X360 Weekender (4) Day Two

Traditionally, the middle day of every X360 Weekender has been the best of the three for the amount of unlocks and in what is the fourth instalment, the tradition continued due to a new record of 29 achievements unlocked beating the previous record of 27 (27/3/11 and 16/6/13) and brought up the total unlocked in the Weekender's to 117 with a day still to go in this one.

The day began with Driver:San Francisco which saw five unlocks in between 1.50-4.50am beginning with First Time Driver (5G) for buying my first garage and Back on the Road (10G) drove in for completing Chapter 1.

Eyes on the City (20G) looked in for completing Chapter 2 and minutes later, Lights, Camera, Action! (5G) shot in for unlocking the first movie challenge.

Against the Odds (20G) ended the racer's stint with the completion of Chapter 3 so five unlocks for 60G.The afternoon session began with Sonic 3 which saw no unlocks and next was Happy Wars which is a new addition to my list but very welcome with eleven unlocks scored beginning with First Victory (10G) for attaining a maiden victory on the game.


Nobody Calls Me Noob (20G) unlocked for completing all of the tutorials and was swiftly followed by BOT Hunter (30G) for attaining a victory in the training mode.

The Best Items (20G) presented itself after receiving a level ten item while The Legend Begins (10G) popped up for being mentioned in the 'Hero' pop-up at the end of a match.

Spin Spin Spinner (10G) spun in for playing on the Happy Spinner game and thankfully I won an item while doing so which saw Treasure Hunter (20G) pop up for receiving a premium item.

MOD 0 (10G) unlocked for levelling up an item while All Rounder (10G) swung in for playing as a Warrior/Cleric or Mage twice each during a single match.

Gang Up (10G) huddled up for launching a team skill and earning a successful kill as a result and Hello World (10G) ended the stint after using four messages during a match.

 A return to disc based play saw Rugby League Live 2 in the tray and saw three unlocks which started with The Ol' Switcheroo (15G) after winning a match while using no assists in player switching and in the same game,  On a String (15G) popped up after scoring a try via a grubber kick.

The two hour session which focused around the Warriors' Super League push from 2012 ended with Hot Potato (15G) which ironically came after a cool rally of seven passes in a single tackle and meant after four games played, 19 unlocks for the day so far. Back to the arcade next with Pacman and four unlocks here began with Cherry (5G) for eating the cherry that appeared in the inaugural puzzle.

Strawberry (5G) chomped in for eating the strawberry in round two with Orange (10G) completing a fruity five minutes for eating the Orange found in round three.

The short session ended with All Ghosts (10G) for eating all four ghosts in succession after a single power pellet. The Xbox took a break and I went onto Windows 8 to play i-Stunt 2 which saw four unlocks beginning with Token Ghost (5G) for collecting a token after death while completing the level.

Afterlife (5G) faithfully entered for completing a level after falling off the snowboard with Falcon (5G) swooping in for flying for seven seconds and landing in style.

Mr Potato (5G) continued the food themed titles with the dismembering of Stuntman which was quite gruesome as he flew into a circular saw which ended him and the Windows 8 session.  2010 FIFA World Cup was selected as the host of what would be the record breaking 28th achievement of the day which came in the form of 2 Button Mentor (10G) for playing and winning a game where one user is on '2 button' controls and the unlocking is shown in the clip below.

 The night had one last unlock though as a quick jump to Windows 8 and the booting of AlphaJax saw the surprising pop of Expeditiousness (5G) for being the first player on the table to use a Triple Word Bonus tile and in doing so brought the day's haul to a new record of 29 achievements resulting in an accumulation of 330G.

The previous joint-record holding days saw more gamerscore accumulated but it was due to the rarity of some of the achievements whereas in today's instance, most of the unlocks were fairly easy but even so they made for a great day which I hope will be closely matched in the third and final day of the weekend.

X360 Weekender (4) Day One

A free long weekend means the return of the X360 Weekender which sees me play as many games as I can while unlocking a lot of achievements but Saturday was a busy day and the random selection of games wasn't a kind one as only three achievements unlocked.

Angry Birds Trilogy began the day from 4.10-5.20pm and saw the unlocking of Egg Guru (10G) for completing ten Golden Egg levels and next was Bejeweled 2 and Bioshock which saw effort towards future achievements but not current unlocks.

