Marvel's Midnight Suns and other notes

We advance the plot quite a bit, seeing that Johnny Blaze has the missing page, we got the Darkchyld armor and rescued Wanda. Plus picked up the last of Storm's not Challenge Missions achievements. Rest of the way I'm probably going to be making sure to include Storm, Venom, Deadpool and Morbius to get their friendship levels up so their challenge missions can be knocked, since there are achievements associated with them.

Also need to make sure when Spider-Man, Magik or Captain Marvel are leading side missions to try spread things out to ensure another achievement is done.  

Marvel's Midnight Suns will return on Thursday

Tomorrow's stream will feature Sea of Thieves or Smite, depending on Iceman's availability 

For the raid we dropped in on MST3K during the airing of Last of the Wild Horses

Work was really good, but I felt my voice starting to wain a bit late in the shift

The heat today really made it tough to write as I only got part of what I wanted done for this Resident Evil story done... tomorrow should be a better day

Picked up volume 12 of the Persona 5 Manga

Marvel's Midnight Suns Achievements

• Shocking Development: Stun 4 enemies with Storm abilities in a single turn.

J-STARS Victory VS and other notes

We got a lot of the grind achievements in J-Stars Victory Vs unlocked this evening, from winning 20 matches in Free Battle mode, as well as unlocking a few characters, including Arale from Dr. Slump.

However tonight I was feeling drained for some reason and thus I was actually dozing off a bit during some matches, so we called it 'early'. I'll be hitting the sack pretty much straight away in a few minutes.

J-Stars Victory Vs will return next Friday

Tomorrow night we continue Persona 4 Golden with the big goal being to rescue Naoto

For the raid we dropped in on MST3K for some old school Mystery Science Theater 3000

Work was really good, if a little draining

Started work on the WWE related commission, it's about 30% complete, I plan on finishing it tomorrow

Picked up an Over The Air Antenna just so I can use the TV with out using the FireStick if I want to watch something or have something on in the background

J-STARS Victory VS+ Trophies

• Support Claimer: Call on a support character 100 times.
• Ultimate Fighter: Execute an ultimate attack 50 times.
• What will I Get?!: Use a coin to buy a J-Stars card.
• You Got a Card!: Get 1 J-Stars card.
• Novice Customizer: Customize your J-Stars card deck once.
• Undisputed Champion: Win 20 battles in Free Battle mode.
• The Road to Strength: Win 1 Victory Road battle.
• Expert Taunter: Taunt enemies 50 times in total.
• God of the Burst: Activate 50 Victory Bursts.
• Defense Demon: Pull off a perfect guard 20 times.
• Nice Bonus!: Create 1 combination bonus line when customizing your J-Stars card deck.

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Overwatch 2 was interesting with the 'Quicker Play' gimmick and one thing I can say about that gimmick is that it exposes everyone who doesn't know how to fight on the objective & payload. Seriously, people who try to hang back and build their ultimates from a distance end up losing because of how fast things were adjusted. Granted no one will learn from it, but I can say we won more than we lost by a wide margin. Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the action.

Tomorrow night we look to finish South Park The Stick of Truth. We could go straight forward to finishing it or try and find a few extra side quests.

 For the raid we went over to the channel for Mystery Science Theater 3000 

Finished the Dragon Ball story commission this morning, and it was a struggle to knock out, and started work on an NFL related commission, which is about 30% finished based on the outline I was given. I will be working on it tomorrow during the day.

Taking time to sit down and watch episodes of Red Dwarf when I have lunch certain brightens the day a bit.

Good night folks!

Journey to the Savage Planet and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream featured more of the weekly fun we have with Iceman as we resumed Journey to the Savage Planet. We ended up focusing on the main story quests in trying to find the elements we needed to get through areas that are quite difficultly if not impossible to get around. We certainly ran into some boss level enemies which added a lot of strategy to deal with. the Floopsnoot requiring the hurling of acid goop took a little while to figure out.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern as we continue Cyberpunk 2077 to continue the Phantom Liberty story arc over on http;//twitch.tv/fredcasden

Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition Achievements

• Floopsnoot Queen Defeated: Successfully ended the bloodline of an endangered alien species! Congratulations!
• Ambidextrous: Use every left hand tool in the game. Gotta hand it to you: You're pretty handy.
• A Little Help, Please: Revive your Co-Op partner. Let's hope they learn to start pulling their weight.

