Frozen And Pooh... What A Combination

Good afternoon everyone,

Well this is a thing, we got up to a high of 50 degrees this week only for it to drop back to the teens... damn it! Anyway last night's stream of Kingdom Hearts III featured two worlds, 100 Acre Wood and Arendelle, which ties into worlds of Winnie the Pooh and Frozen. 

So let's talk about Arendelle first because boy one can just notice how much Disney interfered with it, as it is clear as day that Elsa should have been going through a redemption arc... and the shoe horned in 'Let it Go' and "Do You Want To Build A Snowman' were pretty much lifted from the film in how they were presented, which raises a whole list of issues for the YouTube VOD. The world itself is pretty straight forward, but man, going back to find the Emblems was a chore because of where they were placed. Even with notes telling me where to look, one was found completely by accident and another was only found after realizing there's a way to back track in the Ice Maze portion.

Also, with how Elsa and Anna are presented in Kingdom Hearts III, the shipping of them makes even more sense. Again, this is a clear result of Disney's interference to make sure all the elements from Frozen was depicted as it was in the film. but without any of the proper context. After all, this is Disney, they are not exactly known for having the most subtle of subtexts in their more modern films.

As far as the 100 Acre Wood is concerned, boy does it lay it on thick that Sora is going to be taken out in someone during the game's climax... if I'm reading between the lines correctly. Rather disappointed that all we got for Pooh and the gang is a three variations of a match five of any kind. Yes there are a ton of mini-games in Kingdom Hearts III, but hanging out with Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit and the rest was such a treat in Kingdom Hearts I and II. This isn't nostalgia talking, this is the fact that I played both games in the past two years, so it's fresh in my mind.

Did find all the Lucky Emblems in both worlds, so this just leaves the worlds that tie in to Big Hero 6 and Pirates of the Caribbean as far as the Disney tie-in worlds go.

For the raid, we dropped in on oldish22 who was playing Path of Exile over on twitch.tv/oldish22!

KINGDOM HEARTS III Achievements

• Bishop: Defeat 3,000 enemies.
• An Act of True Love: Adventure through Arendelle and complete the story.
• Home Again: Adventure through the Hundred Acre Wood and complete the story.

Twitch Clip Links

1. Hit them With Everything We Got! 
2. Unleash Hell!
3. Getting the Honey Cleared 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured a 28 minute workout with Beginner Combo #1, Front-Back Step Combo and Hook Combo #2, with the estimated calorie burn of around 452 kcal. We're also up to 49 hours out of 50 for Janice's Champion achievement

Fitness Boxing 2 Rhythm & Exercise Stats For 1/30 to 2/5/22

• Punches Thrown: 9895
• Estimated Calorie Burn: 4050.58 kcal
  

My off-stream adventures in Final Fantasy XIV covered quests from 'A Flower Upon Your Return' up through 'Thou Must Live, Die and Know' and the huge plot revelation that it was Hermes who basically allowed for the original End of Days to happen, and wiped the memories clean of Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus, while also confirming that Meteion is who we are destined to face for the fate of every living being after she... or rather her kin in a hive-mind discovered that on countless other worlds, they discovered that civilizations destroyed themselves in the end as part of their quest to seek an answer to the question 'What Do You Live For'.

Without getting into metaphysics and every possible headache causing answer to that question, one has to remember the history of Final Fantasy games, and hell, a good portion of Japanese Role Playing Games in general is that when big questions are being asked like that, it's normally akin to the end of the story being 'And Man Moved On From Their Gods...', considering how often God-like beings are depicted as the cause of most of the problems. Hell in the real world, more people have been killed for the sake of a religious deity than for any other reason and one could argue that the only way forward is to put aside that which divides us.

For Tonight's Stream we'll play Episode 3 of Life is Strange Remastered and then we'll play Final Fantasy XIV!

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

The Remastering Of Life Is Strange

 Good morning everyone,

It's Friday, the weekend here so I hope everyone has a good weekend. Last night we started up Life is Strange: Remastered... yes a few days after it was finally released, but I kind of get why it was delayed from its initial September 2021 release date.

One thing I noticed with episodes 1 and 2, which we played last night, is that while the new character models are certainly expressive and look great, there are a few 'framing issues', such as when Max talks to the cop in the diner, his head is half way out of frame, and also issues with sight lines, like when Joyce is talking with Max, it's clear she is not looking at Max at all. Then there is the issue of some attire being a little more transparent than before, this is really noticeable with Kate's clothing..

