Shido's Palace Was Annoying!

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 5 Royal was another massive stream in terms of hours, as we tackled all of Shido's Palace (The Cruise Ship) in one session, with quite a few breaks, 4 bottles of water, grapes, a pretzel with mustard and a four-cheese Hotpoacket being consumed. Anyway, Shido's Palace is probably one of the more lame duck palaces in the game in terms of layout, and the gimmick of being turned into mice got pretty old real quick. But the big pay off was that we finally got to take down Akechi and Shido, with quite a lot of time to spare. We managed to knocked out a few of the remaining Confidants and I know I missed out on a few things when the Calling Card was sent because I didn't have everyone maxed out.

Now the two Confidants I have left (Hanged Man and Tower) both require a trip to Mementos to advance both plots and I reached Rank 7 on both tonight, so that means first thing on the next Persona 5 Royal stream on Friday is a trip to Mementos. I'm also at the point in terms of the base game of where I basically do a bunch of optional stuff, and I took advantage of that to knock out several trophies along the way tonight. I have an excellent shot of getting all the trophies for Persona 5 Royal, which I believe only 16.8% of PlayStation 4 players have done.

Persona 5 Royal Trophies

• Master of Akihabara: Ordered from the special menu at the maid café.
• Batter Up!: Scored a hit at the batting cages.
• Angler's Debut: Passed time at the fishing pond.

Twitch Clips

• Makoto... DO THE THING!
• Defeating Akechi 
• The Defeat Of Shido!
  

For the raid we dropped in on castor_volk who was also playing Persona 5 Royal over at twitch.tv/castor_volk!  

Learned that Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne had a PS4 remaster, so we'll track that down, this way the PS2 version I have can remained sealed. Plus this means PlayStation Trophies, so yay!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Beginner Combo #2, Intermediate Combo #2 and Sway Back Combo.

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise Stats For May 29 to June 4, 2022

• Punches Thrown: 9,660
  
• Estimated Calories Burned: 3921.68
  
• Sophie's Contender Progress: 67%
• King EX Fighter: 93%
  

I really have to sit down to bang out the rest of the commissioned WWE fan fic, I have the intro mostly done, just need to write the action sequences.

For tonight's stream, I think we'll keep it chill, maybe do one night stream of something I can knock out in a few hours. We'll see what we end up doing.

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

A Night of Road Rash & A Morning Of Smule

 Good afternoon everybody,

Last night the plan was to feature the Road Rash Trilogy of Games on the original PlayStation, which includes Road Rash, Road Rash 3D and Road Rash Jailbreak... things didn't totally go as planned. 

Anyway, we lead of with Road Rash, a game I have played before on an IBM PC back in the 90s that used Windows 95. Needless to say I have fond memories of that version of the game, in fact I still have the CD-Rom for that version! Anyway, playing it's PlayStation cousin was really cool, in fact it felt natural to play in terms of what buttons did what, and nothing felt over thought out. The biggest gripe I have with it is how loud the engine sound effects are, and the general lack of audio settings in the game's option menu. It was great seeing the different FMVs for when you win, lose or wreck your bike, as they really strike a great done. 

This game certainly holds up very well for being over 25 years old, but it did take some adjustment getting use to seeing when objects would appear ahead of you so that they could be avoided. It's not much of a problem on the Thrash Level 1 or Level 2, but one Level 5 when using the fastest bikes in the game it's real noticeable at how little time you have to recognize realize and react. I wouldn't mind seeing a remaster or remake of it, hell all Electronic Arts would have to do is look at what they did with it and duplicate it with some nice 3D models

Then we went to play Road Rash 3D... and it didn't work. It would load up, show the PlayStation Logo and get to the menus to navigate. But when going to do an actual race, it would not work, it got stuck on an infinite loading screen with no clear indication it was going to actually load the race I intended to play! I tired it on both my PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, and no dice. I would have tried in a PlayStation One, but I need to find the correct power cable for it, So disappointed that we couldn't check Road Rash 3D out, but that's  the risk of old games, sometimes they work, sometimes they don;t... but from what I saw from the controls, it looks like EA was over thinking how to use every button.

However, I couldn't leave this alone, and since I needed an excuse to test a PSOne Slim I recently acquired to possibly handle games that are region locked to outside North America, I hooked it up and guess what... it was able to fully play Road Rash 3D. So at some point we'll do a PSOne night and will featured this particular game.

