LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and other notes

We started Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes this evening, and outside of having to mute the music because of DMCA issues, we had a fun time, smashing blocks to get studs and beating up villains as Batman and Robin. This is perhaps the first Lego game I've played where things involving vehicles didn't feel clunky. We cover the first four chapters, and I figure it might take three or four more streams to complete its campaign.

Lego Batman 2 will return on Thursday's stream

Tomorrow night the plan is to play Sea of Thieves with Iceman and Striker

For the raid we dropped in on IntergalaticPants who was playing Horizon Zero Dawn

Work was super good this evening, very productive but now we're in danger of me having my schedule swapped around in again in order to keep working. 

Messed around a little with WWE 2K16 as I am considering streaming that as a filler night to chase a few achievements and get some footage 

Made sure to pick up South Park Snow Day

Finished the Spider-Man story commission and began work on the next one on my docket which is Power Rangers related, specifically focused on Light Speed Rescue

WWE 2K16 Achievements

• Tap! Tap! Tap!: Make an opponent tap out with a submission that is not a Finisher or Signature move. (Single Play)

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Achievements

• Theatrical Pursuits: Complete story level 1
• Harboring a Criminal: Complete story level 2
• Arkham Asylum Antics: Complete story level 3
• Combo Hero: Do a finishing move
• Asylum Assignment: Complete story level 4

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Tonight we wrapped up Horizon Zero Dawn, extending the stream to six hours... I could have finished it sooner but I was trying to find various power cores for the ancient armor, plus quite a few cut scenes lasted a while, and I did go in deep on every side conversation where possible. But we did knockout about 70% of everything that was pretty much possible to do in the game with a few stray things that can be knocked out if I ever want to go back and try to do trophy clean up.

This game was as good as people say it was, will I want to play it again, start to finish? Probably on a new game plus run with all my gear and stuff.

The next PlayStation 4 game on the tour will be Alan Wake Remastered, which we'll start playing next Friday.

Our next stream on Saturday night will feature Stray!

For the raid we went over to missbrittgaming who has started their first play through of Horizon Zero Dawn!

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Reached Level 60: Reached player level 60.
• All Frozen Wilds Skills: Learned all of the new skills in the Frozen Wilds.
• Crashed the Eclipse network: Infiltrated the Eclipse battle camp and crashed their network.
• All Skills learned: Learned all available skills.
• Aided the defectors: Aided the escapes of Uthid and the child king Itamen from the Shadow Carja
• Discovered the truth: Discovered the truth of Zero Dawn.
• Broke the siege of All-Mother: Defeated the invaders and went inside the sacred mountain.
• Recovered a powerful weapon: Explored the Mountain That Fell and recovered a powerful weapon.
• All allies joined: Given Aloy's actions, all possible optional allies joined the defense.
• Ended the war machine threat: Ended the threat of the ancient war machines.

Work was solid tonight, got three interviews, even if some dudes were just rude... one person was a real treat to speak to even it took 40 minutes.

Didn't finish the story I had on deck for Friday, so it gets pushed back to Saturday. This is due to recording my casual review for Persona 5 Tactica, since I do like to record those as soon as I finish a game. In fact I'll be doing one for Horizon Zero Dawn before I go to bed as well.

Sunday would have been my mom's birthday... and that is weighing on my mind a lot.

Persona 5 Tactica and other notes

Tonight we wrapped Persona 5 Tactica, and I have to say, start to finish, this was a great little game, a nice way to introduce people to the mechanics involved in a tactic style game. The story certainly lost a little steam with the whole fight for your beliefs in the face of stagnation, but since it was focused on a politician finding his nerve to do the right thing, it does come across as ironic considering how the Republican party here in the United States refuses to do the right thing. 

Without question I will play this again, as there are only two achievements left, one for completing the compendium and the other for passing the the baton ten times. There is also the mater of the DLC story, but since I don't care for the character of Akechi I can easily treat the DLC as something extra to do (since there are no achievements tied to it)

So that said, our next game will be the Xbox Series version of Stray, which we'll start on Saturday night.

