I’m too lazy to check if this is actually a first, but a goal I made on last week’s edition of Achievements of the Week was actually met. Which one? Um, keep on reading, loyal readers. I also did fairly well in some other videogames, but they don’t deserve the spotlight quite like Rhaegar does for hanging out in the Mojave Wasteland and shooting the crap out of evil automatons. Oops, guess I spoiled it.
Here we go!
From Fallout: New Vegas…
Curios and Relics (15G): Cause 10,000 damage with unique Mojave Wasteland weapons.
Last week, I knew I wanted to get this Achievement, but I had no idea how close I was to the actual 10,000 threshold mark. I’d been playing for some time at that point–maybe around 25 to 30 hours–and while I wasn’t using unique Mojave Wasteland weapons all the time, I was making a conscious effort to whip out That Gun as much as possible. Guess I was right near the finish line as it was only within an hour or so of playing again that this baby popped.
From Marvel VS. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds…
Excelsior! (10G): Perform 10 Team Aerial Combos. (Arcade/Xbox LIVE only)
Turn the Tables (10G): Land a Team Aerial Counter in a match. (Arcade/Xbox LIVE only)
No idea how I got these; I just mash those buttons like a crazy man.
From The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim…
Explorer (40G): Discover 100 Locations
Sideways (20G): Complete 10 side quests
Sure, these two Achievements seem like natural fits for unlocking after playing a game for over seventy-five hours. I can understand the location-based one, as I’m a homebody and creature of comfort and do not enjoy venturing out into the wild too much, content to spend time in my Whiterun house or within the secretive lair for the Thieves Guild.
The side quests one? Hmm, maybe that needs a whole blog post for explaining. Yeah, that’s it. More content spread out over this hip and happening place of mine. Stay tuned.
From Quarrel…
Just blogged about this wonderful wordy game and the three Achievements I unlocked this morning.
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That’s it for this week’s edition. It seems like, with each week, Friday gets here faster than before. Go figure. And it looks like yet another busy weekend. We’ll see if I make any further progress with the almighty, all powerful, and all too important Achievements list.
For those readers out there playing Skyrim, have you hit 100 locations yet? Do you remember your 100th one? Mine was Broken Oar Grotto.
Grinding Down 
I don’t remember my 100th location. But my biggest problem with Bethesda games is my tendency to wander off the quest line path and into every cave or fort or bandit hideout or Dwarven ruin that happens across my map.
Skyrim has been a slow ‘grind’ for me the last 2 months. Need to get back before Mass Effect 3 takes over.
I hear that Ghost! I’m about 5 achievements away from completion, but it seems to be taking longer and longer the closer I get.