GhostStorm » Achievements http://ghoststorm.co.uk Wed, 23 May 2012 10:13:14 +0000 en hourly 1 World’s largest videogame controller http://ghoststorm.co.uk/worlds-largest-videogame-controller/ http://ghoststorm.co.uk/worlds-largest-videogame-controller/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:18:08 +0000 Steve Quinn http://ghoststorm.co.uk/?p=5415 The World’s largest videogame controller has made it in to the  Guinness World Records Gamers Edition and it was on show to hundreds yesterday at Liverpool Street Station (Main concourse) and the image to left is of the actual controller. The controller measures roughly 12 feet by six feet, is two feet high, and weighs an estimated 265 pounds. If you wanted to use it like a standard handheld pad, you would need to be 51 m (167 ft) tall – the same height as London landmark Nelson’s Column! Such is the size of the controller that it requires at least two gamers to press the buttons – or jump on them – which communicates with a standard console. The device, created as part of a university project, took 5 months to create at an estimated cost of £4,000.

Here is a video of it in action too!

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Other standout records celebrated this year include the Longest Videogame Marathon. Tony Desmet, Jesse Rebmann and Jeffrey Gammon (all Belgium) played Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood for an eye-watering 109 hours. In another feat of endurance 6ft 5in 265lb Jesse Moerkerk from the Netherlands set a new record for the Longest Gaming Session in Free-Fall. Suspended in a wind-tunnel, Jesse managed to play Super Mario Galaxy 2 on the Nintendo Wii for 18 minutes and 52 seconds. The Dutchman described the feeling as “like doing one continuous push-up while trying to stomp goombas at the same time!”

Britain’s Helen Mirren is recognised for the Highest Fee Paid for a Videogame Advert Appearance. In 2010 the famous actress was reportedly paid £500,000 ($800,000) to appear in a series of television adverts for Wii Fit. While across the pond Marie-Laure Norindr (France) is crowned the First Woman to Win a Pro-Street Fighter Event. Best known among pro-gamers under her tag of “Kayane”, Marie-Laure became the first woman to win a pro-Street Fighter event at the Evolution Championship Series in 2010.


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]]> http://ghoststorm.co.uk/worlds-largest-videogame-controller/feed/ 0 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim achievements leak http://ghoststorm.co.uk/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-achievements-leak/ http://ghoststorm.co.uk/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-achievements-leak/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:46:19 +0000 Steve Quinn http://ghoststorm.co.uk/?p=4269 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim doesn’t hit the Xbox 360 until next month but the list of achievements for the game have leaked out giving us an idea of what to expect on the Playstation 3 and PC versions of the game as well.
The 50 achievements leaked may be a little bit spoiler-ish with some of the main Skyrim storyline achievements so you may want to stay away from those. I’ve moved them to the bottom with a “Spoiler” tagline and placed them below an advert in case you want to avoid anything ruining your game. The rest of the list focuses on tasks you can complete outside of the storyline from getting a bounty on your head to getting married to joining certain guilds and completing sidequests. You can check out the full list below.

  • Take Up Arms - 10 – Join the Companions
  • Blood Oath - 10 – Become a member of the Circle
  • Glory of the Dead - 30 – Complete “Glory of the Dead”
  • Gatekeeper - 10 – Join the College of Winterhold
  • Revealing the Unseen - 10 – Complete “Revealing the Unseen”
  • The Eye of Magnus - 30 – Complete “The Eye of Magnus”
  • Taking Care of Business - 10 – Join the Thieves Guild
  • Darkness Returns - 10 – Complete “Darkness Returns”
  • One with the Shadows - 30 – Returned the Thieves Guild to its former glory
  • With Friends Like These… – 10 – Join the Dark Brotherhood
  • Bound Until Death - 10 – Complete “Bound Until Death”
  • Hail Sithis! - 30 – Complete “Hail Sithis!”
  • Taking Sides - 10  - Join the Stormcloaks or the Imperial Army
  • War Hero - 10 – Capture Fort Sungard or Fort Greenwall
  • Hero of Skyrim - 30 – Capture Solitude or Windhelm
  • Sideways - 20 – Complete 10 side quests
  • Hero of the People - 30 – Complete 50 Misc Objectives
  • Hard Worker - 10 – Chop wood, mine ore, and cook food
  • Thief - 30 – Pick 50 locks and 50 pockets
  • Snake Tongue - 10 – Successfully persuade, bribe, and intimidate
  • Blessed - 10 – Select a Standing Stone blessing
  • Standing Stones - 30 – Find 13 Standing Stones
  • Citizen - 10 – Buy a house
  • Wanted - 10 – Escape from jail
  • Married - 10 – Get married
  • Artificer - 10 – Make a smithed item, an enchanted item, and a potion
  • Master Criminal - 20 – Bounty of 1000 gold in all nine holds
  • Golden Touch - 30 – Have 100,000 gold
  • Delver - 40 – Clear 50 dungeons
  • Skill Master - 40 – Get a skill to 100
  • Explorer - 40 – Discover 100 Locations
  • Reader - 20 – Read 50 Skill Books
  • Daedric Influence - 10  - Acquire a Daedric Artifact
  • Oblivion Walker - 30 – Collect 15 Daedric Artifacts
  • Dragon Soul - 10 – Absorb a dragon soul
  • Dragon Hunter - 20 – Absorb 20 dragon souls
  • Words of Power - 10 – Learn all three words of a shout
  • Thu’um Master - 40 – Learn 20 shouts
  • Apprentice - 5 – Reach Level 5
  • Adept - 10 – Reach Level 10
  • Expert - 25 – Reach Level 25
  • Master - 50 – Reach Level 50

Potential spoiler material achievements below.

  • Unbound - 10 –  Complete “Unbound”
  • Bleak Falls Barrow - 10  - Complete “Bleak Falls Barrow”
  • The Way of the Voice – 20 – Complete “The Way of the Voice”
  • Diplomatic Immunity – 20 – Complete “Diplomatic Immunity”
  • Alduin’s Wall - 20 – Complete “Alduin’s Wall”
  • Elder Knowledge - 20  - Complete “Elder Knowledge”
  • The Fallen – 20 – Complete “The Fallen”
  • Dragonslayer – 50 – Complete “Dragonslayer”
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