For our next stream on Friday, we'll be getting back to Horizon Zero Dawn

Persona 5 Tactica Achievements

• A Will for Change: Defeated the fourth Kingdom's boss.
• Endless Journey: Played through 500 turns.
• The Ultimate Mask: Fused Satanael.
• Quality Time at Leblanc: Watched all hideout Talk conversations.
• Grand Thievery: Earned all awards.
• A Tale of Revolution: Completed the game. 

For the raid we dropped in on rumhamshmah who was playing South Park: The Fractured But Whole 

Picked up some new slippers and a bunch of Funko Pops off of Amazon real cheap. Picked up few based on WWE, Marvel, Star Wars, Justice League and the US Marine Corp

Finished a Mass Effect story commission and waiting for the payment on that, and started work on the next commission request which is based on a recent game in the NFL

And on that note, good night!

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Overwatch was pretty solid, big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun. I picked up two plays of the game, one as Echo and one as Brigitte. In addition I played as Kiriko, Junker Queen, Reaper, Torbjourn, Mei, Soldier 76, Junkrat, Hanzo, Ana and a few others. Certainly trying to use a variety of characters in addition to my mains.

Our next stream will featured Persona 5 Tactica as we pick up things in the 3rd Kingdom. Also did a bit of achievement hunting in the game as well as seeing how one could grind levels and cash quickly.

Persona 5 Tactica Achievements

• Ride, Johanna!: Pulled enemies into Vortex with Makoto 20 times.
• Sleep Craftsman: Inflicted Sleep using fusion weapons 20 times.

For the raid we dropped in on elegantlyslays who was playing Friday the 13th The Game

Knocked out a pretty good commission story based around Star Wars, and th next one on the docket is (sigh) WWE related, not sure if I'll try and get that to 3000 words.

I do know this, once Horizon Zero Dawn is finished Alan Wake Remaster will be the next PlayStation 4 game featured on Friday nights.

That said, once I'm finished with Persona 5 Tactica, it'll be followed by Stray!

Hopefully we'll have work all this week, fingers crossed on that

Have a good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn saw a big focus on the side quests as well as pushing forward on the main story, as we learned about what lead to do the down fall of civilization along with saving Meridian, the largest city in the game. Also learned and realized I missed several items that were necessary to a side quest in getting a particular armor set, but I'm not going to stress over that.

Horizon Zero Dawn will be featured next Friday night.

Our next stream will feature Persona 5 Tactica as I do believe we are close to finishing the second kingdom, and if the Persona compendium is any indication, we're possibly close to half way finish the game.

For the raid, we visited Wilveren who was playing Mega Man 3

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• 7 types of machine overridden: Unlocked and used the overrides for 7 different types of machine.
• Learned of the ancient past: Learned of the ancient past at Maker's End.
• Saved Meridian from its foe: Helped Erend investigate Ersa's fate, and foiled a plot against Meridian.
• All machines catalogued: Encountered and Focus scanned every type of machine. 

Currently in the middle of writing a commission story based around WWE in the 2010s, and it's certainly a 'get it done' type of story.

I am laughing my ass off over how openly racist people are on Ao3 towards the pairing of Mary Jane Watson and Miles Morales 

Anyway, we'll see you tomorrow!

Persona 5 Tactica and other notes

 Got a very late invite to go over to my brother's mother-in-law's place for Thanksgiving dinner and I didn't see the message until like 6 hours after he sent it. He was kind enough to bring me a plate, and I was able to give my niece her present for her birthday last month.

We started the stream early and ran for 5 hours, as we got a lot done in Persona 5 Tactica (as proven by the achievement list for tonight. Near as I can tell we are close to finishing the the second kingdom arc, and what is impressing me about this story overall is that it seems to have the same vibe as Labrys's story in Persona 4 Arena, which only makes sense to me with how everything revolves around Toshiro coming to terms with things the way Labrys did.

