Fred Casden's World

Friday, July 22, 2022

Casual Dailies In FFXIV

Good morning everyone,

It's Friday, the weekend is here, but with how climate change has turned up the heat everywhere, I'm hoping everyone is being as cool as possible.

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV was mostly without incident, but I did have a couple of hiccups that saw me booted from the game. Still the stream remained in one piece. One of the highlights was me looking up lyrics to some songs from the animated series Histeria, and mostly doing them right.

PandaSweet joined in for a lot of fun as we tacked a bit of fishing, plus a trip through the various dailies (Expert, Dungeon, Trial, Alliance Raid and Normal Raid). I also did a bit of progress with my role as Dragoon, knocking out the level 40 job quest, plus an extended trip through the Palace of the Dead. So all in all a pretty easy going night.

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on Redneck_23 who was playing America Truck Simulator over at twitch.tv/redneck_23!

Had a hell of a time trying to get to sleep last night, so I ended up playing some Overwatch matches, and picked up a pair of Plays of the Game as D.va.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Biceps Shape Focus Combo, Difficult Challenge Combo #1 and Intermediate Combo #1 for 34 minutes.

During the stream I was asked by LvStkr if I have ever played Fighting History, and the answer at the time was no I haven't. Now I was aware of Fighting History, at it was a game that basically caused Capcom to lose a lawsuit over the entire concept and idea fighting games. Now I did sit down to play it this morning, granted it was the SNES port which is currently apart of the SNES portion of the Nintendo Switch Online feature. Going through the standard arcade mode with Feline, I had a fairly straight forward time getting through it. I actually found Fighting History to be better than Street Fighter II in some regard.

Work was pretty solid yesterday, even if I only got in 80%R of my hours, but I didn't know I had even that until 10 AM. But I do know I got more hours today so that's good.

What did one wall say to the other? "Meet me at the corner!"

Found out Ghostbusters: Sanctum of the Slime, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and DuckTales: Remastered are all games that are backwards compatible on the Xbox side of things. We have featured and finished Castle of Illusion and DuckTales via Steam a few years ago, but this gives us a great opportunity to break out my lame platforming skills.

The Ghostbusters game is a twin-stick shooter, which does have online play as an option, however it appears you have to create a session in advance with other players instead of just starting a session and hope others join in. I have played it before, never really getting to far in the PS3 and Steam versions, but since the lobbies for the Xbox 360 version still work we may give it a whirl. Oh and I did play a bit of Ghostbusters: Sanctum of the Slime, the online lobbies to appear to work as it did recognize both Quick Match and Find Game options.

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Achievements

ROOKIES: Finish the first level.

You know what's also funny, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition for the Xbox 360 can still be purchased, and I'm surprised it was pushed into the backwards compatible list of games considering it's reputation. Maybe I should just track down a working 360 on the secondary market to dive into games that are basically locked to that console generation. Where would I put it is a real question.

Thousand Arms was trending lately, as someone review has peaked interest into the Dating Sim / JRPG hybrid from the late 90s. Thankfully I still have my copy of the game

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Of course for tonight's stream we shall be continuing Persona 5 Strikers, as we'll be getting into the next major part of the story. I was wrong, there are two major jails / palaces left, so I figure we may finish the game within two or three streams. Depends on how much extra stuff I come across doing.

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

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Casually Doing Brotherhood of Steel Quests

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Fallout 76 did have two partial interruptions, but the stream was not split into multiple parts.

Anyway, a big focus was gradually doing the Brotherhood of Steel quests, which should be done well after anything involving Foundation and the Crater, but hell, the game as no real continuity as far as I can tell when it comes to getting things done. There were a few intense battle situations as it seems like enemies were hitting a lot harder this week, and I have made up my mind that I don't like Knight Shin.

Beyond that, a lot of challenges were done as I got banged out quite a few to gain several levels on the scoreboard. Sure I used what Atoms I did managed to acquire to boost a few levels, but hey things were done.

