The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies

003 Back and Forward, Rants and Boot Camp Laserlife

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003 - Looking Back and Forward, Rants and Boot Camp Laserlife

Show notes are available on http://www.zedtozed.com/

We look back at the 2015 and discuss what's coming in 2016, introduce the Gamerscore Boot Camp segment with Laserlife, find more Knobs and Discos, news, zombies, and more.

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Opening/closing music: "Jive Bot" by Jake Kaufman from the game Mighty Switch Force! developed and published by WayForward Technologies.

Gamerscore Boot Camp music: "Tally Screen" by Jake Kaufman from the game Mighty Switch Force! developed and published by WayForward Technologies.

All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen.

Hosts:

Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

 

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:12 - Achievement Sponsor

  • Achievement: Pure Poker from Pure Hold'em

    • 0:02:34 - Recap

    • TrueAchievements.com Game Collection Feature
    • Game: Quake II - zero gamerscore
    • Game: Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (PC) - achievements are a mess
    • Big Buck Hunter World Championship
    • Achievement: Ghûls Gone Wild from Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
    • Achievement: The Collector from Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
    • Achievement: The Hunt is my Mistress from Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

      • 0:34:11 - News

      • Publisher Masteronic in administration - some titles delisted:
        • Foul Play
        • Pool Nation
        • Serious Sam: Double D XXL
        • Serious Sam 3: BFE
            • Spectra
            • January 2016 Games with Gold
              • Xbox 360
                • DiRT Showdown
                  • PSA: VIP Pass require for online play on Xbox 360 (but not Xbox One) is not free at time of recording
                  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Jan 16)
                  • Xbox One
                    • Killer Instinct Ultra Edition which includes Killer Instinct Classic
                      • PSA: Killer Instinct will automatically pop the achievement Stylish Orchid on load!
                      • ZHEROS (Jan 16, replacing THIEF)
                      • Xbox Fitness no longer requires Kinect (Source)
                        • Unclear exactly what affect this has on achievements
                        • Mike Ybarra confirms that the 30 Day Gamerscore Leaderboard will return to Xbox One
                        • Phil Spencer regarding Original Xbox emulation on Xbox One and related achievements

                          • 0:55:11 - Talking Zeds: Looking Back

                          • 2015 Game Highlights:
                            • Tarragon:
                              • Batman: Arkham Knight
                              • Rise of the Tomb Raider
                              • Life Is Strange
                              • Randy:
                                • Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
                                • Goosebumps: The Game
                                • Honourable Mentions:
                                  • Barbie and her Sisters Puppy Rescue
                                  • Monster High New Ghoul In School
                                  • Brandon:
                                    • Fallout 4
                                    • Destiny: The Taken King (Year 2 Changes)
                                    • 2015 Game Lowlights:
                                      • Crandy Rants!
                                        • Rock Band 4
                                        • Guitar Hero Live
                                        • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
                                        • TrueAchievements.com added lots of great new features
                                        • Potentially Endless Bean Dive passes 1000 days
                                        • World Records:
                                          • Sashamorning solo Xbox 360 24 hour record
                                          • Space Cadets group Xbox One 24 hour record
                                          • Major Gamerscore Milestones
                                            • Celtic Force hit 1 million Gamerscore on 5th September 2015
                                            • The Dauntless hit 1 million Gamerscore on 20th December 2015

                                              • 2:01:14 - Talking Zeds: Looking Forward

                                              • Zero Latency - Virtual Reality Zombie Experience
                                              • Tarragon:
                                                • Below
                                                • Mirror's Edge Catalyst
                                                • We Happy Few
                                                • Honourable Mention: Pathologic
                                                • Randy:
                                                  • DOOM
                                                  • Cyberpunk 2077 (Wikipedia)
                                                    • Witcher 3 team has moved to Cyberpunk 2077
                                                    • Brandon:
                                                      • Quantum Break
                                                      • ReCore
                                                      • Cuphead
                                                      • Thimbleweed Park
                                                        • Maniac Mansion (Wikipedia)
                                                        • Thimbleweed Park Kickstarter

                                                        • 2:33:07 - Gamerscore Boot Camp

                                                          • Laserlife

                                                            • 2:35:09 - Knobs and Discos (unobtainables and discontinued achievements)

                                                            • Unobtainable:
                                                              • Weapon Collector from Overlord: Fellowship of Evil
                                                              • Discontinued:
                                                                • Toppest Of Top Drawers from Guitar Hero Live
                                                                  • Indirectly affects From Zero To Guitar Hero as well
                                                                  • Toppest Of Top Drawers from Guitar Hero Live (Xbox 360)
                                                                  • Early Bird from NBA LIVE 15
                                                                  • Every Street United (all achievements)
                                                                  • Fixes:
                                                                    • Achievement values fixed in Starwhal

                                                                      • 2:37:28 - Zombie Corner

                                                                      2:40:52 - Outro

                                                                       

                                                                      Jargon:

                                                                      • 1K - Complete the base gamerscore in a game, typically 1000 points, thus 1K. Sometimes used to refer to a completion in general.
                                                                      • Bean Dive - Annual challenge on TrueAchievements.com aiming to earn at least one achievement in every game in your backlog, coined by it's creator, Beanpotter. The "dive" refers to the loss of completion percentage as a result of starting many new games.
                                                                      • Boosting - Using gameplay mechanics specifically to unlock achievements. Generally refers to the act of setting up multiplayer matches in particular ways to perform achievement criteria without interruption from regular players. Working towards achievements in lieu of regular gameplay.
                                                                      • Discos - Discontinued achievements - achievements that are no longer unlockable, probably due to online server shutdowns
                                                                      • Gamerscore League (GSL) - An annual gamerscore competition hosted on XboxAchievements.com
                                                                      • Great Random To Do List Challenge - A contest run by Facial La Fleur on the AchievementHounds.com community forums
                                                                      • GTASC - The Great True Achievement Score Challenge, a year-long, weekly elimination contest run by planting42 on TrueAchievements.com
                                                                      • Knobs - Unobtainable achievements - achievements that have never been unlockable
                                                                      • NTSC - See NTSC-U
                                                                      • NTSC-J - One of the three regional variants of Xbox 360 consoles. Games can be locked so they only play on specific region consoles. Also see NTSC-U and PAL.
                                                                      • NTSC-U - One of the three regional variants of Xbox 360 consoles. Games can be locked so they only play on specific region consoles. Also see NTSC-J and PAL.
                                                                      • PAL - One of the three regional variants of Xbox 360 consoles. Games can be locked so they only play on specific region consoles. Also see NTSC-J and NTSC-U.
                                                                      • Potentially Endless Bean Dive - A contest created on the AchievementHounds.com community forums that requires starting a new game every day. Began on the 28th of February 2013, and still going.
                                                                      • Preloading - The act of working on the criteria for an achievement until it's almost unlocked, and saving it for a later time, usually for competitions.
                                                                      • Ratio - Generally refers to the rarity of an achievement as determined by numbers of players of a game vs number who've unlocked the achievement. A statistic calculated on the TrueAchievements.com website.
                                                                      • Stack - Sometimes a game is released in multiple versions, for example in different regions or on different platforms, and in these cases they can have an entirely independent achievement list. To "stack" a game describes earning the achievements on more than one version of what is, in gameplay terms, the same game. Examples: Batman: Arkham Asylum and Bioshock
                                                                      • TA - True Achievements, either the score type or the website TrueAchievements.com
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