Today's Notes 7/28/21: Terra-Xehanort Is Seemingly Impossible

Good morning everyone,

We had a good night last night for the stream where we continued Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep... going through the final stages of Terra's campaign that took us to the worlds of Herculues, Lilo & Stich & Peter Pan... before suddenly things started getting hairy. I had to know something was up with the return to Land of Departure to battle Master Eraqus and the sudden difficult spike in relation to everything else... but then... we went to the Keyblade Graveyard.

Now I was able to tear through the Master Xehanort & Vanitas  and the Master Xehanort battle's pretty straight forward... but then the battle against Terra-Xehanort happens which is basically Terra versus a supped up version of himself. And it's complete bull shit with how he has a seemingly infinite combo. Now I did come 'close' to beating him... but I need to find better magic, which means it'll be a shit ton of grinding needing to be done. But the kicker is, it strips away one of the D-Link ability which is kind of how I got through a good chunk of the game!

In all respects, the pain and the ass second phase of the Ansem fight in the original Kingdom Hearts was easier than, but it didn't strip away a major game play mechanic, yes Donald and Goofy get gated off, but everything else Sora does is available! 

Anyway, we only got one achievement last night.

1. Entrusting Power: Clear the Destiny Islands episode of Terra's story.

And here are the top five clips from last night as well.

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 7/27/21 Clip 1

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 7/27/21 Clip 2 

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 7/27/21 Clip 3

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 7/27/21 Clip 4 

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 7/27/21 Clip 5

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 504 kcal, but since we did extra set on top of that, the complete session was 43 minutes with the estimate calorie burn being 675 kcal. We're now up to 9 out of 10 for hte Karen's Trainee achievement, which we'll knock out tomorrow, and we're up to 6 out of 10 for the Karen's Buddy achievement, which should be accomplished by Friday if I keep up doing extra stuff each day.

Tried to schedule some appointments and such and I'm reminded as to why I hate dealing with doctors, dentists and the line... appointments are scheduled so far in advance it's impossible to logically set things without running interference in other areas. Can't schedule a dentist appointment unless it's a walk in emergency.

Also was looking into getting to COVID-19 vaccine and I saw one of the apparent side effects could re-trigger the conditions that landed me in the hospital back at the end of 2016... that's good to know...

For tonight's stream we will play The Division after 9 PM Eastern, we'll be waiting on Iceman to continue doing the missions on hard. But before that we'll mess around with some other nonsense. 

Shortly after this post was posted... my mail arrived, and we added four games to the collection, a factory sealed version of Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox 360, with this version being listed as 'purchased from the EA Experience', Oni and The Warriors for the PlayStation 2 both games published by RockStar Games. The Warriors is considered to be one of the best movie licensed games of all time and Oni is a game whose ads I remember seeing that just looked cool. Lastly we added Vs. for the PlayStation, published by THQ, Vs. probably is infamous for it ads featuring one character who was based on a real person. 

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

Today's Notes 7/27/21: A Return To Kingdom Hearts

Good morning everybody,

Last night we returned to the Kingdom Hearts franchise with Birth By Sleep, which was originally released on the PSP... which does amaze me. This being my first play through of it, I'm going to the casual route of it for all three campaigns. Now we did start with Terra, and the way I figured we got through half of his story (we've gone to every world up thru Disney Town....

Now the combat is a little different, certainly seems more hack & slash that Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2, but there is a special place in hell when it comes to the mini-games. Now the other biggest complaint so far is the voice acting for Terra which is just terrible, Ventris' design just being the use of the Roxas assets... on the flip side, Aqua looks down right awesome, and the voice acting for the Disney characters is really good. I was able to instantly recognize Leonard Nimoy's voice, even if I felt i needed to confirm it was his voice since he did work for Birth By Sleep later in his career.

Anyway we did get a couple of achievements to begin the journey.

