Marvel's Midnight Suns and other notes

We got fair bit done in Midnight Suns tonight, advancing the plot a bi while knocking out various achievements, and we offically broke past the 1000 gamer score thanks to doing the DLC content. Also hit max friendship with Spider-Man and Captain Marvel. Wolverine being apart of the crew is a cool addition.

Still having trouble figuring out how to do Storm's stun for enemies with abilities in a single turn.

Marvel's Midnight Suns will return tomorrow

For the raid we dropped in on  tokushoutsu to watch some Kamen Rider

Work was so good we ended early case we closed the assignment

It's 83 degrees right now which means it will be torture trying to fall asleep

The Camden County Munipal Ultities Authority jacked up its rates and I'm not happy about that

Knocked out the Spider-Man commission request in one day, and the results were... mixed I feel. Next up is a large scale Resident Evil story that will take a few days to write. 

Spoke with Kristi this morning, it was great chatting with her

Marvel's Midnight Suns Achievements

• Kitchen Sink: Used 5 environmentals in a single turn.
• Time to Make the Chimichangas!: Reach maximum En Fuego with Deadpool.
• It's All Connected: Modify 5 general missions using the Whisper Web.

Being Spider-Man Chasing Pigeons

Good afternoon everyone,

Work was really bleh yesterday, I didn't mind it too much, but man, trying to interview New Yorkers is like pulling teeth... a lot of pain with little reward. Still at least next week everyone should be on the same playing field.

As for last night's stream, well a big focus was spent on side content, dealing with all the Demon thug encounters across the map, then finishing the last of the Osborn science labs, and finally progressing the story to where Peter is evicted from his apartment and Martin Li makes his move as Mr. Negative as well as the Batman-like origin story for Miles Morales. Basically we finished Act 1 with huge chunks of the side-stuff already done which is really cool and of course shows off the approach I take in games like this. Do everything you can before advancing the plot means the odds of getting achievements is higher.

And that paid off as I picked up 10 achievements last night, with the most pain in the ass one being the one involving finding Howard's Pigeons. Now don't get me wrong, I like the web-swining aspect of Spider-Man just fine... however trying to chase pigeons was a real pain the ass since they can change elevation rather easily. Still, very few people bothered doing the quest it, only 13% of players finishing it.  At this point I have 51% of the base game trophies unlocked.

Marvel's Spider-Man Trophies

• Arachnophobia: Perform 75 Stealth Takedowns
• R&D: Complete all Research Stations
• Cat's Out of the Bag: Collect a Black Cat collectible
• Cat Prints: Track down Black Cat
• Pigeon Hunter: Catch all of Howard's Pigeons
• Demons Emerge: Complete Act 1
• With Great Power...: Pay respects at Ben Parker's grave
• Born to Ride: Ride the Subway 5 times
• Hero for Higher: Perch atop Avengers Tower
• Science FTW!: Craft 15 Upgrades

For the raid we dropped in on tokushoutsu during the marathon of  Kamen Rider Kuuga over at twitch.tv/tokushoutsu

The plan for tonight's stream is more Elder Scrolls Online as Striker and I will continue our misadventures.

Of course, Striker told me next week he'll be out of town to go see some the Anaheim Angels face the Toronto Blue Jays, so we're going to flip the nights Elder Scrolls Online and Spider-Man, with ESO on Friday and Spider-Man on Saturday.

Marvel's Avengers is coming to the end of its poorly thought out 'game as a service' life later this year and all of the premium content is being unlocked for free. So yeah I did re-install the game on my Xbox One just to log in and claim all the goodies. Which means I'll keep the big box collectors edition for the PS4 I got during the Square Enix permanently sealed. Also managed to get an achievement that apparently was glitched way back in 2020!

Marvel's Avengers Achievements

• Trying on Perfection: Earn a 100% rating on a mission without any team member being downed

Yes I did do the dishes after last night's stream.. haha

Also made one of those insta-pasta packets for tonight's dinner. Seemed like a nice alternative and it'll go well with pop corn shrimp. 

Did a fair bit of writing as it relates to the Mass Effect short story commission, I should be able to finish it before tonight's stream.

Got a new toilet brush, and it should be impossible for me to snap the handle on it (still not sure how i snapped the old one's handle in the first place)

Watched Strange Brew last night... such a hilarious movie, all I know about Canadian culture I learned from watching this movie... and old SCTV re-runs (I'm kidding)

This weeks Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star stats are as follows...

