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.

FIFA 14 Captains Fine Scoring

After a spectacular first day on Fifa 14, I played on the career mode for a while but this came after unlocking another four achievements to add to yesterday's total of 18. The unlocks began with Passing on the Armband (5G) for changing my Ultimate Team captain while Fancy Some FUT? (5G) popped up for following a Football Club alert to enter FUT.

What a Hit, Son! (25G) shot in for scoring with a Dipping Volley which came from Pogba while in an Ultimate Team tournament while Who Needs a Weak Foot? (10G came after scoring with a shot from the outside of the foot in this case it was Sturridge scoring an 85th minute winner against Aston Villa in career mode.

FIFA 14 Scores 18

A break from GTA V sees newly released FIFA 14 take centre stage and what a spectacular day it was with a stunning 18 achievements totalling 240G.

The haul began with Started From The Bottom (30G) for reaching EASFC level 15 which was an instant pop-up having reached 23 on previous versions.Thanks. Tips (5G) unlocked for following a Football Club recommendation.

It's Mine Now (10G) popped up for redeeming an item from the Football Club catalogue while Start Building (10G) came after creating a FUT club which saw me move from my traditional Stattosians to Stattosians FC.

Fuel For My Club (25G) unlocked for opening 20 packs in FUT, the reason that I unlocked it so quickly was because I had opened 16 on the FUT web app pre-release. Power and Movement (10G) thrust in for scoring with a curling lace shot which came via Valbuena.

Seconds, Please (10G) unlocked for winning the ball back with a second chance tackle while Skills to Pay the Bills (20G) popped up for beating a friend's score in a skill game.

So Skilled (20G) tricked in for unlocking a first skill challenge in skill games which was on the goalkeeping skill while First Mission (5G) popped up for sending a scout on a scouting mission.

You Got Mail (5G) unlocked for opening the inbox while advancing in a career while Control (5G) popped up for changing the formation from the Team Management tile in Squad during a career.


You Stuck Gold! (25G) unlocked for finding a player through scouting with any three Global Transfer Network attributes in career mode while Chemistry Experiment (10G) bubbled up for applying a Chemistry Style to a player in FUT.

 I Could Do This Every Week ( 10G) unlocked for challenging the Team of the Week in FUT while Hey Look, a Free Gold Pack! (15G) opened up for completing all manager tasks in FUT.

From Me To You (10G) unlocked for gifting an item to a friend and finally to bring the night to a close, Long Term Signing (10G) popped up for applying a 99 match contract to a player in FUT.