My Reaction To Until Dawn

Good afternoon everybody,

Last night we started the stream a bit early because I wanted to do a one night play through of Until Dawn, which was a PlayStation 4 Exclusive Title released in August of 2015.

Until Dawn is like many of the games I've played lately, a game where the choices made will lead to a variance of the outcome, in this case, how many people survived the night. It is a horror game, with the plot being that Josh invites a bunch of friends up to a cabin one year after a prank gone wrong lead to the disappearance of his twin sisters. Josh plans to get back at everyone with an elaborate house of horrors.... but things go wrong when there is something else, much more real and terrifying up there with them.

Since this was released on the PS4, Until Dawn certainly looks real good, and the controls are pretty responsive, I felt like i had plenty of time to make snap choices and to respond to quick time event button presses. The atmosphere of the game is complete 1980s/1990s Teen Horror schlock, as the set up just screams of something you'd see in the Friday The 13th franchise. 

The characters are mostly stereotypes of that same genre as well, from Matt being the guy who happens to be wearing a varsity letter jacket, to Emily being a complete bitch that you want to see get killed, to Sam being you're typical blond heroine who is seemingly more capable than the other females in the cast, to Mike being the obvious douchebag who becomes oddly heroic and bad ass by the end, and so forth. 

I do have the comment on the camera angles reminding me a lot of the ones used in the early Resident Evil games, where it was fixed so you couldn't fully see everything in a room, only what you were meant to see.... it's great for making one feel scared, but for finding collectables... not so much. Granted we found most of them, but I have a feeling a guide might be necessary to find the ones I missed

With this being a game where I could make key choices, my first play through was more in line with what the characters would do and not chasing any achievements, which meant quite a few characters got killed (you can see those in the Twitch Clip Links down below), so we certainly had quite a bit of gore  tonight, which is certainly not usual for my streams unless I'm playing Mortal Kombat!

All in all, I enjoy Until Dawn and I'm looking forward to streaming it again at some point, to see if we can do better than just having Sam, Chris and Emily survive! Also, I do wonder if I jump to particular points in the story can I unlock achievements and find the collectables that way... just in case I want to knock off some off-stream.

Following the stream we sent the fun over to MommyBee who was playing Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/mommybee! 

Until Dawn Achievements

1. Scream Too!: Mike cut off his fingers to free himself from the bear trap
2. The Psycho Path: Sam or Ashley attacked the psycho with a weapon
3. The Skillful Wolf Man: Mike kept the wolf alive throughout the Sanatorium
4. You Let The Wrong One In!: Ashley or Chris opened the trap door and let the monster in
    

Twitch Clip Links 

• We Just Got Monk'ed... KILL HIM!!!!
• Guess That's Not Going To Happen
  
• Matt... didn't make it
• Groovy!
• Dramatic Explosions!
• Ashley... didn't make it
• It Lost Its Head!
• Josh... didn't make it
• Jessica... didn't make it
• I don't think Mike made it
  

Yeah that's a lot of clip links, but considering the gore for the death animations, I figure folks would want to see them, hell it is October and it's the Halloween Season after all!

It's Sunday which means we got a new Twitch Bits video for ya'll to see. This week we played Overwatch, Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered, Detroit: Become Human, Gears of War 3, Life is Strange True Colors, Marvel Super Heroes Vs Street Fighter & Until Dawn! 

I now have the tough task of picking what game I shall feature next.... there are a couple of candidates based. The Evil Within 2 and Call of Cthulhu have been things I've been teased about in regards to things I should play... but I'm not sure if I want to tackle 'first person' horror as horror is not something I typical go after.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout saw the return of Janice as the trainer and lasted 31 minutes with the following exercises: Straight Combo #2, Sway Back Combo & Hop Shape Focus Combo. The estimated calorie burn was 476 kcal

It's Sunday which means Overwatch is on deck as the game of the night, we'll be tackling Quick Play matches as we eagerly await the start of the Halloween event, which should be this week.!

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

A Marvelous Wavelength

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night was a double header, as we returned to Life is Strange: True Colors to play the bonus episode 'Wavelengths', and then followed it with Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter EX Edition, so we used two different consoles, the X-Box Series S and the Modified PlayStation.

