Mass Effect and other notes

Tonight we started up another Mass Effect run where we're playing as an Adept class and will be limited to using Garrus and Liara for the vast majority of the game, and I one thing I forgot to do was to give Shepard an additional weapon trait, so I basically made this run a lot harder than it probably needs to be. We did pretty much everything possible on the Citadel along with rescuing Liara in a stream that lasted about six hours.

Mass Effect will return on Monday as we'll focus on doing side missions before focusing on Noveria or Ferros.

Sunday's stream will feature Overwatch 2

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal playing Final Fantasy XIV 

Got a fair bit of writing done, knocking out a commission request based on The Flash, next story on the commission docket is based on AEW. I'll be starting on that in a bit

The new animated emotes are now available for Tier 1 subscribers over on my Twitch channel!

And that's about it for today!

Good night!

Alan Wake Remastered and other notes

Tonight's stream of Alan Wake was a bit odd with as we only knocked out Episode Three , which oddly took me longer than I would have thought as I was looking to knock out two chapters on tonight's stream. That said, we got a lot of achievements done which were related to combat, which was nice, I do want to make sure Alan Wake to be the last game we finished this year so we have an even total of 52.

Tomorrow night, we're starting up the Biotic run of Mass Effect (360), of course we're doing a FemShep run, and will go full renegade because I want to call it the Bitching Biotic saga.

For the raid we dropped in on misscammi316 who was playing Smite 

Alan Wake Remastered (PS4) Trophies

• Sound and Fury: You blasted four Taken into ashes with a single flashbang.
• Damn Good Cup of Coffee: You have found 25 coffee thermoses.
• Back! Back, I Say!: You bought yourself some breathing time with a flare.
• Heavy Metal: You destroyed the bulldozer.
• Thunder and Lightning: 50 Taken have felt your fury. Also, your flashbangs.
• Two For the Price of One: You took out two Taken with a single barrel.
• The Six-Gun Scribe: You capped 100 Taken with the revolver.
• They're Heeeeeere!: You have destroyed 20 poltergeist objects.
• Iron Horse: You made the train engine run out of steam.
• Wheels Within Wheels: You found the kidnapper, but what he had to say wasn't what you wanted to hear.

Work was brutal, the assingment I'm on had people interested in doing it, but the amount of probing and clarifications needed made what should be a 25 minute survey take nearly double that.

Currently in the process of writing commission story based on the Flash, the goal is to finish it on Saturday, but I'll work on it before going to bed.

Did pick up a couple of things cheap on the end of year Xbox Sale.

The new animated emotes certainly should be added to the Twitch channel on Sunday at the latest. If they are delivered to me early, I'll try to have them up for tomorrow's stream

Good night

The Quarry and other notes

Tonight we wrapped up The Quarry, keeping most people alive... or at the very least the most likeable characters alive, as well as finding 80% of the clues, which pretty much got us the best possible ending on a time play through without trying to do various objectives (As indicated by the epilogue). We did pass up on the Laura reunited with Max achievement, because that would have been too sappy. Will we play this again? Oh yeah, it's easily a three night game, I'll just have to remember to do things from the chapter select menus and not start a new game out right.

Strongly considering starting up the Mass Effect Biotic run on Saturday, but we may do something else if I feel there's another game we can knock out in short order. Alan Wake may be that game, we'll see.

And speaking of that, Alan Wake Remastered will be featured on Friday night's stream.

For the raid we went over to rumhamshmah who was playing South Park The Fractured But Whole

The Quarry Achievements

• Forewarned is Forearmed: Got a Tarot reading
• Chapter 8: Completed Chapter 8
• You're Breathtaking!: Passed 5 Don't Breath events
• Phlebotomy: Accepted the bite of a werewolf
• Above the Law: Travis and Laura agreed to work together
• Chapter 9: Completed Chapter 9
• The White Wolf: Killed Silas
• Chapter 10: Completed Chapter 10
• Epilogue: Witnessed the Epilogue 

Work was really good tonight, despite some slight weirdness

Currently in the middle of writing a Resident Evil story to knock out a commission request, will work on that first thing in the morning (depending on how long it takes me to record The Casual Review for The Quarry)

We should have new emotes for the Twtch channel by Sunday. I saw how the rough draft looks, and they look great!

 Good night!

Journey to the Savage Planet and other notes

Tonight, Iceman and I  spent the evening finding many of the items and completing the requirements to get all upgrades as we close in on 100% completing all in game objectives for Journey to the Savage Planet. We have a few plants and animals to find, along with the remaining alien tablets and explorer logs. We should be able to pull that off next Wendesday in pretty short order.

