The Gaming Diary: Chapter 2

[bombatomba]

Playing a bunch of Badge enabled games on Steam.  So far I've played a ton of Portal 2, Half Life 2, Bastion, Binding of Issac, and Alan Wake to get at the cards.

[h1ghw1nd]

I beat Bucky O'hare NES finally…such a hard game!!!

[russlyman]

I beat Bucky O'hare NES finally…such a hard game!!!

trying my best to beat it. Can only get to the third level.

[bombatomba]

More Binding of Issac.  I can't seem to get out of the Basement.

[Link41]

Star Wars: Battlefront II (XB) - Continuing my addiction to conquest mode.

[JSoup]

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus - Nearing the half way point, I think.

[Link41]

.detuned (PSN) - Just messing around with this as my daughter seems to like watching it.

[blcklblskt]

I finished Batman: Arkham Origins on normal today.  I'm going to finish collecting everything then head on into NG+, provided my PS4 doesn't arrive before then.

On a side note, that game must have the longest credit sequence in the world.  I watched the credits for about 3 minutes, folded some laundry, and took a shower.  They went on for another few minutes until it finally told me I unlocked NG+.

[Duke.Togo]

I beat Bioshock Infinite - Burial at Sea Part I tonight. All achievements on 1999 mode. Really fantastic.

[Izret101]

Age of Empires Online.

So much AoEO...

Trying to get all those unlocks before the servers close next year? http://ageofempiresonline.../articles/blog-20130916-1

Yup. I saw the closure announcement the day it happened and was not going to bother going back to it.
I had enjoyed playing around the launch but it would be so time consuming to complete i decided to play other stuff.

Tynstar sucked me back into it though since he needed help. I will get it done. It is enjoyable but it is probably 100+ hours i could have put into other games over the next 6 months instead.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Do steam badges actually give you anything or are they just like achievements?

[JSoup]

Badges give you experience, experience raises your level. Levels give you knew things to add to your profile and extend your friends list cap. There are a few games where the badges do give you in game goodies, but I'm only aware of Beat Hazard. The Gold Ship was a bonus for buying the game in a bundle during a previous holiday sale and now the only way to get it is to craft the level one badge. The level five badge gives you a new ship skin called Dragon.

[bombatomba]

Do steam badges actually give you anything or are they just like achievements?

I just get the cards to sell them on the market.  It's not much, but the $7.49 I've accrued so far may allow me to get someone something on Steam.

[Seno]

Contrast (PC) Pretty damn good, so far its reminding me of psychonauts more than anything else.

[SirPsycho]

Do steam badges actually give you anything or are they just like achievements?

I've made a few badges and every one of them has given me 4 things, the badge itself, an emoticon to use in chat, a wallpaper to put on my profile, and a coupon for some game.