The Return of Agents of Mayhem

Good morning everyone,

Day started a little rough as I got some mail related to mom, I'll have to remember to call my brother after work today to let him know what arrived.

Last night's stream of Agents of Mayhem got off to a slightly rocky start, because I forgot that this game doesn't not play exactly like the other games in the Saints Row franchise, with the ability to switch characters on the fly depending on the situation. We mainly did the earl story quests and focused on roaming around, finding collectables and getting the three DLC characters unlocked.

I did go out of my way to knock out a bunch of easy achievements as well by doing all the obvious stuff one would do just by roaming around, such as doing a race, getting into a massive brawl with Legion, finding a hate machine and finding the hidden room withing the hidden room in one of the lairs. 

The big question is going to be will I go out of my way to try and 100% the in game world, because I do remember not liking the race to check points side quests when I played the Steam version a few years ago.

For the raid we dropped in on Felkimchi while they were playing Minecraft over on twitch.tv/felkimchi!

Agents of Mayhem Achievements

• Go-Go-Gadget!: Equip your first gadget onto any agent.
• That Went Poorly: Complete "Operation: Spin-off".
• X Marks the Spot: Find and open a large loot chest.
•  Accessories Sold Separately: Use Gremlin Tech for the first time.
• Smells Like Home: Warp into the ARK for the first time.
• Crystalized: Equip an Upgrade Core to any agent.
• Bling Bling: Swap out an agents weapon with a new look.
• Stop the Drop: Destroy a Drop Pod Launcher Emplacement.
• Long Jump: Jump an agent vehicle 50 meters in one jump.
• District Control: Take over an Outpost from LEGION.
• Designated Driver: Call in an agent vehicle for the first time.
• Alert Level Wipe: Complete LEGION Alert Level by defeating the LEGION captain.
• Pimp Your Ride: Build your first vehicle through blueprints.
• Hate this Thing: Destroy a hate machine emplacement.
• What's the Password?: Enter a secret room inside a LEGION lair.
• Secrets Within Secrets: Enter a secret room, inside a secret room, inside a LEGION lair.
• More Like FUNgeon, Amirite?: Complete a LEGION lair for the first time in Seoul.
• Contested Location: Take over each type of Emplacement Location.
• Spreading MAYHEM: Deploy your first agent to any LEGION region.

Congrats to Kalenal who will be a featured streaming apart of Stream Raiders' celebration of Women's History Month! Her spotlight night will me on March 30th! To keep up with Kalenal, be sure to follow her over on twitch.tv/kalenal.

Made a new Tier List video recently which actually ended up being making a Play List because of how the creator of a tier maker subject including a very small sampling of Blues & Soul artists from the 60s & 70s. Like how does one leave the likes of Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd and Arteha Franklin off of a tier making subject like that? Anyway that video will be on the YouTube channel in a couple of weeks.

Did have a job interview of sorts for PECO over in Philadelphia for a remote customer service role. We'll see if that leads to anything.

Got quite a bit of writing done in the Daria commission request, and as I said last night, when I get a commission request for a story where it's something not WWE related, it becomes a lot of fun to write. Also worked the Star Trek: The Next Generation short story which I'm intending to be March's exclusive for my Subscribestar followers.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #1, Body Uppercut Combo and Advanced Combo #2

"Where do you learn to make a banana split?" "Sundae school."

Song of the Day:Papa's Got A Brand New Bag by James Brown

For tonight's stream, we shall continue Agents of Mayhem by going to unlock every other character and trying to do things around Seoul. So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Well I solved the audio problems

Good morning everyone,

So as I was going insane with the increasing audio lag, I decided to switch from monitoring the console audio through OBS to just having its audio go through to my gaming monitor's speakers, which means hearing stuff in games is going to be a lot different for me and I lose the ability the hear things from a 360 degree perspective since there is no need for the headphones. On the plus side, this does mean I get to bother neighbors with Alerts and redeems that my viewers use during my broadcasts... and if I ever rope my Cousin or Brother into being apart of a stream, the set up is now perfect for them to hear game audio as well.

As for last night's stream, we played Overwatch 2 was a lot of fun, as we were joined by both BangBangBang and PandaSweet for a lot of matches, which lead to many wins and a few losses along the way. Picked up 4 plays of the game as Orisa, Reinhardt, D.va and Moira. Other characters used were Ana, Cassidy, Junkrat, Ana, Zenyatta among others. This was also a great test regarding Discord to Xbox Live Chat, as now I can use both depending on what I'm playing and with whom. 

And let me tell ya, there is a real difference in playing Overwatch with and without headphones in that trying to track certain characters is not as easy because the sound mixture is to have the sounds coming from all sides.

Despite the computer troubles that popped up, I was able to save the Plays of the Game I had prior to 2/16, so when I put together the collection of Overwatch POTGs for February, I'll have them all. Granted they won't be shown it order.

For the raid we dropped in on Redneck_23 who was playing Dirt 5 over at twitch.tv/redneck_23

Finished the WWE short story commission yesterday afternoon, and that client wants an instant follow up... I really need to stop having open endings on things WWE related. But before I do that, I had another commission request come in for a Daria short story based on the episode The Invitation, I already have about 1400 words written on that, because I needed the dialog from two scenes to make it work.

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

"What does a sprinter eat before a race?" "Nothing, they fast!"

Song of the Day:Teen Angel by Mark Dinning

For tonight's stream we'll be starting up Agents of Mayhem as the new Monday & Tuesday night adventure game, and since I've played it before I do have a fair idea of how I want to approach this play through.Also I elected to install it on the Xbox One as opposed to the Xbox Series console, mostly since it is an older game.

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

Elder Scrolls Online A Learning Experience

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Elder Scrolls Online was an experience, the first being that my old Bethesda Account apparently would not link with my Xbox account, so I had to create a new one. Once we got into the game it was amazing how kind of pick up and play is with the tutorial... as one of my biggest concerns was trying to grasp how a PC MMO would work on console with a whole lot fewer buttons to work with... and it works fine.