1. The Journey Begins: Clear the prologue, "The Land of Departure."
2. Pursuit of Truth: Clear the Mysterious Tower episode of Terra's story.
3. Defying Darkness: Clear the Disney Town episode of Terra's story.

Now I did notice that most people have not played Birty By Sleep as part of the 1.5 + 2.5 Collection for Xbox consoles.... which means even the basic stuff are mostly diamond tier. So it'll be cool to rack up a few during our journey.

Here are some clips from last night.

• Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 7/26/21 Clip 1
• Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 7/26/21 Clip 2 
• Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 7/26/21 Clip 3
• Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 7/26/21 Clip 4 
• Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 7/26/21 Clip 5
  

We added 'The Thing' for the PlayStation 2 to the collection, it's considered by John Carpenter for the canon sequel to his film of the same name. It certainly will be a game we may check it out come October... you know messing around with spooky games. Maybe... who knows!

Was great to see FnDanteSavage streaming last night as he started a play-through of Bendy & The Ink Machine.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 432 kcal. Was feeling alright enough to do some extra, so the complete session went 43 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 624 kcal. In terms of achievement progress, we a re now up to 6 out of 10 for Karen's Trainee and 4 out of 10 for Karen's Buddy.

For tonight's stream, we are continuing Kingdom Hearts; Birth By Sleep and we'll see about finishing Terra's campaign. The areas seem to be getting larger as the story progresses, we'll see if we are that lucky!

And on that note we'll see you later tonight 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

Today's Notes 7/26/21: Dare to Lindholm

Good morning everybody,

Last night's stream of Overwatch was a lot of fun, we got in a few normal Quick Play matches early, then switched over to Arcade mode once Mayhem became available. Big thanks to PandaSweet and TazerFace for joining in on a lot of the matches.

I did happen to have my best match ever stat wise with Brigitte, and it's why the screen shot is that of the results screen. The funny thing about that match is that I basically got fed up with the two damage dealers spamming 'Need healing' and I actually backed off providing heals in general and just focused on the payload. Thankfully the two tanks, one of which I believe was Panda and the other support also focused on the objective.... and somehow that match was one in what was basically a 4 vs 6 scenario.

Here are the match results in general from last night.

1. Quick Play: Moira- Win
2. Quick Play: Brigitte-  Win
3. Quick Play: D.va - Win
4. Quick Play: Moira - Win
5. Quick Play: Brigitte - Loss
6. Quick Play: D.va: Loss
7. Mayhem: Widowmaker -  Win
8. Mayhem: McCree - Loss
9. Mayhem: McCree / Winston : Loss
10. Mayhem: Windowaker -  Loss
11. Mayhem: Reinhardt - Win
12. Mayhem: Zarya - Win
13. Mayhem: Echo  / Winston - Loss
14. Mayhem: Reinhardt - Loss
15. Mayhem: Reinhardt - Loss
16. Mayhem: D.va - Loss
17. Mayhem: D.va - Loss
18. Mayhem: Tracer - Loss
19. Mayhem: Zarya: - Win
20. Mayhem: Brigitte- Win
21. Mayhem: Brigitte- Loss
22. Mayhem: Genji / Moria -Win

I will admit in that last match I basically phoned it in as Genji before switching to Moira at the very end to basically provide all the support needed to pull out that win.

Anyway, here are some clips from last night

• Overwatch 7/25/21 Clip 1
  
• Overwatch 7/25/21 Clip 2
  
• Overwatch 7/25/21 Clip 3
  
• Overwatch 7/25/21 Clip 4
  
• Overwatch 7/25/21 Clip 5
  

I put a poll on twitter to see what 'forgotten' RPGs people might be interested in seeing at some point. The list included Chrono Cross, Thousand Arms, Xenosaga Episode 1 and X-Men Legends. To vote visit: https://twitter.com/FredCasden/status/1419519455630139395

