Sea of Thieves and o ther notes

Tonight's stream saw us playing Sea of Thieves for the first time since 2018, and we were joined by Iceman and Striker for the adventures. Took awhile to remember how to play it, but once we got our sea legs, things went pretty smoothly, with the exception of not realizing how and when to raise the sails when closing in on an island! Also picked up my first achievements of the year!

Sea of Thieves will be our co-op game on Wednesdays for a good while.

Tomorrow night we return to Persona 5 Tactica and the blitz towards getting the final achievement in that game.

For the raid we dropped in on zonesama as Cecilia Littlewing was hosting a stream of old cartoons!

Sea of Thieves Achievements

• What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?: You vomited for the first time.
• Not So Well Done: You became sick from undercooked food.
• Dining With the Stars: You cooked a piece of food on a campfire at night. 

No work again today, and there is the question of if even unemployment will be an option because of how screwy the first half of 2023 was. Granted I'm a better spot financially than I was a year ago at this time.

Finished the Spider-Man story commission and it turned out rather well linking Danika Hart with Screwball in the continuity of stories. Currently in the middle of writing a WWE related commission story that is turning into a bit of slog to write. 

We had a package arrive with three new Funko Pops for the wall, they are of Allen Iverson (Philadelphia 76ers) , Bobby Clarke (Philadelphia Flyers) and Batgirl (from Gotham Knights). I would like to add at least two full rows 

And on that note, good night!

Playing Gotham Knights As Only Batgirl Was Worth It

 Hi everyone,

So on back to back streams we finished up big open world super hero games, as we finished Gotham Knights and to my amazement, we knocked out 85% of the game's base achievements, which does leave me wondering if I should go the extra mile to get the remaining achievements, some of which involves searching all over Gotham for collectables, problem is that searching for them will involve referring to maps and stuff on a second screen.

Anyway, the build up to the reveal that Talia Al Guhl was using a Lazarus Pit to revive Bruce Wayne was pretty obvious to an extent, but it basically serves how far Bat Family has come since Batman's death to surpass him in a one on one fight. I do kind of feel the plot pacing falls apart once the raid on Kane Tower, since everything feels kind of rushed to an extent. 

Now since I did the entire play through as Batgirl, it meant we saw her character evolve from her doubts and concerns to being confident and declaring herself to the new Knight of Gotham. This really shows off in the end credits, where all the costumes I elected to have her wear was shown during key story moments. It actually makes the choice of sticking with one character matter in terms of the adventure from start to finish.

Gotham Knights Achievements

• Voiceless: Complete Case File 06: JACOB KANE
• Expert Crime Fighter: Prevent 250 crimes in Gotham City
• Out of Their League: Defeat 45 League of Shadows Assassins and 30 Rocketeers
• Drone You Out: Defeat 30 Regulator Drone Masters
• Family Meeting: Defeat 30 Mob Godmothers
• Seeking Asylum: Complete Case File 07: THE LEAGUE OF SHADOWS
• A Momentum Occasion: Unlock all Momentum Abilities as Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, or Red Hood
• Bat Out of Hell: Complete every Batcycle time trial
• Gotham Knight: Complete Case File 08: HEAD OF THE DEMON
• Practice Makes Perfect: Complete all 16 Training Area exercises
• Dressed to Impress: Craft a complete set of Legendary equipment (Suit, Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon)
• The Man-Bat Family: Defeat 10 Man-Bats in Gotham City

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

Not completely sure what the next major game is going to be on the Xbox side, but with two live service game scheduled for de-listing just to get the footage of them. We'll see what ends up happening.

Ordered some take out from Checkers... and they screwed up my drink order... again...

Since I played Star Trek Prodigy Supernova last year, I made sure to grab the entire first season digitally on Amazon. Would be nice to watch the series and actually understand the general relationship between the main cast. 

Finished the Mass Effect short story commission, and got the go ahead to do another one this time featuring EDI in the spotlight, which was something that was being built towards.

