Good morning everyone,
Last night's stream opened with What Remains of Edith Finch and we nearly unlocked every achievement for in during the stream. I thought it was going to be longer than it was, but it was two out play through from start to finish. Still for a short game it certainly told an interesting story of a family that pretty much had a boat load of tragedy happen.
The imagery of some scenes can be rather disturbing, particularly when one involves sticking one's head under a guillotine,and I would assume a good portion of things have to do with mental illness in all sorts of various forms. Believe me, I was in no way prepared for what happened in some of the chapters. It really is a game that would need to be experience.That said there was one bit that I absolutely loved and it was the entire chapter that was purely a copy of John Carpenter's Halloween, right down to the music. That was really well done.
I did go back to complete the last achievement I needed and man having to sit through some of those stories again was not exactly pleasant, but still the What Remains of Edith Finch is 100% completed. Basically I missed the Fence peephole early in the game... and had to go through every other peephole as well, which meant going through every story up to the start of Lewis's story... and let me say watching what happens to Gregory twice in one night is not something anyone should see.
We also messed around SSX on stream, and boy am I not good at that game at all. Sure it will take practice, but the reaction times needed on some of the 'easier' runs certainly are beyond what I'm capable of recognizing when there are sudden turns. Also remember to do tricks and figuring out how different combination of tricks is certainly something that will take time. But hey we had fun with.
We also featured Paladins last night, and it didn't take me long in during Siege matches to get an idea of just how one-dimensional some people are when playing it. I mean c'mon, my reluctance to even try to carry someone who didn't selected items in the first two rounds still resulted in a win because I was hanging back and playing defensive... then later I broke out the classic Ying hiding near the objective and spamming clones to heal the tank, which went unnoticed by the other team.
What Remains of Edith Finch Achievements
- All Roads: Take both paths to the house
- Great Owl: Catch 2 rabbits with only 2 swoops
- Let Him Finish: Let the drunken sailor finish his song
- Clear the Table: Clear all balls off the pool table
- G-R-E-G-O-R-Y: Knock all the letters of Gregory's name into the bathtub
- Everything Ends: Finish all stories
- Thanks, Johann!: See Johann's name in the ending credits
- Loop-de-loop-de-loop: Play Calvin's story again
- Wildlife Photographer: Take a picture of the rabbit outside Odin Finch National Park
- A Closer Look: Look in all peepholes and telescopes long enough to hear Edith's commentary
SSX Achievements
- I Need A Boost: Make your first Mod Purchase
- Who Needs Boost: Earn a Bronze Medal on a Race Event in Explore without using any boost
- Pass The Board Wax: Make your first Board Purchase
- I'm Alive!: Rewind out of Death for the First Time (not achievable in Tutorial)
For the raid we dropped in on Swiftsupafly who was messing around with Bridge Constructor over at twitch.tv/swiftsupafly! It was fun seeing him try and fail to get some bridges made.
Note: Since the A Closer Look achievement was gotten early this morning (like at 1 AM), that means my current Xbox achievement streak is up to 26 days.
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Triple Cobmo #2, Intermediate Combo #1 and Biceps Shape Focus Combo.
Realized there actually was a game based on the short lived series Ugly Americans, it might be good for a laugh to check it out. I do remember the show to be pretty good and Callie being a stand out character.
For tonight's stream, at the time of this writing I'm not 100% sure what we're going to do, we may go old school or maybe start up something, we'll see.
So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!