Tonight's Raid: twitch.tv/mst3k
Streaming: Mystery Science Theater 3000

Finished a Spider-Man commission today in fairly straight forward order, making the sixth in a series based on the PS4 games.

Next commission story is based on Mass Effect, which will then be followed by a WWE commission request and then one based on Avatar The Last Airbender.

Work was solid if mundane...but right now I'm valuing the fact we got consistency for now.

Had a job interview today, think it went okay.

Picked up a few groceries, nothing major but enough where I shouldn't need to grab anything for a couple of weeks. 

Past made some pasta for two dinners.

Thursday is my niece Layal's birthday! 

And on that note good night!

The Last of Us Part II and other notes

 Hi everyone,

We had work tonight, and we was another great night, getting five interview completed. Also took thethe talent assessment test for Comcast, which I hope might lead to something, and I may be able to schedule an interview for Subaru, which has a major office complex in my home town.There is a challenge because all the nearest dates and times are already filled!

Tonight's stream of The Last of Us Part II finally saw us reaching the point where Abby and Ellie meet face to face after the later was hunting down the former's crew, and now we get to see Abby's story, because as I said on stream (and will in an episode of Head Canon in a few weeks) Joel deserved what she got. Now having the added context that it was Abby's father who Joel offed at the end of the first game. 

But what really stands out about Abby is that she is freaking jacked, I mean dude, she has some massive arms, which I wonder is symbolic of her wanting to hunt down of Joel. There's also some complex details regarding her crew of associates that has me a bit curious as to whey they were like before Ellie knocked them off one by one.

The Last of Us Part II Trophies

• Sharpshooter: Win the marksmanship competition
• Mint Condition: Find 5 coins

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/mst3k , the offical Twitch channel for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Had to throw out one commission request because the client basically was filling so many messages to my inbox that it became intolerable. Which was a shame, but I do have a policy that states just because someone has a commission story in progress does not give them the write to try and have my full attention. So instead of two back to back WWE short stories in the works.

Our next stream over on twitch.tv/fredcasden is schedules for 5 PM Eastern on Saturday Night and will feature the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre game, since it's on Game Pass, making it a perfect little item to feature.

So on that note, have a good night everyone!

Overwatch and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Overwatch certainly saw more losses than wins, in fact we won only two matches in the last two hours, but we did win the final match of the night. What we ran into was a lot of questionable folks who weren't bothering adjusting to what the opposing team was doing along with not playing their roles correctly. Big thanks to PandaSweet and Odeu for being apart of the fun over all!

Characters that I used included Kiriko, Reinhardt, Orissa, D.va, Junker Queen, Ashe, Tracer, Bastion and others, unfortunately I picked up no plays of the game this week on stream, but I had some particuarly good matches in terms of statistics. But we did get an achievement as Mei.

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• Cold Snap: Freeze 4 enemies at once with Mei in Quick or Competitive Play.

For the raid we dropped in on The offical channel for Mystery Science Theater 3000 over at https://www.twitch.tv/mst3k

Made up for the time lost yesterday but writing the Mass Effect short story commission, creating an whole alternate lore for different version of FemShep that fits in with the world of the previous 35 entries in the series. It turned out rather well.

Our next stream is scheduled for Monday night at 9:30 PM Eastern with the continuation of Borderlands. We'll focus on the side quests I picked up, in addition to leaving the option open for people to join in. Of course if there is no work, I might start early, depending on if another story commission comes in.

So it's a light post tonight, so on that note we'll see you next time over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

Agents of Mayhem Is Finished, How Was My PSE&G Bill $80 Higher Than Expected/!

 Good morning everyone,

Yesterday, with the help of my brother, the couch, the large tv, an exercise bike and other items were removed from the basement, giving me a lot more room to work. I still need to get the deep freezer out as well, but that's going to happen sooner or later.

Also found a box of CDs in the deep freezers, which means I'll need to get more CD binders than I was anticipating to get down the line. 

In a bit of a shock, when I finally got my first bill from PSE&G in my name, I was shocked as hell to see it at $255, when I paid $163 in January and $186 in February when it was under my mother's name. Needless to say I was caught off guard by that amount.And the past 30 days wasn't much colder than than previous two months.