 Woke up at 4:30 AM, mostly due to the heat, trust me there is a reason why I hate it when weather gets about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Anyway, I messed around a little with Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee to try capturing Pokemon with it undocked, and yes while it's easier to aim and toss the Pokeballs , it did show some of the more.... problematic aspects of the game with the ratio of how often the Pokemon will break out of the pokeballs. That said, I did boost the levels of my squad, so we should be on pace or just ahead of the pace for everything in Lavender town.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout saw us using Karen for the first time as the trainer and it was broadcasted on Twitch. The daily workout itself lasted 31 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 589 kcal, and we did extra, so the complete session went 43 minutes with an estimate calorie burn of 786 kcal. We knocked out two a achievements with this session

1. Karen's New Student: Exercise with Karen as your instructor
2. Karen's Best Student: Receive a 3-star rating from Karen

We also made progress on other achievements, we're up to 3 out of 10 for the Karen's Trainee, 2 out of 10 for Karen's Buddy and 98 out of 100 for King FIt Fighter. The Karen's Best achievement's progress is currently hidden, but we need all four of these achievements to unlock the last four outfits in the game

Of course since this session was streamed there are a few clips.

• Fitness Boxing 2 7/26/21 Clip 1
• Fitness Boxing 2 7/26/21 Clip 2 
• Fitness Boxing 2 7/26/21 Clip 3
• Fitness Boxing 2 7/26/21 Clip 4 
• Fitness Boxing 2 7/26/21 Clip 5
  

For tonight's stream we are starting up Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, and we'll going in order to the character campaigns from top to bottom... mostly because I know Aqua's is supposed to be done last. My goal is to just get through the story on all campaigns as quickly as possible.

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

Today's Notes 7/25/21: The Grind Is Real

Good afternoon everybody,

Last night's stream featured Pokemon Let's Go Eevee as we traveled from Cerulean City all the way to Lavender Town over the course of about 5 hours and 45 minutes. Now one would assume because of that amount of time I would've cleared two gyms, Vermilion City plus Lavender Town but nope... a good chunk of tonight was spent trying to catch Pokemon and dealing with the timing, aiming and the annoyance that I can't quite get the Pokeball to go to the right. Occasionally I can get it to go to the left when I want to, but for the most part I'm hoping for the Pokemon to remain dead-center.

But the biggest issue I had (besides my team's Pikachu leveling up slower than everyone else on my team) is how random it seems when it comes to Pokemon breaking out of the balls. I get it, that's the struggle and gimmick of Pokemon Go that was implemented into this remake of the Pokemon Yellow, but it gets really annoying when you get Excellent throws that feel penalized then get one toss captures on terrible throws.

That said there were a few cute moments, mostly focused around Eevee having some special cut scenes and learning key abilities and a run in with Team Rocket that sees a member of the Elite Four coming to our aid. The game's story is different 'enough' from the original to make it stand out... even if there are some continuity issues. 

Anyway, here are some clips from last night.

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee 7/24/21 Clip 1: Don't You Vomit Me On Me!

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee 7/24/21 Clip 2: Weepinbell''s Vine Whip For The Win!

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee 7/24/21 Clip 3: Eevee Being So Damn Cute

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee 7/24/21 Clip 4: Catch The Graveler in Mid-Ar

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee 7/24/21 Clip 5: An Ominous Arrival

Since we are starting a new week that means we have a highlight reel of everything from last week, which featured Overwatch, Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, God of War, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Space Jam: A New Legacy - The Game, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Tom Clancy's The Division, Star Trek Online, Star Wars: Masters of the Teras Kasi, Tekken 2, Wild 9 & Pokemon Let's Go Eevee! 

