The year 2009 brought us a game that joins Avatar: The Last Airbender in the Easy Achievement Point Hall of Fame. Kids’ games are often on the list because kids’ games are supposed to be easy. Sports games are on the list because a little adjusting of the gameplay sliders can turn you into a three-point shooting, hat-tricking or strikeout machine.

Although the Halo 3 beta test period is over for Xbox Live subscribers, details about Microsoft’s juggernaut first person shooter continue to spread all over the net. Xbox360achievements.org has published a detailed list of 49 achievements for the upcoming game which are said to be final except perspective point values, which may still change.

Here are a few of the achievements that offer a sneak preview of sorts to some of Halo 3‘s features…