• Punches Thrown: 10681
• Estimated Calorie Burn: 4000.01 kcal
• Fitness Age: 18
• Achievements Unlocked" 60%
  

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

Finding Vinyl and Hess Trucks, Plus Final Fitness Boxing 2 Totals

Good morning everyone,

Work yesterday ended up being a bit short because the client wanted to review something order, or make changes to the study to try and make it more applicable to respondents. At least that was the impression I got.

So with the extra time I managed to liberate the crates that have vinyl records, both 45s and LPs from the storage closet, which means I got some unwanted deck furniture upstairs in the living room. But hopefully I'll be able to dispose of those items as well.

Also found a couple of Hess Trucks, and for those wondering, for a long time, the gasoline company Hess had these big holiday promotions regarding toy trucks. I remember having one back in the 80s, and the two I found, one from 1997 and one from 2000. Considering the novelty of them, these were a cool find.

For the first time I was asked by someone in the neighborhood about mom, because they were use to seeing her around. So that was a bit tough to convey.

Last night's stream opened with Fall Guys, and we certainly had some rough moments, as my timing in some rounds were way off. Did have a few close calls that nearly resulted in wins, but we didn't get any crowns. I did get the season pass because I was incredibly close to completing it anyway, so we have all the awards.

After the break, we switched to Gears of War 2, and too my surprise I was able to play with others in the Horde mode, which was a lot of fun. Playing on a fairly hard difficulty, I managed to hold my own with out getting downed once. We were then joined by Iceman, and following some issues with him being unable to hear me because Windows 11 is awful, we were able to get quite a bit done. We did have a comedy of errors with having to retry a few parts. But we had fun.

For the raid we dropped in on TokuSHOUTsu during the marathon of Kamen Rider over at twitch.tv/TokuSHOUTsu 

Gears of War 2 Achievements

• Rookie Gear: Reached level 5 in multiplayer
• Photojournalist: Submitted a spectator photo

The final Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Body Hook Combo, Weaving Combo #1 and Double Combo #2. 

Total Stats

• Fitness Boxing 2 Days In  A Row: 811 (969 counting Fitness Boxing 1)
  
• Total Punches ThrownL 1,089,663
• Total Estimated Calories Burned: 456,697.80 kcal
• Total Exercise Time: 481 hours, 42 minutes, 34 seconds

Body Parts Trained:

• Bicep Exercises: 1839
• Chest Exercises: 1928
• Core Exercises: 1841
• Hip Exercises: 1938
• Calf Exercises: 1833
  

Trainers Used

• Karen - 332
• Leo - 12
• Guy - 18
• Janice - 388
• Hiro - 383
• Lin - 522
• Sophie - 333
• Bernardo - 322
• Martina - 336
• Laura - 324
• Evan - 344
  

Songs Used

• Birdsong - 109 
• Aim High - 102
• South Nocturne - 89
• Alone - 89
• Hot N Cold - 82
• Castle on the Hill - 106
• Girls Just Want To Have Fun - 106
• Y.M.C.A. - 97
• Can't Hold Us - 82
• Venus - 102
• Animals - 94
• Don't You Worry Child - 108
• Born to be Wild - 79
• So What - 80
• Break Free - 93
• Beauty and a Beat - 83
• Sandstorm - 92
• It's My Life - 98
• Bang Bang - 80
• Something Just Like This - 87
• What Makes You Beautiful - 103
• Boogie Wonderland - 73
• I'm an Albatraoz - 99
• Cosmic Fairlane - 42
• U.S. Route 163 - 59
• Rio Grande - 52
• Virtual Love - 53
• The Endless Voyage - 62
• Eternal Return - 45
• Matsuri - 51
• Galaxy Railroad - 63
• Avalon - 48
• Louisiana Joe - 62
• Sparkling Dawn - 29
• Morning Breeze -47
• Groove Fantasy - 46
• Shining Splash - 38
• Light Stomp! - 35
• Emerald Vibe Workout - 29
• Attract - 37
• Evolution - 42
• Go, GO, Punch! - 47
• Midnight blue - 47
• Melbourne Workout - 0
• You're Gonna Change - 1
• Your Future - 3
• Dawn of the Storm - 5
• INFERNO - 1
• The Long Way Around - 1
  

"Dad, did you get a haircut?" "No, I got them all cut!"

Song of the Day: Soul Man by Sam & Dave

For tonight's stream.... we might feature Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star on the Nintendo Switch if we can play it tonight. Then we'll also play Hades for a bit (or the full stream if FBFotNS is not avaliable.

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