Achievements maybe Microsoft best drug. A sweet little pill of highly compressed gamer greatness that chimes with a sweet sweet seductive song. Most of us at some point have become 'Achievement Whores' characterized by

a) Social/Physical Seclusion.
b) Subjecting oneself to the prolonged exposure to the worst of gaming experiences solely for achievements.

In extreme cases, turned into complete 'Wankers' by

c) The artificial inflation of their 'ego'/gamer score through hacking and cheating.

Either way, love it or...not. Some games have great achievements that can are ironic, confusing and sometimes funny.

My personal favorite is from Dark Sector - whose achievement for decapitating two NPCs with one power throw is a 'Double Cappe Latte'. This one made me have a little laugh at seeing a couple heads pop off and the achievement 'pop up'.

Now I could not find a video of this achievement but below Dark Sector's 'Hero's are Unleashed' launch video that is in my opinion one of the best trailers I have seen....ever.




So - what about you? What is your favorite achievements? Which ones are the most original? Which ones are the hardest? Which ones did you really hate?