Well, after the good news of getting my BA degree it’s back down to earth and time to write my wednesday achievement update. It actually feels quite good to have something updated weekly on a cycle now, it’s my time to brag as well as giving me something else to do.

I’ve not gotten any new rentals, so I’ve tried finishing off those that I have played in the past. I thought I’d have played Crackdown or Lost Planet but still nothing… oh well.

This week I’ve been watching the X-Files, a show I haven’t watched in around a decade, so it’s nice being able to go back through season 1 without remembering anything, I forgot just how amazingly awesome this show was. Other than perhaps  ‘The Twilight Zone’ this has to be the most influential science fiction show of all time, led by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in their strongest roles. Plus I’d forgot just how sexy Gillian Anderson was, she’s not gorgeous… just sexy.

Colin McRae: DiRT

Gamerscore: 975/1000
Points This Week: 800
Unlocks This Week: 36 achievements
Total Unlocked: 48 out of 49

The Darkness

Gamerscore: 795/1000
Points This Week: 65
Unlocks This Week: 3 achievements
Total Unlocked: 37 out of 50

Total Achievement Points this Week:
865 points

Total Unlocks this Week:
39 Achievements

Total Points:
34,476

I said I wouldn’t play any games and if I’m being honest,bar the last couple of days, I haven’t. I just decided to play some DiRT and it started throwing achievements at me, nearly all of which take place in Career mode, so what was a nice surprise. I’ve got them all bar the 1,000 miles which is one of the most stupid achievements ever, it’s more miles than is needed to complete the game 180%, really daft, so I’ve decided to take my controllers accellerator down with the joystick to the left to pull some donuts whilst I sleep, I figure I’ll only get 20 miles an hour, but it’s more than I can do when I’m sleeping :p.

I’ve sent Tomb Raider Anniversary back today, so hopefully I will get Call of Juarez or Harry Potter on rental as I really want to play both of those irregardless of Achievement points, those are merely a bonus on these 2 games. I’ve also got all of ‘The Darkness’ completed in Single Player, so I only need multiplayer achievements, but as the game is so bloody laggy I’m gonna have to ‘do a Prey’ and glitch them with someone willing (I wonder who… ).  I also really hope to borrow Football Manager 2006 off my mate, I’ve been asking him for almost 3 weeks, but he keeps forgetting bless him, my reason for wanting to is to a) get more achievements and finish the season I was already doing, and also so that I have another game I can play whilst watching DVD’s (I’m watching the X-Files now, currently near the end of Season 1), so that’s another added bonus.

As I mentioned above, I am currently watching X-Files season 1 and I own all 9 seasons on DVD. Now there are loads of episodes I’ve not seen or can’t even remember on TV so it’s fun watching it again.. I’d even forgotten how tense some moments can be in it.. Brilliant! Hopefully I’ll watch all 9 seasons in a row… but I doubt it… that’s almost 10,000 minutes worth, that’s 166 hours or an entire week solid! Scary! As for the book, well, it’s still average, I’m thinking I’m gonna read through it as fast as possible and then move onto something else (probably Harry Potter!)