Last night's stream of Agents of Mayhem saw us covering the final two story arcs... and the fact that Agents of Mayhem can and will adjust the difficulty on the fly to make things more difficult. Thankfully a trip back to the Ark allowed for the difficulty to be lowered to make sure the final boss fight would go fairly quick. Now there is a post-credit open world, it's set for grinding out every character to get to level 20, plus do other tasks... but I'm not going to dive into that. Maybe as a lark we can re-install Agents of Mayhem just to do a bit of achievement chasing down the line. We'll see

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• Hello, Ladies: Collect all agent vehicles.
• Through the Looking Glass: Complete "Operation: Madhouse".
• Fall of Babylon: Complete "Operation: Damocles".
• Not Technically a Golem...: Destroy a golem in the open world.

For the raid we dropped in on the official Twitch channel for Mystery Science Theater 3000 while Attack of the Giant Leeches was airing over at twitch.tv/mst3k

The next big early week game we'll be playing is Hi-Fi Rush, which game out fairly recently 

Picked up the remake of House of the Dead for the Nintendo Switch, will be interesting to see how that plays, since I am looking for local couch co-op games to play with my brother and cousin on stream. 

It appears work will still see me on the assignment regarding hiring & staffing issues in a state controlled by Republicans... aka psychopaths. 

Oddly enough, I have seen a lot of folks asking about Tekken X Street Fighter lately, which was supposed to be the Bandai Namco version of the Street Fighter & Tekken crossover. Considering how we all saw Akuma used in Tekken 7... I think it might be best that we forget about it.  

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

We've brought back Gears of War 2

 Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream opened with Fall Guys, and we did win a show and came very close to winning another one. I was surprised there were no special gimmick objectives to do this week. Seems like since Fall Guys went free to play there was always some sort of silly thing to shoot for. But hey we had fun with it and had some big moments.

Now for the second half of the stream, we brought back Gears of War 2, as a break from Fallout 76, and of course we were joined by Iceman for it, nearly completing the first two acts. On this play through we are playing on Normal, and surprisingly we didn't have too much trouble so far, having only had to re-try three times. Two were my fault lol.

It did take a little bit of time to remember how to play Gears of War 2, but once I did, I was actually able to make progress towards some achievements, so potentially, when we finish this run of the game, we could end up with a few boosts to my gamer score.

Big thanks to Iceman for renewing his subscription to my Twitch Channel for the 59th consecutive month!

For the raid we dropped in on Mystery Science Theater 3000 while Monster a Go-Go was being shown over at twitch.tv/mst3k

As many folks know I lost my mom to cancer recently, and at her funeral, I met a cousin for the first time who is also battling cancer. She has started a go fund me, and has already raised $2500. You can find out more at https://gofund.me/5c2c042a

Started writing the latest WWE short story commission which focuses on the return of Chelsea Green to the promotion, and I got maybe 25% of it written. Only reason I didn't get more done, because I had a few other things to take care of. I do want to write a Star Trek short story, but I'll probably save that as an exclusive for March over on my SubscribStar page

Now part of what distracted me from writing was the fact I wanted to get ahead of making some content for my YouTube channel, knocking out the 2nd to last video regarding VHS tapes, and I'll have one more to make to end that series.

Also went through and tossed some things out as well, nothing major, just some stuff mom set aside in a contractor bag to be trashed months before she got sick.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Uppercut Combo #2, Front-Back Step Combo and Body Straight Combo. 

Applied for one of CVS remote customer service positions, took their test.... and was told my application will not go any further

"My wife is really mad at the fact that I have no sense of direction. So I packed up my stuff and right!"

Song of the Day: Come & Get It by Selena Gomez.

For tonight's stream we have Final Fantasy XIV scheduled, with side quests, raids and other things.

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

Mom's back in the hospital; The Saints Row '22 Game Isn't Bad

Good morning everyone,

First off, an update on my mom, apparently she had an appointment at MD Anderson that no one knew about, and she wasn't feeling well while over there. She was admitted to the Emergency Room at Cooper Hospital in the late morning, early afternoon. I went over to check on her in the late afternoon, but wasn't able to speak to a nurse or doctor, but mom seemed a little loopy, which I guess was from whatever medication they gave. I do know she was moved to the medical / surgical floor of the hospital, and she may have gotten an infection on top of everything else, there was an increase of white blood cells. I spoke to her this morning, and she was in a lot of pain, and according to the nurses station, they'll be doing tests and other evaluations of her today.

