LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and other notes

Tonight's stream was pretty casual as we focused on achievement hunting in Lego Batman 2, having completely 60% of the game in terms of various objectives. Going to have to go through every level in free play mode to try and find all the mini-kits and citizens in peril. The Golden Bricks are mostly doable its just a matter of getting to each one and dealing with them as Batman and or Robin because of a couple of their unique suits

Lego Batman 2 will return next Saturday night for more achievement hunting. So this weeks line up will be

• Sunday - Overwatch 2
• Monday - Borderlands 2
• Tuesday - Borderlands 2
• Wednesday - Sea of Thieves or Smite
• Thursday - Borderlands 2
• Friday - Ghost of Tsushima
• Saturday - Lego Batman 2

Which means of course, tomorrow night we're playing Overwatch 2

For the raid we dropped in on ElegentySlays who was playing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 

There is an XBox Live connection for Xbox 360 era games was not working, and I had to spend 30 minutes trying to report it since this is the second time in four months this happened (the last time was back in January)

Pretty much had a lazy Saturday, just chilled and relaxed

Nearly finished the Fairy Tail commission story, just needs about another page to wrap up its loosends

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Achievements

• Halfway Through: Get 50% (Single Player Only)
• Extra! Extra!: Collect all the red bricks (Single Player Only)
• Super Hero: Get Super Hero in all levels (Single Player Only)
• Super-Villain: Unlock all the Bosses (Single Player Only)

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn saw us focusing on finding all collectables and in the north west portion of the map, which meant finding vantage points, cups and metal flowers, plus one raider camp and oddly enough only one real side quests. We did put ourselves in a great spot to find the remaining of those items the next time we play this, but which day that might be is up in the air because of the pending release of Persona 5 Tactica next week.

Only got one trophy, but it came via a hunting trial, and I need to make sure to find the remaining cauldrons.

There is also the question of how many quests and activities will be rewarding skill points, or if there is a way to respec in game.  I don't believe there is a way to do that.

Our next stream on Saturday will feature Starfield.

For the raid, we dropped in on ElegantlySlays while they were playing Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Big thank you to Droggat for the raid during the stream!

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Tore off 5 heavy weapons: Detached 5 heavy weapons from machines during combat.

On the writing front, I'm sort of caught up, just need to work on a Arrow commission request which centers around Thea Queen. Following it, I've commissions based on Resident Evil, Pro Wrestling and Ant-Man on the docket.

Bills are paid for this month, but we are entering the time of year where things ended up being really bad in the past, and this year has been so rough there is no way to count on partial unemployment if things go to shit.

On that note, good night!.

The Evil Within 2 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream lasted longer than expected because we went ahead and finished The Evil Within 2, and while it does tease a future story at the end of the credits, for the most part it serves as a nice closing chapter. The cheats certainly made the game a lot more fun as I was able to put in a real effort on trying to find everything... even though we didn't find everything except the slides in the end, which is amazing to me. I actually do like The Evil Within 2 more than the original game as the states were properly raised.

Would I play it again? More than likely yes for achievement clean up along and trying to find stuff we missed (statues, files, mystery objects, etcs), as the cheats will certainly make it even more fun since we'll be over powered! Woo-Hoo!

The Evil Within 2 Achievements

• Melancholy Memories: Reminisced about every moment from your past. (Ch. 12)
• Spiritual Awakening: Came to terms with your past and present.
• Sykes Out: Completed the "The Last Step" side mission.
• Chatting With Kidman: Talked to Kidman about all of the photographic slides.
• I'll Take You Down Myself: Brought your own equipment to the barbecue this time. (Ch. 14)
• Overcome the Past: Your trauma is no more.
• Everything Comes Crumbling Down: Reached the very end of the world.
• Unfortunate Consequence: Did what needed to be done to save your daughter.
• Survivor: Completed the game on Survival difficulty or higher.
• Rookie: Completed the game on Casual difficulty or higher.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/elegantlyslays who was playing Resident Evil 4 and Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Our next stream over on twitch.tv/fredcasden is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern as Iceman and I will continue Journey to the Savage Planet

With the Evil Within 2 wrapped up Cyberpunk 2077 will move back to the multiple nights slot because of the Phantom Liberty content which we started on Saturday.