Now I do feel it is a lot like Fallout 76 in many ways, with the limits on how much you can carry, but is par for the course I believe. As a replacement for Final Fantasy XIV, it works fine, and as long as I have someone to team up with, it'll be pretty entertaining as I'm kind of going for an ambush style of game play because that seemed the most simple. Oh... and I went with an Wood Elf that uses daggers as weapons... because, why the hell not? 

On a side note, I did feel navigating to be less intuitive than Fallout 76, as the compass shows so many icons on it that it was easy for me to get lost!

As for the audio lag I keep noticing, well... I keep searching for new fixes, and I thought I resolved it before the stream, but nope! Well, here's hoping the fix I found for tonight will work

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

Nearly finished the WWE short story commission, I was hoping to finished it yesterday afternoon, but I ended up getting distracted with a few things around the house.

Did watch Episode 1 of Star Trek Picard's third season and I'm almost tempted to subscribe to see the rest of the season as it did catch my interest.... but... nah!

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

Found out that Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star comes out digitally on March 2nd... a shame it's not getting a physical release in the United States, guess having to import the Japanese version will have to do.... which is funny because that one has the tag line "You Are Already Thin". In fact I recorded a video explaining my history with the Fitness Boxing games while trying out the Demo

"What's the best thing about Switzerland?" "I don't know, but the flag is a big plus."

Song of the Day:"Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price

For tonight's stream, we're playing Overwatch 2, and of course I'll be using the console version, so any voice chat will be done via Discord. Though there may be a way to merge that with Xbox live. We'll might have to test that some day

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

It's the Weekend

Good afternoon everyone

Yesterday was kind of weird as when I was working I got a notification that my Facebook account was suspended, and apparently its because my Instagram account got hacked. Thankfully I was able to resolve it, but I did have to take 30 minutes out of work to get it fixed.  But work itself was solid, got an interview done which is always a good feeling

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy VII Remake opened up with a boss fight and was very action packed, as Chapters 10 through 13 had a ton of combat, including a section where playing as Barrett is the focus of. Of course, the fact that Jessie was killed off because of the whole Shinra dropping the plate on Sector 7 plot device, it does take the wind out of the sails for the game. Still she went out like a bad ass in my humble opinion.

Now from what I can tell there are five more chapters left, So depending on pacing we might be able to finish it on next Friday's stream. Depends on if we got a big area to explore and do side quests or note.

Eagle eye viewers would have noticed than when I came back from my break I seemed upset... I ended up thinking about mom, and every time I do it just hits me hard. 

For the raid we dropped in on DaemonsW0lf who was playing Hunt: Showdown over at twitch.tv/daemonsw0lf

Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4) Trophies

• Sewer Survivor: Complete Chapter 10.
• Paranormal Investigator: Complete Chapter 11.
• The Collapse: Complete Chapter 12.
• Broken Dreams: Complete Chapter 13.

I do plan to do some writing this afternoon to try and knock out a WWE Short Story Commission, and I did get another request to do afterward based on Daria which I'm really excited to get to.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #1, Block Combo and Defensive Combo #2.

 "What did Baby Corn say to Mama Corn?" "Where's Pop Corn?"

Song of the Day: Opposites Attract by Paula Abdul

For tonight's stream, the plan is to try out Elder Scrolls Online, which was gifted to us by LvlStkr earlier this week as a possible replacement for Final Fantasy XIV. We'll see how long it takes me to get through the tutorial!

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

 

Hades on A Thursday, Sponsored By Babbel

Good morning everyone,

We had another day of work yesterday, and while it wasn't as good as the previous day, it was still nice to feel productive. And we have more work today.

Last night's stream of Hades was really focused on me trying to grind for various things to progress in different aspects of the game (Darkness to buff up Health for example, of Crystals to unlock different customization options for the house). Now we did come painfully close to making past Elysium, but the fact that I only have one death defiance and have not gotten anywhere close to the builds I liked when I played Hades on the Switch meant I was basically a sitting duck. Still with Hades its all luck mixed with skill to get further ahead in the game.

Of course last night's stream was sponsored by Babbel, one of the world's leading language learning applications, and we tried it out. Since I do have a very very very very basic understanding of Spanish, I was able to go through the first few lessons live on stream to see how it works. If you have the time, Babbel is a great way to try and pick up another language. Now here's the cool part, if you sign up using my link, you get to save 60% off your subscription! Here's the link: https://strms.net/babbel_fredcasden

I am trying to figure out the audio de-sync issues that occasionally happen during the stream from the capture card, and I'm hoping a solution I found will resolve it by creating a separate audio source. We'll see how that goes with tonight's stream. 

For the raid we dropped in on TokuSHOUTsu  which was airing episodes of Ultraman Geed over at twitch.tv/TokuSHOUTsu 

Started work on the lates WWE short story commission based on things that happened at Elimination Chamber 2023, because I came up with an idea of how I want it to start to kind of justify the action that takes place.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #2, Straight Combo 32 and Biceps Shape Focus Combo.

"I asked my dog what's two minus two. He said nothing."

Song of the Day: "Walk Like An Egyptian" by The Bangles

For tonight's stream, we're resuming Final Fantasy VII Remake, picking up in Chapter 10, which has us in the sewers... because of course we're going to be in the sewers right?

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

 

Pizza, Close Calls and Gears

 Good morning everyone,

Yesterday was a good day of work, as I was able to complete two full interviews and nearly had a third, so I kind of found how who to ask for that would be knowledgeable.Here's hoping the good fortune continues to today.

Huge thank you to my Cousin Frances and Aunt Grace with sending me a pizza, a cheesesteak and some chicken wings. That was an awesome surprise. Nearly ate the whole pizza on stream... but I behaved a little... saved two slices for today. Hey there is a reason I weigh 240 pounds folks... I can eat... A LOT!

Last night's stream opened with Fall Guys, and first we have to say thank you to FelKimchi for being apart of a lot of the matches, in which we came very very close to winning. In fact, Felkimchi nearly carried us to a win in the last show we played  as my timing was off quite a bit all night. 

