024 - Ell, Michelle, and a Proulx

This week both Randy and Tarragon were away, so Big Ell, Matrarch, and Proulx join Brandon to talk news, gaming and achievements. And there was much rejoicing.

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Hosts:

• Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

Guests

• Proulx - TrueAchievements - Xbox
• Big Ell - TrueAchievements - Xbox
• Michelle aka “Matrarch” - TrueAchievements - Xbox

0:00:00 - Intro

• Fream is all alone today
• Achievement sponsor: Hero of the Day from World of Tanks
• Fream’s Dark Souls Twitch Stream
• Random To-Do List officially starting soon
• Tarragon’s list of new games:
• • Grand Prix Rock 'N Racing
  • Active Soccer 2 DX
  • Super Night Riders
  • Level 22
  • Shred It
  • Styling Garden Defense
  • Coffin Dodgers
  • Factotum 90
  • Krinkle Krusher
  • Reagan Gorbachev
  • Mega Coin Squad
• Fream’s list of new games:
• • Zombie Army Trilogy
  • Rogue Legacy
  • The Escapists: The Walking Dead
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection
• Monthly challenges
• • Mostly a complete fail ;)
  • Fream will beat Tarragon on Project Spark due to the weekly achievement
  • Crandy beat Fream on Tomb Raider
  • Fream and Crandy equalized on 5/12 in Geometry Wars
• Introducing segment: Playing Zed
• • Host vs host weekly challenges
  • First week: Fream vs Crandy - In Between
  • We welcome community vs host challenges!

0:13:47 - Guest Introductions and Recap

• Introducing Big Ell, Matrarch and Proulx
• Come back McLovin’, it’s only for one show ;)
• Everybody still leaping in Leap Frog
• What achievements are you proud of unlocking during Leap Frog?
• What point did you start matching achievements to the Leap Frog requirement?
• UNEVEN GAMERSCORE OH GOD MY OCD
• Brandon:
• • Project Spark
  • Disney Infinity 2.0
  • PvZ 2
  • Quantum Break
• Proulx
• • Disney Infinity 2.0
  • Killer Instinct
  • Halo: MCC
  • Mush (WP)
• Big Ell
• • Shadow Complex
  • Halo: MCC
• Matrarch
• • The Cave
  • Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
  • Letterquest

0:52:17 - Feature: Community Spotlight

• Proulx’s podcast Earl Grey Podcast

1:24:41 - News

• Barbie and her Sisters Puppy Rescue and Monster High price drops
• TrueAchievements Redesign
• UHH is over: Cakau is winner
• • DanielJJ14 post-mortem thoughts on the format
• Minecraft Battle Mode
• Rocket League Crossplay PC to Xbox One
• State of Decay and Xbox Fitness challenges
• Xbox Hardware E3 Rumours
• VR
• GamerScore Discounts in Canada

2:02:49 - Listener Feedback

• Thanks for the review Tatey!
• SaucySlingo asks about Hololens
• Keith271179 asks about predictions for surprise game announcements at E3
• NBA Kirkland asks about Xbox hardware updates, and clarifies free multiplayer suggestion
• Kaiba Chaos asks why Big Ell hates leaderboards so much

2:21:08 - Knobs and Discos

• Nothing … oh wait! Mural is back in Killer Instinct. Thanks Big Ell!

2:21:53 - Backwards Compatibility and Game Delays

• New BC titles: Ducktales Remastered, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Hexic 2, Magic 2012, Domino Master, Unbound Saga, SSX

2:24:06 - Zombie News

• Walking Dead Theme Park Attraction
• Deadlight: Director’s Cut available for preorder for $10?

2:27:36 - Outro

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

Songs and sounds that have been used in the show:

• "Jive Bot", “Tally Screen” (x2), “Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)” by Jake Kaufman from the games Mighty Switch Force! 1 and 2, developed and published by WayForward Technologies
• Epic Voice Announcements by RJBANKSWA

Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms