Dust- An Elysian Tail Begins

A new month means a new Games With Gold freebie which this time around is Dust-An Elysian Tail and after an hour of playing, I think it is a really good game and a must to snap-up. My session saw five unlocks beginning with Well on your Way (10G) for picking up an Agility orb. Push and Turn (10G) popped up for opening a Treasure Chest.

Distant Thunder (10G) unlocked for using Dust Storm with Fidget's projectiles while With Great Power... (10G) popping up after levelling up by assigning Skill Gems.


The session ended with Wait, aren't you...? (10G) unlocked for unlocking a cage and rescuing a friend.

April 2014 Summary

A decent month of April saw the run of 100+ unlocks a month continue but fail to beat March due to an increase in writing and attending events.

April 2014 (2013 in brackets )



103 Achievements unlocked (52)
20 Games played  (7)

2382 TA points (937) 
1475 Gamerscore (735)

A spectacular start to the year continues and means the goals for the year can all be met inside the 12 month target with the 5000 tumbling earlier this month as well as the 30th completed game.

Kinect Sports Rivals Shoots And Climbs

The final day of the month saw an afternoon session exercising on Kinect Sports Rivals resulting in five unlocks beginning with Escape Artist (20G) for surviving an opponent's grab in Climbing while Shopaholic (10G) popped up after buying an items from all six sections in the Store.

Points Poacher (10G) unlocked after stealing 450 points form an opponent in Target Shooting which was instantly followed by Pacifist (20G) after completed Target Shooting without using a power-up.


The session ended with Friendly Rivalry (10G) for sending a rival challenge to a friend.

Powerstar Golf Meets Henry

A return to the Xbox One saw a session on Powerstar Golf resulting in three unlocks beginning with Illusionist (10G) for winning the 'Monorail Meet' and unlocking Henry while Hedge Your Bets (20G) popped up for landing within three feet of the pin using Henry's Illusion Ball ability. 

 The session ended with Caddie Up (10G) for equipping a caddie with three perks which can be done after reaching level 35. 

 

Rayman Fiesta Run Collects

A quick go on Rayman Fiesta Run resulted in a single unlock in the shape of Gourmand (5G) for collecting 3600 Lums and it has to be current Lums rather than overall Lums earned as I learnt before it was too late.

Rayman Fiesta Run Frees And Runs

A Windows 8 session focused on Rayman Fiesta Run resulting in three unlocks and began with Dragon's appetite (5G) for finishing two El Stomacho levels while First Running (10G) popped up for running a total of 5km. The session ended with Heroes (10G) popping up for freeing 144 Teensies.

Hexic And Fishdom 3 Combine

An afternoon session on Windows 8 took in a number of games but only two resulted in unlocks - Hexic and Fishdom 3. The latter featured a single unlock in the shape of Thunderer (5G) for using Lightning fifty times. 

Onto Hexic and two unlocks were achieved beginning with Photo Finish (5G) for finishing a level by using an assist on the last move while Colour Clearing (15G) popped up for making 200 Colour Clear hexes. 

Powerstar Golf Utilises Help

A quick go on Powerstar Golf saw a single unlock in the shape of BFF (10G) for completing a round using a friend's caddie.

Trials Fusion Rides With Peggle 2 DLC

A session on Trials Fusion resulted in four unlocks beginning with Leaving a Fine Lookin' Fossil (25G) unlocked for holding a 'Proud Hero' pose to my demise while wearing the Excavator outfit. Quadratic (25G) popped up after completing a perfect Fusion Factory run with the Quad Bike.

The Fifth Key (50G) unlocked after using the Track Editor to find 'The Fifth Key' in the fusion world while I Like What You've Done There (40G) popped up for posting a time on another player's created track. 


As there was new DLC for Peggle 2 , I purchased and downloaded it for £1.59 before playing for an hour in the evening and came away with a single unlock which has been recorded on my Xbox.com profile tracker but didn't pop up on the console. Fairily Complete (50G) unlocked for completing the Hallelujah Hollow levels.

Throne Together Tricks

An evening session saw progress made on Hexic and Secret and Treasures but the only unlock of the day came while playing another Windows 8 game in the form of Throne Together with Join the Circus (15G) for simultaneously juggling seven pieces in play at the same time.

Hexic Evades Success

A quick go on Hexic saw a single unlock in the shape of Fear of Cells (15G) for using all possible moves in a level without clearing any Dark Fragments.

Hexic Clears Anomalies

A busy day saw time for only a short gaming session which took place on Hexic on Windows 8 and resulted in two unlocks beginning with Anomaly Collector (15G) for finishing an anomaly level without releasing an anomaly .Line Clearing (10G) popped up for making 100 Line Clear Hexes.