As far as my choices go, we're made sure to save Kate as well as making Chloe earn the right for this to be a 'Bae Before Bay' version of the story (the train may have gotten to her a few times). Yes Chloe will be saved in the end, but c'mon, letting things go wrong for her is part of the fun. I am using a guide to make sure we get all the collectables in a single play through. 

Now how will I place Life is Strange: Remastered episode 3-5 in the line up, well I'm considering either doing all three episodes in one shot for Saturday's stream, or 3 & 4 on Monday, with Episode 5 on Tuesday, sharing time with Final Fantasy XIV. See these are the decisions that comes with being a variety streamer.

Big thank you to LVStrkr for the Tier 1 Resub to my Twitch Channel, their support over 34 months has been awesome!

For the raid we sent folks over to SeaFairyStars who was also playing Life is Strange: Remastered over at twitch.tv/seafairystars!

Life is Strange Remastered Achievements

• Macro Eyes: Take optional photo #1 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Wide Angles: Take optional photo #2 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Telephotogenic: Take optional photo #3 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Close-Ups: Take optional photo #4 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Red Eye: Take optional photo #5 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Focused: Take optional photo #6 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Zoomed In: Take optional photo #7 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Focal Pointed: Take optional photo #8 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Maximum Aperture: Take optional photo #9 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Light Leak: Take optional photo #10 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Visionary: Take all optional photos in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Chrysalis: Finish Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Field Of View: Take optional photo #1 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Full Exposure: Take optional photo #2 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Processor: Take optional photo #3 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Image Stabilizer: Take optional photo #4 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Compressed: Take optional photo #5 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Pixelated: Take optional photo #6 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Dynamic Range: Take optional photo #7 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Colorized: Take optional photo #8 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Meter Made: Take optional photo #9 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Resolution Revolution: Take optional photo #10 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Lab Master: Take all optional photos in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Out of Time: Finish Episode 2: Out of Time

Twitch Clip Links

1. Well that wasn't remastered
2. Put A Dent In The Bumper
3. Up and Down... Kate is a Yo-Yo 
   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured a 28 minute workout based around Defensive Combo #2, Defensive Combo #1 and Double Combo #1 for an estimated calorie burn of 436 kcal.

The on going Major League Baseball labor dispute is getting silly, as it's clear as day that the Scott Boras controlled unition is going to keep pushing for things that benefit only his clients.

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV adventures saw more progress in the Main Story, picking up from 'Aether to Aether' and going up through 'Worthy of His Back'. Perhaps the biggest thing here was meeting Venat, who would become Hydaelyn, who is able to instantly tell that we are from the future. The whole truth is reveal, and Emet-Selch takes it about as well as one would expect... does make me wonder if in the end he realized he became what he was told he would become. Still the entire session was mostly lore and exposition with some gradual roaming around. 

Of course I would be remiss not to talk about the duel we have to have with Venat... which took me three attempts, even on reducing the difficult after the first failure, it's a tough fight and is clearly design for the player to be a Warrior class to take advantage of all the self-healing abilities, or at the very least a role that is willing to stand toe to toe instead of do battle at a distance.

For tonight's stream we shall be resuming Kingdom Hearts III, and the plan is to tackle the two worlds that tie in with Frozen and Winnie the Pooh! We already seen the intros to both worlds, so it's just going to one doing it and then going to the other, then pulling up the notes to find the lucky emblems. Sounds like a full night.

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

Fast Cars & Hivebusting

Good morning everyone,

Got to love double header Wednesdays, since we've been splitting things in recent weeks between Forza Horzon 4 and Gears 5. Now there was no screenshots during the stream because something went wrong, because I know I was pressing the hot key I have I designated for it. Once I got that sorted out, I had to jump back into both games to make a couple.

We'll start with the Gears 5 stuff first, as Iceman and Striker joined in for the first half of the Hivebusters story expansion, which certainly started off weird, with our characters separated and needing to group up. The characters of Keegan, Mac and Lahni certainly are a contrast to Kait, Del and everyone else I've seen in the Gears of War franchise, but one thing is clear is that nothing is getting done in Hivebusters without team work. While the main campaign clearly had things for Jack to do, Kait and Del were pretty much interchangeable for everything else... in Hivebusters, there were specific tasks for each character to do, so it's a change of pace.