Next time we play P5T will be on Saturday, as we'll start early-ish on Friday night to continue and knock out a lot of stuff in Horizon Zero Dawn

For the way we found someone else playing P5T in the form of neperrati, they were still in the First Kingdom portion of the story

Persona 5 Tactica Achievements

• Take That Treasure, Kidd!: Inflicted Shock on enemies with Ryuji 20 times.
• Dance, Carmen!: Inflicted Burn on enemies with Ann 20 times.
• Close-Quarters Offensive: Performed 100 melee attacks.
• Bewitch Them, Milady!: Hypnotized enemies with Haru 20 times.
• Novice Craftsman: Fused weapons 10 times. 

 Currently working on a commission request based around Rooster Teeth... and it's really paper thin in terms of plot because there's really not much I can do based on the characters I'm tasked to use.

I did take advantage of sales to nab a few things dirt cheap on the gaming side, including  the upgrade to the complete edition of Terminator: Resistance, the DLC for TMNT_ Shredder's Revenge, the upgrade to the Special Edition for Dragon Ball The Breakers, as well as Resident Evil 3 (Remake), XIII, Flashback and the 360 version of Alan Wake

Also did some grocery shopping, getting more fruits and vegetables... too bad the instacart shopper picked some things that were expired.

Good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other Notes

Tonight we banged out a bunch of trophies tied to exploration and side activities in Horizon Zero Dawn, plus several side quests, including the big one tied to the Thunderjaw known as Redmaw. If everything plays out right, we should be able to get enough skill points via the main story quests, since at this point that is the main things we have to focus on. At the moment, Horizon Zero Dawn is slated for Friday night, but I might put it on Saturdays to finish it out, with Persona 5 Tatica in four of the dive weekday slots.

Out next stream will feature Overwatch, haven't played it at all this week due to getting a bit sick and sleep getting thrown out of whack because of it.

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV!

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Cleared all the Bandit Camps: Took back all settlements from the bandit clans.
• All Corrupted Zones cleared: Killed all the corrupted machines in every Corrupted Zone.
• All Ancient Vessels found: Found all the Ancient Vessels.
• All Banuk Figures found: Found all of Arnak's figures.
• All Metal Flowers found: Found all of the Metal Flowers.
• All Vantages found: Found and accessed all of the Vantage datapoints.
• All Acquisition machines killed: Killed at least one of every type of Acquisition machine.
• Hunted Redmaw with Talanah: Rose through the ranks of the Hunters Lodge and helped Talanah defeat Redmaw.

 Had a hard time knocking out a Resident Evil related commission, basically having to rewrite everything that was slated for it and take things in a different direction.

I know have back to back WWE related commissions and will be getting started on the first one shortly, as the queue is now up to nine stories. Depending on how wonky work gets this week with the Thanksgiving Holiday I might be knocking out a couple on in a day (or at least the ones that do not involve more than two characters)

Good night!

 

Persona 5 Tactica and other notes

We started Persona 5 Tactica today, and while it certainly takes a while to get going because of the long opening, this game continues all of the usual charm that I've come to expect from the Persona franchise, The fundamentals are clearly easy to learn but really tough to master, as I'm a complete novice when it comes to tactical based RPGs. The music and voice acting is top quality I fell.

Unlike everyone else, I elected not to the do the DLC story first because I wanted to understand how to play the game, because even on Safe Difficulty, I feel like I have to be very mindful of what moves I make.

We'll continue Persona 5 Tatcia on Monday's stream!

Our next stream will featured Horizon Zero Dawn as I decided not to continue playing Starfield, because at least with HZD I feel like I'm engaged with the content!

For the raid we dropped in on djparticle who was playing Splatoon 3

Persona 5 Tactica Achievements

• Lavenza's Aid: Gained the ability to fuse Personas.

Word was solid today, a few friendly folks to interview is always nice.

I'm currently working on a Resident Evil commission request, and that should be finish tomorrow... kind of over though out to use some elements of Resident Evil 3 and the chapter is turning out a bit lackluster.

Following it on a back to Back WWE related commissions requests, followed by Batman, Jimmy Neutron, Rooster Teeth, a 3rd WWE story and Star Wars tale. In a way I'm glad I'm off for Thanksgiving, and that some of these are concept that should only get around 2500 words, but of course I'll shoot for 3000 as always.

