Saturday, July 9, 2022

Thoughts on The Sapporo Arc Of Persona 5 Strikers

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 5 strikers had a few rough instances, and it really does seem like slight issues with network encoding, but the stream didn't go down fully, it just hanged for a bit. 

As for the game play, well we tackled a large chunk of the Master Arts stuff, getting Makoto, Sophie and Haru's completed, and have 3/4s of Morgana's progress done, so that will leave just Ryuji and Zenkichi to tackle. Good news is that we have plenty of jails / palaces left to make that more than doable.

Now as far as the Sapporo Jail itself goes, I rather liked the Snow Palace design for it, as it did result in some grad moments in terms of the dialog, and with it being a Haru focused part of the story that meann't a lot of enemies weak to psychic attacks (as well as Wind, Curse and Bless attacks). In many regards this was the equivilant of Futaba's story from Persona 5 Royal, giving Haru some much needed character growth because she was introduced so late in the prior game. I did find the big reveal of the Monarch's design to be one hell of surprise in terms of how it looked, as they really went all out for the 'Gluttony' aspect. 

I also enjoyed the big reveal of Zenkichi's daughter, who I already know is going to play a major part in the story, not just because of spoilers I've seen but based on the fact she's a huge fan of the Phantom Thieves and huge part of the time skip from Sapporo to Okinawa involves the gang hanging out with her.

On a side note: For the Ferris Wheel part, we took Makoto, which serves as a great follow up to the romance story featured during my Persona 5 Royal play through.

Persona 5 Strikers Trophies

  • Fist of Justice: Obtained all Master Arts for Queen.
  • Item Sweeper: Obtained a total 200 items from the Jails.
  • Technological Marvel: Obtained all Master Arts for Sophie.
  • Sophisticated Lady: Obtained all Master Arts for Noir.
  • Cage of Gluttony Torched: Completed the Sapporo Jail.
  • Best Friend: Maxed out a BOND skill level.

Twitch Clips

During the stream we got a huge raid from Hawleigh who was playing Afterparty over at twitch.tv/hawleigh!

For the raid we dropped in on x9abenonymous9x who was playing Fortnite over at twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x!   

Work was surprisingly light yesterday, as bad programming down the assignment everyone was supposed to be on.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hip Shape Focus Combo, Straight Combo #2 and Intermediate Combo #2 for 28 minutes.

Fitness Boxing 2 Rhythm & Exercise Stats For July 3 to 9, 2022

  • Punches Thrown: 8156
  • Estimated Calories Burned: 3337.93 kcal
  • Bernardo's Champion Progress: 76% (38/50 Hours)
  • King EX Fighter Progress: 94%

My fantasy baseball team is actually having a good week considering how it looked like it would've been lucky to break even.  

I continue to mess around with Dr. Mario... I can normally get three stages in before things get too complex for me.

Got the intro portion done for the Commissioned Fic based on Miles Morales as Spider-Man I mentioned yesterday. Did require having to get a digital copy of a comic during a key moment in that character's history to try and get some proper context on a few things. Now I just need to write the meat of the story.

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For tonight's stream I'm thinking of hooking up one of my older consoles to do some retro gaming. We'll see if I actually stick to that idea...

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

Friday, July 8, 2022

Final Fantasy DC Travel & Coils Of Bahamut

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV saw a couple of issues but I believe they were mostly on Twitch's end near as I can tell.

Beyond that it was a lot of fun as we were joined by both PandaSweet and Kalenal for some party team up fun, as Panda used the Data Center travel to visit. So you can expect that to be an almost regularly thing to see Panda not only on Sundays with Overwatch but also on FFXIV nights.

In terms of what was accomplished, well I mostly stuck to playing Bard with one brief moment of playing Blue Mage. We did a number of raids, trials and dungeons... and finally got the Coils of Bahamut story arc done, which not only gives Alisae all the character development she would have as it relates to the A Realm Reborn arc of the story, since she was mostly absent. The cut scenes were rather long, but we were running them de-synced to get through them quick.