With everything going on, if anyone can donate to her gofundme to help, please visit: https://gofund.me/6adf8354

As for last night's stream, we started playing Saints Row, the reboot of the series released last year, and we're playing it with the licensed music turned off, which probably dings the experience, but I've done that with several other games in the series. I'm not particularly sure where exactly people said this game was bad, but then again I'm fairly early into it, only done two missions and spent a lot of time exploring and doing side quests because that's how I played other Saints Row games.

When it comes to visuals and the audio, Saints Row '22 looks and sounds great, and funny enough I managed to find a character voice that is fairly similar to Laura Bailey's performance in Saints Row The Third and Saints Row IV. There are enough customization options to tweak things to how I want them when it comes to combat and just wanting to get things done. It's clear that the flight suit is in the game because of the glide mechanics in Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell. 

If there is one draw back, it's that Saints Row '22's character creation suite seems more limited than the ones in Saints Row The Third and Saints Row IV, as I do like making the Boss look a certain way. I wonder if some things are unlockable. 

Big thanks to BangBangBang for resubscribing to my Twitch Channel for a second month! It's greatly appreciated!

For the raid, we just dropped everyone off over at Mystery Science Theater 3000, the movie that was playing was Invasion of the Neptune Men! You can check out old MST3K episodes at twitch.tv/mst3k! 

Saints Row Achievements

• First F#@!ing Day: Completed First F#@!ing Day.
• To The Nines: Opened the Style app for the first time.
• The Side Job: Completed a Side Hustle.
• Wet Work: Completed a job on the Wanted app.

Stream Clip Links

• We Got Some Air Time
• That Redemption Of The Price Is Right Horn 
• Another one for the win column
  

Despite everything that happened yesterday, I did manage to finished two Dragon Ball commission requests featuring Future Trunks. I have another commission request to work on that is still based in the world of Dragon Ball, but with the focus being on Videl.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #1, Body Straight Combo, Body & Body Uppercut Combo for 28 minutes

"Why do fathers take an extra pair of socks when they go golfing?" "In case they get a hole in one!"

Song of the Day: Fortune Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival

For tonight's stream, we shall continue Saints Row '22, I'll probably resumes exploring and doing what side stuff I come across before we dive into the next mission.

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

The True Ending Of P4AU Was Perfect

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, picked up in the middle of the P3 version of the main story, with a big focus on Labrys. We got a lot more backstory as it pertain to the character of the main villain Sho as to why he is the way he is, saw the return of Shadow Labrys and even learned more about Labrys herself. The personalized endings for the P3 cast were great, particularly the ones for Aigis and Labrys which hit a little close to home.

To my surprise, I was able to get access to the True Ending, which actually leads to Sho getting his head straighten out a bit, and the tease that Elizabeth could potentially be a future main protagonists considering her goals. But the real treat was the big part featuring the Shadow Operatives and the Investigation Team. Considering I haven't played Persona 3 or Persona 4, it certainly made me even more interested to see how these characters were during those games.

Now I'm already considering P4AU a finished game for this year's tour because we got the True Ending... however, there are still a few more things I want to do on stream, so next Friday we'll feature the Adachi chapter to see the story from his point of view, since he does has some direct involvements.

For the raid we dropped in on Mystery Science Theater 3000 while the episode for Catalina Caper was playing over on twitch.tv/mst3k!  

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Trophies

• Shadow Operative: You completed Story Mode from the P3 perspective.
• A New Journey: You witnessed the story's True Ending.

Stream Clip Links

• Shadow Labrys vs Sho - Story Mode Fight
• Kanji Did What?! 
• Yu Vs Sho - True Ending Battle
  

Update on my mom, as I figured out why I wasn't able to reach her when I took breaks during my last few broadcasts, its because she was getting her medication at a time which makes her sleepy. I do know she had a physical therapy session yesterday, and they had her walking a bit more. We are raising funs to help cover her medical expenses, if you'd like to help out please visit: https://gofund.me/6adf8354

Finished the one commissioned short story based on Dragon Ball and featuring Future Trunks, and I did such a good job that the client wants follow up right away.