Out next stream is scheduled for 7 PM Eastern on Sunday night, with Overwatch 2! So on that note, we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Just A Bad. Embarrassing Day

Hi everyone,

Friday was certainly a day I'd rather forget, I woke up really early and I figure I'd  get a lot done, which I did in terms of writing the Mass Effect short story commission, got three video made for YouTube and worked on my job search (found out I got rejected by another job), plus my daily work out.

Then around 11 AM I just felt like laying down for a bit... and I didn't wake up again until 6:30 PM... meaning I missed work started at 5 PM. I was so confused that that when I saw the clock that I questioned myself on if it was AM or PM before seeing my phone and that one of my supervisors tried to contact me out of concern because A) I haven't missed a day of work willingly since I had a tooth extraction and B) when I do miss work, I never no-call. They assured me everything was alright and they were more concerned for my well being

Needless to say I cried for nearly two hours, and really resisted the urged to punish myself for this... I can't think of the last time something like that has happened to me.

This is also why the stream to finish Spider-Man Miles Morales didn't start till 9:30 PM, because if I missed work there was no way I was going to justify starting the stream early. We wrapped the game up in fairly standard fashion, the boss fights against the Prowler, Rhino and the Tinkerer were all unique and varied, plus we cleaned up a fair amount of the side objectives that don't involve a second play through. 

Overall, I don't feel Spider-Man Miles Morales is as good as the prior Spider-Man game, while it has its own unique style and feels more grounded, I don't think it makes as good use of the space of the map as the earlier game. Plus having things locked behind having to do a New Game Plus run is just poor decision making.

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4) Trophies

• Veloci-Skates: Chase Tinkerer through the city
• Never Give Up: Pay respects at Jefferson Davis' grave in Harlem
• Deep Cuts: Collect all Sound Samples and recreate the Davis Brothers Mix
• Exploding Bulldozer: Defeat Roxxon Rhino
• Family Drama: Defeat Prowler
• Competitive Spirit: Beat Phin at the rocket launch mini-game
• Shared History: Walk through Miles and Phin's past
• Ultimate Sacrifice: Save Harlem
• Memory Lane: Collect all Postcards
• A New Home: 100% complete all districts
• Socially Acceptable: Scroll through the entire Social Feed at the end of the story
• Best Fries in Town: Pay your respects to a legend in the Upper West Side
• Crime Master: Complete all Bonus Objectives for every crime type

For the raid we dropped in on bangbangbang713 who was playing Diablo IV over on twitch.tv/bangbangbang713

I made up my mind, the next PlayStation 4 game for Friday nights will be The Last of Us Part 2... it can't be as terrible as the first game right? RIGHT?!

I saw the list of guest characters for Mortal Kombat 1... and I'm not impressed, and I just know there are going to be a lot of bitter wrestling fans wanting to do every fatality to Peachmaker, since the character model is John Cena. 

Our next stream for Saturday night is slated to start at 7 PM Eastern, and we'll get back to Gotham Knights, so we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

 

Fridge is holding on, GooD night in Gotham Knights

Hi everyone,

So my fridge is still holding on with its settings set to max in order to keep things in it cool, which has the added effect of over freezing everything in my freezer... but hopefully when the PSE&G tech comes on Monday morning they can fix the problem so I can set it back to normal, or give me an idea of how long it'll last before I have to get a new one.

Work was solid, getting more interviews done... folks were not as friendly as they were the previous night.

Tonight's stream of Gotham Knights saw big progression on the story, and I'm at the point to where I can justify ignoring doing all the random stuff around the city and just do the main story, as the next major thing to do involves taking on Jacob Kane in order to bring him to justice. Part of why I'm considering that approach is because we hit the maximum level one could do in a single play through (30), and to hit maximum leve l(40), that requires a second play through.

Now I did managed to successfully complete one of the major side quests which was to protect Bruce Wayne's identity, and that proved to be interesting with a number of the puzzles to plant the files. The reward being a clip of Bruce acting a fool was worth it.

I am giving heavy consideration of playing Gotham Knights for Saturday's stream, but I'm not 100% sure yet.

