Coming up for air.

Its been a long time since I made an update I've been fighting my way out of the undersea city of rapture.

Anyway. I have added 51 achievements for Bioshock for 1100 gamerscore.

and 4 for Scene It! for 75 gamerscore.

and 1 for Modern Warfare 2 for 30 gamerscore.

Also 2 for Fable II for 20 gamerscore.

also 3 for trivial pursuit. for 110 gamerscore.

Thant brings my grand total to 131 achievements 234 to go.

I added 1,445 gamerscore to bring my total to 11,704.

my ratio is 131:30 or 4.36 achievements a day.

Big Three Days

Friday January 15th, only some Scene It!

1) Award-Winning Performance - Score 85,000 points in a Long Game. (40G)

2) Indies in the Info Age - Answer 50 questions about the '90's. (20G)

3) Best Picture - Successfully answer 40 questions about Oscar winning movies. (15G)

4) Fall in Love All Over Again - Successfully answer 40 questions about Romance movies. (15G)

5) Method Acting - Successfully answer every Who Am I or Celebrity Ties question in one puzzle block. (20G)

6) Hollywood in Hi-Def - Answer 60 questions about the '00's. (20G)

Saturday January 16th one for Borderlands.

1) House of the Ned - Completed the "House of the Ned" mission (25G)

Sunday January 17th Borderlands and Scene It!

1) Braaaaaaaaaaaaains! - Completed the "Braaaaaaaaaaaaains!" mission (25G)

2) Ned's Undead, Baby - Killed Ned. Again. (49G)

3) Night of the Living Ned - Killed Ned...sort of (1G)

4) Jakobs Fodder - Completed the "Jakobs Fodder" mission (25G)

5) Couch Potato - Win 5 games in any mode. (10G)

6) Producer - Get 15 questions correct in a row in any game mode. (40G)

7) Reviewing the Dailies - Successfully answer every Movie Clip question in one puzzle block. (20G)

8) Director - Get 10 questions correct in a row in any game mode. (20G)

9) Drawing Up Storyboards - Successfully answer every Sketches, Pixel Flix, or Child's Play question in one puzzle block. (20G)

At the end of day 17 I have added 16 Achievements to bring my total to 70.
I have 295 to go, I added 365 Gamer Score to bring my total to 10,289.
My ratio is 70:17 or 4.11 Achievements a day.

Goal coming along nicely!

With Borderlands almost in the can I have been trying to build enough levels to finish the few achievements I have yet to unlock. I have also been playing scene it! Box Office Smash with my family.

Wednesday January 13th! 5 Achievements.
1) Dialect Coach - Successfully answer every Sound Clip or Songs & Slogans question in one puzzle block. (20G)
2) Epic Feature - Play a Long Game (20G)
3) Star - Score 60,000 points in a Long Game. (30G)
4) Lead Role - Score 45,000 points in a Long Game. (20G)
5) A Rip-Roaring Good Time - Successfully answer 50 questions about Comedy movie (15G)

Thursday January 14th more scene it and one for Borderlands.
Scene it! BOS!
1) Wholesome Fun for the Family - Successfully answer 20 questions about Family movies. (15G)
2) An Edge-of-Your-Seat Thrill Ride - Successfully answer 35 questions about Action movies. (15G)
3) An Emotional Tour de Force - Successfully answer 50 questions about Drama movies. (15G)
4) A Visually Stunning Mind-Bender - Successfully answer 25 questions about Sci-Fi movies. (15G)
5) Doing Stuff to Music Montages - Answer 40 questions about the '80's. (20G)

Borderlands
6) Ding! Sleepless - Earned level 40 (40G)

To Close day 14 of 2010 I have 54 Achievements down with 311 to go.
I added 225 Gamer Score to bring my total to 9,924. A 1,300 gamer score increase in 14 days. My ratio is 52:14 or 3.85 a day.

Trying to Kill Borderlands!

It's been a busy three days trying to put Borderlands to bed.

Sunday January 10th. six achievements all Borderlands!

1) Pandora-dog Millionaire - Earned $1,000,000 (50G)
2) Ding! Hardcore - Earned level 30 (30G)
3) Discovered Trash Coast - Discovered Trash Coast (5G)
4) Weapon Aficionado - Reached proficiency level 10 with any weapon type (20G)
5) You're on a boat! - I bet you never thought you'd be here. (15G)
6) Wanted: Krom - Killed Krom (20G)

Monday January 11th.
seven achievements. six for Scene It! BOS and one for Borderlands.