As far as the story goes, it's your usual things go wrong while on a mission plot, but only more condensed, as Hivebusters is serving as an explanation of why the 'Escape' multiplayer mode is done the way it is. Was nice to see Hoffman being involved, and some of the locations are very nicely detailed.

Now, the Forza Horizon portion saw me working towards a couple of achievements, and knocking them out, which of course helps boost the gamer score. It was a 'winter' week within the game, which meant my struggles with icy roads was on full display.

For the raid, we sent the fun over to MommyBee who was playing Persona 5 over on twitch.tv/mommybee! 

Forza Horizon 4 Achievements

• Master of Many: Apply 50 Car Masteries.
• Moonlighting: Reach Round 10 of Street Scene.
• Go the Distance: Win a race at The Colossus, The Gauntlet, The Titan or The Marathon.
• Tunnel Vision: Get 100 Near Miss Skills in any S2 Car.

Gears 5 Achievements

• Designation: Scorpio: Arrived at Sanctum to infiltrate the Heart of the Hive
• Out of the Frying Pan: Escaped the Swarm-infested Sanctum
• New Island, New Mission: Arrived on Weilehi
• The Awakening: Activate Keegan, Lahni and Mac's Abilities in the Hivebuster Campaign Expansion

Twitch Clip Links

1. Matching the Dabs of the Emote!
2. New Personal Best 
3. The Double!
4. Into the fire.... 
5. I got too close
   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Intermediate Combo #1, Biceps Shape Focus Combo and Triple Combo #2 for 31 minutes and a calorie burn estimated to be 533 kcal. Assuming I just reached the 38 hour mark today, I should hit 50 hours with Janice as the Trainer by Monday.

People are shocked that Shane McMahon's little known prick attitude has caused a lot of problems at the Royal Rumble and he was basically (as rumors goes) dismissed from WWE as it relates to the build to WrestleMania. Thing is, to any who has read Bret Hart's book, or heard any of Raven's details of taking him out partying, Shane has always been a prick.

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV Adventures continued with Main Story Quests starting from 'Return to the Crystarium' up through 'Their Greatest Contribution', where we end up going to the past to meet Hermes, Hythlodeaus and Emet-Selch long before the events of the Final Days. There is a ton of lore and exposition, but if I'm picking up on details correctly, it seems as though the Final Days was an accident related to Hermes or his creation Meteion. Either way Elpis is a nice calm area, that is divided into two halves, which means one must take the long approach for gaining access to the Aether Currents.

For tonight's stream we're going to start up Life is Strange: Remastered, and will most likely get through episodes one and two easily, which means saving the other episodes probably Monday's stream.

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

A Night Of Classic Capcom Arcade Games

Good morning everyone,

It's a good thing last night's stream had an overall title, because with how I was switching games it would've been a hell of a lot to list in the labels section,

As you can tell, last night was all about the Capcom Arcade Stadium collection and getting the final achievement 'Serious Gamer', which was to have a total play time of 100 hours. I've posted progress updates with this over the past couple of weeks, so do get it done on stream was perfect.

What games in the collection did we feature, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Vulgus, Pirate Ship Higemaru, 1942, COmmando, Section Z, Legendary Wings, Bionic Commando, Forgotten Worlds, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Strider, Final Fight, 1941: Counter Attack, Mercs, Street Fighter II, Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness, & 19XX: The War Against Destiny. A few games we played fully from start to finish, in particularly Final Fight to see how fast I could beat that on its hardest setting (45 minutes for those wondering)

Funny thing, with my CASPO score being about 108 Million (give or take), at the time of this blog, I do rank in the  top 20 players in the world, which is kind of cool, and a number of my scores and finish times for individual games rank in the top 100. The grind may have been mostly off stream, but it was worth it.

For the raid we sent everyone over to Flint_Locke who was doing a VRChat stream over at twitch.tv/flint_locke!

 Capcom Arcade Stadium Achievements

• Serious Gamer: Play for at least 100 hours.

Twitch Clip Links

1. 1942
2. Final Fight 
3. Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured 34 minute work out which included Difficulty Challenge Combo #2, Difficult Challenge Combo #3 and Difficult Challenge Combo #1, with an estimated calorie burn of 650 kcal.

