Jan 20, 2016
005 - Guest: Jack Watling (WebChimp UK) from True Achievements, What Are Regional Stacks
We speak with Jack Watling, a developer from TrueAchievements.com, about the site and about regional stacks and what they are, address some listener feedback, news, knobs, 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
All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen.
Hosts:
Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox
Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox
Guest:
Jack Watling aka "WebChimp UK" - TrueAchievements - Xbox
0:00:00 - Intro
- Sponsored Achievement: I Swear! I Did It By Mistake!
- Birdwatcher 4 and Thumbwrestler Xtreme XXL
0:05:42 - Listener Feedback
- Thanks: doughboyeeeeee, Facial La Fleur, AHP The Nyghty, the letter's zed and zee, Xtowers, @buckmarley155, @NBAKirkland, @kooshmoose, @GSPopcast, @MclovinLegend1 and the no buy challenge!, @Muetsch, @jjasonw, @jasonkerr214, @GTMontana97, @bigell69 for smartglass tip <3
- z2z.com - yes, that's really what we look like ;)
- Achievement: 7 Day Survivor from Dead Rising
- Achievements: True Elite from: Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men (JP), Kane and Lynch: Dead Men (PC)
- Achievement: Fool's Gold from Wipeout 2
- Achievement: El Dorado from Wipeout 2
- Achievement: Transcend from Ascend: Hand of Kul
- Tarragon's gaming Kryptonite: Project Sylpheed: Arc of Deception
- Challenge: Starting Over from State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition
- Challenge: Round 3 from Xbox Fitness
0:21:25 - Recap
0:36:55 - News
- Hitman New Year Update
- Free EA Access Jan 19-24 2015
- Achievement: Too Legit to Quit from Titanfall - can be locked out forever by in game action
- DC Universe Online coming to Xbox One
- Microsoft rejects Hololens/LoL proposal
- #IDARB Title Update
- TrueAchievements.com Annual Site Leaderboard 2015
1:05:23 - Interview: Jack Watling aka "WebChimp UK" - TrueAchievements - Xbox
1:20:13 - Tech Talk: Regional Stacks
- Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! regional stacks
- Bioshock regional stacks
- Dynasty Warriors regional stacks
- Mafia II (EEU)
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed (DE/JP/KR)
- Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do (TW)
- Soldier of Fortune: Payback (AU)
- Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (CA/DE/FR)
- Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed
- Wolfenstein 3D (NA)
1:51:09 - Knobs and Discos
- Achievement: Down with the Axis of Evil from Panzer Geekz (WP) - unobtainable at this time
- Several other bugs with Panzer Geekz (WP) discussed here: Achievement / Game Breaking Issues thread by Shadow Kisuragi
- More achievement and bugs discussion on the Reddit post: my friend just released their game panzer geekz
1:52:19 - Game Delay Roundup
1:54:36 - Zombie News Corner
Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms: http://zedtozed.com/xbox-gamerscore-and-achievement-glossary