We also played Gears of War 2, and of course we were joined by Iceman for that, as we covered From Act 2 Chapter five up to the start of Act 3 Chapter 5. Despite playing on Normal Difficulty, we had very little trouble getting through these parts, there were a few deaths but mostly due to timing (such as with the giant worm's teeth) or bad luck (crashing the tank into a hole on the ice lake), but the combat was very straight forward. Outside of crashing the tank, we didn't have any issues getting past the tower, at least not as compared to three years ago.

Way Ice figures, we'll probably finish Gears of War 2 within two streams, possibly three depending on how some of the more intense areas go.

For the raid we dropped in on Oldish22 who was playing One Piece Odyssey over at twitch.tv/oldish22.

Found a six-button controller for a Sega Genesis last night, as well as the Tiger Electronics hand held version of Street Fighter II. When I say my mom kept the oddest of things, I wasn't kidding.

Did a bit of writing on the next Subscribstar exclusive story, which is based on Star Trek The Next Generation, and I'm trying to get it to be as close to 3000 words as possible.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Advanced Combo #1, Difficulty Challenge Combo #3 and Sway Back Combo.

"What did one hat say to the other?" "Stay here! I'm going on ahead."

Song of the Day:Straight Up by Paula Abdul

For tonight's stream, we're going to play Hades, and my goal will be to try and compelte and escape, but also grind for the items to unlock various abilities and ides for the house of Hades.

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

The Road To Rhea in WWE 2K22

Good morning everyone

Let's talk about work, and it was nice to get back into the things, even if its a tough assignment to work with. It does actually raise a question I've been wondering in regards to how many businesses are actually trying to hire people.

Last night's stream saw us continue WWE 2K22's MyRise mode, and we turned heel, which lead to some rather funny heelish dialog and some scenarios that I probably would not have seen staying on the baby face path. The number of matches actual opponents did expose how limited the WWE's Women Roster inclusion was, and I can't imagine it's going to be particularly good in the upcoming 2K23 if it tackles the MyRise mode the same way. I did rather like the build towards facing Rhea Ripley and how over the top it got with a backstage brawl, an empty arena match and a match ending in a double DQ before the big match.

That said, I think I'm going to put WWE 2K22 on Saturday's starting next week because it is a bit much to do MyRise content on back to back nights. Which means we'll put something else on Mondays and Tuesdays. And after careful consideration, that game is going to be Agents of Mayhem. 

Come to think of it the line up is probably going look like this through next Saturday.

Tonight: Fall Guys & Gears of War 2
Thursday: Hades
Friday: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Saturday: Try Out Elder Scrolls Online (Thanks again for the gifted game LvStrkr)
Sunday: Overwatch 2
Monday: Agents of Mayhem
Tuesday: Agents of Mayhem
Wednesday: Fall Guys & Gears of War 2
Thursday: Hades or Elder Scrolls Online
Friday: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Saturday: WWE 2K22

For the raid, we got bold and raided Maximilian_DOOD who was playing Like A Dragon: Ishin. He is the largest streamer I actually follow on Twitch, and he broadcasts over at twitch.tv/Maximilian_DOOD 

WWE 2K22 Achievements

• The New Revolution: Win the NXT Women’s Championship in MyRISE.

Latest story commission request is for a WWE story based on things that happened at the 2020 Elimination Chamber event.  Since work has started back up, probably won't get to writing it until the weekend.

Had a nice talk with my Aunt Rosa yesterday after work, talked about a few different things, but it was a major reminder of how much I miss mom.

Did go through a few boxes of stuff that mom had stored aside, finding outdated AC power adapters, old fire alarms and other stuff that should have been tossed out years ago.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Intermediate Combo #2, Waist Shape Focus Combo & Uppercut Combo #1

"Why couldn't the bicycle stand up by itself? It was two tired."

Song of the Day: "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees

For tonight's stream, we shall lead off with Fall Guys and then when Iceman joins us, we'll shall continue Gears of War 2. Can't get more opposite ends of the spectrum than that!

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

Thoughts on MyRise in WWE 2K22

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream featured WWE 2K22 at the perfect time when the next game in the series comes out net month (I think), and we jumped right into the MyRise mode, creating a female superstar named Jackie Hammer (as in jackhammer)... and right off the bat, I'm surprised at how in depth the opening creation tools are... and how limited. There were quite a number of things that weren't even options, such as hair color for example... and the limitations on 'outfits' to be forced to go with a predetermined look certainly was odd.

That said, the presentation of the MyRise mode does give more control to the player over what feuds and matches they part in... and the voice acting from the WWE Superstars at least sounds good in some cases, and awful in others (did Sasha Banks recorder her dialogue in a fish bowl?). Was nice to see that there is some continuity with the prior WWE 2K story modes with references to it and to see Josie Jane from 2K20 getting featured. The new character of Fanny does raise some concerns.

We got fairly far into the MyRise story, getting past a few story arcs involving Toni Storm & The Mae Young Classic. It'll be interesting to see how things progress with this game, and if we keep it as a two-night a week game or slot it as Saturday night feature.

I also took a brief look at the Showcase mode and as I feared, it relies heavily on WWE footage to get it's point across, and the set up of in match objectiveness makes it a tedious affair I want nothing to do with

For the raid we dropped in on pradoxgamerau who was playing RimWorld over at twitch.tv/pradoxgamerau

WWE 2K22 Achievements

• Time to TakeOver: Have a match on NXT in either Male or Female MyRISE.
• Who’s That Jumping Out the Sky?: Complete One Objective in Showcase Mode.

Finished writing the Mass Effect short story yesterday before the stream, but didn't send it off until this morning this way I won't be tempted to start work on any new story commissions that come in.

Why? Because I actually have work today, so I'm hoping it'll be a good day and I'll be able to do a good job with the assignment.

I want to clear out this big storage 'closet' but to do that I need to move quite a few things around. Don't be surprise of the DVD display you've been seeing on stream disappears.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Beginner Combo #2, Hook Combo #1 and Hip Shape Focus Combo.

"Did you hear the rumor about butter? Well, I'm not going to spread it!"