Good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn was a pretty smooth affair with the big thing being accomplished was overriding the final Tallnecks and Core as well as closing in on finding the remaining vessels, vantage points and metal flowers, which we should easily knock out the next time we play it next Friday. 

Once that's out of the way, the then we can focus on the main story quests in order to progress towards finishing the game out right. At this point we have put in nearly 40 hours into HZD, granted a good 10 to 12 hours was spent in the Frozen Wilds.

Of course Friday's stream will feature Persona 5 Tactica, and I'm so excited! We'll be putting that on the Xbox Series console to have as smooth an experience as possible, even though it appears it can be played on Xbox One consoles.

For the raid we went over to abenonymous who was playing God of War

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• All Tallnecks Overridden: Scaled all of the Tallnecks and accessed their information.
• All Cores Overridden: Reached the Core of every Cauldron and accessed the information within. 

Dropped in on Kalenal's stream where they were trying to do a raid in Final Fantasy XIV while wearing a blindfold, it was hilarious!

Nearly finish a Star Wars related commission story, really wish I knew more about the character of Mara Jade, but hell, everything I write has an alternate universe slant to it anyway, so it wouldn't matter.

Beyond that one story, I have 7 more in my current commission docket to write, so in a way I will be covering lost earnings for the two off days last week because of the General Election as well as a bit next week in regards to Thanksgiving. 

And I say seven commissions, because there is one Resident Evil, three WWE/Wrestling, one Batman, one Jimmy Neutron and one Rooster Teeth related tales.

Work was solid tonight, four interviews done, even if one guy was a complete asshole where I double-talk my way through his questions to get them to take part in the research.

Good night!

Journey to the Savage Planet and other notes

Tonight's stream of Journey to the Savage Planet saw Iceman and I knocking out quite a few achievements, finding all the collectables in the DL-C1 area and then focusing on finding all the goodies in the main area of the game. I do feel Iceman got cheated out of one achievement I earned, unless it's specific to something a player must do themselves. Either way we'll be back at it in finding stuff next Wednesday as we really want to find every thing possible! 

We also talked about an old show he watched as a kid called Captain Power, and just looking at the commercials and opening credits I'm wondering why and how did that show not air in the United States! Cause it looked awesomely cheesy!

Our next stream will feature Horizon Zero Dawn, yes we're playing it a day early this week because of the release of Persona 5 Tactica on Friday!

Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition Achievements

• For Science!: Complete the first set of Science Experiments. Science: It's not just for nerds!
• Power Underwhelming: Craft all the new upgrades unlocked via exploration of DL-C1
• Coastal Postal: Collect all the scattered postcards of DL-C1
• Jewel of the Bargain Bin: Complete the entire DL-C1 Kindex
• Deleted But Not Forgotten: Read all of the previous explorer's emails. Kinda nosy if you ask me.
• Build It Up: Gather half the Alien Alloy on AR-Y 26. I'm half-impressed!
• Pinball Wizard: Kill 5 creatures with a single Charged Shot. Because aiming is for chumps!

For the raid we went over to zonesama for some retro TV watching! 

Work was alright as we were doing a feedback study on local utilities in the midwest.

Didn't finish the Spider-Man related story commission I had on the docket for today, but it's like 90% finished will back that out before I go to sleep.

Following it will be a Star Wars related commission, then Resident Evil, two WWE and Batman.

So on that note good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn saw us focusing on finding all collectables and in the north west portion of the map, which meant finding vantage points, cups and metal flowers, plus one raider camp and oddly enough only one real side quests. We did put ourselves in a great spot to find the remaining of those items the next time we play this, but which day that might be is up in the air because of the pending release of Persona 5 Tactica next week.

Only got one trophy, but it came via a hunting trial, and I need to make sure to find the remaining cauldrons.

There is also the question of how many quests and activities will be rewarding skill points, or if there is a way to respec in game.  I don't believe there is a way to do that.

Our next stream on Saturday will feature Starfield.