Scene It! BOS
1) Short Film - Play a Short Game. (10G)
2) Supporting Role - Score 60,000 points in a Short Game. (35G)
3) Bit Part - Score 40,000 points in a Short Game. (25G)
4) Flash Forward - Successfully answer every Sequentials or Credit Roll question in one puzzle block. (20G)
5) Background Artist - Score 25,000 points in a Short Game. (10G)
6) Multiple Exposure - Successfully answer every Genre X question in one puzzle block. (20G)

Borderlands
7) Destroyed the Hive - Killed the Rakk Hive (40G)

Tuesday January 12th seven achievements all Borderlands!
1) Destroyed the Destroyer - Killed the Vault Boss (50G)
2) Discovered Eridian Promontory - Discovered Eridian Promontory (15G)
3) Discovered Crimson Lance Enclave - Discovered Crimson Lance Enclave (15G)
4) Fully Loaded - Rescued enough Claptraps to earn 42 inventory slots (10G)
5) Made in New Haven - Completed all missions in the Rust Commons (20G)
6) Can't We Get BEYOND Thunderdome? - Emerged victorious from an arena match (25G)
7) Wanted: Flynt - Killed Flynt (30G)

I added 20 new Achievements!
TO recap: Its day 12 and I have 43 down and have 322 to go.
I added 465 gamer score to bring my total up to 9,699.
My ratio is 43:12 or 3.58 Achievements a day.

I feel like I am off to a good start. I don't think I can keep this pace up for the whole year. I just hope that I have built up enough of a cushion that I don't fall behind.

Finally an Update!

Well Life crept up in near the end of this week and I couldn't play much xbox. Anyway I finally added a few more achievements. Nothing but Borderlands this update.

Tuesday January 5th, 2010

1)12 Days of Pandora - Mastered the technology of Pandora. (30G)
2)Facemelter - Killed 25 enemies with corrosive weapons (25G)
3)Made in Fyrestone - Completed all missions in the Arid Badlands (15G)
4)1.21 Gigawatts - Killed 25 enemies with shock weapons(25G)

Saturday January 9th, 2010

1) Discovered The Scrapyard - Discovered The Scrapyard (10G)
2) Paid in New Haven - Completed 5 missions in the Rust Commons(10G)
3) Discovered Krom's Canyon - Discovered Krom's Canyon (10G)

So with day 9 done I have 23 achievements done and 342 to go.
I added 125 Gamer score to bring my total to 9,234.
And My ratio is 23:9 or 2.5

Another Update!

Just to log my progress.

January 3rd unlocked 3 achievements for Trivial Pursuit. These were a real pain in the ass. The You Know Too much achievement takes some work.
1)Maxed Out - Achieve a x10 multiplier on every category (CTB) (50G)
2)You Know Too Much - Clear the board without getting a question wrong (100g)
3)Knowledge is Invaluable - Break 60,000 points (CTB) (50G)

And On January 4th I unlocked 3 Achievements for Monopoly.

1)The First MONOPOLY - Get the same amount of money as the year MONOPOLY was released (50G)
2)The View From The Top - Build your first set of hotels. Classic mode only. (50G)
3)No Mercy - Be responsible for the bankruptcy of another player (20G)

At the close of day 4 I have 16 Achievements unlocked and 349 to go.
I added another 320 gamer score to bring my grand total to 9,109.

Thanks for reading.

Update - Day 2

Well I'm two days in and Its time for an update. I've been playing Borderlands and MW:2 a lot this week.

Day 1 Jan 1st: 3 Achievements for Borderlands.

1)Ding! Expert - Earned level 20 (20G)
2)Get A Little Blood on the Tires -Killed 25 enemies by ramming them with any vehicle (20G)
3)Speedy McSpeederton -Raced around the Ludicrous Speedway in record time. (10G)

Day 2 Jan 2nd: 1 Achievement for MW:2 and 6 for Borderlands.

1)Ghost - Plant the C4 in 'Cliffhanger' without alerting or injuring anyone in the blizzard. (10G)
2)My Brother is an Italian Plumber - Killed an enemy plumber-style. (15G)
3)Duelinator - Won a duel without taking damage (35G)
4)Duel-icious - Won a duel against another player (15G)
5)Rootinest, Tootinest, Shootinest - Killed 5 Rakk in under 10 seconds (10G)
6)Careful, He Bites - Killed 15 enemies with the Hunter's action skill (15G)
7)Master Exploder - Killed 25 enemies with explosive weapons (15G)

So It's day three and I am 10 achievements down 355 to go.
I have added 165 Gamer score to bring my total up to 8,789.

Note: on 12/31/09 I added 165 gamer score to bring my starting GS to 8,624.