Gotham Knights Achievements

• A Worthy Successor: Unlock all Knighthood Abilities for any member of the Batman Family
• From Inside Gotham's Walls: Complete Case File 05: THE COURT OF OWLS
• Solid Alibi: Successfully protect Batman's secret identity

For the raid we visited pradoxgamerau who was playing X4: Foundation over on twitch.tv/pradoxgamerau

Something I realized is that the achievement for completing the first chapter of Jake's campaign in Resident Evil 6 didn't pop for me. Which is really weird on so many levels.

Didn't do any writing yesterday, so after this blog is posted I'll be working on the Mass Effect short story commission.

Our next stream is slated for Friday night at 9:30 PM Eastern, with the focus being on Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and there is a probability we could finish the game! We'll see.

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

 

 

Half Way Finished with RE6

Hi everyone,

We had work today, which meant the stream didn't start until after 9:30 PM, and the work assignment was interesting as it focused on Wellness and Fitness Centers to see what draw people towards them. It's a short study with a high production rate requirement, but for now I'll just take the hours. Even though I had 5 completed interviews.

The parts from PSE&G for the fridge arrived today, but now the fridge is acting normal after I cranked up the internal dial from 5 to 9 on Monday. I scheduled the appointment for the tech to come and install these parts on Monday to be between 7 AM & 9 AM, which is going to suck.

As far as the stream goes, Iceman and I finished Chris' campaign, and a lot of the suddenly weird camera angle changes for various sequences pretty much sucked. It took us an hour to get through Chapter 5 of that campaign, and then we jumped into Jake's campaign, which has less of the frantic action heavy vibe. For the run of Jake's campaign, I'm playing as Sherry, which has lead to some hilarious moments.

After the mid-stream break, I switched over to Forza Horizon 5, and we managed to get quite a few achievements knocked out. Of course because I haven't stream this late in a while, I was spacing out a bit towards the end.

Resident Evil 6 Achievements

• Duty Calls: Complete Chapter 5 in Chris' campaign.
• J'avo Genocide: Defeat 500 J'avo.

Forza Horizon 5 Achievements

• Seasoned Veteran: Complete a Festival Playlist activity in every season
• Tourist Attraction: Complete your first Horizon Tour Race Event
• Points Mean Prizes: Complete any Seasonal Activity in Hot Wheels Park
• Welcome to Sierra Nueva: Arrived at the Horizon Badlands Outpost
• Unlimited Rally: Crossed your first Split-Gate in a Horizon Rally event
• Rouen: Won your first Horizon Rally event
• That Time of Year: Completed a Seasonal Activity in Sierra Nueva
• It's Rally Time!: Joined the Horizon Raptors Team

For the raid we dropped in on holodevil13 who was also playing Resident Evil 6 over on twitch.tv/holodevil13

Got some writing done on the Mass Effect short story commission featuring Tali'Zorah, as setting thing up for it taking place on Rannoch is a bit tough without going line for line from the game. 

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Thursday, and we're going to continue Gotham Knights, making our big push on wrapping that up. 

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

Job Hunts, Wonky Fridge and Just Being Batgirl

 Hi everyone,

Applied for a lot of job yesterday, about 20 or so, so hopefully one of them leads to something. Trying to find places I can get do with duties that I can perform or feel confident that I can learn quickly is not easy.

My refigerator is barely holding on, having turned its internal settings to max just to keep it cool, there is some water dripping from the freezer down into the fridge so maybe there is excess ice build up, but I don't know. The parts PSE&G are sending should be here between 10 AM and 3 PM on Wednesday.

Work was cancelled today again, was told worst case we might not have work until Thursday... I'm covered, but this is rather odd considering the heavy lack of work this year in compared to previous years. 

Tonight's stream of Gotham Knights started early-ish as a result and we did a big focus on the side stories involving Mr. Freeze, Clayface and Harley Quinn, as well as making some progress in regards of the main story and other side activities. The boss battles involving the three iconic villains were pretty cool, with Harley's being the most normal, while Mr. Freeze and Clayface's battles making me glad I refuse to play games on anything harder than I intend to, because the bat-cycle section of the Clayface fight took three attempts to clear.

In terms of the main story, the conflict of the League of Assassins and Court of Owls is building, but I have noticed that the more we do in the game, the most positive the citizens of Gotham are to seeing our heroes popping up at different points in time. 