The Phillies one game one of the Wild Card series against the Marlins with some good pitching and timely hitting, they win tomorrow then it's on to the Division series against the Braves... who probably won't be as unnerved as they were last year.

Got some writing done, knocking out a wrestling related commission request then got to work on a Watch Dogs commission request, which will be a bit interesting to write.

Work tonight was okay, pretty straight forward, had a completed interview, and would've had another but the dude got tired of me having to repeat the questions.

I do have to do some laundry tomorrow, and I could use a few miscellanious items for the fridge... bread, some fruit and few other things.

So on that note good night!

The Evil Within 2, Social Media Update and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work today was alright as we picked up two complete interviews, which I think were pretty solid given the very clunky nature of the questions that were asked. The issue with day hours is still up in the air for next week.

Tonight's stream of The Evil Within 2 saw a lot of roaming around in the first area of the game, finding missing items and little secrets before advancing the plot. Turns out Sebastian's missing daughter is being chased by a loon in a suit. We reached the Marrow and crossed to the other side to put is in the area of City Hall, which means we''ll be in a whole new area of the game next time we play it on Thursday.

Also huge thanks for the re-subs during tonight's stream! The support is always appreciated!

The Evil Within 2 Achievements

• Clearing a Path: Killed 60 enemies.
• I Am The Night: Killed 10 enemies using Sneak Kills.
• You Got Red in You: Used your first Red Gel.
• Taken: Saw a chilling vision.
• Now You're Playing with Power: Upgraded a weapon to Level 3.
• Making Things a Little Easier: Used your first High-Grade Weapon Parts.

Our next stream, scheduled for around 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden will feature Journey to the Savage Planet. I'm going to try and start as soon as I finish work to get any tutorial and sets ups out of the way as the plan is for Iceman to join in

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/elegantlyslays who was playing Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Huge thank you to zephyrwrestles for hooking me up with a Blue Sky invite link, as we're now on that social media platform, which will be helpful for when Twitter goes  tits up! Here are all my current social media links: 

Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/fredcasden.bsky.social

Pebble: https://pebble.is/FredCasden

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fredcasden

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fredcasdensworld

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fredCasden

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FredCasdenGaming

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fredcasden

 Finished the 16th entry in a series of Resident Evil commissions, with the focus being on Annette Birkin, since I won't use Sherry Birkin in these stories until way down the line. Also picked up a commission request for a Star Wars story which will make heavy use of 'time skips' to make sure it gets written in a reasonable amount of time.

 Phillies made the playoffs as the #1 wild card team in the National League, and they have a shot of finishing the season with over 90 wins.

And on that note, good night everyone!

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Overwatch 2 was a bit different than normal as I spent the first couple of hours playing Mystery Heroes, where if you die you are swapped to a different character... and we had some modest success with that. Mostly did it to take full advantage of the Triple XP weekend when it came completing challenges and one was to play a certain amount of  Mystery Heroes or Arcade matches this week. Of course we ended up playing a lot of Quick Play matches, and we were joined by PandaSweet for several matches.

Picked up three Plays of the Game tonight as Moira, Tracer and Reinhardt, in addition to playing as Junker Queen, Winston, Bastion, and nearly every single other character thanks to spending time in Mystery Heroes.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/elegantlyslays where Texas Chain Saw Massacre was being featured.

I got a lot of writing done during the course of Sunday, with the first big focus on scripting out the first half of the Namek saga for my 'What If Vegeta Were Female' series of videos that will be appearing on my YouTube Channel in the upcoming weeks. I'm actually really proud of how of how detail I'm making this, I may night have MasakoX natural story telling approach, but I know about considering factors for alternate timelines.

Got two short stories done, the first being for a short story commission based on modern day WWE, which was started yesterday afternoon... and I left the ending opening for an immediate follow up, which was immediately rrequested which is probably going to be very slap dash since it's just a direct continuation. That follow up is in progress and I should be able to knock that out fairly quickly depending on padding.