There is a question on if I'll start a second large campaign game for Friday Nights since we wrapped up God of War last week... but since there is still stuff to do in God of War, I'm really debating on if I should try and get close to 50% completion of the trophies and such. Not really sure people would want to see me get my but handed to me repeatedly by Valkyries!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout lasted 28 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 436 kcal, we did do some extra things, so the total session was 40 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 594 kcal.This was the last daily session using Evan as a trainer as we switched over to Karen and we went ahead unlock most of her outfits to knock out some her appearance related achievements. Because of how tickets were rewarded, six of her attires remain lock, but we should be able to a couple unlocked tomorrow. Here's the list of achievements unlocked today

1. Karen's Stylst: Change Karen's Outfit
2. Karen's Fashion Designer: Put a matching outfit together for Karen
3. Karen's Fashion Saboteur: Mismatch an outfit for Karen
4. Evan's Best Friend: Reach A Trusting Parternship With Evan
   

With those achievement done, we're at 97 out of 100 for the King Fit Fighter achievement, but since that is an actual percent, there are 5 achievements for Karen: Karen's New Student, Karen's Best STudent, Karen's Trainee, Karen's Buddy and Karen's Best Friend. So to get her remaining attires all six of the remaining achievements must be reached.

It's Sunday which means Overwatch is on the agenda! The Summer Games Event is in full effect and so I've updated the skins and voice lines for every character. Granted I only use the same handful every week, but still... I like to keep things uniformed!

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

 

Today's Notes 7/24/21: Breaking Baldur

Good afternoon everybody,

Last night's stream saw us finish the main story of God of War, which probably took about an hour and half to, since it was all going to certain places, getting items and advancing things along to the fight with Baldur, which was a pretty epic encounter since Freya was caught in the middle. It is funny how Kratos tried to stay out of it, but his very nature lead to him killing Baldur even though Freya was willing to die for her son. This probably sets up the next game in a big way with Freya probably getting back with Odin for revenge. I did love teaser that shows Thor arriving at the cabin where Kratos and the Boy live... and it's funny, that said teaser does indicate several years later, which fits perfectly with how God of War: Ragnarok is coming out next year. 

Now following the 30 minutes of credits, (and yes I let them play even if I was switching scenes) We started in on doing the things I skipped over, a couple of stray enemies, chasing down two Valkyries (that took multiple attempts to defeat) and roaming one of the two realms we had access to but put off exploring... and if I knew each area would have had items to power up my weapons I would've gone to them first! Still there is an entire other area left to explore and a few trophies to hunt down. We may keep God of War in the line up for next week... plus we also have 3 more Valkyries to find... plus the final one that is apparently nearly impossible to beat. 

Anyway since this was a PS4 title that meant we had achievements... or rater trophies unlocked.

1. Twilight Beckons: Defeat Baldur
2. Last Wish: Spread the ashes
3. All Will Fall: Kill 1,000 Enemies
4. Why Fight It?: Fully upgrade the Blades of Chaos

And of course we have a few clips from last night as well.

God of War 7/23/21 Clip 1: Pounding The Meat

God Of War 7/23/21 Clip 2: Well... He Dead 

God of War 7/23/21 Clip 3: The Teaser 

God of War 7/23/21 Clip 4: Defeating the Valkyrie of The Mountain

God of War 7/23/21 Clip 5: Taking Down The Valkyrie Of Muspelheim 

Now of course with God of War done, that really cements that Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep will be starting on Monday night, apparently it will take about 26-30 hours to finish that game and since I'll be taking the casual road, hopefully it will be very straight forward!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 28 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 447 kcal, and we did do some extra today, so the total session lasted 40 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 657 kcal. We're now up to 97 out of 100 for the Evan's Best Friend Achievement, which means we could knock it out tomorrow, a day earlier than I was anticipating. 

Today we also added Road Rash for the PlayStation to the collection, since we already have Road Rash 3D, I think there is one more game in the series for the original PlayStation to add, and I think it's called Road Rash Jailbreak.

For tonight's stream we'll be getting back to Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee as we're picking up right after the second gym, and we'll be going after every Pokemon we see to try and level up as quickly as possible before we reach the 3rd gym on our journey!

