The Dastardly Achievement

A fascinating account of attempting to get the “dastardly” achievement in the popular video game, Red Dead Redemption:

A few hours in and I found my gal. A woman cried plaintively near a stagecoach for help, a woman serving voluntarily as bait for what were essentially a turn of the century version of carjackers. She was attempting to lure my unsuspecting gunslinger into the crosshairs of a group of bandits hiding behind the coach. After dispatching them, I swooped in, hogtied the woman, and deposited her on the back of my horse, and I was off to find a convenient set of tracks.

Having set her down, I waited for my achievement to unlock, which, of course, it didn’t.

Then it dawned on me. I was going to need to wait for a train.

I cut her loose. It wasn’t funny anymore.

via The Dastardly Achievement < PopMatters.