So first, Life is Strange: True Colors, the 'Wavelengths' episode was certainly a lot more in-depth than I was expecting. It serves as an incredible bridge between what we saw with Steph in Life is Strange: Before The Storm and how she ended up in Haven Spring for True Colors, by showing her getting settled in with running the music store and being a DJ. Since we picked Chloe over Arcadia Bay, we saw the annual PTSD Steph has when it comes to the storm that tore the town apart, plus seeing her slowly getting back into the swing of things. The episode takes place over the course of a year, so it jumps to the key important days of her life and it all leads up to the day Alex arrives in Episode 1 of True Colors. 

To be honest with you, I found that Steph having issue with connecting with anyone long term because of Arcadia Bay getting wiped out adds a lot more to her character than say 'oh she broke up with the girl she was in a band with', as it gives that extra bit of spice to what she is dealing with and why she is comfortable being a DJ and running the music shop, not to mention her conversation with Mikey (also from Before the Storm) also adds more meaning to their continued Dungeon and Dragons shenanigans

Now there are some question I'm wondering in regard to how Steph's choices will effect the main game of True Colors if at all, as it seems like only a few differences could be possible due to how the music store look, and maybe how some NPCs around Haven Springs act, but I doubt that's the case. Still, it was incredible, and I'm really glad the pacing for it was what it was, as it gave so much depth to a character that really stood out from their first appearance.

Also: There were no achievements added to Life is Strange: True Colors with the bonus episode

 Playing Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter EX Edition on the PSOne certainly was an experience, as I don't recall ever playing it in the arcades... and I played all the other all the Capcom Marvle games in the arcades at some point during the late 90s and early 2000, but somehow this one never made it South Jersey. 

We did two arcade runs, one with Manual / Normal settings, and then then Manual / Turbo settings, clearing it with Sakura and Cyclops respectively. The PlayStation port of MSH vs SF, much like X-Men vs Street Fighter, see the tag team mechanic removed, turning the game into a best two out of three round fighter, where the power meters build quickly and the super moves are devastating. I didn't have too much trouble getting through every opponent up through Apoclypse... but Cyber-Akuma... or as in the version of MSH vs SF I was playing 'Mech-Gouki', was a completely different story.

The Cyber/Mech Akuma/Gouki was hell of a pain in the ass with how it would moves, and it took quite a few attempts to beat him. Facing Cyber/Mech-Akuma/Gouki also really showed the different between Normal and Turbo. With Normal I had the time to predict what's coming based on the sprite animations and try to adjust for it, while Turbo basically made me hope I could input things fast enough to overwhelm the game's A.I.. 

Following the stream we sent the fun over to TaterSalad21 who was playing the new MMO 'New World'. You can check his streams out over on twitch.tv/tatersalad21

Twitch Clip Links

• The ones Chloe made
• That has to be a plug for Dark Horse Comics!
  
• When all else fails...
• Shinkuu Hadou-ken with Sakura & Ryu
• I got nailed by Cyber-Gouki's Shining Gou Shock!
• Sakura Beats Cyber-Gouki with Shinkuu Hadou-Ken!
  

Yesterday we added The Fisher Price Rolling Stones Little People set to my collection of oddities, and it is really cool to see the Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and the late Charlie Watts as little figure. The packaging is really awesome as it looks like stage for a concert. The is something i noticed on the Mick figure and that his mouth seems like  the coloring wasn't completed for his lips to show that his mouth is open. 

Work yesterday was weight as I lost one hour because of something needing to be fixed before the majority of the evening staff started, but hey on the flips side, those of them who started during my last hour, also lost time. So I guess it balances out.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minutes with the following exercises: Waist Shape Focus Combo, Block Combo and Hook Combo #1. The estimated calorie burn was 490 kcal. Today we've reached 75% of the EX Achievements... but we still got a long way to go to get to 100%. We're gonna put off going after the Hiro's Champion achievement (to train with Hiro for Over 50 hours) and will now focuse on Jancie's Contender which is to train with Janice for over 30 hours. We already have 13 on record using her.

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise EX Achievements

1. Hiro's Contender: Train with Hiro for over 30 hours
   
2. Grand EX Fighter: Acquire 75% of EX Achievements
   

For tonight's stream we're diving into horror with Until Dawn, so we're obviously using the PlayStation 4, we'll probably start as soon as I have dinner and we'll try and do the completely story in one super long stream!

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

Synthetic Lives Will Matter

Good morning everybody,

It's Friday, and considering the work assignment I've been on this week, I'm glad it is, let me tell ya!

