Nerdful Things – Platinum Geezer

I did a post on this on my old blog and figured I would resurrect it.  My old profile had many hours spent slogging (grinding) away to try and amass as many trophies as I could.  A veritable ‘Trophy Whore’ if you will.  I found myself renting a plethora of games from Lovefilm (now Amazon Video), games that I’d feel ashamed of looking at in a shop but the desire for trophies was strong and saw me playing the likes of Hannah Montana.  I know, right?

Sadly, I lost my account due to me having hacked my PS4 (jailbroken) and Sony banned my console and account.  I’d spent hundreds of pounds on games on the Playstation Store that I unfortunately lost.  Sucks to be me.

I got a PS4 for Christmas 2014 and, having to start all over again, I created my new profile.  I started where I left off – only caring about trophies and not really playing for enjoyment.  Over time, I shed my Trophy Whore attitude and started playing games as I once did – to enjoy them and form a sense of escapism.

Strangely, since my focus for trophy hunting has reduced, I’ve ended up gaining almost as many platinum trophies my old profile held in less than half the time.  I’ve ended up getting the platinum or progressing a lot further in games I had on my PS3 just by playing and enjoying them as opposed to trying to rush them and move on to the next “challenge”.

So, here is my list of platinums (I will update as I get more) compared to my old list (on the right).

 

Nerdgazzum84 LaCosaNostra84
The Walking Dead Borderlands
Dying Light Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection
Grim Fandango WWE Legends Of Wrestlemania
The Wolf Among Us Fallout 3
Tales From the Borderlands Wanted: Weapons Of Fate
Game of Thrones The Godfather II
Mad Max Heavy Rain
Amnesia: Memories Burnout Paradise
Batman Buzz! Quiz TV
Minecraft Story Mode Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
The Bunker Dante’s Inferno
Hitman Go Red Dead Redemption
Horizon Zero Dawn Just Cause 2
Until Dawn Need For Speed: Undercover
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Megamind: Ultimate Showdown
Back to the Future: The Game Batman: Arkham Asylum
Day of the Tentacle Remastered CSI: Fatal Conspiracy
My Name is Mayo Call Of Duty: World At War
South Park: The Stick of Truth Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
Skyrim Terminator Salvation
Heavy Rain LA Noire
My Name is Mayo (PS Vita) inFAMOUS
Rogue Trooper The Walking Dead
 South Park: The Fractured But Whole Batman: Arkham City
 The Walking Dead: A New Frontier Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse
 Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations Rango
Batman: The Enemy Within Eat Lead
Guardians of the Galaxy
Far Cry 5
Rocket League
Black Mirror
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
Minecraft Story Mode Season 2
Life is Strange Season 1
Conan Exiles
Kona
Virginia
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness
Detroit: Become Human
Deponia
Chaos on Deponia
Demetrios – The BIG Cynical Adventure
A Way Out
Call of Cthulhu
Lara Croft GO
Erica
Days Gone

 

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Craig Stewart

Craig is a father to three daughters and works full time in the telecomms industry. He has a passion for comics, movies, TV shows, tech and games. Craig is a HUGE Batman fan and is a Playstation fanboy. He is also somewhat of a Kevin Smith fanboy too. Latest hyper-focus: Slogging through 2000AD and publishing a daily post as he makes his way through almost 50 years worth of comic books.

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