Monday 23 December 2013

Milestones Continue To Pop Up On Dance Day

Endless-ish Setlist in Dance Central 2Look Ma, No Flashcards! in Dance CentralThe day began with a go on Dance Central and the unlocking of Look Ma, No Flashcards (15G) for performing a song with flashcards disabled and earning five stars which was my 4500th achievement while later in the day I went on Dance Central 2 with the first unlock being Endless-ish  Setlist (15G) for completing a playlist of 15  minutes or more.

Choreographer - BronzeGet the Picture in Dance Central 2At the end of the playlist, I unlocked Get The Picture (15G) for uploading a photo and then moved on to Just Dance 3 and unlocked Choreographer-Bronze (5G) for creating a choreographed routine.

Part of the community - BronzePart of the community - BronzePart of the community-Bronze (5G) unlocked for playing on my own choreography with Part of the community-Gold (5G) unlocking for uploading my choreography and brought up the milestone of 115,000 TA points.

THANKS FOR PLAYING! in Michael Jackson: The ExperienceRookie Trickster in Kinect Joy RideA quick go on MJ - The Experience saw the unlocking of THANKS FOR PLAYING! (15G) for watching the entire credits sequence while the night came to an end with a short go on Kinect Joyride which saw the unlocking of Rookie Trickster (25G) for playing the Trick activity ten times.



Sunday 22 December 2013

Milestones Aplenty On Record Day

Two months ago, I completed my best day in terms of Xbox statistics and without noticing the 20th of the month has again become the best but this time in a lot of instances.

Fruit Annihilation in Fruit Ninja (Win 8)Edumacated in Fruit Ninja KinectThe day began with Fruit Ninja Kinect with the unlocking of Edumacated (20G) for reading a fact about each fruit in the game and before going off to bed, I went on Fruit Ninja Windows 8 and unlocked Fruit Annihilation (20G) for killing a total of 10000 fruit.

Multiple PersonalitiesBuddy, Can You Spare A Dime?The morning session began with a range of games from the Kinect Fun Labs range beginning with Build a Buddy and the first unlock was Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime? (10G) for sharing ten times while Multiple Personalities (5G) popped up for building all eight buddy personalities.

Staring is CaringBuild A Buddy ProBuild A Buddy Pro (10G) unlocked for building 25 buddies and became my 22nd completed game so I moved onto Googly Eyes and unlocked Staring is Caring (10G) for sharing ten times.

Googly Eyes Pro
OptometristOptometrist (5G) looked in for trying out every configuration of eyes while Googly Eyes Pro (10G) unlocked for creating 25 puppets and became my 23rd completed game.

To Be or Not to Be... in Kinect Fun Labs: Avatar KinectContinuing the Kinect trend, next up was Avatar Kinect which saw a single unlock in the shape of To Be or Not to Be (10G) for posting ten soliloquies of great social importance and in doing so completed current TA goal of 114458 points, a strange score but was the total needed to beat my total points accumulation in 2012.

CelebrityChameleon
Kinect Me was up next and Chameleon (5G) unlocked for shooting with every background with Celebrity (10G) popping up for sharing ten photo shoots.

Kinect Me Pro in Kinect Fun Labs: Kinect MeBaker's DozenKinect Me Pro (10G) unlocked for posing for 25 photo shoots and in doing so became my 24th completed game and the third of the day so I moved on and went onto Bobble Head and soon unlocked Baker's Dozen (10G) for sharing 13 times.

Costume PartyDress It UpDress Up (5G) unlocked for dressing a Bobble in a costume and was swiftly followed by Costume Party (5G) for creating Bobbles using every possible costume.

A New Me!Bobble Head ProBobble Head Pro (10G) unlocked for creating 25 Bobbles and meant that I reached another big milestone by notching up my 25th completed game. Next up was Kinect Rush Snapshot and the first unlock was A New Me! (5G) for completing my first scan meaning it became the 300th game that I unlocked an achievement on.


Hello, WorldA star is born!A star is born! (5G) unlocked for posing for my first photo which was swiftly followed by Hello. World (5G) for my first share.


The ArtistSay Cheese!Say Cheese! (5G) smiled on for posing for my sixth photo while The Artist (10G) popped up for sharing ten photos overall.

Photo Expert
Pixar FanPixar Fan (10G) unlocked for taking a photo in every world while Photo Expert (10G) shot in for posing for a total of 18 photos and like the previous Kinect games it continued the completion trend by becoming m 26th completed game and completed my goal for the year of completing 26 games overall and nine for the year.

Grand SlamCalling the ShotKinect Sports 2 was next up and a quick unlock came in the shape of  Calling the Shot (20G) for completing a pass after calling an audible in Football while Grand Slam (20G) smashed in for hitting a home run with the bases loaded in Baseball.

Challenge ChallengerPerfect RacePerfect Race (20G) dashed in for completing two perfect ski runs in Skiing without missing any gates with Challenge Challenger (25G) popping up for sending out my first challenge. 

Up to the Challenge in Dance Central 3Davy Jones' Blocker in Kinect Adventures A quick go on Kinect Adventures saw the unlocking of Davy Jones' Locker (30G) for participating in the reward ceremony for Sunken Treasure which was followed by a quick go on Dance Central 3 with a single unlock in the shape of Up to the Challenge (20G) for completing a player challenge and took my overall achievement completion to 37%.

Seize the DayFirst Intermediate LevelThe night ended with an hour on Body and Brain Connection with three unlocks beginning with First Intermediate Level (20G) for completing an exercise at Intermediate level while Seize the Day (25G) popped up for completing 'Today's Exercises' three times and took me to 31 for the day a new record.

The record was extended overall to 32 but on the Best Days went to 31 as the FNW8 achievement earlier had been unlocked offline and didn't have a time stamp so First Advanced Level (20G) for completing an exercise at Advanced Level created a new Best  Day of 31 unlocks and the second time in two months from Oct 20-Dec 20 that I had hit 30 achievements in a single day.









Friday 20 December 2013

Sporting Fruit On Kinect

Windmill WonderAnd the Winner is…A session using Kinect saw seven unlocks across two games starting with Kinect Sports which was a really good workout beginning with And the Winner is ... (30G) for winning a Boxing match and was soon followed by Windmill Wonder (20G) for performing a windmill manoeuvre in Long Jump.

Pin WinJuggernautJuggernaut (20G) unlocked for winning a Hurdles race despite hitting every hurdle while Pin Win (30G) rolled in for winning a game of Bowling.

NetworkingUltra Combo!Ultra Combo (15G) unlocked for scoring a point from a perfect bump, set and spike in Volleyball with Networking (15G) popping up for performing a block move in Volleyball.

A quick go on Fruit Ninja Kinect saw a single unlock to end the night in the shape of Moment of Zen (10G) for reaching a score of over 200 on the Zen mode.