Episode 14 - Achievement

Cheyenne joins Ben this week to talk about the word Achievement.  Ben shares facts on scouting, movies and how he amassed his sewing kit fortune.  Cheyenne asks about knots and wants a badge for building traps.  They both share stories about how uncomfortable it was going door to door in their youth.  A discussion on dumb and satisfactory game achievements ensues.  Ben thinks he knows what the first video game achievement was.  Cheyenne shares her definition of time traveling and opinions on why she doesn’t use exploits. 00:20 - Ben and Cheyenne: “Achievement Unlocked!” 01:55 - “… in Sans Serif font,” and Ben’s hot take on the US educational system 03:35 - Tiny house talk and Earthships 06:30 - Cheyenne is not a knot person but wants to build traps 09:34 - The Big Lebowski; the Dude is a real person  12:24 - Nathan Arizona or Jim Click? 13:18 - Philip Seymour Hoffman and Natalie Wood  17:45 - Exploring the definition of the word achievement 19:29 - Cheyenne plays devil’s advocate and has a pose picked out for graduation 23:36 - “What is the escape velocity of the graduation cap?”  24:37 - Ben amasses his sewing kit fortune 27:25 - Going door to door is uncomfortable as a tweenager 29:37 - Ben’s paper route, and Cheyenne says “do people read papers?!” 32:04 - Reward yourself and Ben’s a Double Fine fanboy 34:54 - Sixteen years later… 36:16 - Pointless achievements and dumb trophies  41:42 - Ben is mixed on his opinion of trophies and achievements  43:38 - Cheyenne and Stardew Valley 45:28 - Ben and Cheyenne ponder; “What makes a good achievement in video games?” 47:23 - Ben’s achievement origin hypothesis… Atari 2600 and Activision PATCHES!  49:20 - A short PSA about gamertags.  51:43 - Cheyene’s sewing kit callback and thoughts on Gamerscore  55:31 - Cheyene’s thoughts on speed runs and using game exploits  59:15 - A definition of “time traveling” for Norah 01:03:01 - Cheyenne’s parting thoughts on achievements and trophies