Big shoutout to Iceman for being apart of the weekly fun, as we started back on getting some of his main quests done, which does mean revisiting things I've done. Considering all his help with The Division and The Division 2, it's about time I get to act as the back up support!

Huge thank you to the viewers in the chat who kicked in 600 bits over the course of the stream, which was really cool and greatly appreciated!.

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on PradoxGamerAU who was playing No Man Sky over at twitch.tv/pradoxgamerau!

Finished writing the Bella Twins commission request yesterday, and promptly got another one based around Star Wars Force Unleashed which I have not played. Good thing there is a partial transcript online I can use to piece something together.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #2, Block Combo and Difficult Challenge Combo #3 for 34 minutes. My timing felt a bit off today, as I had more misses than normal when it came to Left and Right Uppercuts from both the Orthodox and Southpaw stances

The 76ers announced they plan to have a privately owned arena in the Fashion District of Philadelphia... but I can almost guarantee that's not going to happen, because 20+ years ago the Phillies tried to get a stadium built in the same area and it was shot down hard by the city.

Xfinity was really under performing this morning as I had a number of issues and connection hangs.

For tonight's stream Final Fantasy XIV is on deck, as we may do various raids, trials and dailies plus maybe work on leveling up some things. We shall see.

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

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

A Night of Cultist Simulator

Good morning everyone,

For last night's stream we checked out Cultist Simulator, which is available on Steam... and it is basically what it's advertising, it's a simulator of forming and maintaining a cult. Set in the early 1900s, there are several branching paths, and a lot of luck, resource management.

While the game may look simple, it's very complex as there are timers on everything, and there is a slight sense of anxiety when there are over a half dozen things to manage. There are a number of random effects that can occur, and the way to fend off things like dread, restlessness and other factors can cause a ton of headaches. It is very easy to lose track of things, as I proved several times when things look like progress was was being made/

This is also a game where reading everything out loud (or summarizing) is kind of important for streaming, which should play to my strengths considering my day gig, but the font is rather small and blends too much with the background with it being a light blue on dark blue. May not seem like a factor, but I position my monitors to a fair distance away to avoid eye strain.

Now will we play Cultist Simulator again, more than likely yes, as it falls into the category of 'Throw To', as it's perfect for filling in a night between major games, splitting part of a stream with. .And if the rate of unlocking achievements for it are correct, it is clearly a game that would have me trying to figure out how to accomplish everything it has.

Big thanks to the community for kicking in 1000 bits during the stream, and to YrGamerBunni for gifting a sub to another viewer last night! The support is awesome!

Cultist Simulator Achievements

Where Will They Find Me?: My body died. Perhaps my spirit entered the Mansus.
Temple Unceasing: I dedicated myself to the drumbeat which can never end.
Order of the Bloody Cup: I dedicated myself to the mysteries of birth, blood and appetite.
No Worst, There Is None: Despair, the wolf that devours thought, devoured me.
The Clock Striketh Twelve: I honoured my agreement, but I did not have a friend.
Mirror of Glory: I dedicated myself to the understanding of the Light that leaks from a fiercer place.

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on JusticePS who was also playing Cultist Simulator over at twitch.tv/JusticePS!

We went ahead and added the digital version of Stray for the PS4 to the collection, so that is something we'll certainly check out as soon as possible.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily work out featured Intermediate Combo #2, Hip Shape Focus Combo and Straight Combo #2 for 28 minutes.

Trimmed up my hair last night, mostly sides and rear of the crown (top of the head), where my hair always grows in kind of a dual layer. If I can slide my fingers through the back of my hair and basically lift a good portion of it almost like the trunk of a car, then it's time to give it a trim. Also the decrease in hair volume in the back means I can comfortably rock a ponytail

I rather like the new Overwatch League exclusive skin for Mercy, as the medieval knight armor certainly fits with her often having dialog with Reinhardt and Brigitte, who also wear medieval style armor.

