MTV Interview: Achievements & The Gamers Who Love Them

A new interview I did with MTV just went up on their site that delves into the decision making process behind Achievements, what makes a good one, what makes a bad one, and some personal insight on what I think of them.

Where do Xbox 360 Achievements come from? We’re going to find out, one game at a time.

First up, the Achievements of “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.” Last week I asked Infinity Ward’s Community Manager Robert Bowling via e-mail about the Achievements in “Call of Duty 4.” A fan of Achievements himself, Bowling and the team behind the best-selling title take Achievements very seriously:

“I don’t agree with Achievements that don’t require skill, like ‘Play multiplayer for 8 hours straight.’ That’s not an achievement, that’s a pain; it’s one of those Achievements people will typically get simply by starting up a game and just leaving it sit while they sleep.”

Bowling also goes on to talk about the lack of Achievements for online multiplayer, the hardest Achievement in “Call of Duty 4″ and his own “Achievement-cation” he recently took…

Go check out the full thing here:

MTV.com - Infinity Ward Talks Call of Duty 4 Achievements

Speaking of which, what was the last great achievement you got?

For me, I was so hyped up from the Hitman movie, I went out on Black Friday to pick up a copy of Hitman: Blood Money for the Xbox 360 and beat it over the extended weekend, as well as named pretty much all it’s special achievements, including “Redemption”, “47 Kills”, and upgraded all the weapons. I’ll work on going through it on all difficulties now.