The Remastered versions of Life is Strange and Life is Strange: Before the Storm have been released, which means we will be doing another set of streams of the adventures of Max Caufield and Chloe Price here in the month of February. Looking forward to seeing what graphical improvements I can spot.Also discovered that the Remastered collection will not recognize save data from the original versions of the game... which means in Episode 5 of Life is Strange... trying to find all 5 bottles... again...

My off-stream adventures in Final Fantasy XIV saw a big focus on the Rangerd Physical DPS Endwalker Role Quests, which saw me heading back to Doma and seeing that there is some resentment towards Hien and how he handled some situations. It was a nice, if somber side story that had one hell of a boss fight... and my big worry about being under geared for level 90 battles is starting to pop up. Still it was a nice break from the main story, which will see me heading back into the World of the First next time I play.

For tonight's stream we'll be leading off with Forza Horizon 4 and then starting up Gears 5: Hivebusters with Iceman and Striker! Just when you think we're done with Gears of War there is more!

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

Wrapping Up MK Vs DC & The Pain Of Paladins

Good morning everyone,

Well, Sony answered Microsoft's purchase of Activision-Blizzard by buying out Bungie... who made the original Halo and Destiny games. Now with me, this is not much of a counter punch, but hey maybe the Destiny franchise can get back on track... I doubt it considering the nonsense associated with story content in Destiny 2.

Anyway, last night's stream started with Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe with the focus on doing arcade runs of the remaining characters to see their endings... so this included Liu Kang, Raiden, Captain Marvel, Shang Tsung, Catwoman, Sub Zero, Darkseid and Shao Kang. I was surprise that Darksaid and Shao Khan do not have any fatalities. On a side note, outside of Liu Kang and Sub-Zero, probably the easiest character to figure out moves for was Catwoman.

In terms of the endings... the one that I kind of feel would make the most idiotic reason for a big movie cross over since Warner Brothers owns Mortal Kombat and DC Comics, is the use of (The Real) Captain Marvel getting access to the Elder Gods to boost his powers to combat a major threat... and then have Raidan show up for some reason at the end. Not likely to happen but hell it's not like there has been a good Mortal Kombat film since the first one.

We also played Paladins last night for a bit, and as usual I was reminded as to why I stopped playing it so often. The usual nonsense associated with folks not picking on what the team needs and fighting off the objective came to the forefront. I honestly can't believe taking 'two flanks' is still a thing people do in this game, which drives me nuts. Either Two Tanks, Two Damage or Two Supports... never... EVER take two flanks. Anyway, in the matches played I used Ash, Tyra and Ying.

Big thank you to the_tjcalhoun for subscribing to my Twitch channel for the first time with Twitch Prime, Redfoxukcov for resubscribing using Twitch Prime for the 9th straight month and to Sw33ts_Gaming for the Tier 1 sub, continuing their stream at 34 months!

For the raid, there was no raid, we hosted maximilian_dood  who was doing things related to The King of Fighters XV over on twitch.tv/maximilian_dood!  

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe Achievements

• DC Arcade Champion: Complete Arcade Mode with all DC characters
• MK Arcade Champion: Complete Arcade Mode with all MK characters

Twitch Clip Links

1. Dropping The Arcade Machine
2. This is for Man of Steel! 
3. The Free Fall Turn Around Into The Finish
4. Double Kill! 
5. Avoding Drogoz's Ult
   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured a 31 minute workout around Hip Shape Focus Combo, Sway Back Combo and Straight Combo #2 with a calorie burn of 473 kcal. I will admit, with the real cold mornings, it's not always easy to load up the Switch to do the daily workout when one wants to stay nice and snug under the blanket.

My Final Fantasy XIV adventures saw major progress in the Main Story Quest, going from Skies Aflame up through At World's End. The dungeon, Vanaspati was mostly without incident... until myself, the other DPS and the Mage all got K.O.ed... thankfully the Tank, who was playing the role of Warrior which has some insane self-healing capabilities was able to solo the final boss. Needless to say they earned commendation without question.

In terms of how The Final Days is being implemented into Final Fantasy XIV, I really get some strong  Grandia II vibes, particular since the final act of that game sees the world being over run with monsters. That said, there were some surprising moments in the cut scenes and the Aether Currents were easy to find except for one which I missed from the far west side of the map. 

Before returning to the World of the First, I will be doing the Ranged DPS Role Quests, which seems to take place back in Doma. Should be interesting to see how the event of the MSQ are effecting other parts of the Realm.