For tonight's stream, Fallout 76 is on deck, as I'll try to advance some of my various quest lines, and of course we'll more than likely be joined by Iceman for some team-up fun!

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

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

We wrapped up Persona 4 Arena

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream was pretty damn solid as we wrapped Persona 4: Arena in order to list as a game finished on this year's tour. This involved quickly re-going through Yu's story making only 'Choice A' for all dialog portions in order to get the secrete ending, now I did play out the content that was after the cliffhanger. Like with every other story chapter, the ending just sets up what takes place in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, which we'll eventually play to see how everything ends officially.

We also went through the arcade mode with every single remaining character that I didn't do runs with previously (Akihiko, CHie, Kanji, Shadow Labrys, Teddi, Yosuke and Yukiko) and doing their Instant Kill moves. However, I needed to do one more instant kill move in arcade mod for Yu, to get the overall achievement called BAM!. Also picked off the 'Denied Pets' achievement which basically involved me getting my ass handed to me by the A.I. on 'Hell Difficulty'... funny thing is I did hung in there, but Kanji on that difficulty setting just whooped my ass.

There was something that stood out about me when doing those arcade runs, and that's Teddie has a version of events that involves him meeting Labrys sooner while facing the fake shadow up himself before facing Shadow Labrys. I the change up in variety was a nice change of pace, particularly when some lines of dialog are clearly recycled

Of course we do want to say thank you to the viewers in the chat for kicking in 300 bits, as well as to DaemonsW0lf for renewing their subscription to the channel for their 11th month! The support, as always, is truly appreciated!.

But with Persona 4 Arena now wrapped, will I jump straight to Persona 4 Arena Ultimax... and the answer to that is no, for the simple reason that is a PS4 title, and we're currently dedicating PS4 streams to Persona 5 Strikers. Now I was using the Xbox Series S to playing Persona 4 Arena, so for certain, we'll be using the Xbox One S with whatever title I choose to feature next.

On a side note:the stream did have one hiccup but nothing major as everything was kept as one broadcast and not split in too!.

Persona 4: Arena Achievements

The Kingpin: Yu's Story chapter has been told.
The End of Everything: You have seen all the Story endings.
Time for the All-Out Attack!: You performed 100 All-Out Attacks in Arcade Mode or online.
Mystery Food X: Mystery Food X is yours!
Victory Cry: You won 30 Rounds in Arcade Mode or Online by using SP Skills or Awakened SP Skills.
Wild: You have used all the characters in Arcade Mode or Online. Variety is good for you!
Action!: You performed 100 Furious Actions in Arcade Mode or online.
Belt Collector: You completed Arcade Mode with all characters.
BAM!: You used every character's Instant Kill move in Arcade Mode or online!
Denied Pets: You lost in Arcade Mode or online before you Awakened... That's sad. Here's a consolation prize.

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on AnnieTalksShow was was playing Uno and Phasmophobia over on twitch.tv/AnnieTalksShow!Also they will be doing a giveaway stream next Monday starting at about 7:30 PM Pacific Time / 10:30 PM Eastern Time.

Got another commission request in the works as the next fan fic that was asked of me is to be set when Nikki Bella won the Divas Championship off of AJ Lee at Survivor Series. I think there was a post-match interview I can use for a set up and for references.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Beginner Combo #2, Advanced Combo #1 and Sway Back Combo for 34 minutes.

Added the Halo Master Chief collection to the list of things to eventually tackle... one could imagine the struggles I'm going to have with that legendary series.

For tonight's stream, Cultist Simulator will be the game of the night, as recommend by YrGamerBunni! I've heard good things about this game, so I'm looking forward to trying it out!

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

Monday, July 18, 2022

A New Week Starts

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch saw the usual Sunday night shenanigans and thankfully without any issues from Xfinity. Big shout out and thanks to Tokidoki and PandaSweet for being apart of the fun, we ended up going 5-5 in out final ten matches, but two of those wins were rather epic in how hard fought they were. In fact one match saw all three of us get post-match cards based on our individual performances.