Anyway last night we wrapped up our first play through of Detroit: Become Human, and we certainly screwed up a lot, as Conner got shut down, Luther and Alice Died but Kara was still alive and Markus got his moral victory through peaceful protest. Needless to say bad decision were made, but the great thing about a game like Detroit: Become Human is that there are multiple paths and we could jump back to make different choices. So it's safe to say this will be apart of next year's gaming tour.

Part of where I screwed up is accidentally progressing things with Conner that advanced the plot before I could check everything out, which meant a lot of things got skipped. With Markus, things kind of stayed pretty event, but with Kara, things really went wrong on the boat to Canada when the patrol boat came by wand Luther was killed while Alice was gravely wounded, I had Kara 'keep going', because I felt it would have been wasted effort if she died when she made to Canada... so I guess not giving the bus ticket back would have kept them alive.

Now let's adjust the elephant in the room which is the title of today's entry, because when you think about Detroit: Become Human did a better job of addressing the issues of racism and how fucking screwed up the Human race is. We are collectively a very ignorant, self-serving people who can't even treat each other with any dignity, and do you think we'd be able to when artificial life becomes a reality? The answer to that is a resounding no, we will not. Just look at the Black Lives Matter movement, conflict between those in 'superior' position and those who are oppressed is always inevitable. Yes, there are people who think like me and are open mind it with a live and let live, don't bother me I won't bother you attitude... but sadly, the reality is, there are more people in this world are so closed minded that tolerating them is becoming more and more difficult every day.

Which is why I'm so grateful my job has really settled into having folks work remotely... it keeps me from dealing with idiots in person.

Big thanks to Sw33ts_gaming (twitch.tv/sw33ts_gaming) for the re-sub and continued support  Sw33ts_Gaming plays a lot of Smite and has recently played It Takes Two, they are certainly good people! 

During the stream we had a big raid from redneckerthenyou who was playing Grand Theft Auto V before he brought his community over. I've known him for a while and he is a great guy! You can check out his content over at twitch.tv/redneckerthenyou

Following the stream we sent the fun over to Zanerli at twitch.tv/zanerli and he was playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey... and it was yet another reminder that I need to go play the games in that franchise.   

Detroit: Become Human Achievements

1. JERICHO'S HERO: Markus got enough parts
2. DOUBTS: The Tracis escaped
3. A SMILE ON HER FACE: Alice enjoyed a ride on the merry-go-round
4. NOTHING TO SEE HERE: Kara succeeded to make the cop go away
5. SEND A MESSAGE: Markus conducted a pacifist riot
6. KINSHIP: Connor refused to kill the Chloe
7. STAND YOUR GROUND: Markus stood his ground against the police
8. THIS IS MY STORY: Finish the game once
9. MORAL VICTORY: Markus succeeded in making the soldiers stand back
10. UNDEFEATED: Don't lose any fight before reaching the end
    

Twitch Clip Links

• Sumo is unimpressed
• Spare The Tracis
• Are Amerian Senators Really Corrupt?
  
• Symbolism
• That's the obvious choice
• It gets you right here...
  

Yesterday we added three new additions to the collection, first was Marvel Super Heroes for the PSOne. This version is the Japan variant, which was nearly 1/3 of the cost of finding the North American version of the same game. This does mean I would have to use the modified PSOne to play it, but hey, I don't mind.... that's why we added it after all.

Next, we finally added the PSOne version of Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes EX Edition. As you recall, the last time I went searching for this game I was sent the Dreamcast version... which was great for collectors purposes, but as I stated before, the PSOne version of the first Marvel vs Capcom game had it's own unique build.

Lastly, we added Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions for the PlayStation 4 to the roster, making it the third game based around the Rocky franchise to be added. And while it is focused on the recent Creed films, I have the idea of maybe doing a Rocky 'legacy', where we feature the two PlayStation 2 era games (Rocky & Rocky Legends) as a way to build up anticipation for BRB:CC. Of course, I did notice that reviews for this were mediocre, but the good news is that it's achievements are focused more on actually playing it as an arcade styled fighting game which means we could have some fun with it.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minutes with the following exercises: Weaving Combo #2, Straight Combo #1 and Beginner Combo #2. The estimated calorie burn was 475 kcal, and the one missed punched ended up being a jab while in the Southpaw stance. Achievement progress update, we're up to 294/300 days for the Ten Months Hard Work and Transcendent Stamper achievements  & 29/30 hours for the  Hiro's Contender achievement. That last one we should unlock tomorrow, while the first two should unlock on Thursday.