Song of the Day: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"  by Rod Stewart

For tonight's stream we shall continue WWE 2K22's MyRise, as we're on the NXT brand, so we'll see if we can get some cool stuff to happen.

On that note we'll see you tonight over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

 

 

Relearning how to play Overwatch on Console Is An Experience

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch 2 was certainly an experience as playing four hours of it via console is way differently than playing on the computer, as I had to calibrate how fast the camera turned so that I could lock on the opposing players faster. Used a variety of characters, D.va, Reinhardt, Orissa, Mei, Junkrat, Ashe, Ana and Junker Queen. We had a wild mix of wins and losses over the course of the night. Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the  fun as well!

Now off stream I'll still play Overwatch 2 on PC, since I did get use to some of the handicaps I now have to deal with thanks to a weaker graphics card to work with. So I'll still be using that to knock out quick dailies.

Did have an issue with Discord in getting it work correctly, as it was giving me no audio and there doubts about folks hearing me through it. It got sorted, but it'll be interesting if that becomes a regular problem or not whenever I want to use it for voice chat while teaming up with folks!

For the raid we dropped in on MissGammi316 who was also playing Overwatch 2 over at twitch.tv/missgammi316 

Big thanks to LvStrikR for gifting me Elder Scrolls Online on the XBox side... since Final Fantasy XIV is on the shelf for the foreseeable future, that could be our new weekly MMO. Actually that reminded me, I did play a lot of DC Universe Online for a time too.. so that could be a contender. In fact I loaded up DC Universe Online onto my Xbox One... and quickly learned whatever progression I did years ago on the Steam version does not progress over.

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• Centenary: Win 100 games in Quick or Competitive Play.
• Coup De Gracie: Use Junker Queen’s Jagged Blade and Carnage to pull and kill an enemy in Quick or Competitive 

DC Universe Online Achievements

• Platinum Pace: Earn a platinum medal in any race.

Started writing the next Mass Effect short story commission and got the opening set up done, and while it involves Shepard, he's not in the scene. 

My brother Leo and his family came over yesterday, with some important paper work for me to fill out, as well as bringing over the big portrait of mom that was at her funeral. It's currently in the living room. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Weaving Combo #2, Straight Combo #1 and Triple Combo #1.

"What do you call someone with no body and no nose? Nobody knows."

Song of the Day: Do That To Me One More Time by Captain & Tennille

For tonight's stream we shall be starting up the story mode of WWE 2K22, and as promised, we'll feature a female created character. Wonder what creative options we'll have to work with at the start.

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

We brought back Hades

Good afternoon everyone,

So for last night's stream, we finally started playing Hades again, but this time the Xbox version just to go for achievements. Since I had the experience of playing the Switch version, the first few attempts were pretty solid in terms of having to start from scratch. Case in point, the stream started at 7 PM and a bit before 8 PM we cleared Tartarus, and around 8:30 PM we cleared Asphodel. We managed to do 10 runs, with the final run being the best run of the night coming within a whisker of clearing Elysium.  

One cool thing about playing Hades is probably getting input from the chat on what Boons to take. But the real trick is going to be grinding for keys, gems and other items to unlock various abilities and weapons as I progress. I would like to work towards getting the two secret endings, one of which requires 10 escapes... and the other involves maxing out all dialog and connections with every major character in the Greek myths. 

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal while they were playing Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/kalenal 

Hades Achievements

• Three-Headed Boy: Pet Cerberus 10 times
• Escaped Tartarus: Clear Tartarus
• Escaped Asphodel: Clear Asphodel
• Skelly Slayer: Slay Skelly 15 times

Finished the WWE short story commission (finally) after several delays, and started writing a Star Trek story featuring Tasha Yar. Since it's non-commissioned, I'll work on it between commission projects. Such as the next story commission in the Mass Effect series.

Something I found out, apparently there are two version of WWE 2K22, the Xbox One version and the Xbox Series version... so technically I could be cheeky and get achievements in both versions of the game since they have their own separate listings... despite being the same game. 

Did try to reach my Aunt Maria yesterday to see how they were doing, but only go their voice mail. 

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

"I don't trust stairs. They're always up to something."

Song of the Day: Celebration by Kool & the Gang

For tonight's stream, we're playing Overwatch 2, but because of the limitations of my new PC's graphic card, I'll be playing the console version

A Day With Some Good News... Cause I Needed It

Good afternoon everyone,

We'll start with the good news, first was able to deal with my local Water utility and was able to get some things sorted, just one more bill to pay under mom's name before it switches to my own. Then during the early parts of last night's stream, I got a call saying there is a 95% chance work will resume on Tuesday. So things moving in a right direction there.

Last night's stream featured Final Fantasy VII Remake, and I was able to clear Chapters 8 & 9, which covered the Sector 5 Slums and everything leading to Cloud being in a dress. Quite frankly, this was rather light hearted on several fronts. I did see Cloud's make over a while back, so realizing that I was going to reach that part of the story during the stream meant I extended the stream to go a bit past midnight.

I probably could've gotten a good part of Chapter 10 done, but I did spend a lot of time exploring and making sure all the side quests was done. I did obviously miss a few things along the way, but since I'm taking a casual approach, trying to find anything minor or not so obvious is part of the fun with it.

I'm actually looking forward to seeing where things go with the story the next time we play it on Friday of this upcoming week.

For the raid we dropped in on FelKimchi while they are playing Minecraft over at twitch.tv/felkimchi! 

Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4) Trophies

• Say It with Flowers: Decorate the Leaf House with a floral arrangement.
• My First Ability: Max out a weapon's proficiency.
• Reunited: Complete Chapter 8.
• Snappy Dresser: Obtain three bridal candidate outfits.
• Never the Bride: Complete Chapter 9.

Nearly finished the WWE short story commission, was going to finish it yesterday, but I had to deal with somethings I wanted to do on Thursday (mainly breaking down some boxes to get them ready for the next garbage pick up). I should be able to finish the story today. Also need to upload several stories for the folks on the Subscribestar page from my co-writing days. I figure 9 classic stories, plus the new one will make folks happy.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Left-Right Step Combo, Hook COmbo #2 and Beginner Combo #1

"Why don't eggs tell jokes? They'd crack each other up."

