing two jet-packs while Fuzzy Locks (5G) popped up for dying 99 times.


Pretty Woman (10G) unlocked for purchasing a matching set of clothing while Class Act (15G) popped up for flying over 1km while wearing the Classy Suit, Top Hat and Traditional Jet-pack.



For Science (5G) unlocked for knocking over 1000 scientists and finally Veteran (15G) popped up for completing 40 missions.

Doritos Crash Course 2 with my girlfriend and we unlocked Jungle Fever (25G) for unlocking every course marked with a trophy in the Amazon Jungle. 

May Summary

Due to spending most days off work with my girlfriend out an about as well as redecorating and renovating my bedroom for a good period of the month the 360 achievement chase suffered a big blow.


May 2013 (2012 in brackets)

13 Achievements unlocked (79)
3 Games played (7)
162 TA points* (2362)
135 Gamerscore (1690)

*TA points exclude losses due to score re-calculation but more losses than gains this month.


A truly horrific month for gaining any progress in the 2013 chase - June has to be massive to pull back the lack of current progress.

Doritos Crash Course 2 Dashes In

Another new game joins the list in the shape of Doritos Crash Course 2 and I got four quick unlocks in the playing session. On Course (10G) unlocked for finishing a trophy marked course without dying while Mission Control (15G) popped up for finishing a bonus objective.

One for the Road (10G) unlocked for unlocking a split path and Welcome to CC2 (5G) popped up for unlocking the first course.

Team Crossword and Monsters Love Candy

After a busy week, I unlocked three achievements which were
Know all the Words



Daily Fun



Pure Sugar



and they came to 30G before another long break until now so in future updates will be more frequent and more detailed.

Team Crossword Hits Windows 8

After a long hiatus due to redecorating and a busy few weeks, the 2013 achievement chase has resumed with a new game in the shape of Team Crossword and six quick unlocks.

Word Domination (10G) unlocked for scoring 150 points on a single word while The Casual Crew (10G) slid in for completing a casual crossword with four players.

Stay Calm and Play On (10G) unlocked for filling a word that had been affected by a fellow player's bomb power-up.  Lord of the Words (5G) popped up for earning at least six thousand points in crossword score.

Word Champ (20G) unlocked for completing a multi-player crossword in first place while Big Winner (10G) popped up for earning five or more token awards in a single game.

April Summary

Due to spending most days off work with my girlfriend the 360 has taken a step forward from March but an average total in comparison with others.

April  2013 (2012 in brackets)

52 Achievements unlocked (71)
7 Games played (11)
953 TA points* (2615)
725 Gamerscore (1680)

*TA points exclude losses due to score re-calculation.

All in all an average month after some good hope for the month.

Crash Course Go Runs On

A good hour on Crash Course Go saw six unlocks across the entirety of the game's levels and reach nine out of thirteen achievements. The first unlock was Euro Star (15G) for finishing the European levels while London Bridge (15G) popped up for surviving the collapsing bridge in London 5.

Hopscotch (15G) unlocked for jumping between trampolines 12 times consecutively swiftly followed by I'm Big in Japan (20G) for completing the Japanese levels.

Tarzan (15G) unlocked for swinging between ropes 10 times in a row and lastly That's Gotta Hurt (10G) popped up for getting smashed by three hammers in a row.