For tonight's stream, Life is Strange: True Colors returns with 'Wavelengths' the bonus episode which takes place before the events of the main game.Since I doubt it'll cover the entire stream, we'll end up doing some other things too! 

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

The Hordes Of The Gears Of War

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream focused fully on Gears of War 3 for the entire stream because I wanted to dive deep into one of it's non-campaign modes, the horde mode. 

We sampled it last week, but this go round we dedicated the two plus hours to it, playing with random players, and actually doing fairly well. Granted my reaction time and ability to realize where enemies are at any given moment leave a lot to be desired, but I had a few bright spots as we made it all the way to like level 37 before having to take a break. The big thing we learned about Horde mode is that every 10 levels it gets tougher and it basically is a 'trainer' for Insanity mode. 

Once Iceman was able to join in, focused switched to the campaign of Gears of War 3 as we tackled Act 4. Ice-T's little cameo was cute, and we managed to find 7 out of the 8 collectables during it. There were a couple of times I got a bit too brave and got myself wrecked, but there were other times things went peanut buttery smooth.

There was one down side to the stream, and this was my own fault in that I wasn't grabbing the minute long clips during the campaign... and accidentally deleted a lot of the Twitch Clips that I was sorting through... so  the Twitch Clip links you see below are out of order as I tried to remember what happened when. 

Following the stream we sent the fun over to Kalenal at twitch.tv/kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV! Kal will be streaming again on Saturday, but they have not decided what they'll be up to as of yet! 

Gears of War 3 Achievement

1. Level 15: Reached level 15.
2. Welcome to Horde Mode: Survived the first 10 waves of Horde.
3. Award Winning Tactics: Earned an Onyx medal.
4. Socialite: Earned the Onyx "War Supporter" medal.
5. Level 25: Reached level 25.
6. Respect for the Dead: Your respect for the dead earned you access to Griffin's special weapons stash.
7. Think You Can Handle That?: Found enough fuel to get to Endeavor naval base.
8. Baird's Favorite Kind of Toy: Launched the sub.
9. Welcome To -redacted-: Passed under the Maelstrom and found Azura.

Twitch Clip Links

• They are standing on Top of Each other!!!! 
• We cut it with Marcus' forearm! 
• Just keep coming down there! 
• How about I come over here? 
• Torque Bow

I will admit I'm rather interested in the Rolling Stones Fisher-Price Little People set just for the sure novelty of it. Clearly it was made for collectors in mind, because I can't imagine parents giving the set to their young ones.

Think I'm going back to not playing any ranked Overwatch matches, too many times as D.va am I having all the key match gold medals for eliminations, objective kills, objective time and damage dealt without any help from those queuing up for the damage role, that if I wanted to deal with that horse shit I'd just play Quick Play matches.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily work out lasted 31 minutes and featured the following exercises: Intermediate Combo #2, Advanced Comb #1 and Weaving Combo #1. The estimated calorie burn was 483 kcal. I had one miss and I believe any miss counts at a 7 kcal penalty as before the session started I noticed the game said the calorie burn should be 490 kcal.

Stepped on the scale yesterday, weight holding steady in the mid-240s, and I'm pleased with that, as I am hoping to break the 240 lb barrier by the end of the year.

Already announced on Twitter yesterday, but on Friday night Life is Strange True Colors returns with the Wavelengths bonus episode, and Until Dawn is slated for Saturday night.

For tonight's stream the goal is to finish Detroit: Become Human which we started on Tuesday night. There are 32 Chapters and we already covered 17 of them, so we should be able to achieve our objective.

Becoming Human in Detroit

Good morning everybody,

For last night's stream we finally got around to play Detroit: Become Human. released in 2018, it is a narrative driven story where the choices made by the player has a way of effecting how the story goes, so it falls right into my wheel house with the likes of the Life is Strange series we recently played through.

In Detroit: Become Human, the players rotates between being three different Androids... Connor an advance prototype Android who works with the Police tasked with investigating the crimes committed by Androids who goes wrong, Markus, a domestic assistant android whose life gets turned upside down, an Kara a cleaning android who breaks through their programing to save a little girl from being abused by her father. All three stories are interconnected, as Connor is looking into the actions of Markus and Kara, Markus ends up with some other rouge Androids who are looking to survive, and Kara just wants to get the girl to a safe place so they could start a new life. 

