How to unlock a one billion point Achievement

by Griffin McElroy { Nov 11th 2009 at 3:45PM }

As a congratulatory message to their Microsoft peers, the Interactive Entertainment branch recently sent the Windows team the banner you see above shortly after the latter launched Windows 7. It's a cute little example of how these two companies okay enough with the crap. We need this Achievement. Do you understand us, Microsoft? We need it. Knowing "the big one" is out there, but that it will be eternally inaccessible to us? Do you know what that would do to our psyche? It would end us, Microsoft.

We'll make you a deal -- we'll create our own Microsoft-branded operating system, and then you go ahead and pass one of those novelty-sized Achievements our way. How do you feel about "Doors XL?" No? How about "Glass-covered Portals 2010?" Or "Panes: Professional Edition?" Get back to us on this one, okay? We need it.

Tags: achievements, microsoft, windows, windows-7

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Rhamsey @ Nov 11th 2009 3:52PM

I need that achievement.

mycbrad @ Nov 11th 2009 3:54PM

That's nothing. The Gears2 cheaters all have 1billion Gamerscore.

X3F Sticker PIMP @ Nov 11th 2009 4:00PM

I'll take two please! One for my brother of course.

CH3BURASHKA @ Nov 11th 2009 5:16PM

Buh-boop!

URM0MLIK3SME @ Nov 11th 2009 5:33PM

Wouldn't everyone getting this achievement just inflate the gamer score of all the xbox live members? i.e. the points are not worth as much. Kind of like why the US doesn't just print all the money they need to pay their debts

Gloqwi @ Nov 11th 2009 10:13PM

[A]greed!

NBA Kirkland @ Nov 12th 2009 5:10AM

1B is actually in hexadecimal. So that would be...let's see...16....plus 11.....27! Yeah, just 27.

joeybeast @ Nov 12th 2009 9:36AM

What game is that? I thought they only allow 1000 points per game.
cheaters!

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