We also experienced some co-op game play tonight, and that there is unique dialog depending on the pairing of characters and who gets to the cut-scene parts first.

 Gotham Knights Achievements

• Working Hard or Harley Working?: Interrupt a presentation at the Monarch Theater
• The Show Mud Go On: Crash a film set and anger the director
• Quartzer Life Crisis: Investigate the disruption at Quartz Labs
• Snow Problem: Keep your cool and survive the storm at Elliot Center
• Unstoppable Force: Unlock all four Momentum bars as Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, or Red Hood
• Bad Apples in Every Orchard: Complete Case File 04: THE MASQUERADE
• Universal Health Scare: Go to Gotham City General Hospital after visiting hours
• Shock Til They Drop: Defeat 45 Regulator Shockers
• Cooldown: Put an inmate back behind Blackgate's bars
• Fusion Expert: Acquire 50 Modchips via mod fusion
• End of an Era: Complete all Villain Case Files
• Rock and a Hard Place: Crack the case at Gotham Reservoir

For the raid we dropped in on hawleigh during their stream of Hogwarts Legacy over on twitch.tv/hawleigh

As I waited for the commission request to come in I started writing a non-commission story based around Hellsing, it's a bit dialog heavy at first and will need a rewrite. Still I'll shelve this story for now as I did get a commission request for another Mass Effect story.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Wednesday, and even with work being doubtful, I probably won't start the stream early just for the sake of keeping the Resident Evil 6 stuff featured without having to fully highlight it out and losing footage of anything done before hand.

But of course if I do start early because of no work, I'll do the highlight way of archiving the Resident Evil 6 content.

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

 

Fridge Broken, Work Cancelled, Depressed...

Hi everyone,

Today was an awful day... as my refrigerator is partially malfunctioning, it's not cooling anything, it resulted in milk I just bought being spoiled and eggs being ruined. Thankfully I'm covered for repairs through PSE&G... but I have to wait for the parts to arrive and then schedule an appoint right away for a tech to come visit. There is not telling on when I can get it fixed. In the mean time, I have to be real considerate about opening the freezer, since it works and anything perishable is currently within it. I'm going to try avoid ordering takeout if possible since I do have some pantry stuff.

On top of that work was cancelled so on top of the fridge issues, I'm really super depressed... and you could tell things were wrong during my stream tonight.

We got a fair bit done in Gotham Knights, getting a chapter three done as well as part of chapter four, plus going around doing all the side activities. We're being pretty thorough, and thankfully so, because it has kept me from thinking about the problems of the day. I also realized that the side stories involving Harley Quinn, Mr. Freeze and Clayface have to be launched from the Belfry, so we could try and progress those stories on the next session of Gotham Knights.

Gotham Knights Achievements

• Something in the Clay: Unearth a Villain who shouldn't be in Gotham City
• Lock and Key: Complete Case File 03: IN THE SHADOWS
• Bulldozed: Defeat 30 Freaks Bulldozers
• otham City Confidential: Find all of Bruce Wayne's hidden audio recordings
• Protector of Gotham: Complete 50 Challenges

For the raid we dropped in on princesspashley who was playing Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom over on twitch.tv/princesspashley!

I got a commission request for a NFL/WWE crossover story, with yaoi content, which I'm comfortable writing... however, I need person submitting the quest to send me any notes on things they want me to use along agreeing to my terms for a non-Subscribestar commission request.

I might take this opportunity to work stories I started until another commission request from one of my regular clients pops up.

Since I know have GamePass, I realized I can pad my gamer score with the Walking Dead Telltale games since they were released multiple time under different packaging, so we got that going for us.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Tuesday with more Gotham Knights, hopefully we'll have work tomorrow night... but if work is cancelled, we'll start earlier.

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

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

The Court of Owls...

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Gotham Knights was a bit long because I got side tracked in doing many side activities along with letting dialog and stuff play out. The big plot reveal that the villainous Court of Owls is interesting, and I wonder how much of an influence the TV series Gotham had on them being featured. Also discovered Mr. Freeze is running around and that's a plot that needs to be dealt with but it has no bearing on the main story it seems.