Also started the new Hildebrand content, which actually sees us finding the Gentleman Inspector in the world of the first, so I'm really glad that isn't being skipped,. Love that there is some great choices on how things could play out.

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on Oldish22 who was also playing Final Fantasy XIV over on twitch.tv/oldish22!  

Got another commission story request this time based around Marvel's Spider-Man, in particular the character of Miles Morales. Going have to do some research to see how I want to portray him.

Work was rather interesting, and I can safely say that anyone in the stage of Michigan who is supporting John Gibbs to become a congressman is fucking idiot and a danger to the United States of America.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Advanced Combo #1, Sway Back Combo and Beginner Combo #2 for 34 minutes.

Took advantage of an Xbox games sale to add Catherine, Asura's Wrath and the Contra Anniversary Collection. Catherine is published by Atlus, the same folks behind the Persona games, so that could be interesting. Asura's Wrath was published by Capcom and was notorious for having some key story elements as DLC, and I made sure to pick those up as well. The Contra Anniversary collection is of course a celebration of the Contra series that was big in Arcades and the NES back in the 80s. 

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For tonight's stream we're back to Persona 5 Strikers, as we'll be starting the 3rd story arc investigation. We might take out time to try and do some level grinding and knock out combat achievements for the remaining Phantom Thieves.

So on that not we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Actual Plot Advancement In Fallout 76

Good morning everyone 

Last night's stream of Fallout 76 had one instance of a degraded signal, but things worked out overall.

As for the game play of Fallout 76, I got a good amount of stuff done in terms of advancing a few stories, in particular I got the initial meeting with the Raiders quest line done, which involved making some Nuka-Cola.I'm slowly chipping away at all the quests I've found over the past several months of playing this game on Wednesdays.

Big thanks to Iceman for being apart of the fun, we actually tackled the the Mothman Equinox event which was pretty interesting in terms of how it was laid out. Granted we had an easy time with that because we did it in Iceman's custom world, so unlimited ammo and near invincibility help a lot.!

Also, we had 300 bits from the chat and for the resub from Mech3003 for the resub. The continued support is always appreciated.

I did get a question in my Twitch DMs about 'verified chats', for those wondering, yes my Twitch chat requires everyone to have their accounts verified either by email or phone. This is to protect the chat and to prevent trouble makers from causing problems. Full details on that can be found over at: https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/chat-verification-settings?language=en_US

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on a recommendation from Iceman, as we visited sannafierce who was playing Mass Effect: Legendary Edition over at twitch.tv/sannafierce

Finished the commissioned fic based on characters from Halo: Reach, since yesterday ended up being a non-work day because the person running the shift had their flight cancelled. I'm not kidding. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 workout featured Uppercut Combo #1, Waist Shape Focus Combo and Hook Combo #1 for 31 minutes. 

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Following the stream PandaSweet and I tested out the Data Center Travel, and boy finding the menu for it was not as obvious as one would think. We did a number of raids and stuff to see how everything would go and it was a pretty awesome experience.

Which of course leads to tonight's stream, the plan is Final Fantasy XIV with probably a focus on questing and maybe some raids and trials if the Date Center visits work.

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

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

In P4A: Kanji has the better story, Chie is the better fighter

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 4 Arena was without incident, not a single instance of dropped frames, so we're on a nice streak of no problems caused by Xfinity.

Anyway as for the game play of Persona 4 Arena, we covered two full story arcs with Kanji and Chie, and first off both had joke endings that were cute in their own way, but the the tone of things Kanji and Chie could not have been more different. With Kanji, here was a character who clearly was going through issues in figuring himself out, and who is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I did appreciate how subtle... and then not so subtle... the subtext was as it pertains to how he tries not to cause issues, but people just expect some sort of trouble from him. Since I've not played Persona 4, I kind of feel like we got a lot of character building for Kanji that may not have been in the original game.

Now with Chie... they just go all in on her loving to eat meat, with her joke ending being her basically getting to a fight over a steak bowl, and the fallout related to that. It made for a nice running gag whenever it was brought up, but at the same time it result in some questionable dialog. That said, I don't feel I got to have much of an idea of who Chie is as a character based on her story arc, sure she wants to be a cop and she dives head first into things, but she came across a little flat.