Anyway, we were able to play Road Rash: Jail Break, and boy is this an ugly game to look at with muddied visuals that really makes it hard to see what's coming. The controls are very similar to Road Rash, and the game-play handles pretty well. But there is no stand alone Race Mode, it's all tied to the game's campaigns. There are time trials which are kind of fun, but wanting to just play a racing game without having to worry about story progression or stat keeping is annoying. Still I probably had more fun seeing all the different ways I could crash as some of the rag doll physics were incredible to look at

Twitch Clip Links

• Groovy... A Winner Is You
• We should be closing in on the end 
  
• He clearly did not want to live!
• We gotta.... DUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!!!
• Hell of a crash... 
• Who is leaving this stuff in the middle of the road?!
• We finished The Race
• WHYYYYY!!!
• The Hype Is Real! 
• The Return Of The Bunny
• Can we make it to first.... NO NO NO NO!!!! 
• Can we get there?! 
• Cut across shorty cut across
• DudedudedudedudeDOOTDOOTDOOT!

 Following the Stream we sent everyone over to DaWorstGamerEver 25 (twitch.tv/DaWorstGamerEver25) who was playing American Truck Simulator. I've known him since High School, he's a real good guy and I hope you'll check his streams out when he's live! 

We have a new art piece from DaemonsW0lf (www.darkwolfcreative.com / twitch.tv/daemonsw0lf), and all the instruction I gave was for them to have fun and surprise me. What they came up with was an incredible portrait of The Bunny looking bad ass and geared up to be in Tom Clancy's The Division.

We added another Funko figure to the collection, from the My Little Pony Vinyl Collectable Series, Dr. Whooves, who was basically an in-joke of working in the 10th Doctor into My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic without having to go through the BBC. It's a nice little figure that goes with with the similar Rainbow Dash figure I have in terms of book-ending Funko Row on my desk shelving. 

Picked up two Custom Game Cases for South Park: Chef's Luv Shack and WCW Vs The World from www.customegamecases.com because I really really hate having loose games. If I can get a proper case for them I shall pursue that. 

We have six new additions to the collection. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga II, which complete the collection of games from that series for the PlayStation 2. For the PlaySation 4 we've added ZOne of The Enders: The Second Runner - Mars, Tales of Berseria, Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition,and Tales of Zestiria. Am somewhat kicking myself, because we added Tales of Berseria a few months ago... oh well, guess the 2nd one will remained sealed! We also have Tales of Vesperia for the Switch, so that will remained sealed as well. `

Finally caved in and messed around with Smule this morning because breaking out The Bunny last night for a few minutes was a reminder of how much I enjoy Twitch Sings. Now Smule may have a huge song library, but there appears a lot of alternate arrangements for everything. The biggest gripe I have is that since Smule is only for mobile devices, it makes it really awkward to hold my phone to balance the camera and sing at the same time. Anyway here are the links to some stuff I did this morning.

Smule Recordings

• As Tears Go By (Solo) 
• As Tears Go By (Duet)
• The Longest Time (Duet) 
  
• Sweet Home Chicago (Duet)  
• Fly Me To The Moon (Duet)  
• Can't Help Falling In Love (Duet)
  

Now this does raise some questions... how come the RIAA has no issues with Smule but had major issues with Twitch Sings?! Is it because some of the leadership at the RIAA have ties to Donald Trump who was trying to use the office of the President of the United States to target Jeff Bezos? All signs point to yes that was indeed the case. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily workout lasted 31 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 491 kcal. The exercise sets for today were Weaving Combo #1, Intermediate Combo #2 and Advance Combo #1.

For tonight's stream we are continuing Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee.. we have eight gym badges and our next destination is Victory Road. Could we possibly finish this game tonight? We shall see!

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

My Physical Gaming Collection As Of 7/26/21

Here is the complete list of games that I currently have in my collection

 