I am aware Detroit: Become Human has 32 chapters, and I roughly covered 17 chapters during last night's stream, and one can easily see where this came becomes fascinating with the decision making, because it would be so easy to to have our three heroes lash out at the unfair way androids are treated as not even being second class citizens. So the real balancing act, and the way I kind of hope (and figure) artificial life would act would be to try and rise above the hate... but then there is the human factor.

Humanity as a whole will abused artificial life when if eventually comes to be, because human nature at its very core sucks... just look the vile and venom spewed by the likes of Tucker Carlson every night on Fox News, and one could easily find themselves on one side of the matter at hand if they don't have an open mind because you can already hear their arguments of 'they are just machines'. But And artificial life would without about meet the three criteria for sentience: intelligence, self awareness and consciousness, and you can bet your bottom dollar they will understand the fact they would be mistreated.Why do I think this? Because we as a species have historically failed at actually having any humanity when it comes to our fellow beings, and it won't take much for an artificial life form to realize things are unfair

Anyway, game play wise, Detroit Becomes Human gives two different experiences, one that is really heavy on the button prompts and one thankfully that isn't , because the story is certainly more compelling than the game play. My only grip is getting the camera to move requires more button presses than needed, to try and see things from different points of view.

During the stream we got a raid from KaynessahRose who was playing Undertale, and we always like to say thank you to those who bring their communities on over! You can check out their content over at twitch.tv/KaynessahRose

Following the stream we sent the fun over to Sw33ts_gaming who was playing Smite! You can check them out over at twitch.tv/sw33ts_gaming!

Detroit: Become Human Achievements

1. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Connor saved Emma
2. THANK YOU: Play the first chapter
3. SECRETS: Kara discovered the content of Alice's box
4. DEVIANT LOCATED: Connor found the deviant in the attic
5. WE ARE FREE: Kara and Alice escaped Todd's House
6. SELF-CONTROL: Markus let Leo win
7. CONFESSION: Connor made the android confess
8. KNOW YOUR PARTNER: Connor found all the clues about Hank
9. RUN KARA RUN: Kara and Alice escaped the police
10. SAVE HANK: Connor saved Hank
11. ESCAPE THE MANOR: Kara and Alice escaped Zlatko's house
    

Twitch Clip Links 

• Kara vs Todd
• Hey look they made it!
• I didn't even see it!
• We can put pigeons every where! 
• We save Hank
• Wait' thats Robot Blood!
  

Thankfully the issue regarding someone using my schedule ID at work got resolved real quick, it certainly was annoying to discovered that, but I'm glad it got taken cared of straight away.

The Phillies lost to the Braves last night, and that basically ends their season, no chance for them to win the National League East even if the math says it is, they blew so many opportunities its not even funny

Sat down and read the two volumes collecting Fables: The Wolf Among Us which is of course based on the game, and it's a pretty good adaption of the game based on the Fables series, even if it presents Bigby as a little more of monster than my most recent play through showed. I did really like the flash backs through out as we got to see a lot of Bloody Mary's backstory. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minutes and featured the following exercises: Body Straight Combo, Triple Combo #1 and Uppercut Combo #1. The estimated calorie burn was 442 kcal. I finally got a perfect score on Uppercut Combo #1 as well.

For tonight's stream we will be playing Gears of War 3, and I think we're gonna dive into the horde modes and see if we can get anything out of them before Iceman joins us to start up Act IV.

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

 

I Ain't 'Fraid of No Ghost

 Good morning everyone

Last night's stream started early at about 5:15 PM Eastern because I was annoyed with something work related which I shall go into detail later. Anyway the game of the night Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered which was the 2019 re-release of the 2008 game.

Now I'm very familiar with Ghostbusters; The Video Game, having played the 2008 PlayStation 3version on day one, and it so good, in terms of how it controls, the environments and little Easter eggs are perfectly laid out, the voice action is great (except for Bill Murray), and it's no surprise that with an early start we were able to tear through it in about six hours... thought I was disappointed I missed a few obvious moments of destruction, a few ghost scans and collectables along the way. I thought I was pretty thorough, but I guess I wasn't if I missed them. But Ghostbusters The Video Game does have mission replay, so going back to find the things missed would be fairly even with a check list of sorts.

