A Muggy Day

Hi everyone,

We just wrapped up tonight's stream of Overwatch 2, and by and large we had a lot more wins than losses, Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of lot of the fun tonight, as there were certainly matches she carried while playing Support roles! I ended up with four plays of the game as Junker Queen, Moira, Mei and Winston, while also playing as Brigitte, Ana, Lucio, Tracer, Ashe, Torbjourn, Reinhardt and Wrecking Ball.

We even picked up an achievement as Ashe in the final match of the night, a match which looked like was going to be awful, but somehow turned into a victory. So it was a real positive way to close things out

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• Short Fuse: Kill an enemy by shooting Ashe’s Dynamite from at least 30 meters away in Quick or Competitive Play.

For the raid we dropped in on tracydoll who was playing Friday the 13th over on twitch.tv/tracydoll

 Microsoft announced at Xbox Gold is shutting down and everything will be through Game Pass going forward, so I went ahead and converted my remaining Xbox Gold time over now to Game Pass Ultimate. At the very least this basically frees up any gaming budget going forward. Unless I start something that gets pulled from Game Pass.

Pretty muched finished the Mass Effect shot story commission and I'm really happy with how it turned out, as I was able to put in a lot of lore related to the Quarians and the Geth. Just need to do some final touches before throwing it onto the SubscribeStar page.

Our next stream is slated for Monday night with the continuation of Gotham Knights, with a start time after 9:30 PM Eastern. If the stream starts before 9:30 PM Eastern then something really went wrong.

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

Finished Duke Nukem Forever

Hi everyone,

Xfinity came by and discovered there was a neighborhood issue effected two different taps on the block, which just proves that I knew something was seriously wrong with my internet service.

Tonight's stream saw us finish Duke Nukem Forever, and it took about two hours to clear the final few chapters, and I had the most trouble with the Blowing the Dam chapter since it was underwater and having to realize where the air bubbles were. Overall it was a very straight forward, with some puzzles and realizing where the hell I needed to go. The ending is a bit odd as apparently Duke is killed, but I made sure to grab the General's arm as quick as possible... oh well.

Now I know there is DLC for Duke Nukem Forever, but I really have no interest in it at this time (doesn't help that I paid both August and November's property taxes for my house today, so the wallet is really thin at the moment). I did go back in after the stream to pick up a few achievements, which actually helps continue a current streak I'm on

With Duke Nukem finished, we went on to play Smite, winning one out of three arena matches and losing both assault matches, one of which was completely winnable. Oh well, at least I have another survey from Hi-Rez to look forward too.

Duke Nukem Forever Achievements

• I Need a Towel: Get hit by 10 Pregnator bombs
• Beating the One-Eyed Worm: Defeat the Energy Leech
• Piece of Cake: Complete the SP campaign on Easy Difficulty
• Special Thanks: Watch the credits all the way through
• Party Animal: Drink all of the beers in the strip club
• Lots of Whacking: Win a game of Alien Abortion in the strip club
• Noms: Eat 10 pieces of food during the SP campaign

For the raid we visited misscammi316 who was also playing Smite over at twitch.tv/misscammi316

So the question becomes, do I put something new on Thursdays, or do I just continue with Gotham Knights and try to finish that as quickly as possible giving it three nights in a week as opposed to two? I mean I did consider BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Extend going into the Thursday slot, as well as the next game in the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy. We'll see what I end up decreeing. 

Did get some writing done, and I'm pleased with the opening in using the Quarians hatred towards the Geth as justification for them pursuing Shepard.

Our next stream on SUnday night will feature Overwatch 2, just the usual grind for weekly challenges. I did play some Overwatch on PC this week, so I'm in a good spot to knock out quite a few.

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