That said, I did enjoy playing as Chie more than Kanji, as Chie has some natural combos that build meter quickly, while Kanji just seems like your standard big slow moving brute in comparison.

Speaking of which, lets talk about Aigis, we tackled her arcade tower, and one of the things I was going for was her instant-death move... which involved having to jump into the air, tap down down down then press Y+B. I've always hated mid-air supers as the timing for them just never feels natural for me to input the commands quickly enough. We did manage to perform it four times, but it only connected once because it can be easily avoided..

Staying on the subject of Persona, we've added the digital versions of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and the Persona Dancing: Endless Night Collection which includes Persona 3: Dancing in the Moonlight, Persona 4: Dancing All Night and Persona 5: Dancing in the Starlight. Safe to say the Persona franchise is going to remain a constant on my channel for a good long while. At some point, I'll see about adding physical copies of these titles to my collection. Now why would I add P4AU to the list? Because the story of Persona 4 Arena is clearly the first half of the story, so the Ultimax half will be needed to see how things turn out.

Persona 4: Arena Achievements

  • The Emperor: Kanji's Story chapter has been told.
  • The Carnivore: Chie's Story chapter has been told.
  • All-Out Attack to the MAX!: You finished an All-Out Attack with a Fatal Counter in Arcade Mode or online.

Twitch Clips

We did not do a raid last night, instead we just hosted Maximilian_Dood who was featuring DNF Duel over on twitch.tv/maximilian_dood

Final Fantasy XIV has finally enabled Data Center Travel which means we'll be able to play with friends on other Data Centers. PandaSweet said she's already planning to come visit during Thursday's stream!. I did play a little FF14 last night, going into the recently added Alpha & Omega quests that sees Omega having a crisis which was kind of cute.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Triple Combo #1, Weaving Combo #2 and Straight Combo #1 for 28 minutes. Today marked 730 days /2 years of consecutive daily workouts counting the original Fitness Boxing.

Fitness Boxing & Fitness Boxing 2 Combined Stats From July 7 2020 to July 6, 2022

  • Consecutive Days: 730 (572 For Fitness Boxing 2)
  • Total Punches Thrown: 1,013,597 (810,656 for Fitness Boxing 2)
  • Estimated Calorie Burn: 441,008.50 Kcal (340,233.50 for Fitness Boxing 2)
  • Total Exercise Time: 475 Hours 59 Minutes (358 Hours 07 Minutes for Fitness Boxing 2)
  • Current Weight: 250 lbs

Messed around a little with Dr. Mario for the NES... for no real reason just to check it out.

Picked up another fan fic commission request for something based in the Halo universe involve the entire Noble squad. Not a fan of involving a half dozen characters, but I have my ways of trying to keep things with reason. 

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For tonight's stream, Fallout 76 will be featured, as I'll work on trying to advance some of the various stories we've started by our random roaming. We'll more than likely also be joined by Iceman as well.

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


Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Trek, Fights and Smite

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream did not have one instances of a complete break in the action, which was good considering all three games we played involved online play!

First up was Star Trek Online, which we featured mostly for the Risa Summer event, so that meant we got to put on the swimsuit attire and do things like hover boarding, sand castle building, dance-off, and other activities. Since it is a limited-time event, it seemed like a good excuse to show-case it on a night where I didn't want to start up anything or continue things that are already in progress.

Second up, we did in deed play ranked matches using the Capcom Fighting Collection. I was pleasantly pleased with how there was little latency, as the roll-back netcode certainly worked. Now I did lose a lot more than I won, but I did manage to stay fairly competitive with only a few instances of being blown out. Some of the came played against other players were Super Puzzle Fighter II, Gem Fighter, Hyper Street Fighter II and Darkstalkers.

Lastly, we loaded up Smite to close out the night, playing five arena matches using Athena, Ganesha, Nu Wa, Cupid to knock out a lot of the weekly quests. I played as Nu Wa twice as I finally got her second character related achievement called Clay Explosion, which involved some good timing and luck to execute. We were joined by LvStkr for several matches, which was awesome.