For a lot of fans, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is considered to be the 'third movie' as it brings in a lot of plot elements from the first two films, and explaining quite a few little works about the 'cinematic Ghostbusters universe', this game is also a huge reason why the 2016 abomination directed by Paul Feig was not well received, because the game continued the story, while the 'reboot' tried to white-wash over everything. The 2008 game was what fans wanted, they expected and thankfully this November, we'll be seeing a proper continuation with Ghostbusters Afterlife.

Now as excited as I am to see Ghostbusters Afterlife, I have no intention to see it in theathers because of COVID and my lack of trust in people in general for being vaccinated, or for AMC to have a manage that masks be worn at all times. So I'll wait to see if Sony is going to allow folks to stream it from home, or if we'll just wait for the digital home release through Amazon.

Now by finishing Ghostubsters The Video Game Remastered, we have tied last years total of games finished of 48, and so the next game I consider to be finished will break the record. Gears of War 3, but so is Until Dawn and the factor of me choosing to try and beat another Street Fighter arcade game.

Big thanks to Kalenal (twitch.tv/kalenal) for the huge raid, they were playing Tales of Vesperia on Monday night, and you can catch them again on Wednesdays and Saturdays!  

Following the stream, we sent the fun over to sw33ts_gaming at twitch.tv/sw33ts_gaming and they were playing It Takes Two, and boy does that game look so much fun! I wonder if it's online co-op or is it strictly local co-op.

Ghostbusters; The Video Game Remastered Achievements 

1. You Gotta Try This Pole!: Slide down the fire pole.
2. I Ain't 'Fraid of No Ghost!: Trap a ghost.
3. We Have the Talent!: Complete the Firehouse training level.
4. I'm Picking Up A Signal…: Obtain a 100% PKE scan on a paranormal creature.
5. ...And You Want to Keep It?: Collect a Cursed Artifact.
6. Aim for the Flat Top!: Eliminate a creature.
7. I Feel So Funky: Get slimed by a charging ghost.
8. The Flowers Are Still Standing!: Complete the 'Welcome to the Hotel Sedgewick' level.
9. Total Protonic Reversal: Knock yourself down with your own weapon.
10. Once S'more into the Breach: Complete the 'Panic in Times Square' level.
11. Stasis Dunk!: Trap a ghost using the Stasis Stream.
12. But the Kids Love Us!: The children's reading room has a story to tell, but it will take more than your eyes to see it.
13. Slime Dunk!: Trap a ghost using the Slime Tether.
14. Mother Pus Bucket!: Purchase all upgrades for the Slime Gun.
15. Get Her!: Complete the 'Checking Out the Library' level.
16. Slam Dunk!: Slam dunk a ghost into a trap
17. Heat 'Em Up: Purchase all upgrades for the Proton Gun.
18. You Never Studied: Keep your ears open to learn everything you can about the Civil War.
19. We be fast! They be slow!: Purchase all upgrades for the Dark Matter Generator.
20. Ghost Fever Grips New York: Complete the 'Museum of (Super)Natural History' level.
21. I Don't Want My Face Burned Off: Purchase all upgrades for the Meson Collider.
22. We Have the Tools!: Purchase all available equipment upgrades.
23. Ghostbusters Drinking Game: Quench your thirst wherever possible to avoid being scared spitless.
24. I've Quit Better Jobs Than This.: Some ghosts had a real blowout in the Coat Room. Clean it up?
25. Somebody Saw A Cockroach on 12: Complete the 'Return to the Sedgewick' level.
26. Let Me Guess, Gozer Worshippers: Complete the 'Lost Island Rising' level.
27. I Looked at the Trap, Ray!: Recover 20 of your own full ghost traps.
28. It's Slime Time: Use the Slime Tether on 15 ghosts.
29. We Came, We Saw…: Complete the game on 'Casual' or 'Experienced' difficulty.
30. Disaster of Biblical Proportions: Complete the 'Central Park Cemetery' level.
    

Twitch Clip Links

• You Killed my dessert!
• Slime Dunk! One In The Box Ready To Go! We Used Slime And There It Goes!
• A Message From Professor Jones 
• The Unruly Beard Has Been Found!
• Dealing With A Glitch
• The pants are following us!
  

Something that pissed right the hell off yesterday was someone at my day job was given my ID to log in as their own, they deleted my information and schedule for this week, and no one bother  to realize it until the call room manager to ask what my schedule was for this week! Needless to say I was, and still am real fucking livid about it, and I will be double checking everything today before I start working.