Platform	Title
PS2	.hack//Infection Part 1
PS2	.hack//Mutation Part 2
PS2	007: Agent Under Fire
PS2	007: Everything or Nothing
PS2	007: From Russia with Love
PS2	007: NightFire
PS2	007: Quantum of Solace
PS2	All-Star Baseball 2003
PS2	Beyond Good & Evil
PS2	Black
PS2	Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
PS2	Capcom Fighting Evolution
PS2	Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
PS2	Cartoon Network Racing
PS2	Champions of Norrath
PS2	Dark Angel: Vampire Apocalypse
PS2	Dark Cloud
PS2	Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore
PS2	Death by Degrees
PS2	Devil May Cry
PS2	Disney/Pixar Finding Nemo
PS2	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
PS2	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
PS2	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
PS2	Drakan: The Ancients' Gates
PS2	Eragon
PS2	Escape from Monkey Island
PS2	ESPN Major League Baseball 2K4
PS2	ESPN NHL 2K5
PS2	Final Fantasy X
PS2	Final Fantasy X-2
PS2	George of the Jungle and the Search for the Secret
PS2	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
PS2	Ghostbusters: The Video Game
PS2	Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec [Greatest Hits]
PS2	Grand Theft Auto III
PS2	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
PS2	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
PS2	Grandia II
PS2	Grandia III
PS2	Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
PS2	Kingdom Hearts
PS2	Kingdom Hearts II
PS2	Legends of Wrestling II
PS2	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
PS2	LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
PS2	Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King
PS2	Major League Baseball 2K5
PS2	Marvel vs. Capcom 2
PS2	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
PS2	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
PS2	Mortal Kombat Deception Premium Pack
PS2	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
PS2	Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
PS2	MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch
PS2	MVP Baseball 2004
PS2	Namco Classic Fighter Collection
PS2	NHL 2K6
PS2	Orphen: Scion of Sorcery
PS2	Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
PS2	Power Rangers: Super Legends - 15th Anniversary
PS2	Ready 2 Rumble: Boxing: Round 2
PS2	Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
PS2	Rocky
PS2	Rocky: Legends
PS2	Rumble Roses
PS2	Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
PS2	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES
PS2	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
PS2	Showdown: Legends of Wrestling
PS2	Sonic Heroes
PS2	Sonic Mega Collection Plus
PS2	SoulCalibur III
PS2	Spider-Man 2
PS2	Spiderman
PS2	Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
PS2	Star Trek: Encounters
PS2	Star Trek: Shattered Universe
PS2	Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force
PS2	Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
PS2	Street Fighter Alpha Anthology
PS2	Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
PS2	Street Fighter EX3
PS2	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus
PS2	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare
PS2	Tekken 5
PS2	The Bouncer
PS2	The Spiderwick Chronicles
PS2	The Thing
PS2	TMNT
PS2	UFC: Sudden Impact
PS2	Ultimate Spider-Man
PS2	Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
PS2	Virtua Quest
PS2	WWE Crush Hour
PS2	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007
PS2	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
PS2	WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain
PS2	WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth
PS2	WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw
PS2	WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006
PS2	WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It
PS2	X-Men Legends
PS2	X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
PS2	Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
PS2	Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
PS2	Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra
PS2	Playstation 2 System
Switch	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Switch	ARMS
Switch	Bayonetta 2
Switch	BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle [Collector's Edition]
Switch	Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
Switch	DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power
Switch	Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch
Switch	Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Switch	Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Switch	Fitness Boxing
Switch	Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise
Switch	GhostBusters The Video Game Remastered
Switch	Hades
Switch	Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Switch	Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
Switch	Just Dance 2020
Switch	Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory
Switch	Kirby Star Allies
Switch	Luigi's Mansion 3
Switch	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Switch	Mario Golf: Super Rush
Switch	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Switch	Mario Tennis Aces
Switch	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
Switch	Monster Hunter Rise
Switch	New Pokémon Snap
Switch	New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Switch	Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Switch	Overcooked! 2
Switch	Pokémon Shield
Switch	Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!
Switch	Ring Fit Adventure
Switch	Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Switch	Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Switch	Super Mario Maker 2
Switch	Super Mario Odyssey
Switch	Super Mario Party
Switch	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Switch	Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
Switch	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Switch	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Switch	Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] - Collector's Edition (switch)
Switch	Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
PS4	.hack//G.U. Last Recode
PS4	Bloodborne [Game of the Year]
PS4	Days Gone
PS4	Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky
PS4	Final Fantasy VII Remake
PS4	Ghost of Tsushima
PS4	Ghostbusters