For tonight's stream we'll be focused on Capcom Arcade Stadium, as we're at 98 Hours, so 2 hours of in-game time will unlock the final achievement. Though I easily could've done that last night.

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

Prosperity For Ashe, Rabbits On The Moon

Good afternoon everyone,

Always amazes me when 31 degrees feels warm.... I guess that's the big different from 9 degrees from Saturday morning!.

Anyway, last night's stream of Overwatch was the the big chase for the Prosperity Ashe skin, which was the reward for playing 27 matches (less depending on how many wins one gets) during the first week of the Lunar Event. I think the mostly red with gold trim looks really sharp, and there appears to be a dragon tattoo on the left arm. Now I normally don't play Ashe, as I'm a terrible at sniping, and it takes me way to long to build her ultimate unless I get really lucky with the dynamite.

As far as the win loss ration goes, it was mostly wins, we ended on a stretch of 8 wins and 2 losses for the final 10 matches, I picked up one Play of the Game as D.va. Also played Roadhog, Moira, Mei, Tracer, & Ashe! Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun!

For last night's raid, we sent folks over to MATURISHBAMBINO_  who was playing House Flipper, over at twitch.tv/MATURISHBAMBINO_. Having dropped in on his streams numerous times, I can safely say he's a real good dude!

Twitch Clip Links

•  Fire in the Hole? I don't think so!
•  Double... no TRIPLE KILL!!!!
•  A Rare Good Moment For Me As Tracer

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily work out had me timed for a 31 minute workout featuring Hook Combo #1, Block Combo and Waist Shape Focus Combo. The estimated calorie burn was  490 kcal.

Fitness Boxing 2 Rhythm & Exercise Stats For January 2022

• Punches Thrown 40,658
• Estimated Calorie Burn 17,383.81 kcal
  

Following another burst of automatic Capcom Arcade Stadium grinding, we're up to 92 hours on it. Figure one or two more bursts would put it right to where streaming the final couple of hours of it would be doable.

So earlier in this post I talked about the Prosperity skin for Ashe in Overwatch, but what about the Rabbits on the Moon? Well that relates to all the Final Fantasy XIV Main Story Quests I did last night after the stream, going from Helping Hands up through Returning Homes, which was mostly a very long series of dialog quests, lore, plus numerous trips to find all the Aether Currents on the moon. Turns out Rabbits, or rather Loporrits have been making the moon which isn't really a moon into a giant ark to ferry the people from the world to a new home in the event of the Final Days. While interesting (and adorable) it certainly was a major info dump and a lot to take in. 

Now there was a unique moment, at the end of the quest 'Returning Home', where in a cut scene I was given a choice of who might be at the door, and of course I picked Alisaie, needless to say, she was the one character I could see visiting late at night to let her voice be heard and telling us not to do anything stupid. There is also something to be said that of all the Scions, Alisaie is the one character through the entire journey of Final Fantasy XIV that actually had plenty of casual moments with my Warrior of Light. Of course the cut scene can be replayed with different choices of who turns up at the door

For tonight's stream, we're going back to Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, to do arcade runs with the remaining characters.

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

Brave The Video Game Is A Nice Casual Adventure

Good afternoon everyone,

Well... it snowed yesterday... I figure we got about 4-5 inches where I live. Anyway, for last night's stream, we hooked up the PlayStation 3 to play Disney-Pixar's Brave. Why the PS3 version? Because up until about an hour ago I was unaware the X-Box 360 version is on the backwards compatible list!

Now long time followers of me over on Twitch would know I have played Brave before, but that was the Steam version, and I was looking forward to playing a console version of it when I got a working PS3. So finally choosing last night to play it was an eventuality. 

Of course, me being a casual gamer, we took it easy to make our way through the game, exploring every nook and cranny to get all of the collectables (having to back track for one) and managed to complete 35 of the games 48 achievements aka trophies. Since I have not seen the movie, I don't know how faithful it is to it, but I do think I saw enough with the game to want to see it at some point, and I think I had the same feeling when I played the Steam version a couple of years ago. 

Its very straight forward in terms of keeping players on the path to journey ahead, but going off that path does result in finding gold which is needed for upgrades and finding the various collectables. There's a great use of being aware of what an enemy's weakness is, as each of the charms has a different element that can make quick work if used on the right opponent... i.e. Ice beats Fire, Fire Beats Ice, Wind beats Earth, Earth beats Wind. The controls are very responsive and don't take long to learn.