Shift 2 Unleashed saw two unlocks beginning with Grass Roots (10G) for completing JR's Grass Roots event while Tic Tac Toe (10G) popped up for owning a Modern, Retro and Muscle car.

Rayman Legends Orchestrates Teensies

Further progress made on Rayman Legends saw three achievements beginning with Shoot them up! (10G) for erasing 100 enemies with the Flying Punch while Orchestrate this! (10G) for completing the Orchestral Chaos painting.

Teensies' friend (10G) popped up for rescuing 150 Teensies and completed the night.

F1 2013 Laps While Rayman Legends Jumps In

F1 2013 continued with a browse of the various modes which included a go on Season Challenge and saw the unlock of The Heat Is On (10G) for setting a valid time in One Shot Qualifying and Medal of Honour (10G) for earning a medal in Scenario mode.

Finally, I got around to playing Rayman Legends for the first time and scored ten achievements beginning with Turnip Combo (10G) for pulling up a turnip with a crush attack and hitting it with a jump kick, Perfect (10G) followed for earning all three lums cups and all three Teensy cups on a painting.

Barbara's Free! (10G) unlocked for freeing the Barbarian princess while Axe Skater (10G) chopped in for sliding on Barbara's axe for 30 metres after selecting her from the Heroes gallery.

This ain't a platform (10G) unlocked for standing atop an enemy shield until being attacked while Rock that castle! (10G) popped up for completing the Castle Rock painting.

Lucky (10G) unlocked for scratching ten lucky tickets and soon Bad Joke (10G) popped up for destroying the parachutes of five enemies causing them to fall to their death.

Just kick it! (10G) unlocked for winning a Kung Foot game using a second controller as the opponent and Nostalgia ended the night by popping up after completing the first Back To Origins painting.

Legends in my view the best Rayman game I have played in the series due to the variance in the modes and levels especially the musical levels which had me both stunned and excited during the play through.

Monster Island Skips and Shoots

A busy weekend meant no XBOX action and today I managed to achieve two unlocks on Monster Island beginning with Take two (10G) for hitting two monsters with one shot and Time is Gold (10G) popped up for skipping a level.

F1 2013 Races In While GTA V Goes Online

A quick go on the intro to GTA V's Online mode saw Off The Plane (5G) touched down for completing the introduction while I moved onto F1 2013 and I took part in the Young Driver Test and unlocked Going for Gold (15G) for winning my first gold medal.

Training Day (10G) unlocked for completing Day 1 over the Young Driver Test while School's Out (15G) popped up for completing the all of the Young Driver Test.

Finally, My Saviour (5G) unlocked for performing a mid-session save which took place during the first practise session in Australia as I went off to bed.

Alphajax Returns as Samurai Zombies Begins

A quick go on Alphajax saw Amicable Retribution (15G) for rematching a player whom I had previously lost against.


Two achievements unlocked on Samurai Zombies which began with No Way... (5G) for using a revive charm and All We Need (5G) popped up for beating a wave without summoning any allies.

Fifa 14 Goes Co-op

A slight delay on this post but a night of career with Southampton included a quick spell on co-op seasons which saw the unlocking of Bros Gonna Bro (10G) for starting a co-op season with a friend, in this case my friend Ash from work.

FIFA 14 FUT Success

FIFA 14 continued and my career made a sharp turn as I was dismissed by Liverpool in Jan 14 in 7th and took over Southampton (8th) and within four games played my former bosses and claimed a point. Over on FUT, three unlocks were achieved which began with Collecting Silverware (100G) for winning a divisional title on FUT while We're Bros Now (10G) popped up for playing ten games with the same layer and earning their loyalty.

The final unlock of the day was Perfection (30G) which was a surprise when Huntelaar his his third goal and did so scoring the 'perfect hat trick' by scoring a left foot, right foot and headed goal.

September Summary

September has done amazingly well thanks to the releases of GTA V and FIFA 14 which have boosted the three chase totals.

September 2013 (2012 in brackets)

79 Achievements unlocked (78)
5 Games played (8)
2375 TA points* (1699)
1505 Gamerscore (1240)

*includes DLC recalculation from March and is the total earned so losses not included.


A reasonable month which has continued the success from June and July so hopes are good for reaching at least some of the goals for the year.