Rant: Secret Achievements

Is it just me or are secret achievements a stupid idea. The whole idea of achievements is to show off your skill at games but with secret achievements no one can see what you have achieved. Whats even worse is the fact that you can't see what you have to do to achieve them. I think that the only positive aspect of secret achievements is that they encourage players to explore the world more however I find that many visible achievements do the same if not better. I think that in some cases secret achievements are acceptable such as achievements which may ruin the story for the player however generally they are just added to low gamer point achievements. I think overall that secret achievements should either be removed or their use should be improved afterall at the moment they are pointless.

long time no update.

Well I'm finally updating my blog. I have fallen in love with the concept of podcasts as the bungie and oxm podcasts made my job of finishing Alone in the dark much easier. I have in fact been considering doing my own podcasts and also possibly making a youtube channel for my blog. I also hope to improve the professionalism of my blog.

I love survival horror games and the next few months are going to be full of them specifically silent hill 5 and dead space. I love silent hill and is probably my favourite game series (that or medievil or resident evil etc.) especially as it is so original and atmospheric and I'm sure this next one will be no exception even if its not made by team silent. Dead space looks awesome and the fact that the story in the animated comics is so good has made me want this even more than I did before.

I am also a massive fan of dead rising and the news that a wii version is being made is very interesting however I'm not sure if the changes will be worth it, although thats said I bought RE4 wii edition even though I had the gamecube version.

on the topic of podcasts if I do decide to do some I will try and get Alex to guest star on some of them and in fact we may just discuss our projects....

... ok I think thats enough for this post.

oh by the way I wil try and make sure that my blog is updated more frequently from now on.