SMITE Achievements

  • Clay Explosion: As Nu Wa deliver the killing blow by exploding Clay soldiers with Shining Metal.

Twitch Clips

Big thanks to Kalenal for the huge raid as they were playing Tunic over at twitch.tv/kalenal! Kalenal mentioned they reached the final boss, but it has multiple forms that they were not expecting, so keep an eye out for when they next play Tunic, because they might be finishing it!

Following my stream, we dropped in on Lunar_Princess who was playing Grandia HD Remaster over at twitch.tv/lunar_princess! It's been a while since I've seen them streaming, so it was real awesome to see them being all bananas about things.

Watched the Stargate SG-1 Episode 'The Broaca Divide' (Season 1, Episode 4) last night after the stream, where the team brings back a virus that starts to de-evolve everyone because of low levels of histamine. I could draw some parallels between this episode and the Star Trek Episode 'The Deadly Years', which kind of has a similar set up with the whole a virus causes a drastic transformation, but it's a pretty common trope to see through out a lot of Science-Fiction shows. Couple of things that stand out about the episode is how hot as hell Amanda Tapping is when an infected Carter goes after O'Neil, plus this was also an episode that introduced Janet Frasier as the lead medical doctor on the show in a reoccurring role for the remainder of the series.Also enjoyed how Teal'c got some stuff to do on his own, and his 'I am not Lucy' exchange with O'Neil is cute bite of comedy.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Body Hook Combo, Double Combo #2 and Weaving Combo #1 for 31 minutes

According a notice on my job's announcement feet, my holiday weekend is extended through today, well I knew about this on Friday. Still I want to at least make sure my schedule for next week is locked in.

Yes, I am disgusted that there was yet another Mass Shooting yesterday, this time during a parade. I really want to punch Ted Cruz in the mouth because it's because of people like him that allow these things to happen by not restricting the sale of weapons that should not be sold to the general public. To add to this point, at exactly 12:30 AM last night I heard gun fire... and I know it was gun fire because fire crackers and similar type items sound different

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For tonight's stream, we're getting back to Persona 4 Arena, as the plan is to knock out two more story mode arcs, and clear another arcade run.

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

Monday, July 4, 2022

Can We Really Celebrate Independence Day Considering What The SCTOUS Has Done?

Good afternoon everyone,

That said, last night's stream of Overwatch  was rather solid, while we did have a couple of hiccups on the stream, there were no major issues. Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun. I picked up three Plays of the Game, all as D.va, and Panda also nabbed one as Zenyatta. Characters I ended up using over the course of the night included Reinhardt, Reaper, Ana, Junkrat, Moira, Brigitte,Tracer and of course, the before mentioned D.va.We discovered that in skirmish mode we can stand on the heads of enemy players, which was a bit silly. On a side note, I seem to be in a trend of getting big triple and quadruple kills on the Gibraltar map.

Twitch Clips

For last night's raid we dropped in on GlorifiedThief who was play AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Imitative over at twitch.tv/glorifiedthief

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout involved Hook Combo #2, Beginner Combo #1 and Left-Right Step Combo for 28 minutes.

Went after several achievements in the Capcom Fighting Collection after the stream, including the ones focused around Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition... and yes I fully cheesed it, using a second controller to force my way to getting the fight with Akuma, then somehow barely managed to beat him. So at this point we have 31 of the games 45 achievements unlocked, and from what I see the rest involving grinding or hitting some damn near impossible to do moves. 

Capcom Fighting Collection Achievements

  • Master of the Fist: In "Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition", fight the secret boss Akuma in a CPU match.
  • Collateral Damage: In "Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition", destroy a background object.
  • The Path of the Warrior: Complete "Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition" in offline mode.
  • Collection Champion: Complete each game in the collection.
  • Practice Makes Perfect: In any game, deal 1,000 damage or higher to an opponent in training mode.
  • Record Breaker: In any game, get 1,000,000 points or higher in offline mode.
  • The Lessons of Saikyo Style: In "Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo", successfully perform a Super KO.
  • Puppet Master: In "Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge", use the secret character Marionette.
  • Come On, Baby: In "Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge", hit any character with Demitri's Midnight Bliss.