I did get some very good news concerning something I was denied that takes some pressure off my shoulders.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficulty Challenge Combo #3, Biceps Shape Focus COmbo and Difficulty Challenge Combo #1 for 34 minutes

What to hear a joke about paper? Never mind, it's tearable.

Song of the Day: When The Party’s Over by Billie Eilis

For tonight's stream, well it's Saturday so we'll play some different games, and we'll start with playing Catherine, a game published by Atlus Games. I have seen others playing it and since it's been in my backlog for a while, might as well give it a spin right?

Still we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

We had a fun night

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream opened with Fall Guys, and we had several good runs, making it to the final round a few times and coming fairly close to winning. To my surprise, we did get an achievement to pop when it came to qualifying from 500 rounds. I didn't realize that was a goal to accomplish, if I did, I would've been pushing for it a while ago! Big thanks to Felkimchi for joining in lot for a lot of the shows!

Following the break, we switched over to Fallout 76, with the big goal being in helping Iceman finish the Steel Dawn / Steel Reign story arc, and I did forget at how many Super Mutants there were around and inside of the West Tek facility. Still, it lead to a comedy of errors but the mission was accomplished. Will be interesting to see what is the next quest on Iceman's list of things to do.

For the raid we dropped in on the twitch channel for Mystery Science Theater 3000 over at twitch.tv/mst3k!  

Fall Guys Achievements

• Veteran Status: Qualify from 500 rounds

Stream Clip Links

• Live Long and Prosper Rhinos!
• Following A Coffee Table worked! 
• Why?! COME ON?!
• I got 'em! 
  

Mom had a 2nd round of physical therapy yesterday, and was very tired. Not sure if it was because of the medication. When I called to check on her his morning, she was being taken on oncology appointment... so here's hoping for some good news. If anyone would like to donate to her gofundme dedicated to covering medical related costs, please visit: https://gofund.me/6adf8354 

Finished up the 16th chapter for the series of Mass Effect related commission requests, and there are for sure two more planed for the Mass Effect 2 era. Rather glad folks have been enjoying these little tales. That said, I am seriously considering opening up an subscribstar account since I have been doing so many commission short stories.

There was a Windows update that actually seem to fix some of the issues created by the previous one with a lot of sudden freezing. Well at least I think it fixed that.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Sway Back Combo, Hip Shake Focus COmbo and Intermediate Combo #2 for 31 minutes.

I'm not a big fan of stairs. They're always up to something.

Song of the Day:  Deja Vu by Olivia Rodrigo.

For tonight stream, we're playing Final Fantasy XIV, and I believe there is new main story content that came out. So we'll focus on that to take a break from the usual side quests that I've been working on.

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

 

Continuity Does Not Exisit In P4AU's Story!

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax saw us cover the first 48% of the story as told from the Persona 3 perspective of things... and I'm surprised they couldn't or wouldn't bother trying to sync things up with the Persona 4 side of the story. You see on the P4 Side, the characters of Ken, Yukari and Labrys arrive at Junes when Naoto has her encounter with Sho... but on the P3 side of the story, they arrive much earlier. It does raise a question over whose side of the story is canon... obviously it's the Persona 4 cast's side, but still, would've been nice if the P3 side was filling in gaps instead of telling an alternate series of events.

Also did an arcade run was Junpei and did try to go for his Grand Slam achievement... but then realized the requirements are impossible to set up against the A.I.. Oh well, at least I didn't need two tries in any fight, as Junpei is a character that is has a natural play-style to complete his arcade run.

For the raid we dropped in on the fine folks of Mystery Science Theater 3000 over at twitch.tv/mst3k!  

Stream Clip Links

• Makes You Want To Watch Power Rangers!
• Mess Him Up! 
• It's Outta Here!
  

Update on mom is that she's waiting to see what rehab facility she'll go to, as that's an entire process in and of itself from what I understand. We are raising funds to help cover her medical expenses, for more information visit: https://gofund.me/6adf8354

Finished the Quarian heavy Mass Effect shorty story commission yesterday, and got the go ahead request to do the next episode involving Kasumi. Basically all the latest chapters are based on Mass Effect 2. With luck I might finish this story before tonight's stream but I doubt it.