For the raid, we dropped in on ElegantlySlays while they were playing Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Big thank you to Droggat for the raid during the stream!

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Tore off 5 heavy weapons: Detached 5 heavy weapons from machines during combat.

On the writing front, I'm sort of caught up, just need to work on a Arrow commission request which centers around Thea Queen. Following it, I've commissions based on Resident Evil, Pro Wrestling and Ant-Man on the docket.

Bills are paid for this month, but we are entering the time of year where things ended up being really bad in the past, and this year has been so rough there is no way to count on partial unemployment if things go to shit.

On that note, good night!.

Sonic Forces and other notes

 Hi Everyone,

Tonight we wrapped up Sonic Forces, and in less time and attempts than it took me when I first played it on Steam several years ago. In fact, I remember the Death Egg Robot giving me real fits, but what really gave me trouble was the final classic Sonic stage which had an auto-scroll portion. Now I did skip doing SOS and Bonus stages, so keeping focus on the main story wast to my benefit. 

I still stand by what I said about how the game does not live up to its concept, but this is a game that actually has a lot of content and things to unlock, as Sonic Forces was released with the idea of being a game people played daily to grind out various achievements (like collecting 10,000 Rings and defeating 10,000 enemies).

Anyway, Monday we are bringing back DuckTales Remastered to be featured next week as we count down the days to Persona 5 Tactica's release on November 17th, and we will play day of release. 

For the raid we over to abenonymous who was playing God of War

Sonic Forces Achievements

• Daily Devotee: Completed 5 Daily Missions.
• Hope: Turned the tide of the conflict.
• Bonds of Friendship: Defeated Infinite.
• Way Past Cool: Equipped a part in every slot.
• Saved the World: Restored peace to the world.

Our Friday night stream will feature Horizon Zero Dawn, of course next week it could be moved up a night to Thursday because of the aforementioned P5T.

Had a great chat with FnDanteSavage today when they called me, and we talked about life, music and games. It was great to touch base with him, and ya'll should keep your ears out, because he is going to be recording new music in an actual studio.

Work was alright, even if things were made harder because of quota requirements, and I ended up nearly losing my voice because of how people kept asking for something that basically forced things to be entered manually. 

Current commission story in progress is based around Rooster Teeth and it's more schlock heavy than a lot of other stuff I've written lately. It's about 70% finished.

Once it's done, I have  Arrow, Resident Evil and WWE related commission in the queue.

So on that note good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn saw us getting back to the main area of the game, and focusing on finding Metal Flowers, and side quests, scaling a tallneck and find figures. We did run across an entrance to ruins that apparently I cannot get to until a certain quest is done. We did pick up a couple of achievements related to doing things but not related to story progression.

Since we're doing all the side stuff without advancing the plot, next time we play Horizon Zero Dawn (which will be next Friday), we'll be continuing our exploration. 

Our next stream on Saturday will be Starfield, and hopefully I can figure out which quests are important to the story.

For the raid we went over to lilmoolah_ who was playing Baldur's Gate 3

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• 3 Strikes From Above: Killed 3 enemies using the Strike from Above skill.
• All Transport machines killed: Killed at least one of every type of Transport machine.

Read the Batman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Crossover, which direct crossovers with the Batman Animated Series from the 1990s and the TMNT series that started in 2012, and tone wise, it works very well. In fact during the stream I put the comic over a lot because of how it really made good use of the Batman villains.

Knock out a Resident Evil story to fulfill a commission request, and I needed to pad it with some plot related stuff because using Mr. X in a prominent role limit what I could do, because unlike Nemesis, Mr. X doesn't talk.

Next commission story I'll be working on is WWE related, in fact the next two stories are WWE related so... ugh... but hey, getting paid for it.

Had a nice long chat with my good friend Kristi today, which was awesome. Was nice to touch base for an extended period of time

Good night folks!

