One of the greatest things about video games today are the achievements (on the Xbox 360 console; for PS3 owners, the technical term is "Trophies", but it's basically the same thing). For those who are very familiar with the concept, achievements are essentially a check list of your progress throughout a game; they can be obtained through the milestones of the storyline you play, they can be earned by completing high scores and conquering pivotal feats, they can even be entirely random objectives that have nothing to do the game other than to serve as a "wink to the camera" from the game developers. Nearly all achievements have a score assigned to them; the more you earn, the higher your total Gamerscore accumulates. A quick glance at a gamer's achievement list will help you determine which games they liked and which ones they spent the most time with (based on the number of achievements they have earned.) Therefore, your Gamerscore and the achievements are fundamentally a good reference for most gamer's habits (or as a good friend of mine jokes, "I long list of 'dork points' for bragging rights.")
And he's right.
Achievements are a list of shiny gold stars. They say things like "You managed to complete this game on Insane Nightmare Punch-your-Grandma Mode with out snapping your controller in half" or "You got a perfect score dodging every explosive weasel thrown at you" or even "You figured out how to save the world. Twice." And why not be a little proud now and then? You earned it, and you have the proof right there in your achievements history. Yes, achievements can be a small reminder that not only you enjoyed that grand adventure you went on, but also that you were pretty damn good at it too!
With that in mind, I thought to myself "Wouldn't it be cool if you could earn video game-like achievements in real life? And if so, what would they be like?". That's when I came up this neat little poster that I designed. I was happy with the final result and thought I'd share it with you:
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There was no better time to share that than today on this rainy Monday. How you made an icon for every single dork achievement is beyond me. I'm gonna make a point to bookmark this and revisit it weekly for when I need a mental vacation. Brilliant work!
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