Just Your Typical Random Saturday Night

 Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream was interesting as two hours before it started we had a big power outage, and then during the stream, one of the games I wanted to feature on the PlayStation 3, namely WWE Legends of WrestleMania would not work... keeping in mind everything I do on the PlayStation 3 is using physical copies. This was weird because the other things we featured, Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet and Spider-Man 3 both worked. My guess is the issue is with the game disc itself... so that was disappointing.

Now on too Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, it is a game I started on my original PlayStation 3 way back in 2013, and I do remember seeing the show on TV around the same time frame. The game itself is your standard beat'em up brawler with some puzzle solving elements as well. Clearly it is best to play in a co-op if possible, We only did a the first few stages as I wanted to check out a few different things tonight on the PS3. A few things that standard is that the writing and voice acting in this game is well above average, and captures the spirit of a more over the top Marvel Universe.

Spider-Man 3 is often considered terrible, but we're not talking about the movie... the PlayStation 3 game is an open-sandbox where you can basically just go swinging around finding random stuff to do if you don't feel like playing any of the missions. Bruce Campbell as the narrator was a nice touch, and the game play certain felt good. On top of the game, visually it still holds up fairly well.

We also messed around some with Smite and Paladins, winning a couple of matches in each, nothing to write home about in either game, as I use both as occasional filler.

Twitch Clip Links.

• It's what the god of losers deserves! 
• The Spinning Piledriver!
• That worked! 
• Just A Double Kill
  

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

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Triple COmbo #2, Intermediate Combo #1 and Biceps Shape Focus Combo. We hit the goal of reaching 30+ hours with Martina as the trainer, we are now switching to Bernardo, who we have 15 hours already with him, so another 15 would net us his Contender achievement. Kept it basic today, just doing the daily exercises.

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise EX Achievements

• Martina's Contender: Train with Martina for over 30 Hours
• 91% of all EX Achievements has been unlocked
  

Jumping back to Smite for a moment, I did do some off-stream playing as I noticed I was close to getting an achievement in that, so using some boosters I had saved up I finally got the 40 Gods Mastered achievement, which surprisingly only 3% of Xbox players have done. I will assume that percentage is much higher on the PC side.

SMITE Achievements

• Adept of Mastery: 40 Gods Mastered.

Another night, and another failed attempt at the Course 1 to 6 achievement in Super Night Riders, if things go right I can barely make it to lap 14, but at least I knocked out another achievement in it.

Super Night Riders Achievements

• Canyon Stage Cleared: Cleared the canyon stage.

It's Sunday, lets take a look back at the game we played last week which included: Overwatch, Mass Effect 2, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 5 Royal, Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, Paladins, Smite and Spider-Man 3!

For tonight's stream, well you know it's Sunday which means Overwatch as we begin a new week!

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

The Bank Palace Story Arc Is Done!

 Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream certainly proved that by going into Mementos early when we first discovered it and choosing the wrong things has caused a whole lot of issues with it comes to possibly getting the good ending of Persona 5 Royal, but still it was a very productive night in many other ways as we wrapped up the Bank Palace and covered a lot of ground as it pertained to trying to get Ryuji caught up and nearly maxing out Ann. 

Makoto's arc of breaking out from what everyone wants her to be to finding her own path is really well done, and her integration to the Phantom Thieves as someone to keep them focused on the exams really goes a long way balancing out the personalities of the team. That said, Sae certainly is irritating when comes to just how 'career and success' focused she is, so hopefully that even outs at some point, which it probably will since I reached the point in the story where the Judgement persona becomes available

Which means the romance options are starting to open up as possible choices as well, and knowing there are probably a dozen choices, I did not instantly lock in with Ann just to get the trophy. And it seems to me, in terms of Hetero-parings, Ann and Ryuji seem like a better pairing than 'Joker' and Ann, if we go with the Fem-pairings, then obviously Ann and Shiho are probably the most obvious pairing based on what I've seen so far and having see Shiho's return to the roof the academy.

Still, looking forward to trying to straightening out a lot of the screws ups I did in terms of the Confidants levels next week as the fourth story arc of Persona 5 Royal will begin.

Persona 5 Royal Trophies

• The Deviated Cognition: Encountered a deviation in Mementos.
• Talent Thief: Obtained a Skill Accessory from a Palace ruler.
• The Phantom Philatelist: Traded in stamps while in Mementos.
• Jose's Favorite Customer: Traded in flowers while in Mementos.
• Bank of Gluttony: Cleaned Out: Completed the bank Palace.

Twitch Clip Links

• You mean to tell me I can't get books by Drace here?
• On the receiving end of Make It Rain 
• They just hung up on us... rude... 
• Her personality certainly switch 

Big thank you to MommyBee for their raid during the stream last night, they were playing standard version of Persona 5 over at twitch.tv/mommybee!

For the raid, we dropped in on SheepFuzz who was doing their weekly community stream of Jackbox Party Packs over at twitch.tv/sheepfuzz!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficulty Challenge Combo #1, Difficult Challenge Combo #2 and Difficulty Challenge Combo #3. I should be able to wrap up the Martina's Contender EX Achievement tomorrow

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise Stats For 4/3 to 4/9/2022

• Punches Thrown: 16,139
• Estimated Calorie Burn: 6447.50 kcal
• 29/30 Hours Trained for Martina's Contender
  

Played some Smite following the stream last night trying to get an understand of Aphrodite's abilities, in theory I understand them, but without a team to watch my back I'm easy pickings in Arena. She might be better to use in some of the other game modes, but those matches can last well over 30 minutes.

SMITE Achievements

• Bloodthirster: Get 10 first blood accolades in qualifying matches.

Knocked off another achievement in Super Night Rider, but for the big achievement of clearing the Course 1 to 6 race, I only made it to lap 11. While it's possible, a lot of the 'pop in' obstacles

Super Night Riders Achievements

• City Stage Cleared: Cleared the city stage.

With those two achievements earned, my current daily Xbox achievement streak is up to 58 days. Using Super Night Riders to earn at least one achievement on Sunday will of course put us to where Mass Effect 2 and possibly Fallout 76 can carry things through Wednesday. For the record, my longest streak is 87 days.

The hammer came down and Will Smith has been banned from the Academy Awards for ten years, and since this was post #MeToo, when a code of conduct was put in place, it does set of standard. Now the question of does it apply retroactively is certainly a topic for debate.

For tonight's stream we'll be messing around with some random stuff, probably from the PlayStation 3 era of gaming. I think we'll lead off with Marvel Super Hero Squad.

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