Yes I did order a new set of lightbulbs considering I'm half in the dark on stream the last few nights. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily work out featured Left-Right Step Combo, Hook Combo #2 and Advanced Combo #2 for 31 minutes.

If you're American when you go in the bathroom and American when you come out, what are you in the bathroom? European!

Song of the Day: Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton

For tonight's stream, well it's Saturday, which means a variety night, most likely DKO Divine Knockout, which just added Zeus to the list of playable characters, along with Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed.

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

Mom stayed over night at the hospital

Good morning everyone,

Yesterday at 11:30 AM my mom went off for her 2nd Radiation Therapy session... but she ended in the Emergency Room at 4 PM with some pains on her right side. According to the nurse in the ER I spoke too, a lot of of tests results looked fine, so it might be a bad reaction to the Radiation, or she might of badly pulled a muscle. By 11:30 PM, she was finally being put into a room to get some rest. Spoke with her first thing this morning, and apparently it's more of an issue of pain management. We are trying to raise money to cover all her medical expenses, if anyone can help, please donate to her GoFundMe at https://gofund.me/6adf8354

Now I did do a stream last night while keeping tabs on my mom, in fact she called in during the stream and for the first time she was able to thank those in the chat for their support. It was a really cool moment.

In terms of what we played, we opened up with Fall Guys, selecting both solo and squad shows... we didn't make a single appearance in the Final Rounds, but we did knock out all of the dailies. There were a few silly moments for sure.

We did end up Playing Fallout 76, mostly to just do the daily challenges, so it was roaming around doing finding things and doing events. Ended up teamed with a random player and followed them around for a good amount of time. Also picked up one achievement as a result.

Did experiment with Green Screen Gifs, introducing the random John Travolta appearing when someone redeems it of it I just want to be silly.

For the raid, we sent everyone over to Mystery Science Theater 3000 at twitch.tv/mst3k! Because if I no one else to raid, dropping in on the Satellite of Love is a great idea

Fallout 76 Achievements

•  Field Medic: Revive 20 Fallen Players

Stream Clip Links

• The Focus To Come In First
• I Just Came In First... Again! 
• Did Homeboy Boop Me Out The Way?!
• Of course... 
• Bad Monkey!!!
• Achievement: Field Medic! 
  

Finished the WWE Short Story commission yesterday afternoon, and the next commission request is for a continuation of the Mass Effect series of short stories this time featuring Aria T'Loak.  Got a lot of it written last night before I feel asleep.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured  Double Combo #2, Straight Combo #1 and Triple Combo #1 for 31 minutes

What do you call a dog with no legs? You can call him whatever you want, he's still not coming.

Song of the Day: Before You Go by Lewis Capaldi

For tonight's stream, we shall continue our side quest grind in Final Fantasy XIV, with maybe a raid or two tossed in to break things up!

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

Well My Birthday started good.. then the winds screwed everything up

 Good afternoon everyone,

Well my 40th Birthday yesterday was a real mixed bag in so many ways. For one my mom's first radiation treatment was cancelled due to the inclement weather. So that's been pushed back to Tuesday. If you would like to donate to help with some of the medical expenses, you can do so at https://gofund.me/6adf8354. In fact we had one donation during yesterday's stream that pushed the total raised so far past the $1,000 mark. Thank you very much!

As for the stream, we started at 1:30 PM, and it's a good thing we did, We started with DKO Divine Knockout, getting several wins as Athena over the course of the first two hours, then after a break to check up on my mom, we played Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed, and was getting into a good groove until 4:55 PM when the weather started causing havoc, as I experienced a noticeable inability to keep a steady upstream connection. .

We switch the stream over to Just Chatting, doing a couple of games of APBA Baseball, made a Mass Effect squad member tier list, but at 7 PM I ran out of things to do under a Just Chatting format, and with the constant stream resets. Bandwidth tests using TwitchTest showed no 0 quality, which only occurs when there was an major issue. I called Xfinity, and was was told that numerous people were starting to call in reporting the same issue.

So needless to say my Birthday ended up being a real downer. At the very least, the Twitch VOD version of the first 3+ hours is in the archives.