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

Today's Notes 7/23/21: Not Quite A Master Of The Teras Kasi...

 Good morning everybody,

Last night's stream feature four items of interest, starting with Star Trek Online, with the weekly endeavors quests being knocked out. One of the quests involved completing Binary Circuit, which is two teams of 5 racing across a series of puzzles / mazes to the end. Now one of the puzzles involves turning 4 sections of a tube to where one side has a straight blue line and the other side has a yellow line. There are indicators before the first section to give a huge clue, but I got stuck with clowns who kept trying to flip it every which way possible! If the hint is right in front of you TAKE THE HINT! 

Anyway, we have some clips of last night's STO action.

Twitch Clip: Star Trek Online 7/22/21 Clip 1: That Was The Look On My Face

Twitch Clip  Star Trek Online 7/22/21 Clip 2: Dino Hunter!

Twitch Clip: Star Trek Online 7/22/21: Clip 3: The Krakken Are In Seattle

Next came the game that took up a larger amount of time than I thought it would, Star Wars: Masters of the Teras Kasi. It's a Tekken clone in every sense of the phrase, with some real cheesy AI, three-dimensional movement that only really makes sense to people who dedicated way to much time to it and some of the most deliberate input button pressing needed.  Now i set it on its easiest difficulty setting, and it was still a night mare to get through the arcade mode. Still we did it with Princess Leia... and the only reason to go back to it is to see if I could learn how to do some stuff with the various characters.

Of course, here are some clips

Twitch Clip: Star Wars Masters Of The Teras Kasi Clip 1: Skywalker? More Like Ground-Layer!

Twitch Clip: Star Wars Masters Of The Teras Kasi Clip 2: Well She Dead

Twitch Clip: Star Wars Masters of the Teras Kasi Clip 3: I'll Take It!

A few weeks ago Mezmerrizer recommended Wild 9 as a game I should pick up and we finally gave it a look tonight, made by Interplay, this is a puzzle side-scroller platformer that has a nice sound track, easy to understand controls and a charming element to it. We only went through the first level, as the first attempt only saw me getting 1/2 way through, but the 2nd attempt worked out rather nicely. This is a game I should mark down as something to dedicate longer streams to!

And here are the Wild 9 Clips!

Twitch Clip: Wild 9 7/22/21 Clip 1: Losing Their Heads

Twitch Clip: Wild 9 7/22/21 Clip 2: Into The Grinder They Go

Twitch Clip: Wild 9 7/22/21 Clip 3: We Need Another One

Finally the night ended with Tekken 2, and like the original Tekken, it was my first time playing it. IT certainly feels a lot better to play the original, looks better, the soundtrack is pretty kick ass. However Kazuya is more cheap than Heihachi was in the original. It does have a practice mode and so I went into it to see if I could learn a few special moves... which I couldn't quite pull off against the AI! We were unsuccessful in clearing the arcade mode, but after Star Wars: Masters of the Teras Kasi, I wasn't in the mood to try and cheese the game.

Anyway here are a couple of clips!

Twitch Clip: Tekken 2 7/22/21 Clip 1: Getting Use To Jun

Twitch Clip: Tekken 2 7/22/21 Clip 2: Accidental Quit

Twitch Clip: Tekken 2 7/22/21 Clip 3: Nina Was Just Tired

Yesterday we added Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time For The PlayStation 2 to the collection, yet another highly regarding RPG to added to the list of things I think people will like seeing!

Twitch Clip: Just Chatting 7/22/21: Things Arriving: Star Ocean Till The End Of Time

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout lasted 28 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 440 kcal, and obviously because of the shorter length, I did some extra. So the total session ended up being 40 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 598 kcal. With every thing done today we're now up to 93 out of 100 for the Evan's Best Friend Achievement.

For tonight's stream we're looking to finish God of War, and we'll go straight forward, hopefully things will go our way to finishing up another epic journey this week!

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