The Two Vague Podcast
The Two Vague Podcast
Ben Cheknis
Episode 14 - Achievement
1 hour 3 minutes Posted Sep 23, 2021 at 3:26 pm.
Ben and Cheyenne: “Achievement Unlocked!”
“… in Sans Serif font,” and Ben’s hot take on the US educational system
Tiny house talk and Earthships
Cheyenne is not a knot person but wants to build traps
The Big Lebowski; the Dude is a real person
Nathan Arizona or Jim Click?
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Natalie Wood
Exploring the definition of the word achievement
Cheyenne plays devil’s advocate and has a pose picked out for graduation
“What is the escape velocity of the graduation cap?”
Ben amasses his sewing kit fortune
Going door to door is uncomfortable as a tweenager
Ben’s paper route, and Cheyenne says “do people read papers?!”
Reward yourself and Ben’s a Double Fine fanboy
Sixteen years later…
Pointless achievements and dumb trophies
Ben is mixed on his opinion of trophies and achievements
Cheyenne and Stardew Valley
Ben and Cheyenne ponder; “What makes a good achievement in video games?”
Ben’s achievement origin hypothesis… Atari 2600 and Activision PATCHES!
A short PSA about gamertags.
Cheyene’s sewing kit callback and thoughts on Gamerscore
Cheyene’s thoughts on speed runs and using game exploits
A definition of “time traveling” for Norah
Cheyenne’s parting thoughts on achievements and trophies
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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.