I do want to thank those who kicked in 600 bits during the stream and to scotchboxvr for the raid, following their stream of Evil West over at twitch.tv/scotchboxvr

Getting back what we managed to do in terms of games, we did get a couple of achievements.

Divine Knockout Achievements

• Traveler’s Tall Tale: Achieved 'Traveler’s Tall Tale'
• KO Collection Gold: Achieved 'KO Collection Gold'

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Achievements

• Right back at ya: Break a tether and down the buster who tethered you within 10 seconds

Stream Clip Links

• Triple Knockout... 3 for 1!
• Just being a Teddy Bear 
• The Eagle Has Landed?
  

For the raid, we dropped in over on the official twitch channel for Mystery Science Theater 3000 over at https://www.twitch.tv/mst3k

Because my birthday stream was cut short i went and did some writing on the sixth chapter of the Mass Effect series of short story commission requests.

Also made some more progress on the Overwatch season 2 battle pass, though my latency was all over the pace until things settled down around 12:30 AM. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Defensive Combo #2, Triple Combo #2 and Intermediate Combo #1 for 31 minutes

How can you make seven an even number? Just take away the "s"!

Song of the Day: Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms 

For tonight's stream, the plan is to start the story mode of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. Here's hoping Xfinity gets things sorted so we can have a full stream.

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

More Fallout 76 Experiences

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Fallout 76 saw a lot of things being done as I went to find the item for Beckett's bar for my camp, as well as doubling back to get the canister needed for a quest... and I think I kind of understand the hacking gimmick in the game, finding the right password, but it randomizes every time so what may be the clues one time. Do wish the clues were a little more obvious to find in the surrounding area. We were joined by Iceman and we cleared out the Whites Springs Resort area of a couple of quests that we both had. Now we have to deal with a sword that we have to use to kill six different types of creatures... which seems like its going to be a pain in the ass! But I found a list of creatures that will contribute to it, so we should kind of have an easy time with... maybe?

On a side note I did learn that water slides can be built in game, and you can go down them... that was the most important thing that happened last night. Also, the issue with combat difficult last week seemed to be resolved, kind of, as I focused on using rifle weapons. That seemed to even things out a bit. I think. Also last night's stream was split in two, and I think the issue was on Twitch's end... so Xfinity escapes the blame... this time.

Fallout 76 Achievements

• Appalachian HOA: Build 100 C.A.M.P. Items
• Giant Slayer: Kill 5 Giant Creatures
• Appalachian Trailblazer: Reach Level 25
• Retro Now: Play a Holotape Game

Twitch Clips

• We can go down the slide!!!!!
• We totally can't see Iceman 
• I hit level 25! 
• Thank you very much game
  

For the raid we dropped in on FnDanteSavage who was playing Gears of War 3 over at twitch.tv/fndantesavage!  

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout involved Beginner Combo #1, Uppercut Combo #2 and Front-Back Step Combo. You can totally tell we took it easy with today's workout.

Knocked out another fan fic for a commission based around former WWE Superstars Evan Bourne and Alicia Fox, I set it in and old alternate universe continuity that Kristi and I did years back.

Speaking of WWE, some folks are saying Tammy Lynn Sytch, aka Sunny, should be removed from the Hall of Fame... listen... considering the shit Fabulous Moolah, Jimmy Snuka and various other inductees have done, Sunny isn't getting kicked out. 

Knocked out today's Friday the 13th Killer Puzzle daily death... and I just realized... tomorrow's Friday the 13th... I'm going to complete this game on Friday the 13th. That is awesome!

Up through yesterday, I managed to put together a nice little streak of consecutive days earning an Xbox achievement, currently standing at 13 days. This was thanks to figuring out a few gimmicks while playing Thor in Smite off stream following last night's stream.

SMITE Achievements

• Dunkmaster!: As Thor, land on three or more enemy gods at once using ultimate.

Updated the AMD drivers for my graphics card to the latest release... wonder how long until I'll have to reinstall it, because heaven's knows AMD doesn't really do quality testing on new drivers to make sure they don't have any issues before release!

Apparently there is a game based on RiffTrax, which involves the guys who were first involved with Mystery Science  Theater 3000. From what I can tell it is a Jackbox Party type of game... maybe we'll give it a try?

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For tonight's stream, we got Final Fantasy XIV things on deck, raids, fishing, botany and other stuff!

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