Song of the Day:Centerfold by The J. Geils Band

For tonight's stream, at the moment I have no plans, so we'll play it by ear. So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

I can't seem to catch a break...

 Good afternoon everyone...

Yesterday was rough, a bit around 4 PM, my computer's hard drive died... I had no indication that something was wrong. And while I made sure to do back ups of a lot of things, something were not backed and so I lost a lot of stuff. On top of that the new PC is equal to the now damaged one in some ways, but it's biggest weakness is its power supply and its graphics card. So the long term plan is to put money aside to fix the old one, which will involve upgrading its CPU to run Windows 11 and install two hard drives on it. 

In fact the graphics card is so weak it can barely run Overwatch 2 and Final Fantasy XIV... and the later is a game that is over 10 years old. So... Overwatch 2 will have to be played via one of my consoles going forward on Sunday nights (most likely the X Box One), while Final Fantasy XIV is going to have to be dropped until either I upgrade both the power supply and the graphics card of this new PC (which won't happen any time soon), or get the other one fixed (again won't happen any time soon).

I'll consider doing a fundraiser for getting the more power PC fixed as the only thing wrong with it is its hard drive. But that in and of its self would pain the wonder

I do seriously wonder when I'll catch a break... between mom's passing, the water heater and now the sudden expense of a new PC... I have to wonder how much more I can take with every single crisis that is coming my way.

I do have to say, huge thank you to my brother Leo for being able to transport me to Best Buy to grab this new PC. I feel really bad about having to bother him,     

Now I did managed to do a short stream last night, getting 80% of OBS set up the way it was, and we did some Smite. Audio falling in and out of sync may be a problem with some of the consoles, but I'm sure things will fall into place. We had a dominate win as Athena to lead things off which was really cool. But one of Smite's biggest problems of having a match continue when there is a huge handicap was on full display in the final match I played which had me on a team of 3 against of team of 5. That was not fair at all!

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal while they were playing Final Fantasy XIV online over at twitch.tv/kalenal

Before my PC died yesterday, I was working on the short story commission request based around Chelsea Green's return at the Royal Rumble. Thankfully, that was backed up and I don't have to start over.

Finished making the series of Videos involving all the VHS tapes my mom kept, and I have over 300 of them, they are all neatly stored in their transport cases and will be moved to one of the bedrooms for storage.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Body Uppercut Combo, Double Combo #1, & Advanced Combo #2.

"How do you get a squirrel to like you? Act like a nut."

Song of the Day: Down Under by Men at Work

For tonight's stream, the plan is to resume Final Fantasy VII Remake with the big focus on side quests in what I guess is Chapter 8 of the game (roughly around the half way point)

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

Saints Row '22 is finished!

Good morning everyone,

Last night we finished Saints Row, and I have to say, in certainly went in a direction I wasn't expecting. Obviously the big betrayal angle was well telegraphed, but the reason for it was certainly unexpected The Nahualli wanting to take Kev, Neenah and Eli to be his own friends after seeing how they made The Boss better. Then there was the entire 'Life is Strange' style segment that really got weird, before the epic show down and wrapping up of the story. I really did like it ended with just an old fashion duel, but I feel I had the wrong weapon equipped considering the animation indicated it was supposed to be a revolver.

We did go on to do everything reasonably possible in a single play through, completing every single district, placing every venture.. and the big pay off being the Saints singing Love Shack was pretty sweet. We also went after some 'easy' achievements that I didn't do, so I ended up with 44 out of 50 achievements... and I really have no interest in the remaining six, two of which involve multiplayer. 

In terms of what's the Next Monday-Tuesday game, it's going to be WWE 2K22, and I've already went ahead and knock out a bunch of achievements right off the bat. Now there are two story modes in it, we'll probably do just the female one first obviously, and depending how long it takes we'll do the one for a male superstar. On a side note, not sure if I like the control scheme this game has in comparison to what was sort of the standard for nearly 20 years

For the raid, we dropped in on PowerThumbZ as they were playing Prey over at twitch.tv/powerthumbz

Saints Row Achievements

• Quality Time: Completed all loyalty missions.
• Chaos Tamer: Defeated all members of the Idols Collective.
• It's a Bird!: Completed all wingsuit challenges.
• Et tu?: Betrayed by a friend.
• Showdown: Completed Showdown.
• The Spins: Performed a barrel roll.
• We could go home, or…: Sang karaoke with the Saints.
• A Golden Age: Unlocked Criminal Empire Tier 5.
• The Mechanic: Fully upgraded a vehicle.
• Statement Pieces: Customized a weapon, a vehicle, clothing item, and your skin with a Cutting Edge material.
• Free Refills: Refilled the boost bar 3 times in a row with Infinite Boost.
• Fiesta Time: Hit a launched piñata with the Piñata Stick.
• All Mine: Completed all 15 districts in Santo Ileso.

WWE 2K22 Achievements

• Gulak Academy Graduate: Finish the Tutorial (Play Mode).
• CANNONBALL!: Perform a top rope dive as a Super Heavyweight (Play Mode vs AI).
• C-C-C-Combo Breaker: Counter an Opponent's Combo Using Breaker (Play Mode vs AI).
• Getting Creative: Hit your opponent with 5 different objects in one match (Play Mode vs AI).
• First of Many: Win a match (Play Mode vs AI).
• Acknowledge Me!: Win a 1v1 match against Roman Reigns on Legend difficulty (Play Mode VS. AI).

Had a nice conversation with my Uncle Abraham who is getting checked out for different things al this week, glad he's taking the precautions to stay on top of his health.

The job hunt is... going... not sure if I would say 'well' at this point

Finally finished the Mass Effect short story commission, and it's up at all the usual places. Next commission request is for a WWE one based on things that happened at the recent Royal Rumble event.

All recorded another VHS box tapes... finding one movie where Chuck Norris plays the villain... yeah crazy I know! That video will premier next Wednesday on my YouTube channel.

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

"I don't trust those trees. They seem kind of shady."

