You know what it is like… you spend hours playing your favourite game and up pops another achievement, reminding you of just what a master you have become at defending the planet, driving fast cars or just running around collecting things.
However, some achievements are nothing to brag about. Here are a some examples…
5. Red Dead Redemption: Lemming Award
One of my favourite past times is to fire off cannons from the walls of El Presidio, play land grab at Armadillo or just gallop around the sierra sitting on my trusty ass. During my western odyssey I’ve seen a few achievements come and go, but non odder than the Lemming Award.
It happened one day while I was jumping across roof tops in Blackwater chasing an Xbox Live rival. Unfortunately, I got too excited and leapt to where no building existed before falling to my doom and lying in a crumpled heap in front of my nemesis.
I remember hearing what sounded like an infant’s voice laughing at my geriatric level of gaming incompetence. As I waited to respawn, an achievement popped informing me that I had died 50 times falling off tall buildings, rocky ridges and fort walls. Mmmm.
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Nice article! You missed out the achievement for looking up Juilet’s skirt in Lollipop Chainsaw though… That’s gotta be one of, if not the most embarrassing achievement anyone can get.
I think it’s “tid-bit” and not “tiT-bit”. Raunchy
He also wrote “piece”, instead of “peace”. I don’t think English is his first language.
You guys are spot on. My poor English is just another embarrassing achievement I need to own up to.
Depends on which version of English. Tit-bit was changed to tid-bit by Americans. Both are correct.
Hi Mike,
Nice article. It reminded my of my first an only multiplayer experinece with Red Dead Redemtion, where, after wandering alone in the desert, I approached a posse of cowboys, who immediatly invited me to join their gang, and we set off in seach of some action. Then one of them started talking though the headset and I realised I , a 39 year old man was trotting along with a bunch of arrogant, 12 year old little twerps who were irritating me to the core. As we approached a town, they suggesting shooting everybody in the bar and I entered first, then turned around and promtly asked the 1st of the bunch for ID as this was a pub and they didn’t sound 18. After some verbal abuse, I pulled out my pistol and managed to take them all down, to the cries, of ‘wtf dude’ .
Mike,
This article could have easily been every achievement in “Avatar the last airbender” which can be gained in one minute or less of play. I wish i could give all of those 5 achievements back as they are incredibly embarrassing to have on my permanent xbl record.
You can get the Storyteller achievement by setting the clock on your PS3/360 to the various dates. How do you not know that?!?
Going into your settings and constantly changing your date and time just so you can get one measly achievement is not any less sad.
ADAM Wake? Oh boy! You clearly did not play that one, but it was GOTY material, definitely!
Adam Wake??? ROFLCOPTER
I found nothing in this article to be embarrassed about. You’re not a loser because you play a lot of games until you regret that gaming is one or more of your hobbies.