The Fantasy Is Not Final Even Beyond The Clouds

Good morning everybody,

Post Tooth Extraction Update, where the tooth once was feel okay, slight stinging sensation, but my attention now turns to a slight gum issue I had prior... since at the moment I cannot use the oral rinse I was prescribed to use back in September, and using regular mouth wash is out of the question as well, it makes things a little interesting.

Still last night's stream featured Final Fantasy XIV because on Monday we'll get back to featuring a large major game several days a week instead of a bunch of little ones like we've been doing for the past month and half.

So the the majoring of the focus was on everything in Dravania , so the level 52 to 53 quests, which involved realizing the dragons are at wall with someone and that has stirred up their blood lust and why they are attacking Ishgard. Iceheart is with us as an in game story companion, and she actually does something but fighting as Shiva against Ravana.... she looses, but it was nice to see an in-game story character fight a primal for a few moments. Also discovered that Ravana also has a knock off the ledge mechanic which I absolutely 'loved' (heavy sarcasm folks)... the following dungeon which lead to the next major area of the game was pretty fun, even if I didn't understand the reasoning behind some of the mechanics in the boss fights.

As far as open areas to explore, Dravania is a real cluster, with a lot of awkward angles needed to find ways up and around, and this was really exposed when I dedicated time to doing side quests in the area. I don't understand why somethings were placed so awkward with no real obvious way to get them unless you just happen to stumble across something out of place.... and if it was meant to show how handy flying is, then locking out the ability to fly with your mount after you earned it is even more questionable I feel as if I'm gonna have to take a night to just use a wiki to find all the loose Aether Currents in each area and do whatever quests are associated with them just to get hem out of the way.

Anyway, I obviously continued doing some Final Fantasy XIV stuff off-stream, and went tracking down said Aether Currents in the first two open areas of the Heavansward expansion, then got back to work on the Bard quests, which involved fighting along side a Moogle Bard in an epic battle against a Banshee... which I kind of wished was apart of last night's stream... but that's the trouble of playing an MMORPG with my tendency of looking for a variety of content to feature, a lot of stuff isn't going to be seen during a stream.

Following the stream we sent the fnn over to SmoresDaFloof was playing Growbot over on twitch.tv/SmoresDaFloof!  

Twitch Clip Links

Shiva needs to go train under Piccolo and learn how to DODGE!

Hey... One simply DOES Walking Into Moldor! 

What the hell.... off the ledge I go!

Managed to track down a copy of Sudden Impact starring Clint Eastwood, now you would think this would be an easy movie to track down, however there was a specific version I wanted and that was the 2001 DVD which was apart of the 'Clint Eastwood Collection'. Why did I want that version? Well it's because I have the rest of the Dirty Harry films from that same collection, and I wanted to complete the set.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout lasted 28 minutes with the following exercises Beginner Combo #1, Hook Combo #2 and Front-Back Step Combo for an estimated calorie burn of 420 kcal.

For tonight's stream, we're gonna take a special look at Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds for the PlayStation 2... not really to beat it or anything, because I remember the gaming being really bad, this will be more of like a one-off 'Halloween' weekend special.

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

The Primals And The Crystal Towers

Good afternoon everybody,

Last night's stream was a ton of fun with Final Fantasy XIV taking center stage. Of course we did stream it on Tuesday to finish the original campaign, but the reason we played it last night was because I didn't want to start up something else just yet.

So what did we do during FF14? Well the first big thing was dedicate time to doing the Crystal Tower story quest, which involved two Alliance Raids, since I did the first one off-stream on Thursday night, Both went smoothly... but there is a special place in hell for whoever came up with the ABC stuff for the fight against Cerberus in the 3rd Alliance Raid.

Of course a huge focus was playing the Main Story Quest, and we covered the second half of Through the Maelstrom (Patch 2.2), which saw the big battle against Leviathan, and huge thanks to Kalenal (twitch.tv/Kalenal) for jumping in to be apart of that and to coach me up on what needs to be during it. Then then MSQ content continued into the Defenders of Eorzea story arc  (Patch 2.3) and knocking out over half of it including the battle against Ramuh who truly has an epic beard.

The plot regarding the refugees and how some are treated in comparison to those who just arrived (Yugiri's people) is certainly borderline close to being a parallel to real world issues on immigration and taking care of the poor, to the point that if some of the dialog that didn't have voice acting did have it, it would have a hell of a lot more bite to it.

Also of note, I did knock out the back half of the Patch 2.3. story stuff off stream in the middle of the night as well, mostly because I realized the Guildhest are not just group tutorials but actual mini-dungeons.

Thank you to eltipometroidvania for the follow! I know they stream so you can check them out over on twitch.tv/eltipometroidvania! 

Also thank you to Dango42 for the raid! They were playing Final Fantasy XIV as well over on twitch.tv/Dango42! 

Following the stream we sent the fun over to SheepFuzz who was playing Jackbox Party Pack 8 over at twitch.tv/sheepfuzz!  

Twitch Clip Links

Learning How To Handle The Leviathan Battle

Let The Sun Shine In! 

I comment on the Music... and I get zapped...

Going through my DVD collection, I realize that I may need to add a couple of things to make it complete or look neat... so I'm in the process of tracking down a copy of Sudden Impact starring Clint Eastwood, which is of course apart of the Dirty Harry series of films, as well as Volumes 6 & 7 for both Gungrave and Chrono Crusade, two anime series from the early 2000s. 

Picked up Tales from the Glory Hole by Drace Domino, it is a tie-in to their earlier book Rise of the Battlebitch which was a great read. Also added Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning for the PlayStation 4 to the collection as well.

People are asking if the prop weapons that Alec Baldwin used to accidentally end the life of Filmmaker Halyna Hutchins are dangerous.... gee, let's go ask Brandon Lee who was on the receiving end of a prop malfunction back in 1993! Look if you're using weapons as props for films and if they are not correctly maintained, configured and triple check for safety purposes of course they are going to be fucking dangerous! Could it have been prevented yes, but at the very least this may see the stop of using REAL guns in film making.

There are some character changes in coming for Overwatch. Torbjorn's Overload's cool down is being reduced as is the consumption of ammo used when using the Rivet Gun's alternate fire. McCree's Deadeye is getting a shorter slower damage ramping speed and his combat roll can be used in the air, Moira's Biotic Orbs will have a slower speed when it has a target, and Junkrat is getting a near rework so that he's better at close range to reduce his long-range spam potential 

Speaking of McCree... he's getting a new name, Cole Cassidy... and to which I ask... when is Butch Sundance joining Overwatch? I'm apologizing for that joke, because everyone else picked up on the obvious 'Coal and Ash' because of the character of Ashe... me, I'm going for the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid reference!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minuets with the following exercises.: Beginner Combo #2, Weaving Combo #2, Straight Combo #1 for an estimated calorie burn of 478 kcal... and I'm two months away from turning 39... ugh....

For tonight's stream we'll be playing The Walking Dead: The Final Season to wrap up that series! We'll start early because the goal is to play all four episodes!

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