Staying focused on using Batgirl girl has apparently lead to unique character stuff happening, so I wonder if that pertains to Robin, Nightwing and Red Hood as well. Loved that Renee Montoya and the Penguin are being used as allies that provide reoccurring challenges for me to knock out.

The whole 'night' cycle of the game is rather unique and really raises questions regarding how much does Batman get done in one night... but then again I'll worry less about that question going forward because as soon as I learned fast travel was a thing, I unlocked it to make sure we can jump from place to place with little trouble going forward! 

Also managed to experience the co-op drop in feature of Gotham Knights, which ended up being a lot of fun

Gotham Knights Achievements

• To the Victor Go the Spoils: Uncover a new problem at S.T.A.R. Labs
• Get ReQ'd: Discover a sketchy self-help program in Gotham's streets
• Whispered Words: Complete Case File 02: THE RABBIT HOLE

We didn't do a formal raid tonight, instead I just went over to hang out on bestibunni's channel over at twitch.tv/bestibunni

Nearly finished the WWE short story commission and I'm already thinking about the one that's next which is a return to Mass Effect

Work was not as good as it was on Monday evening, but it was solid enough to get through.

Foot and ankle feel better, still need to keep it elevated at times, but at least when sitting  it's not feeling feeling hot.

Our next stream is for Wednesday night at 9:30 PM Eastern, and will see Iceman and I continue Resident Evil 6! 

See you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Batgirl is the Gotham Knight

Hi everyone,

We finished tonight's stream a bit before 2 AM because we started Gotham Knights and I quickly discovered that I'm going to do as much of the side quests as possible because this is clearly an open world adventure. In fact I would dare say that Marvel's Spider-Man clearly had a lot of influence on Gotham Knights in terms of its controls, play style and overall vibe of the story, despite everything being broken up over 'nights'.

As you can tell by the title, I've elected to do this playthrough as Batgirl for a few reasons, one I'm not a fan of The Red Hood, Nightwing comes across as being out of touch and Robin just seems like a terrible protagonist within the context of the game's plot. The overall vibe is something I can gel with.

Now do I regret starting Gotham Knights within the same time frame we're also playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Not really, the Miles Morales game is a lot shorter from what I can tell and it has all the collectables noted to be easily to find. 

We shall continue Gotham Nights on our Tuesday night stream!

Gotham Knights Achievements

• First Step Into the Knight: Unlock an Ability for the first time
• The Batman Family: Play as Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood
• Not On My Watch: Successfully stop all Premeditated Crimes in a single night
• Har, Har, Har, Very Funny: Visit an unlikely source at Blackgate Penitentiary
• Knighthood: Reach Knighthood with Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, or Red Hood
• Loose Ends: Complete Case File 01: BATMAN'S LAST CASE 

For the raid we visited SweetLindir who was playing Smite over on twitch.tv/sweetlindir

Work was really good on Monday night, getting six full interviews done, putting me two over on the production quota for the night. Granted no one knew I was scheduled for Monday, but hey, they rather have me on than most people!

Got a fair bit of writing done on the latest WWE commission request, I plan to knock out a good portion during the afternoon.

Also need to record the next episode of my reaction to Hellsing Ultimate Abridge

Anyway, we'll see you around 9:30 over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

The New Week Is Underway

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream ended well over an hour ago at the time I'm writing this, and we had a fun night of Overwatch 2, with PandaSweet being in a big part of the fun. Of course we had numerous instances of highly questionable teammates doing odd things that lead to the majority of our losses. Picked up two plays of the game as Reinhardt and D.va, giving us a total of four plays of the game for the month of July so far. Other characters used were Sigma, Moria, Ana, Lucio, Echo, Tracter, Orissa and Junker Queen.

For the raid we dropped in on MissCammi316 who was also playing Overwatch 2 over a twitch.tv/misscammi316 

Watched Terminator Salvation during the afternoon and it was alright, but it really does call into question exactly how old is the character of Kyle Reese is. Also got a chuckle out of the 'US Government / Military' is a complete bunch of idiots troupe being used. 