Of course the stream opened with my putting on the wrong headset, which was the one I use for work, as opposed to earbud I use for voice chat. Plus I had the wrong shirt on as well, lol.

Our next stream will feature The Quarry as we'll have a good shot of finishing that, since we don't have to worry about anything involving Emma or Jacob

 For the raid we dropped in on ZoneSama for some Christmas related cartoons, including The Real Ghostbusters

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

• Stronger, Faster, Probably Poisonous: Recklessly and irresponsibly eat every Orange Goo on AR-Y 26.
• Scott Norwood in the Hizzy...: Kick 25 Pufferbirds and 25 Maroons. It's ok. I don't know who Scott Norwood is either.
• Shocking: Stun 5 creatures simultaneously with Shock Fruit. Stone cold.
• The $600 Man:  3D-print all the 3D-printables. After that, go ahead and 3D-print yourself a gold star! 

Work was a struggle, as I didn't get a complete until the end of the shift.

Currently in the middle of writing a WWE related commission which I'll be working on after I post this blog. I figure it's about 60% complete at this point.

Found someone who could do animated emotes over on Fiver, hopefully I'll have those by the end of the week, and a new opening song before my birthday.

Good night folks!

The Quarry and other notes

Tonight's stream of the Quarry ran longer than I thought, but we did knock out chapters three through seven, and lost Emma and Jacob in the process due to... bad choices being made. Chapter 7 with Laura certainly was a long chapter, an I did remember various things from my PS4 playthrough such as cutting off Dylan's hand when he gets bit. The plan is to continue The Quarry on Thursday's night stream, and potentially we could finish it then if I choose to extend the stream.

Wednesday's night stream is planned to feature Journey to the Savage Planet with Iceman, if he's available. If he's not, then we'll continue The Quarry

For the raid we went over to who was playing Baldur's Gate 3 and Paladins

The Quarry Achievements

• Chapter 3: Completed Chapter 3
• Chapter 4: Completed Chapter 4
• Reactionist: Activated 15 Interrupts
• Just a Flesh Wound: Saved a friend from infection
• Chapter 5: Completed Chapter 5
• Chapter 6: Completed Chapter 6
• Bizzare Yet Bonefide: Listened to the podcast
• Chapter 7: Completed Chapter 7

Work was solid, pretty even if not to spectacular. 

Didn't finish the Star Wars commission story I had slated for today, so I'll be working on that before I go to bed.

Had to swap controllers for the Xbox Series console due to stick drift issues, which meant I had to get two back ups.

Good night!

The Quarry and other notes

Tonight's stream featured The Quarry, this time playing the Xbox Series version, and I after two chapters, I still haven't found any of the tarot cards, but at the same time I'm glad I didn't find them because now I have to try and make the right choices without any hints. I also forgot how much of a tool Jacob was as a character, but I did find Emma's bracelet which I didn't do on my PS4 playthrough last year.

We'll continue The Quarry picking up with the start of Chapter 3 tomorrow night

For the raid we went over to MissCammi316 who was playing Fears to Fathom: Ironbark Lookout

The Quarry Achievements

• What's This?: Collected first clue
• Prologue: Completed the Prologue
• The Truth is Out There: Collected first piece of evidence
• Chapter 1: Completed Chapter 1
• It's All Coming Together: Found a matching clue
• Chapter 2: Completed Chapter 2 

Work was alright, got two interviews done.

Knocked out two story commissions one based on AEW and the other Spider-Man related, next one is tied in with Star Wars.

After four years I am going to have some new music intro music made for my streams, thankfully the person who did the majority of the music back in 2020 is still around.

And on that note good night! 

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Overwatch was rather strange as it seemed to swing from a lot from one side dominating the other, which made things really unusual. Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun this evening. Character I used were Junker Queen, Anna, Tracer, Mei, Reaper and a few others.

Also played Overwatch on the Xbox Series console as opposed to the Xbox One, the tradeoff being faster load times at the expense of being able to save Plays of the Game, which is really weird.

Tomorrow night's stream will see us starting up The Quarry, which should be pretty fun. The Quarry is also slated for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

For the raid we dropped in on elegantlyslays who was playing Dead by Daylight

Got my review of Asura's Wrath recorded, and it'll premier in March of 2024 over on my YouTube channel.

After I have a little something to eat I'm getting back to work on a commission request involving AEW, I got half of it done before the stream.

Have a good night!