Achieve-Queen: Episode 3

Hello all! Welcome to achieve-queen! Sorry that it has been awhile, but with all of the wonderful joys of moving, I haven't had much time to post. So here I am finally able to do so. So, time to get down to business. Today's Featured games are Gears of War 3 and Dead Island!

Gears of War 3

Award Winning Tactics: You have to earn 1 Onyx Medal in the game. It can be any one. What I did, was while trying to unlock some of the game mods, I maxed out the medal for fortifications in Horde mode.

Come to Poppa!: You have to win a versus multiplayer match as a FULL team of Recruit Clayton Carmines. Easiest way, grab 5 friends, switch to ahve your COG character be Recruit Clayton and play some King of the Hill (KOTH) until you get it. You have to complete an entire match from start to finish it get this achievement.

New Stuff to expect from me

Okay, I know, I'm falling behind on the posting since the start of the year. I'm Sorry!!!

So what has been going on with me is:
1) I moved home with my parents for personal reasons. I love it here, and love that I still have the freedoms of living out side the house since I am renting 2 rooms from them, but still have the comforts of my family and the ability to help them out
2) I have started writing for Gears Community Online Network (GCON) and have Gears of War related posts coming out through them. If you are interested in the series, I really suggest checking them out.
3) I was moved to a different job at work that is better for me and fantastic and I love it.

So, I do intend to resume my "Achieve-Queen" posts that I was doing before. I enjoyed doing those, and once I get my computer set up for it, I may do videos to accompany them. No promises on that happening any time soon though. I have been gaming, but really have not gotten many achievements on the Xbox lately to really justify making a full post. But soon! Very soon! I just got a digital copy of Alan Wake for free from a friend at work  and will be playing with that in the next few days.

As for makeup/beauty related posts, I will be resuming those about recommendations and such, but full reviews will be few and far between for a little while. Moving home has made money tight, and I need to get that all sorted first. I will also be writing some more "Opinion" related pieces on tips and tricks I have heard about or tried from others, and I want to hear feed-back from you about the topic in the comments.

That is all for now to be honest. It is late, I am tired, and I have a date with my xbox tomorrow. It feels very unloved since I moved home.

Achieve-Queen Episode 2

Long time no see everyone. I've had quite a lot of time to play around with my xbox, and Epic just released RAAMs shadow so I kinda went on a Gears marathon. So, all of these are from Gears of War 3 and gotten in the past 2/3 weeks.

Level 25- Pretty basic and straight forward. You have to play GOW3 enough in campaign or multiplayer to reach Level 25. Depending on your skill level and time able to play, you can get this quickly, or it may take awhile.

Game Review: Gears of War 3

***NOTE: There are potential spoilers in this post. I advise you not read past the initial impressions of the game as after that I talk about some of the dialog, funny lines, and plot of the game. If you don't like spoilers, don't read after all the Italic typing***

Replica Lancer FTW!

Graphics: The graphics are amazing in my personal opinion. The detail on outfits, faces, and expressions are great. Even though the terrain is very post-apocalyptic, it has a new feel to it, and it is beautiful in it's own way in places. Also, the effects of the water and blood coming on the screen, the fact that items do move when you run into them in places is great too (Like a swing set that I ran into myself)

Gears of War 3 Beta--- Come on 24th!

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Gears of War 3, the final installment in the series, will be released this November, but the multiplayer Beta opens to those with the invite on the 24th of April.... merely 11 days from now. How do you get the invite? By purchasing "Bulletstorm" (the EPIC edition) or by pre-ordering Gears 3 at your local Game Stop. Booyah. I bought Bulletstorm (which is fantastic btw) and I am pre-ordering as well. I need this game, I love the story, and I just need it.

Back in last June/July they annouced that the one of the final Carmine Brother would be in the third game. His other brothers, Anthony and Ben, died previously in games 1 and 2. How they annouced his appearance was great. They opened a vote for if this final Carmine brother would live or die of coarse!

The vote was done by sales of t-shirts and avatar shirts on the xbox. For him to live: you bought the black shirt saying "Save Carmine". For him to die: A red shirt with "Carmine Must die". I of coarse, looked into the character a little before voting. I bought both the avatar shirt and an actual tshirt so I voted twice... both to Save Carmine. (all proceeds also went to charity! How cool is that?!)

Here is my reasoning on why Clayton Carmine should live:

- Clayton has already survived a sniper shot to the head, proving that he is a badass.
- After his brothers Anthony and Ben died, he had them tattooed on his arm in their memory and a reminder on why he fights. A badass with a heart wins my vote on surviving.
- HE STRANGLES A LOCUST DRONE TO DEATH!!!! Seriously!? Those things slaughter people and he just walks in and chokes one.
- He looks like a badass:

Come on, whats not to love? Although you'd think after his brothers deaths that he would think to not wear a helmet. Anthony died of a sniper shot to the head because it restricted his view too much, and Ben died from injuries in battle. If Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago are NOT wearing helmets, you figure that's the way to go... just saying.

Anyway... for you gamers out there, what is your opinion? Live, or Die? I wanna know. Comment below! If I pre-order my game in time for the beta, maybe YOU can have the second code I will be getting for it sicne I have the bulletstom one. ^-^