Song of the Day: Smile by Vitamin C.

For tonight's stream, we shall lead off with Fall Guys, will we get lucky with a surprise win like last week? Who knows, then if Iceman is able to join us, Fallout 76 or Gears of War 2... or maybe something else entirely, we shall see

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

We're 89% done with Saints Row

Good morning everyone,

Woke up with a damn Charley horse in my right calf this morning.... yeah that was a rude wake up call

Last night's stream of Saints Row saw a big focus on the remaining side activities, dealing with the final two ventures and their side activities, plus the final eleven Wanted side quests, which meant doing the Donut Run main quest to open up the final six of those. So a good portion of tonight was spent traveling back and forth all over the map to get all this stuff done.We closed out then night by doing the main story mission 'Corporate Retreat', which was certainly a surreal way of closing out the stream.

That said, the obvious incoming betrayal by The Nahaulli is pretty obvious and not well hidden considering he wants to do the Train Heist, and didn't like the idea of a Team Building exercise. Still this does tie things together with the beginning of the game and the opening cut scenes.

Now as the title says, we're 89% done with Saints Row, so tonight's stream means we'll have a good shot at finishing the main story, and I'll probably end up doing some achievement hunting for some basic things as well, because the real goal is to get the Saints Skyscraper built to give the game it's true ending 

On a side note, I increased the gamma on how OBS displays things via my capture card, because as last Saturday night proved, it was showing things way to dark.

For the raid we dropped in on PrincessPashley while they were playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt over at twitch.tv/princesspashley

Saints Row Achievements

• Bonus Round: Destroyed a car with Pugnus Sanctus Dei.
• The Professional: Completed all jobs on the Wanted app.

Received the storage bags for my DVD collection... and I needed 22 of them... so I was right in my estimate over how many DVDs I have. I'll worry about my physical video game collection down the line. The reason why I want to get my entire DVD collection in order is  mostly due to thinking about eventually moving things up out of the basement, and having the DVDs ready for moving around and setting up something for when family comes over to watch movies and such seems like a good idea.

Big thank you to Mr. Ward at PSE&G in helping with retaining all existing services and making the transition of things from my mom's account to my new account incredibly smooth. Here's hoping things with American Water work out.

Spoke with my Aunt Hilary yesterday, and if there is one thing I can say for sure is that I cannot think to far ahead in terms of any trips or stuff, with everything so in-flux and my own constant worries about whatever can go wrong (as the recent Water Heater incident proved, things will always go wrong when you least want them to). 

Recorded a new tier list video based on Saturday morning Cartoons... but the tier list I found had so many duplicates! UGH!

Got some writing done as it relates to the Mass Effect short story, and I'm still not back to where I could write a 2000+ word story in under 4 hours. Hope to finish it today actually

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Block Combo, Difficult CHallenge Combo #1 and Defensive Combo #2

"Where do boats go when they're sick?" "To the boat doc."

Song of the Day: Because of You by Ne-Yo.

For tonight's stream, the plan is actually to finish Saints Row, will we be able to do it? With how I adjusted the difficulty last week, we certainly have a shot!

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

 

Overwatch, Super Bowl and other things

Good morning everyone,

We had a little bit of work yesterday morning just to help close out one of the assignments that came in, so hey, I got to feel productive.

Last night's stream of Overwatch 2 was a lot of fun, picking up two plays of the game as Symmetra and Moira. Big thank you to PandaSweet (who had three Plays of the Game as Moira!) for being apart of the fun as well, as we carried as many people to wins as possible but we ran into some bad luck in regards to people just intentionally preventing progress.

Did finally see the new Antarctica map, with is a best of three capture points, and there is certainly a lot of ground to cover to keep the opposing team from overwhelming you if you're defending the capture area.  My biggest gripe with it is the blue'ish tint it has, which does make it hard to see things

For the raid we dropped in on PowerThumbz while he was playing Prey over on twitch.tv/powerthumbz

Started writing a new Mass Effect short story commission, getting a fair bit done. I'll tell you, writing two characters is a lot more fun than writing three or more.

Went to a little store yesterday afternoon to pick up a few things, and man I was lucky to find a half-gallon of milk, a loaf of bread and the last pack of Chips Ahoy cookies they had (it's been a few weeks since I had any cookies). I was also looking to see if they had any eggs, and they were fresh out. Oh well.

Did have the Super Bowl on during the stream, and I was wearing my mom's Eagles jersey... now despite them losing, I know my mom would've loved the game. It's a shame the game came down to basically a referee making a call they should've just let slide because of how the game has gone. Sure the result of the game may have still been the same with the Chiefs getting a field goal, but at least the Eagles would've had a chance.

Cousin Frances got every single Trophy in Stray over the weekend, and just knowing that makes me want to put it on the line up of things to revisit during this years gaming tour.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficulty Challenge Combo #2, Straight Combo #2 Biceps Shape Focus Combo.

"I got carded at a liquor store, and my Blockbuster card accidentally fell out. The cashier said never mind."

Song of the Day:Lost on You by LP.

For tonight's stream, we're back to Saints Row with the big focus being on the remaining Ventures to the placed, I believe I have two to go along with their respective tasks and clearing out of threats in the areas where they are located at.

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

We Had Some Work Yesterday; PS2 Variety Night

Good morning everyone,

Yesterday we had some work, not as many hours as I would've liked, but it knocked some rust off... too bad some of the usual features used for work wasn't working as they should've been. I'd really hate to go back to using my phone instead of the web browser set up, because it makes harder for me to hear the people I'm interviewing.

Congratulations to my uncle Freddy who is going into the Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame!

Last night's stream was truly a variety night of games from the PlayStation 2 era, starting off with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus... and I forgot how bad that game was in regard to hit detection, the wonky A.I. and the bad camera angles. For whatever reason Konami really struggles with making TMNT games that weren't 2D brawlers. Chances are quite a lot of the VOD is going to be muted or cut because of how much footage this game used from the 2003 TMNT series.