Resident Evil and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Resident Evil saw us make our way through the mansion as second time, getting turned around on where we had to go, but in the end we ended up in the Courtyard Basement, which meant we ended up knocking of the Yawn and Black Tiger (aka Giant Fucking Spider), and making some liberal use with the grenade launcher. Of course we did end up dying once because of a puzzle involving walls closing in and having to get a stature into an alcove. So there goes the 'no death run'. 

So next time play play Resident Evil, which will be on Monday's stream, we'll be heading to the elevator room to get the shaft to combine with the cylinder we found, and basically work our way to the big decision to Trust Barry or not. Now at this point I think we're maybe going to get two more streams out of Resident Evil, possibly three depending on how long it takes me to understand the guide and what needs to be done!

Out next stream on Friday will see us continuing Horizon Zero Dawn as we get back to the main areas of the game, finding the normal collectables and grinding towards hitting level 60!

For the raid we dropped in on DatShadowWolf who was playing Dead By Daylight 

Resident Evil Achievements

• Giant Snake Got Nothin': Defeat Yawn using Jill.
• Get Used To It: Die for the first time.
• Spider Sense: Defeat Black Tiger.

Didn't quite finish the Spider-Man story commission I was working on today, because I wasn't feeling well this morning. But I'm going to finish it before I go to bed, so that I can work on the next Resident Evil related story commission (which will involve a version of Mr. X that fits the narrative I've established) 

After that I have two back to back WWE related story commissions, along with another Spider-Man and then one based on Superman.

And if knock all those out, I might get around to planning the next Persona: Dereliction chapter!

So on that note, good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream went way longer than I intended because I was hoping to knock out all the quest related achievements for Horizon Zero Dawn's Frozen Wilds content, and while we finished the main story, some things certainly tool longer than expected. Still outside of the Hunting lodge in the area we pretty much accomplished everything worth doing so next time we play HZD, which will be next Friday, we'll be back to the base games content in roaming around and finding stuff.

The plan for Saturday's stream is to feature Starfield, but at the moment I'm not to sure if that will be the game we'll play. The stream is scheduled to start around 5 PM Eastern.

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Reached level 50: Reached player level 50.
• All Combat machines killed: Killed at least one of every type of Combat machine.
• Won the Werak Challenge: Challenged Aratak at the Frostfigures and won.
• Fully Improved Weapons: Acquired the improved versions of three weapons from Varga.
• Completed the Second Expedition: Successfully assaulted Thunder's Drum.
• Conquered the Mountain: Drove out the threat within the mountain.
• Killed 15 Scorchers: Killed 15 Scorcher machines.
• Killed 6 Fireclaws: Killed 6 Fireclaw machines.

For the raid we went over to djparticle who was playing Splatoon 3 

Had another good night of work, even if a part of it dragged a little, but got plenty of completes to make some of it fly by.

Did have a job interview, but they couldn't tell me where the office location was for their branch in Philadelphia, so I don't think I'll pursue it, even if the rate of pay would almost make it possible to get there fairly consistently. 

Worked on The Flash story commission but did not finished, it's about 60% complete so I'll work on it first thing in the morning, and probably work on the Persona story, while saving the WWE and Spider-Man commissions I have on deck for Sunday and Monday.

Good Night!

Resident Evil and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream featured Resident Evil HD, we had an interesting night, making sure that my Capcom ID linked to the game and then using a guide to try and do all the stuff we've came across. The guide we're using (located at https://www.ign.com/wikis/resident-evil/Jill%20Mansion) and managing to do things mostly exactly up to getting the Wind Crest, without any dying, but having to save a a few more times than I would've liked. 

And yes, I was aware of the trick of how to select the easiest difficult (Labeled Talking A Walk) and my playthrough will be focusing on Jill's side of it, because I quickly discovered, aiming is a problem for me. And that's not saying anything about the trouble I have remembering where different rooms are.

Next time we'll be playing this will be on Monday's stream.

Our next stream on Friday night will feature Horizon Zero Dawn

Resident Evil Achievements

• First Kills Are Special: Defeat a zombie.
• What a Great Guy: Save Jill using Barry.
• Not Taking Any Chances: Burn up a zombie.
• Seeing Red: Defeat a Crimson Head.

