Wednesday, January 23

Thoughts on the Xbox Gamerscore

For those of you not familiar with the Xbox, they have a Gamerscore feature that gives you points when you get certain achievements in a game.  For instance, if you pass a level you'd get 20 points.  They have all kinds of achievements but one thing I haven't seen:  Negative Achievements.

Now I know we all need positive reinforcement to keep playing our games but I really think that moments of true stupidity should be recognized.  For instance:

  • In a single player campaign mode, killed 5 times or more by the same bad guy:  -5
  • In a Halo 3 ranked playlist, killed 3 times while reloading when you should have been using your melee attack:  -10
  • In any FPS, walking around with your head looking at the floor or ceiling for 5+ minutes:  -25

Hmmm... after a quick search on Google it looks like I'm not the only one with the idea.

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