Next was X-Men: Next Dimension, a fighting game that clearly has some inspiration from Tekken and Virtua Fighter. We went through the arcade mode as Betsy (aka Psylocke), and outside of Magneto, we didn't have too much trouble. Rather surprised Patrick Stewart supplied some voice work for the game. This game does have a story mode, so it makes it worth revisiting to see what that is like.

Over The Hedge was the next game we played, based on the movie of the same name, and while clearly aimed at younger gamers, it has a nice charm to do for a budget cash grab game.Based on the first couple of levels, I feel this game will be a hoot to play in co-op if I can rope in either my cousin Frances of my brother Leo into spending an evening messing around with it on stream.

Finally checked out Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest, and its not a bad RPG,but it's clear it was meant to take full advantage of the PS2's online multiplayer capabilities. It might have local co-op so that might be worth diving into as a novelty.

We took a look at Death by Degrees and I have to wonder what Bandai Namco was thinking, They already had the bases for a decent brawling game in the form of the Tekken Force mode that was introduced in Tekken 3, but Death by Degrees certainly was not as fun to pick up on, due to the weird controls. Does look and sound great though.

Lastly we played Star Trek Encounters, which is in an arcade shooter game that uses some of the same assets used for Star Trek Legacy which was released on the Xbox 360 and PC around the same time. Much like it's more advanced sister game, the 'campaign' is not really fun, but using cheats to unlock all the ships means there is chaos to be had in its various game modes.

On a side note, I have to do something about how OBS is broadcasting things much darker than they should be in terms of the output color pallet.

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/kalenal

Tonight is the Super Bowl... and I know my mom would have been rooting for the Eagles if she could watch it... and I finally saw her death certificate... and reading it really hit me hard.

Finished the Mass Effect short story commission and have another one to start working on as well, so this series will be up to 22 chapters.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Advanced Combo #1, Sway Back COmbo and Difficulty Challenge Combo #3

"What do you call a poor Santa Claus?" "St. Nickel-less."

Song of the Day: Sunday Best by Surfaces.

For tonight's stream, it's Sunday and that means Overwatch 2... and yes I will be wearing Eagles green, in fact I'll be wearing my mom's Eagles jersey that was originally owned by my brother.

So we're about half way through FF7-Remake... I think.

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy VII Remake was a lot of fun, picking up right where we left off and getting to where we see Jessie, Biggs and Wedge reside in Sector 7, before we get more insight into things being weird with the timeline with the 'spirits' roaming around. The entire trip to Sector 5's reactor was certainly spaced out to really let the journey take center stage. There is certainly a lot more going into the lore of the Shinra corporation to make them more villainous they they appeared in the original.

That said, I do want to give a little fan theory, and it involves Cloud crash landing in the church... and that he's actually unconscious, and everything he experiences afterward is a full on illusion. I mean it makes sense, particularly in the remake giving the height he falls from is made real clear.

But what about the time manipulation, because Cloud is clearly getting visions of things he shouldn't, namely of Aerith's death scene, and the 'spirits' roaming around basically made sure she didn't get hurt or fall when escaping the church. 

Still near as I can tell, I'm about half way through FF7R, so if things play out as I expect, then we'll probably finish this in a few weeks, which would be really cool, but considering the number of reused assets that I've seen so far, I have to wonder: exactly why was this game in development hell for as long as it was?

Oh an yes... I'd totally ship Cloud & Jessie because as I said last week (either in a blog or on stream), Jessie has the best personality out of her, Tifa and Aerith.

For the raid we dropped in on MissCammi316 who was playing Dead by Daylight over at twitch.tv/misscammi316

Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4) Trophies

• Night on the Town: Complete Chapter 4.
• Plan E: Complete Chapter 5.
• Lights Out: Complete Chapter 6.
• In Lockstep: Bypass the delta-level security lock in Mako Reactor 5.
• Trapped like Sewer Rats: Complete Chapter 7.
• Summon Slayer: Defeat a summon in battle.

Finally got in touch with my Uncle Mark, and found out my Aunt Rona is feeling better after catching Covid a few weeks ago. Hopefully I can touch base with him on several things on Sunday.

Got a nice card of condolences from my Cousin Gary and his wife yesterday which was appreciated.

Did a fair bit of writing yesterday afternoon on the Mass Effect short story, and I feel I could finish it today, but for the first time since December, I actually have work. I'm sure to be a bit rusty, but I hope to get back into the swing of things.

This might lead to some stream start times being later than normal depending on what assignments come in. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Intermediate COmbo #2, Waist Shape Focus Combo, Uppercut Combo #1 and Hip Shape Focus Combo.

"Dad, did you get a haircut?" "No, I got them all cut!"

Song of the Day: f**k, I'm Lonely by Lauv feat. Anne Marie.

For tonight's stream, we're hooking up the PlayStation 2 and going to mess around with a few different games, no real plans, but we're going to have fun

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

Final Fantasy, the mysery of the clocks solved, and other notes

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV was a lot of fun, as we balanced doing side quests and roulette runs, so we got to see dungeons, alliance raids, normal raids, trials and other things. So just about all the main stuff one would do basically. In terms of the side quests, I finally finished all the ones in Radz-at-Han, and will now be focused on Garlemald. Did  Big thank you to BangBangBang for being apart of the fun.

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal as they were also playing Final Fantasy XIV over on twitch.tv/kalenal

A bit of a follow up regarding the heart shape clocks, my Aunt Grace saw the replay of the Wednesday night stream, and since I held the clocks up to show the viewers, it allowed her to see them clearly... and they belonged to my grandparents who lived in Philly! I was actually talking to my brother when I saw the text message Cousin Frances sent me earlier in the day, and he was saying he remembered the clocks but wasn't sure either

Got some writing done on the Mass Effect story commission yesterday afternoon, might be able to finish it today, or get a large chunk done, depending on how I incorporate the requested details the client wants. 

Recorded a new tier list making video for my YT channel with the subject being Rolling Stones studio albums... and it turns out I'm missing four from my collection, 3 UK versions and 1 US version. Oh well. It was fun to make, and is not an hour long! 