PS4	God of War (PlayStation Hits)
PS4	Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition
PS4	Marvel's Spider-Man (Game of the Year Edition)
PS4	Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales [Launch Edition]
PS4	Persona 5 Royal (Steelbook Launch Edition)
PS4	Quantic Dream Collection
PS4	Sakura Wars
PS4	Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness [Day One Edition]
PS4	Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
PS4	Tales of Berseria
PS4	The Last of Us Part II
PS4	The Last of Us Remastered
PS4	Titanfall 2
PS4	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
PS4	Uncharted: The Lost Legacy [PlayStation Hits]
PS4	Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection [PlayStation Hits]
PS4	Until Dawn [PlayStation Hits]
PS1	007: Racing
PS1	007: Tomorrow Never Dies
PS1	Animorphs: Shattered Reality
PS1	Apocalypse
PS1	Bio FREAKS
PS1	Chrono Cross
PS1	Chrono Cross [Greatest Hits]
PS1	Contender
PS1	Dance Dance Revolution Konamix
PS1	Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
PS1	Dead or Alive
PS1	Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas
PS1	Die Hard Trilogy [Greatest Hits]
PS1	Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
PS1	Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
PS1	Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
PS1	ECW Anarchy Rulz
PS1	ECW Hardcore Revolution
PS1	Fear Effect
PS1	Fighting Force
PS1	Final Fantasy Anthology
PS1	Final Fantasy Chronicles
PS1	Final Fantasy VIII [Greatest Hits]
PS1	Forsaken
PS1	Gauntlet Legends
PS1	Gex
PS1	Grandia
PS1	Knockout Kings
PS1	Madden NFL 2001
PS1	Madden NFL 2002
PS1	Madden NFL 98
PS1	Mega Man Legends
PS1	Micro Maniacs Racing
PS1	MLB 2004
PS1	Mortal Kombat 4
PS1	NFL GameDay
PS1	NFL GameDay 98
PS1	NHL FaceOff
PS1	PGA Tour 96
PS1	Power Rangers: Time Force
PS1	Pro Pinball: Big Race USA
PS1	Resident Evil 2 - Dual Shock Ver.
PS1	Rival Schools
PS1	Road Rash
PS1	Road Rash 3D
PS1	Rushdown
PS1	Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001
PS1	Scrabble
PS1	Space Jam
PS1	Spice World
PS1	Spider-Man
PS1	Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro
PS1	Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi
PS1	Tekken
PS1	Tekken 2
PS1	Tekken 3
PS1	The Fifth Element
PS1	The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga
PS1	The Simpsons Wrestling
PS1	Thousand Arms
PS1	Triple Play 98
PS1	WCW Backstage Assault
PS1	WCW Mayhem
PS1	WCW Nitro
PS1	WCW vs. the World
PS1	WCW-NWO Thunder
PS1	Wild 9
PS1	WWF Attitude
PS1	WWF In Your House
PS1	WWF War Zone
PS1	WWF War Zone [Greatest Hits]
PS1	WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game
PS1	X-Men: Mutant Academy
PS1	Xena: Warrior Princess
PS1	Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
PC	Ace Ventura
PC	All-Star Baseball
PC	Blood Bowl
PC	Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures
PC	Jazz Jackrabbit 2
PC	Mortal Kombat 4
PC	Power Rangers Super Legends
PC	Road Rash
PC	Rocksmith 2014 Edition: Remastered
PC	Sonic & Knuckles Collection
PC	Sonic CD
PC	Sonic R
PC	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
PC	Star Trek: Judgment Rites
PC	Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
PC	Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force
PC	Tomb Raider (1996)
PC	Tomb Raider II
PC	Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
PC	Triple Play 98
PC	WCW Nitro
PC	Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego Deluxe
Xbox One	Agents of Mayhem
Xbox One	Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series
Xbox One	Marvel's Avengers: Deluxe Edition
Xbox One	Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
Xbox One	Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series - The Complete Adventure
Xbox One	Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: The Telltale Series
Xbox One	Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix
Xbox One	Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series
Xbox	ESPN NBA 2K5
Xbox	NBA 2K3
Xbox	NBA Live 2005
Xbox 360	BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
PS3	007: Legends
PS3	Assassin's Creed
PS3	Assassin's Creed III
PS3	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
PS3	Assassin's Creed: Ezio Trilogy
PS3	Beyond: Two Souls
PS3	BioShock Infinite
PS3	Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
PS3	Dragon Age: Inquisition
PS3	Far Cry 3
PS3	Fighting Edition: Tekken 6 / Tekken Tag Tournament 2 / SoulCalibur V
PS3	Final Fantasy XIII
PS3	Ghostbusters: The Video Game
PS3	God of War Saga
PS3	Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition
PS3	Heavy Rain: Director's Cut [Greatest Hits]
PS3	LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack
PS3	LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
PS3	LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
PS3	Lucha Libre AAA Heroes del Ring
PS3	Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
PS3	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
PS3	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
PS3	Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
PS3	NCIS
PS3	NHL 13
PS3	Persona 5
PS3	Record of Agarest War 2
PS3	Record of Agarest War Zero
PS3	Remember Me
PS3	Saints Row: The Third The Full Package
PS3	Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
PS3	Sonic Generations
PS3	Sonic the Hedgehog
PS3	Sonic Unleashed
PS3	Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
PS3	SoulCalibur IV [Greatest Hits]
PS3	Spider-Man 3
PS3	Star Trek The Video Game
PS3	Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
PS3	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan
PS3	The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
PS3	The Last of Us
PS3	The Simpsons Game
PS3	TNA iMPACT!
PS3	Tomb Raider
PS3	Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
PS3	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
PS3	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
PS3	Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
PS3	Valkyria Chronicles
PS3	Vanquish
PS3	WWE '12
PS3	WWE '13
PS3	WWE 2K14
PS3	WWE 2K15
PS3	WWE All Stars
PS3	WWE Legends of Wrestlemania
PS3	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
PS3	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
PS3	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
PS3	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
PS3	Young Justice: Legacy