We have passed 3,500 Xbox achievements with a gamer score of 82,767. Not bad for only having Xbox Consoles for 2 and a half years.

Played some Overwatch 2 last night as well, continuing to practice playing as D.va to get an idea of how much she can take in situations where trying to manage her defense matrix.

I would say Happy Independence Day, but how can we celebrate the Fourth of July when in the past two weeks rights and freedoms for many in the United States have been taken away because of a handful of individuals in the pocket of Mitch McConnell and the Republican party? And those corrupt individuals have the balls to say 'no one should be protesting their actions' and they 'deserve a good nights rest' goes to show what types of fucking idiots they are. But let's face it, America is no longer the land... and it's the Republican party who are to blame, for they are the party who embraced Corporate involvement back in the 1980s and who ties everything to a bogus 'faith'.

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For today's stream we are going to play some Star Trek Online, namely we're going to drop in on Risa, and more than likely we might also mess around with some other stuff too.

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

Sunday, July 3, 2022

The Capcom Fighting Collection

Good afternoon everyone,

Well last night's stream was a hell of a showcase for the Capcom Fighting Collection, and I'll give my impressions of the games shortly. We did have two instance of a full network bandwidth issues... which is amazing considering we had no issues on Friday night! Also there was a couple of power outages following the stream, and one this morning. Hopefully that is not something I'm going to have to start worrying about.

Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors - I have played this before, because I have the PlayStation port, so playing the arcade perfect port wasn't that much different. For all the Darkstalkers games I played as Morrigan because she is the one character from the franchise that I was familiar with because her basic set of special moves are all performed similar to the traditional Capcom shotos (Ryu/Ken/Sakura).

Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge - First time playing it, this was clearly an upgraded version of the first Darkstalkers game, just with additional characters. Not much of a game play difference. This introduces Donovan and as well as a headache for me trying to understand the Darkstalker timeline when it comes to the remaining 3 games in the series. Also this Nigh Warriors also had the same 'special meter' from X-Men: Children of the Atom.

Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire - First time playing the 3rd game in the Darkstalkers series, and this does away with the usual two of three round format with a near continuous fight approach, where remaining health carries over between when someone is knocked out. It's very similiar to the the home releases of the X-Men vs Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter and Marvel vs Capcom on the PlayStation.

Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge - First time playing, and the game play is the same as Vampire Savior, but the game itself seems to me more of a sequel to Night Warriors: Darkstalkers Revenge based on the attract screen... and also the fact that Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge was called Vampire Hunter in Japan. Also of note this game was never released outside of Japan... and based on its game play, outside of the roster, nothing seems improved from Vampire Savior.

Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire - First time playing, and well, and like VH2:DR, this game was also never released outside of Japan... and the titles just makes things more confusing. Also of note, the attract screen features B.B. Hood holding Lilith by her skull, while in VH2:DR, it's Donovan holding Morrigan by her skull. So are their parallel timelines in the Darkstalkers canon over? Also, game play is the same as VS:TLOV

Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness - I have played this before as part of the Capcom Arcade Cabinet, and I learned that it was a spin off of Armored Warriors, a Capcom Beat 'Em Up, that I have played before... and was wondering if there was a connection since some of the mech-sprites appeared in the Beat 'Em Up. Went through the arcade mode of Jin, which comes across as just the major points of an mid-90s anime. Gameplay does have some major difficulty scaling towards the end of the arcade ladder.

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo - Obviously I'm very familiar with this, since I did featured the HD Remix version a lot on stream. The arcade version does have a charm to it, and we nearly had a perfect run, but as usual, but I made some mistakes at the end when facing Akuma when reaching the final opponent... so it was no different than when I was playing the HD Remix version.