I took at look at the Nintendo Direct, and there wasn't anything that grabbed my attention beyond the Metroid Prime Remaster and the long overdue addition of GameBoy and GamBoy Advance era games to the Switch Online and Switch Online Expansion services respectively. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hook Combo #1, Triple Combo #1 and Beginner Combo #2

"What has more letters than the alphabet?" "The post office!"

Song of the Day: Good Days by SZA.

For tonight's stream we are getting back to Final Fantasy VII Remake, and chances are we'll be getting an achievement right at the start if I remembered how well we did in the motorcycle mini-game last week.I'm actually looking forward to seeing how the story progresses.

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

Thank you to Raid: Shadow Legends for sponsoring last night's stream

Good afternoon everyone,

Let's begin by thanking the folks behind Raid: Shadow Legends for sponsoring last night's stream, as it was the first time I played the incredibly popular mobile game. I elected to take the approach of featuring my first experience with the game on stream, going through the full tutorial, seeing how champions are unlocked, leveling up, upgrading gear and going through the the firs two chapters of the campaign, tried out the classic arena mode and dungeons. All in all I was quite impressed with what I experienced, and I can see myself playing it on a casual basis. You can download Raid: Shadow Legends using my link and enjoy the special in-game loots! Raid is free on PC and Mobile. https://strms.net/raid_fredcasden Use my Promo Code: RondaSESP for more perks

Now before the Raid: Shadow Legends portion of the stream, we did open with Fall Guys, and won my 20th Show in a Squad (team of four), which was really cool, and I came fairly close to winning a few other shows as a solo (Namely in the Jump Show special format). There was quite a bit of hilarity.

We did a recap of sorts regarding the Nintendo Direct, nothing major announced caught my interest beyond DONTNOD releasing a new game later in the year.

Also found a way to properly store not just all the VHS tapes I'm going through, but my DVD collection as well. If I can find a place that would buy those tapes I certainly will have an easy type carrying them iin something that has proper handles

For the raid we dropped in on TokuSHOUTsu just as 'Ultraman Ginga S the Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!' was starting! Got to watch that from the start over on twitch.tv/tokushoutsu

Fall Guys Achievements

• Golden Guy: Win 20 Episodes

Finished writing the Mass Effect short story commission I had started a few days ago, and got another request for another chapter, this time set after the Grissom Academy mission on Mass Effect 3

Spoke with the FnDanteSavage yesterday and got to learn a lot of history about the band he was in and how close they came to touring the east coast! It was really fascinating!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Straight Combo #1, Weaving Combo #2 and Double Combo #2.

The job interview I had yesterday was more of a webinar to 'sell me' on paying for a training course to potential work for them. As the old saying goes, if something sounds too good to be true, then it usually is.

"Where do you learn to make a banana split?" "Sundae school."

Song of the Day: Ransom by Lil Tecca

For tonight's stream, we're playing Final Fantasy XIV, we'll do raids, side quests and maybe treasure maps, we'll see what ends up happening.

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

The Three Amigos In Saints Row, We're Being Sponsored By Raid: Shadow Legends!

Good morning everyone,

Considering the day prior, I really slept in yesterday, but a big highlight was talking to my Aunt Grace and Cousin Frances, as I wasn't sure what would be the best time to reach them. It was a real fun chat, and I'm so incredibly happy just to be able to chat with them. Also found two heart shape clocks that I think belong to Aunt Grace, but I'm not 100% sure. This did lead to a series of hilarious text messages regarding a photo of the clocks I sent to Frances, who thought something looked like Buddha. 

Got an invitation this morning to have my Twitch broadcasts being sponsored by Raid: Shadow Legends, and well that certainly is giving me an excuse to try the game out on the PC side of things, since I don't play any mobile games In fact we'll do that during tonight's stream during the 2nd half. If you want, you can download Raid: Shadow Legends for free using my affiliate link: https://strms.net/raid_fredcasden on either PC or Mobile, and use PromoCode RondaSESP for more perks! https://strms.net/raid_fredcasdenhttps://strms.net/raid_fredcasden

Last night's stream of Saints Row was really focused on completing business ventures and finding all the remaining discoveries, so again there was no story progress. But at this point, only two more ventures need to be placed, then the grind for the skyscraper. After that there would be just the main story missions to do.

On a side note, The Planet Saints missions to obtain trucks was a pain, but I used the helicopter to do it... because I was not going to bother with the wing suit approach the game intended!

That said, I was quite surprised to see a little tribute to the Three Amigos in the game. Now going back to at least Saints Row The Third, the Amigo Salute was a selected emote / taunt, but to see basically a diorama of the Aimgos encountering the Singing Bush in this game caught be by surprise! I know for a fact I still have the VHS tape of the movie in my home, and I watched it a lot as a kid, so this put a smile on my face.

For the raid, we dropped in on PowerThumbz while he was playing Prey over at twitch.tv/powerthumbz. 

Saints Row Achievements

• Community Outreach: Completed 10 districts in Santo Ileso.
• Masters of Santo Ileso: Unlocked Criminal Empire Tier 4.
• Challenge Accepted: Completed 25 challenges.

Made a good impact on the Mass Effect short story commission, it's relying on what I can think of regarding Diana Allers and her role in Mass Effect 3, but I think it's coming together nicely.

With the Overwatch 2 Season 3 update, I see they brought back being able to commentate players on the opposing team, because quite frankly as some have seen on stream, if I feel no one was worth of getting a commendation, then I'm not giving one. Not completely sold on a number of the changes on various characters, but the developers are always trying to make changes to break existing 'pro approved' teams.

Had a job 'interview' this morning, and it was more of the company trying to sell me on paying for a training course to work for them, and it raised more questions than answers.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Weaving Combo #1, Body Hook Combo and Beginner Combo #1

"What does a sprinter eat before a race?" "Nothing, they fast!" 

Song of the Day: Want to Want Me by Jason Derulo.

On tonight's stream, we'll be playing Fall Guys for sure, but Fallout 76 will not be on the agenda, as Iceman will not be able to join us this week.So for the second half of the stream, we'll be featuring Raid: Shadow Legends! 

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