For the raid we dropped in on captainchar who was also playing Resident Evil!

Work was really good, I do like it when we have certain surveys can say who we are and explain who the research is being done for. Too bad the intro is wordy as all hell.

Getting back to the subject of Resident Evil, knocked out a commission short story, so the next one I'll be working on will be based on The Flash, followed by a WWE related one.

Lot of folks are wondering when I'll play Spider-Man 2 for the PS5... and the answer will be when I get a PS5! It's not a priority for me at the moment.

I do need to do a little groceries on Friday, nothing major.

And on that note, good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn was the longest weeknight stream I've done in a while, guess having more than just one light on helped keeps me from feeling tired. Anyway, we got a lot done as we spent the entire night in the Frozen Wilds DLC area, finding everything we can find and doing all we could before advancing the plot. We found all the towers, all the animal statures and pigments, so we can pretty much focus on the DLC story next time we play it next week before getting back to the base game.Horizon Zero Dawn will be back next Friday night. 

Also on Monday we're going to start Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which will be featured Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Saturday's stream will feature Starfield, with the stream starting around 5 PM Eastern.

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Reached level 40: Reached player level 40.
• Took the Shaman's Path: Survived the Shaman's Path and found Ourea's retreat.
• First Spear Modification: Applied a modification to your spear.
• All Pigments found: Found all of the Pigments in the Cut.
• All Animal Figurines found: Found all of the Animal Figurines in the Cut.
• All Control Towers disabled: Disabled all Control Towers by overriding or destroying them.

 For the raid we went to https://www.twitch.tv/misscammi316 where Overwatch was being featured

The Phillies lost tonight as Craig Kimbrel blew a lead in the 8th inning in what turned out to be a battle of the bullpens with the Diamondbacks. So now the Phillies need to win two of the next three games to go to the World Series. It's not looking good folks.

Work was meh, got a couple of interviews but it was real dull

So Jury Duty on Monday involves having to take part in a 90 minute webinar at 8 AM... and then apparently staying on call for the rest of the week? I'm rather confused about that 

Knocked out an story commission based on Arrow, and I have two more in the queue, one based on WWE programing (ugh...) and other based on The Flash which should be interesting to write.

Good night folks!

RetroMania Wrestling & Other Notes

 Hi everyone,

On tonight's stream we played RetroMania Wrestling, the much hyped up throw back to the days of WWF WrestleFest, with a roster of 17 mostly known (not exactly) well wrestlers featuring the likes of Austin Idol, Nick Aldis, the Road Warrirors, and the Blue World Order. Game is pretty much pick up and play, the story mode does have a nice little tutorial to get you used to things, but since it's modeled after WrestleFest, it can be a bit button mashy, yet there is such a thing a being able to time stuff to make cool stuff happened. 

The story mode has a bit of a choose your own adventure vibe to it at time, tag team and six man tags are a lot of fun, but the real chaos is the Retro Rumble with eight characters on the screen at once, making it hard to see where you're at.The 10 pounds of gold is basically your standard arcade ladder, but it's a bit repeative as you go through 5 matches to get the NWA title, then 5 matches defending it, with matches following a pattern where there will be a 3-way Elimination, Fatal Four Way and 2 out of 3 fall cage matches taking place.

Plenty of achievements, and we got about half of them, several of which are character related and tied to doing certain things, Good news is several can be combined and done in a single match. 

Since we covered the story mode and explored the game thoroughly I will count it as a finished game for this year's tour.

