Apr 6, 2016
016 - O GamerScore, Wherefore Art
Thou
What exactly is a good GamerScore? We discuss
statistics, life/gaming balance, TA leaderboard movements, and much
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 2! 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
0:19:33 - Recap
- Fream
- Tarragon
- Monopoly Plus
- Threes!
- Tachyon Project
- Crandy
- Kane and Lynch JP
- Perfect Dark Zero
- GH Live
- Killer Instinct
- GRAW (DRINK!) - next week is a special GRAW
show
- IBM Model M keyboard
- 2 stick joystick
0:34:08 - Listener Feedback
- Zed Friends
- smrnov, TheTvirusTyrant, HandyDarkness, Kursed
Souls, Spazpol
- Crandy would like to get Lorne Lanning on the show
(Oddworld creator)
- John Schuller @CallSignIceMan would like some
DragonMania Legends help
- montana97: Top 5 reality shows?
- The Bachelor(ette)
- Double Dare
- Air Crash Investigation?
- MythBusters?
- Bear Grylls
- Naked and Afraid
- Survivor
- Big Brother
- The Amazing Race
- Celebrity Apprentice
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Biggest Loser
- KaibaChaos is a one man DDOS
- Will stacks ever be cross play? Consensus:
unlikely
- NBA Kirkland wants a competition that doesn't
require so much free time!
- Scavenger hunt
- GTASC for 1 hour a week
- Achievement Hounds Achievement Hunt
- Gamerscoragories
- Who has the rarest game?
- Achievement Relay
- McLovin Legend and Big Ell are both hyped for
WrestleMania
- Madeyepadeye: What is a healthy amount of
gaming?
- Saucy Slingo asks a question that will plague
mankind for centuries
- The Yiddler: what's that intro music. Look up!
:)
- Fream's Friend Feed went to that weird place on the
Internet (Big Ell, Facial La Fleur, NBA Kirkland, KaibaChaos,
Weasel Pizza)
- Sinacide III wants Xbox 360 gamer pics to be
upscaled for Xbox One: vote for it on
User Voice
- FitBit again!
- Tim Blair @TimTum is a God among men
- MuddyAmoeba suggests that the TTK DLC for Destiny
might be available from disc
- Ereaser NL - the UHH was great to prompt games to
finish off
- McLovin Legend is giving away some PAL games,
check
his blog
- Facial La Fleur and Big Ell: 3 hosts is better than
2
- angelsk hates timezones
- Blue Thunder 7398 has a lot of GS on Windows Phone.
You monster.
- Big Ell aka Ell Gordo still thinks we should play
games "properly" ;)
- Fream would kindly like to finish Bioshock
- iTunes Reviews
- Thanks so much: KaibaChaos, Chiznal and
Quinny19898989 - get a longer commute! ;)
1:42:46 - Talking Zeds: What is a Good
GamerScore?
2:16:57 - News
2:39:30 - Cemetery
- Guitar Hero Live - BURIED
2:53:56 - Knobs and Discos
- Big Ell asks about developer contacts - yes, but
with caveats
- Project Spark:
- PSA: some achievements not unlocking due to server
issues, particularly Conker and Seph DLC
- Developer Team Dakota appears to be treading
water
- Latest title update has been on hold for
months
- FIFA 12:
EAS FC Youth Academy and
EAS FC Starting 11 are available again
- Guitar Hero Live Xbox 360:
Bling Of The Road fixed
- Pay It Forward in
both
versions of Darksiders 2 are broken again (thanks Weasel Pizza
and KaibaChaos)
- Forza 3 online achievements all discontinued
without notice
3:06:08 - Game Delays and BC
- BC: Halo Wars, King Of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match,
SoulCalibur II HD Online, Left 4 Dead 2, Dead Space, Saints Row IV
(AU version too)
3:09:02 - Zombie News Corner
3:10:27 - Outro
Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon
and terms: http://zedtozed.com/xbox-gamerscore-and-achievement-glossary