The swelling on my ankle and foot became a lot less notable today, it still looks odd but at least all the noticeable pain and inflammation feeling has faded so I don't have to take any Aspirin to mask the pain.

After this blog is posted I'm jumping right into work on the WWE short story commission to get as much of that done as possible before I go to sleep. I would have work on it during the day, but Comcast Xfinity set a tech out to try and resolve some of the issues that have cropped up, directly hooking up internet connection to the main line and dropping the splitter... did have to spend a lot of time waiting for them to show up.

At the moment, all five weekday streams this week will be at 9:30 PM eastern, I'm just about to give up on day work every returning to my job at this point. Hopefully we get all five days this week!

Speaking of which our Monday night stream will see us starting up Gotham Knights, a game where Batman is killed off, which is a really good concept. 

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

Kicking Booty In Overwatch 2

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch 2 was awesome, as we were joined by PandaSweet for the full stream, so we had plenty of wins and losses. I picked up six plays of the game as Junker Queen (1), Mei (3) and Moira (2), and PandaSweet even picked one up as Moira in our last match of the night. 

I have found Junker Queen to be a lot of fun to play as, and found that her Ultimate combined with getting nano'ed by Ana means for a potential fun time of carnage. Did learn the hard way JQ's ultimate can be stopped by Junkrat's trap and she can be hooked by Roadhog as well during it.

OF course I have been keeping up with doing all the dailies. and I'm nearly done through 60 levels of the Battle Pass. With luck I should have it all banged out by the end of next week. Also learned that once level 80 of the Battle Pass is reached

Twitch Clips

• It's Time For The Reckoning!
• Epic Team Kill 
• Panda Sat That...
  

 Big thank you to RedFoxUKCov for resubscribing to my channel! It is great appreciated!

For the raid we dropped in Joliet4 as they were doing a music stream featuring their original tunes over at twitch.tv/joliet4!  

The Yankees managed to hold off the Guardians to force a game five in the ALCS, but whoever wins it will be at a major disadvantage 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficulty Challenge Combo #2, Difficulty Challenge Combo #2 and Block Combo for 34 minutes. We knocked off the Evan's Champion EX Achievement following the first exercise set. We'll now focus on training with Sophie to work on her Champion EX Achievement.

Fitness Boxing 2 Rhythm & Exercise EX Achievements

• Evan's Champion: Train with Evan for over 50 hours
• King EX Fighter Progress: 97%
• Sophie's Champion Progress: 60% (30 out of 50 hours trained)
  

Rather surprised the Eagles are undefeated, as it did look like they were going to collapse in the 2nd half of their game against the Cowboys.

Why do you smear peanut butter on the road? To go with the traffic jam.

When is your door not actually a door? When it's ajar.

Song of the Day: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham!

A lot of folks are whining about complaining about the Frames Per Second for Gotham Knights when it comes to running on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles, which was confirmed by the developers to be at 30 Frames Per Second. I myself, cannot tell the difference between 30 FPS and 120 FPS because for me, there is no actually difference. I've looked at comparison video of different things and to me, there is never any difference that is meaningful. Anyone who says FPS matters is a fucking idiot

Comcast is pulling the plug on G4 less than a year after it's launch and I'm not surprised, because what was it doing that 90% of gaming associated YouTube channels wasn't doing? Answer: Nothing.

Loaded up Dragon Ball FighterZ after last night's stream to try and knock out some achievements and managed to get three. The try hard nature of those playing Ranked and the fact there the match making is just awful speaks volumes when it came to completing 20 Ranked matches. I can only imagine how long it'll take to do the achievements for Casual and Arena matches, which very few people have bothered with.

Dragon Ball FighterZ Achievements

• You Can't Win This...: World Match - Play 10 Ranked Matches.
• This Pain Will Make Me Stronger!: World Match - Play 20 Ranked Matches.
• Practice Makes Perfect: Practice - Perform a combo that deals 5000 or more damage in Training Mode.

And speaking of Dragon Ball FighterZ, For tonight's stream we'll be starting up its story mode, which may actually take us 2-3 streams to complete depending on how the difficulty curve adjusts.

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