Tonight the Phillies begin a do or die three game set against the Braves , they are 2.5 games behind Atlanta in the National Least East. The Phillies must win all three games. One lost and the season is done. Yes they got the series against the Mets starting on Friday, but remember, the Braves have a make-up game against the Rockies that can be a factor.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minutes with the following exercises: Left-Right Step Combo, Double Combo #2 and Advanced Combo #2. The estimated calorie burn was 554 kcal. This was nearly a perfect session but I missed timed something during Advanced Combo #2... probably a straight or a jab, but since it registered as 'OK' and a not as a 'MISS', it's impossible to be sure.

Not totally sure what we're doing for tonight's stream, as I kind of expected Ghostbusters to take two nights, but since we did an early start yesterday and I know that game so well, that means we have an extra night to fill. I'll come up with something fun you can count on that!

Anyway see ya later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Overwatch, Tweaks To The Stream Layout, Bots and more

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of course featured Overwatch, and big thanks to PandaSweet for joining in on matches! I believe we won more than we loss over the course of the evening. In terms of who I used, D.va, Moira, Mercy, Tracer and Mei were featured.

With the Halloween event coming up, I switched everyone's skins over to their Halloween variants, thankfully  D.va finally got one last year! I am excited to see who gets new Halloween themed skins this year. 

Did pick up two plays of the game as D.va last night as well, and it's really been the year of D.va when it came to to getting big time plays.

There was a bit of weirdness where Overwatch's in-game voice chat went down for everyone, but since I have a Discord, Panda and I were still able to chat during all the chaos.

The stream did see a fair shat of bots last night, and not all were the hoss bots, but since I've gotten fairly good at at banning and blocking them, and I have no issue of putting the action on hold, dealing with them is not an issue for me.

We've also made more tweaks and adjustment to the stream so the game capture area takes up a good portion of things and serves as the top layer, while I am in the bottom right corner, chat box is above me, bit boss is above that and that the top is the logo.

Following the stream we sent the fun over to Flint_Locke at twitch.tv/flint_locke who was continuing their journey through Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Meakashi!  It's a visual novel mystery, and Flint does a full on Reading Along stream with a few of their friends, which makes things rather silly at times! 

Twitch Clip Links

• Panda Got Blown Off The Blidge... I Get Blown Up ON The Bridge
• Being the definition of a word rhyming with chewed 
• Torb Can You Fly?! NO HE CAN NOT!!!!
• I'm On Fire! You Can't Be Serious!
• Sinking Baskets
• A Step Too Far... 

I watched episodes 2 to 8 of Clarkson's Farm over on Amazon, and not only is it interesting to see what it's like to be a Farmer, but also seeing more the direct impact COVID-19 had on Farmers.It does amaze me exactly how fucking insane the amount of paper work involved in farm work. That said I'd be very interesting in seeing another season of it, as the final episode certainly showed just how nuts harvest time can be.

Forza Horizon 4 Achievements

1. 75892: Win the LEGO® Speed Champions Senna event.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout lasted 28 minutes with the following exercises: Body Uppercut Combo, Uppercut Combo #2 and Body Hook Combo. The estimated calorie burn was 436 kcal. We reached Monster Weight Puncher Lv. 3 and there is a level 4 to reach which required 450,000 HITs

Fitness Boxing 2 EX Achievements

1. Monster Weight Puncher Lv. 3: Reach a total punch count of 405,000 HITS
   

My weight has been stable at about 246 pounds , so that seems to be the next barrier to push through in the coming weeks, as getting past the 250 pounds mark took a while.

Trying to remember old Chrono Cross fan fics from 20 years has me wondering how to handle the Serge swap with Lynx, who is a Demi-Human. The first attempt didn't turn out a good result.

I do have to run off to the Post Office today to drop off my mail-in ballot's for the General Election here in New Jersey that is taking place in November. Why wouldn't every do the mail-in ballots? It just makes sense.

Phillies had their chance to really close the gap with the Braves, but they loss on Sunday afternoon while the Braves won. So now the Phillies have six games left, three against the Braves... and they are all must-win. And at this point I doubt the Phillies will end the season with a winning record.

For tonight's stream, we are kicking off the 'spooky season' with Ghostubsters; The Video Game Remastered... and we'll use the Xbox Series S console for this, so we'll be keeping the Xbox achievement streak going!

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