Next stream is slated for 9:30 PM Eastern, and will feature Horizon Zero Dawn

RetroMania Wrestling Achievements

• Big Debut!: Complete Your First Match
• Learn the Ropes, Kid: Complete The Basic Tutorial in Story Mode
• The Real Star of the Show: Win a match as Johnny Retro
• I Hope The Ref Didn't See That: Hit Your Opponent With a Steel Chair
• I Don't Need The Ring!: Win a Falls Count Anywhere Match Outside the Ring
• Nowhere To Run: Win a Cage Match inside the "Chain Link" cage
• Bonesaw is Ready!: Defeat Your Opponent Within 3 minutes Inside a Steel Cage
• The Best-ler, Better Than All the Rest-ler: Complete the Story mode
• No One Gets Up From That: Land 3 Finishing Moves in One Match
• Skinning the Cat: Win a Retro Rumble
• Innovator of Violence: Win a match as Tommy Dreamer
• What a Rush!: Win a Tag Team match as Hawk & Animal
• Established Talent: Win 20 matches
• That's Why They Call It High Risk: Miss an Attack from the Top of the Cage
• Unforgiving Steel: Win a Cage Match inside the "Big Blue" cage
• Generation Clash: Win a match as Nick Aldis against Austin Idol in the NWA Power arena
• National Treasure: Win a match as Nick Aldis
• Alwayz Ready: Win a match as Matt Cardona
• And Then There Was One: Win a 4 Way Elimination Match
• The Real World's Champion: Complete 10 Pounds of Gold Mode 

For the raid we found someone playing Marvel's Spider-Man 2 over at https://www.twitch.tv/chronick17

Work was okay, couple of interviews, but it was solid to make me feel good.

Knocked out a commission request for a Resident Evil related story and tried to explain some things in the continuity that I've established. I believe the next commission request is for something based on Arrow.

Phillies lost a game tough one, so now they lead the Diamondbacks 2 games to 1, so with luck they win one of the next two games and come back to Philly up 3 games to 2. Preferably we want the Phillies to win the next two games but when it comes to baseball I think logically.

Those are all my notes for today

Good night!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn saw a big focus on exploration and finding goodies in the Frozen Wilds area, which was originally DLC when the game was released, and the tougher enemies has meant we managed to do some serious leveling, as the entire region was meant to be played after you finished the base game. Now we did cover a good amount of ground, progressing some of it's story and realizing there is a ton of stuff to find that is necessary to be able to get the best weapons and armor

Next time we play HZD, which will be next Friday, we'll continue or journey through the Frozen Wilds

Our next stream on Saturday night, slated fo a 5 PM Eastern start time over on twitch.tv/fredcasden will featured Cyberpunk 2077

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Drained the Flood: Completely drained the floodwater from inside the Greycatch.
• First Bluegleam Trade: Traded Bluegleam for a special weapon or outfit.

Tonight's Raid: twitch.tv/erikamonky
What They Were Playing: Phasmophobia

Work was alright, nothing special, just mundane...

Had a sudden job interview where the company a) didn't list themselves as indicated on Indeed and b) was clearly fraudulent in the position they were offering. On top of that their hiring manager certainly did not give me a good impression as they couldn't answer my question

I was not able finish the WWE related commission story today, but it's about 80% complete so I'll be able to bang it out first thing in the morning, and then start on the Avatar The Last Air Bender story request.

And on that note, I'm off to bed!

Good night!

 

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Cyberpunk 2077 saw a focus on trying to make sure we had all the relic upgrades, which saw a lot of trying to figure out which ones I had found already before realizing which two I didn't have. This resulted in getting an achievement  that only 0.15% of players unlocked. We also advanced the plot, and put our selves in a position to possibly finished the Phantom Liberty content on Saturday's stream.

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• Relic Ruler: Unlock all Perks in the Relic Perk tree.

Our next stream for Friday night will feature Horizon Zero Dawn as we'll head into the Frozen Wilds area to that content. I believe we should be able to hang in with the apparent tougher enemies there.Stream will start around 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

Per the recommendation of alexisthefemboy we raided twitch.tv/brittballs who was playing Portal 

Went out the post office to mail off my mail-in ballot for the upcoming General Election, ended up feeling incredibly sore and stiff in my lower back.

Knocked off a Mass Effect story commission this afternoon which turned out rather nicely.

Speaking of commission, the next two will  involve WWE anad Avatar The Last Airbender.

Work tonight was okay, got one interview done, so I felt productive in that regard.

Phillies beat the Braves 3-1 to advance to the NLCS, pulled up the radio feed on my phone to listen to the final out during the stream

And those are all of our notes today!

Good night folks!