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The Best Achievements
Like them or not, achievements have become a staple of modern gaming, giving players goals to strive for and a measuring stick with which they can compare themselves to random strangers on the internet. Eurogamer discusses why they've become so popular, and takes a look at some of the most entertaining examples. Quoting:
"... we mock Achievement points because they spell out in large numbers what is so pathetic about video games. But we also celebrate them, because, when used in funny, creative or interesting ways, they also spell out what is so compelling and wonderful about video games. Because for every Achievement in which you have to do nothing more than play through a tutorial there's another that subverts convention, rewarding you for skipping it instead. For every fetch quest that has you collecting dogtags for the millionth time, there's another that makes you fight the baddy with your arms tied behind your back. And for every Achievement you earn in jest for pressing the start button, there's another that only rewards the single best player in the world."
Because as we know, there are achieved achievements; there are things we know we achieved.
We also know there are unachievable achievements; that is to say we know there are some achievements we can not achieve. But there are also unachieved achievements -- the achievements we don't know we didn't achieve.
Which is why this is the greatest game of all time
http://armorgames.com/play/2893/achievement-unlocked
The Slashdot Achievement "Days read in a row" is killing me. If I'm out of town for a weekend I find myself worrying if I'll have access to, and time to hop onto the internet and log in to Slashdot to keep my winning streak rolling.
Weighing the consequences, I've decided to just play it safe and live with mom in the basement. Don't have to have a job to pay rent that way.
I've hit 2^6 so far, anybody have better? (Be honest please, no scrips that check for you every day. Yes that's a good idea, wish I had done it myself before giving the idea away like this, heh heh ;)
Certainly not original but ingenious to add an additional level of addiction.
I wonder if we need more addiction for today's games. Why not just make it, you know, fun?
Also Slashdot's karma is the same idea. So basically it's a ripoff.
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Slow Poke
e-penish waving.
And that's what Sean Connery thinks of online gaming.
Rampant carbon sequestration destroyed the Dinosaurs' tropical paradise. I'm here to help repair the damage.
I guess the last two make up for the negative points of the first four at least ;)
They're badges of shame. I remember cringing when I was on a serious Team Fortress 2 jag and it proudly displayed my in-game hours (eagles scream!). After they decided to add full-on achievements I'd decided to explore a bit more of this life thing I'd heard so many people talking about.
Quack, quack.
they spell out in large numbers
Shurely shome mishtake?
I once made it to the Wizard's lair, but then stupidly choked myself to death on a large corpse.
Congratulations, Stallion83... you ARE the biggest loser!
There's a My Little Pony game? Fucking awesome! I was holding off on buying an Xbox, but you changed my mind, buddy!
(-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)