Also knocked out the third chapter of my alternate universe variation of the Persona franchise, relying a lot of Persona 4 so far.

Our next stream is scheduled for Monday night at  9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden as we'll be jumping right back to Cyberpunk 2077, and I really do think I'll focus all the side content to see if we can over level V in relation to the story.

 So on that note, have a good night!

The Expanse, Ghostbusters & Other Notes

Hi everyone,

Work tonight featured one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to market research and that's when we have questions that have no flow or rhythm and feel disjointed. Sure I had three interviews, but I felt like I could have more if the questions felt natural!

Tonight's stream opened with episode three of The Expanse: A Telltale series, and this installment had the same problems episode one did, and that it's way too damn short. Sure big things happened during it, such as Drummer being betrayed, and the details of how people from the inner solar system view the people who live in the asteroid belt, but it barely lasted an hour. In fact I'm shocked I didn't find all the salvageable items because I was looking everywhere! I stand by what I said, there was no justification for this game to have a staggered release date.

The Expanse: A Telltale Series Achievements

• Impossible Objects: Complete Episode 3 of The Expanse
• Data Recoverer: Complete Episode 3 with all Data Logs

Now the plan was to play Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but when I went to play a match I saw a message that the servers were having issues. 

So instead we played Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, we got in several matches, winning a few as Ghostbuster and nearly winning one as a ghost. There was certainly a lot of wildness happening when I ran into a super skilled ghost player.

Big thank you to x9abenonymous9x and YourDadPlaying for the raids and sharing their communities with me!

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/sweetlindir show was playing Hunt: Showdown 

Finished the Halo short story commission request fairly easily, thanks in large part to the Halo fan community doing an excellent job in having transcripts of all the major dialog points in Halo: Infinite. And of course, I got another commission request, this time to write a four story for a series based on Resident Evil. 

My next stream over on twitch.tv/fredcasden is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern time and will featured The Last of Us Part II, as we continue Abby's journey towards the Aquarium. It's going to be interesting to see how much time it takes to get through her side of the story, which in theory should be just as long as Ellie's. Of course if work is for some reason cancelled (and we hope not!), we'll start earlier.

So on that note have a good night!

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Had a bit of work tonight, as we had this multi-state assignment focused on issues regarding protected land in the United States, and boy did opinions vary from state to state... one would think folks would have a unified outlook on things like that, but nope!

Tonight's stream of Cyberpunk 2077 saw me focusing a lot of some side quests and realizing that having a car in that game is necessary because there is a lot of traveling to do. Sure I can fast travel, but that's no fun. I did feel like I got a better handle on the combat system, even if I forget that taking cover is actually a smart thing to do in this game, but on the other hand I discovered I loved rushing down enemies with a katana! On a side note, the skill tree system can go suck a dick, because it makes no sense to me what so ever.

Didn't do a formal raid last night but I went over to twitch.tv/bestibunni to say hi, since catching their streams have been tough for me lately. 

Went through one of mom's closets to throw to get some more stuff thrown out in the trash... it's been nearly 7 months since she's passed and it hurts like hell doing this. Wish my brother would actually take the initiative and say he's coming over to want to go through her things before I finish my half-hearted approach to it.

Knocked out the shot story commission request for a story based around Rooster Teeth which turned out rather well I think. Picked up another commission request to do a story based on Halo and to somehow make it work involving Cortana's replacement called 'The Weapon'. Going to need do a bit of research.

Out next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Thursday night over on twitch.tv/fredcasden, now I believe episode three of TellTale Game's The Expanse series comes out this week, so if it does, we'll do that and pair with Texas Chain Saw Massacre. If we have the same problems we did with Episode 2, we'll just continue Cyberpunk 2077 and hope the next Expanse episode is ready by Saturday.

So on that note, have a good night everyone!

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and other notes

Hi everyone,

Well today started with my electric and water bills both being paid straight away, so that was a hell of way to get things going. But things improved with some stocking up of a few goodies for the kitchen, some easy to peel oranges and a few things to go with stuff I already had. And I order a BBQ rib platter from Blowin' Smoque which was fucking delicious!