Brave does sound good in terms of it s sound effects and music, but I do feel the audio mixing was a bit off as any dialog said is on the low side. Visually... well the Brave has a really drawn out camera, the environments are nice and varied, but getting a good look at the character models of Merida in her various outfits and the enemies is not really possible to appreciate how things look up close.

For the raid, we went to Hover to find someone random, and it was JustBrootal we picked who was playing Call of Duty: Warzone over at twitch.tv/justbrootal!  

Disney Pixar Brave: The Video Game Trophies

• Swordful: Collect a sword.
• Bowsome: Collect a bow.
• Digging in the dirt: Find the earth charm.
• Dirty work: Cleanse the ring of stones.
• Carpet runner: Collect a tapestry piece.
• Ante up: Purchase an upgrade.
• Triple H's: Solve a triplet puzzle.
• Minimum wage: Accumulate a total of 1000 currency.
• Toasty: Find the fire charm.
• Everyone knows it's windy: Find the wind charm.
• Impressive: As Merida, defeat 15 enemies in a row without taking damage.
• Ice to see you: Find the ice charm.
• Affluent: Accumulate a total of 5000 currency.
• Full of power: Purchase 15 upgrades.
• Heating up: Defeat 100 enemies using the Fire charm.
• My fair lassie: Collect an outfit.
• Taking out the trash: Defeat the rock golem guardian.
• Tremble: Defeat 100 enemies using the Earth charm.
• All bunched up: As Merida, defeat 5 enemies with a single charged shot.
• Mum's the word: Defeat 100 enemies as Queen Elinor.
• Throw rug: Complete a tapestry.
• Wealthy: Accumulate a total of 15 000 currency.
• Mopping up: Defeat the harpy guardian.
• On Fire: Defeat 250 enemies using the Fire charm.
• Charge it up: Defeat 100 enemies using charged shot.
• Breezy: Defeat 100 enemies using the Wind charm.
• Wall to wall carpeting: Complete all tapestries.
• Untouchable: As Merida, defeat 30 enemies in a row without taking damage.
• Swordtacular: Collect all swords.
• Brilliant: Solve all triplet puzzles.
• Bowlicious: Collect all bows.
• Clothes horse: Collect all outfits.
• Get out of my way: As Elinor, charge 5 enemies with a single charge attack.
• Cooling off: Defeat 100 enemies using the Ice charm.
• Great scot: Defeat Mor'du.
• Ranged only: Complete a level without using your sword.

Twitch Clip Links

1. Untouchable! 
2. This is Bowlicious! 
3. Get Out Of My Way! 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured a 31 minute workout with Straight Combo #1, Weaving Combo #2 and Beginner Combo #2. The Estimated Calorie Burn was 481 kcal. At the moment we're at 45/50 for hours trained with Janice for Janice's Champion.

The progress towards the last achievement for Capcom Arcade Stadium is now at 88 hours. If I time it right to get it under 96 hours off stream, we'll feature the last push on stream this week.

My off-stream progress in Final Fantasy XIV was a hell of a lot more positive than the previous one, as I progressed the Main Story Quest from Gateway of the Gods up through In Shadow's Wake. The Twoer of Babil was a fun quick dungeon with the bosses being fairly easy to understand. The Dark Inside trial was a nightmare... from the first time I got downed it lead to me getting resurrected and instantly killed by Zodiark. I pretty much spent all of phase two basically laying down. 

Also had a weird instance where I ended up in first-person view and had to scramble to figure out how to get out of it. Didn't think that was a thing in FF14. But what is kind of obvious is that with Zodiark dead... that means Hydaelyn herself is next on the chopping block as one cannot exist with the other. Then there's the fact that Zenos is going to be the final boss of Endwalker... ugh.... and I thought Sephiroth was annoying antagonist with no real purpose.

A new week begins, but let's recap the past week with the Twitch Bits. Last we we featured Overwatch, Battletoads, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Forza Horizon 4, Gears 5, Final Fantasy XIV, Star Trek Online, Kingdom Hearts III and Disney-Pixar's Brave! 

For tonight's stream, well you know what time it is with it being Sunday... it's all about Overwatch, and with the Lunar New Year event going on