Today's Notes 4/28/21

Good morning everybody,

Last night's stream was shorter than expected, because while we did finish Uncharted:Drake's Fortune, making it the 15th game we've beaten this year, I'm surprised that the final eight chapters took me less time to get through that chapters 1-7 last week and 8-15 on Monday night. And this is factoring in the many... many times I died. Maybe it's because the last third of the game is more action heavy and has fewer puzzle platforms to navigate, and it's not like there were that many to begin with. Still everything fell into place story wise, and the ending was satisfying if a bit odd considering the final battle was against the main villain's side kick. Speaking of that final battle, that really came down to pattern recognition of knowing when to move out of cover to attack and advance.

Anyway, the final leg of Uncharted Drake's Fortune wasn't all that long, and so we messed around with some other PS3 related things, mostly 3 on 3 NHL Arcade, basically your standard arcade style hockey game that at one point had on-line play. we managed to get a trophy unlocked because I changed some settings around to make thing easier because the games are quick. 3 on 3 NHL Arcade does not feature actual NHL Teams, just a collection of all-star players. Fun times to be had, but doesn't offer much replay value.

Also messed around a bit with the PS3 version of Sonic The Hedgehog CD, and oddly enough a trophy popped for it that I already had. I am thinking on a night where I don't have anything serious planned we might dedicate to beating it. Could be fun filler.

Yesterday at around 3 PM EST, totally lost power, and I'm grateful that I bought the battery back up power supply to make sure I was able to power down my computer safely. I do need to probably reposition one of my monitors to make sure one stays powered on via the battery back to make shutting my computer down easier in such a situation. That said, I'm glad PSE&G finally has an outage map that is mobile phone friendly to see an estimated power restore time... granted the time the power came on I lost two hours of work... but still, glad to see they have it.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 session was another solid 30 minute workout, and we did a bit extra that will basically ensure that April 2021 ends up my best workout month since August of last year, and we have a shot of passing the work I put in during that month! All comes down to the next two days!

Tonight we'll be back playing The Division, roaming New York and picking up on side quests and collectables in parts of the map I've already been too. We may be joined by Iceman, but I'm not sure.

And on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!