Also picked up the 2023 Convention Exclusive Funko Pop of Rita Repulsa from Power Rangers. 

On the down side, I am rather irritated with the idiots constantly littering on the sidewalk next to my house , found a near full set of Heineken bottles and the cardboard container just laying there, like fucking really?

Anyway, tonight's stream started at 5 PM Eastern as I'm experimenting with earlier weekend start times to off-set Monday to Thursday night streams being shorter in length. Tonight we featured The Texas Chain Saw Massacre which is available on Game Pass, and I can safely say I see the influence of Friday the 13th The Game (Since the same people are involved) along with Dead By Daylight, (Helps that Leatherface is in both games and basically handles the same way). The game is pretty much pick up and play, but the tutorial is a little lacking just giving broad over views in a video format.

I really don't have a favorite 'victim' yet, but as far as the Family members go, I really like Sissy because she can actually sustain a chase through most maps and follow through narrow passages. Leatherface and Johnny are pretty cool as well, but i really don't like The Hitchkiker or The Cook.

Will we feature this game again? Probably, we can play a little after doing some Resident Evil 6 some on Wednesdays. 

On a side note, the stream did go down for about 10 minutes due to an outage from Xfinity, and they said there is scheduled maintenance this evening at 1 AM, so hopefully whatever was going on they fix.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Achievements

• Behind the curtain: Get your first unlockable.
• Welcome to the Family: Execute your first victim.
• First Blood: Execute the first victim in a match.
• Dog will hunt: As Leatherface destroy 10 objects with your chainsaw (barricade, crawl space, door).
• So Close…: Kill a victim within close range of an exit in any level.
• He was the greatest ever: Feed Grandpa 10 times in total
• The Saw is Family: Reach family bond to maximum and keep it there for the whole match.
• I'm comin' for ya: As Hitchhiker use one gap, crawl space and ladder in a single match.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/elegantlyslays which was also featuring The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Did a fair bit of writing this afternoon as well, finishing of a WWE Short story commission while forgetting one of the details that was requested (which I felt bad about), and started on another Persona 5 related story. Did pick up another short story commission based on Resident Evil which I'll start tomorrow afternoon.

Of course on Monday I have an in-person interview at what was West Jersey Hospital. I'll take a Uber to get there and probably take buses back. 

Our next stream is scheduled for 5 PM on Sunday evening over on twitch.tv/fredcasden, which will feature Overwatch!

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!

Borderlands and other notes

Hi everyone,

We actually had work this evening, even if there were a lot of technical problems, but i had four completed interviews and learned how much of a nut case one of the folks in the New Jersey State Senate is.

Tonight's stream featured Borderlands to basically wrap up main story stuff related to the Intergalactic Ninja Assissan Claptrap content, which lead to picking up several achievements along the way, including the one requiring to farm drops for Tannis. It was a pretty chill night for the most part. We'll probably move on from Borderlands now, granted there are stiff some things to do, but nothing of real consequence as it relates to achievements that won't involve doing a second play through.

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition Achievements

• It's so realistic!: Collected 5 3D glasses
• The Collector: Completed a crazy request for Tannis
• Knoxx-Trap: Killed General Knoxx-trap
• Ned-Trap: Killed Dr. Ned-trap
• Steele-Trap: Killed Commandant Steele-trap
• Muerte la robo-lución: Killed the Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/xlunagoddess where Walking Dead: New Frontier was being featured! 

Finished the first of a series of short story commissions related to Resident Evil, which is going to prove to be more challenging than one thinks because of how fucking screwy the continuity of the franchise is. At the same time, started work on another commission request for a WWE related one.... and also picked up another commission request that is also WWE related. Can't say I'm thrilled with doing wrestling stories, but extra income is extra income.

Made the decision that Saturday's stream will feature the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre game, since it's on Xbox Game Pass.

Our next stream  over on twitch.tv/fredcasden is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Friday night, and will feature The Last of Us Part II on the PlayStation. 

So on that note, have a good night everyone!