Super Gem Fighter Minimix - I have played this before, as apart of the Street Fighter Alpha Anthology collection, in fact we streamed that earlier this year, and there seems to be some subtle differences between how both versions play, at least in terms of how responsive the controls felt.

Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition - I have played this version before years ago as apart of the Street Fighter 15th Anniversary Collection released on the PlayStation 2 which included Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike and Street Fighter: The Animated Movie. This is my least favorite version of Street Fighter II... and of all the games in the Capcom Fighting Collection, this was the only one we did not beat on stream last night.

Red Earth -  First time playing it, before last night the only experience I've had with Red Earth is via Capcom Fighting Evolution, and boy does Red Earth come across as ambitious but rubbish. It's a beautiful game, but the hit detection is all over the place in that you have to be standing in exactly the right spot to get anything done. We went through the arcade mode as Tessa because why the hell not, and learned quickly that heath does not fully regenerate between fights for anyone, and if you are continuing, the enemy doesn't get it's health back.

Now there are a lot of achievements associated with the Capcom Fighting Collection, and I certainly am not going to go for all of them, there are are few I feel like would be solid to have as accomplishments, but things like beating each game with every characters, get every ending and other nonsense like that has me going 'no'. At least there are no online PVP achievements.

Also we did included some Fall Guys last night, big thanks to PandaSweet and LvStrkr for being apart of the squad as I got my first win and first win with a group! That was a lot of fun.

Capcom Fighting Collection Achievements

  • Welcome to the Dark World: Play "Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors".
  • We Are Darkstalkers: Complete "Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors" in offline mode.
  • Those Who Hunt the Dark: Play "Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge".
  • Never Give Up!: In any game, use a continue for the first time.
  • The Chains of Battle: Complete "Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge" in offline mode.
  • The Demon Realm Beckons: Play "Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire".
  • Rulers of the Dark Dimension: Complete "Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire" in offline mode.
  • Unbeatable Warrior: Complete any game on any difficulty other than ★0 without using a single continue.
  • Hunt or Be Hunted: Play "Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge".
  • Seal Your Fate: Complete "Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge" in offline mode.
  • The Dark Lord's Ambition: Play "Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire".
  • When Souls Return: Complete "Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire" in offline mode.
  • For the Future of the Earth: Play "Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness".
  • Ace Pilot: Complete "Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness" in offline mode.
  • Gems! Gems! Gems!: Play "Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo".
  • Brains over Brawn: Complete "Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo" in offline mode.
  • Cute but Deadly: Play "Super Gem Fighter Minimix".
  • Chibi Champion: Complete "Super Gem Fighter Minimix" in offline mode.
  • Festival of Champions: Play "Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition".
  • The Adventure Begins: Play "Red Earth".
  • Collection Sampler: Play each game in the collection.
  • Those Worth Protecting: Complete "Red Earth" in offline mode.

Fall Guys Achievements

  • Victory!: Win your first Episode
  • Squad Goals: Win an Episode as part of a party of 3 or more players

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on TracyDoll who was playing Friday the 13th: The Game over at twitch.tv/tracydoll!  

During the stream we got 300 bits from the viewers, and a resub from LvStkr for the 39th month in a row! Always grateful for the continued support! You guys and gals are awesome! 

As announced during the stream, my copy of My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure will be the next game on the PS4 following Persona 5 Strikers.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Body Straight Combo, Body Uppercut Combo and Advanced Combo #2 for 31 minutes.

It's the start of a new week which means looking back at all the things we played last week which included Overwatch, Persona 4: Arena, Overwatch 2, Star Trek Online, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 5 Strikers, Capcom Fighting Collection & Fall Guys! 

 

Finished the commissioned Halo fic based around Halo 3: ODST, and it came across pretty solid I think. Granted only 1700 words, but with my unfamiliarity with the franchise beyond what clips I can find on YouTube and what I understand from the FanWikis, it's a win-win.

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I kind of screwed things up a bit to getting the Brigitte Medic skin for Overwatch by accidentally gifting a tier 3 sub... but oh well, got the skin anyway. And speaking of Overwatch things, its Sunday so we'll be playing that this evening! 

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