In terms of how I did solo, I picked up two plays of the game as Moira this week which is always nice. Other characters used were D.va, Orissa, Reinhardt, Brigitte and Anna. I didn't really get an opportunity to do any DPS roles on this week's stream. Ah well.

Twitch Clips

For the raid we dropped in on Flint_Locke who was playing Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Chapter 8 - Matsuribayashi over at twitch.tv/flint_locke!

Did mess around some with Overwatch 2 last night, mostly to try and figure out some timing with Moira's new kit, and I think I figured out some things... but it does appear her new 'damage orb' can be blocked by enemy shields. Also in a 1v1 against Brigitte, Moira no longer has an advantage as far as I can tell.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Uppercut Combo #1, Hook Combo #1 and Waist Shape Focus Combo for 31 minutes

Finished writing the latest commission request featuring WWE's Xia Li yesterday afternoon, and it turned out fairly alright I think. Though some complained I did not include Gifs or Pictures to add flavor to it, to which I say there are far too many writers who basically use Gifs and Pictures as ways not to write out various details.

So I'm thinking a head ot Saturday's stream, and I do have NFL Game Day '98 in my collection... maybe we'll check that out?

Had issues with Amazon yesterday in that the delivery person lied on exactly where the placed my package. And trying to lodge a complaint certainly was not possible. Still, we now have The Quarry and Life Is Strange Volume #6 which collects the final issues of the series published by Titan Comics. The plan for the Quarry is for it to be apart of the Spooky Stuff in October

Staying on Life is Strange though, the final issues kind of save the series which certainly went out of its way to try and make the trio of Max-Rachel-Chloe work, but it was quite clear early on that it was not going to be something that really worked, so the final issues being about getting back to normal really ends the series on a high note, in my opinion.

For tonight's stream the plan is to wrap up the final chapters of Persona 4 Arena's Story Mode and do arcade runs with various characters. With luck we'll be able to get several instant death moves performed for various characters as well.

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

Sunday, July 17, 2022

A Weird End To A Wild Night

Good afternoon everyone,

Well last night's stream had a lot of variety, but let's talk about how it ended. For the first four hours, there were no issues at all, then there was a slight drop off for a few moments, nothing major... but then at 11:14 PM we had issue to the point that it forced the stream to split into 2 parts. Thankfully I was going to be wrapping up anyway, but that's the first instance of that in a quite a few weeks.

Anyway, last night we lead off with NFL Game Day, and despite the disc having more scratches than a curtain in a room full of cats, it was a fun experience. Granted the first game I played as the Eagles vs the Cowboys ended in a loss, but by the end of it I had enough of any idea of how to play. The second game, where I played as the Bears vs the Jaguars ended in a dominate win... granted the Jaguars were one of the worst teams in the game, but hey a win is a win.

I broke out the Dance Pad and loaded up Dance Dance Revolution Konamix for the 2nd game of the evening... and needless to say, you probably will never see that game streamed by me ever again for two reason. One being, the added sound of me 'dancing' on the dance pad sounds terrible, and Two being I mostly did this to see if the Dance pad itself still worked... and good news is it does.

I also took a look at The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga... and for 20+ years I always thought it was a side scrolling beat-em up. I had no idea it was a 3D game with puzzle elements. I can say that the music sounded good, but I couldn't make heads or tails out of the controls.

We switched over to the PlayStation 2 to mess around with Capcom vs. SNK 2, during a couple of arcade mode runs, and even taking a crack at survivor mode (getting 9 wins as Sakura). Unlike an earlier attempt at playing it while back, we didn't have the game freezing when fighting Rugal (Since I mostly used the Capcom characters).

Lastly we spent some time playing Overwatch 2, as I continue to practice using D.va to see what can and cannot be done against live opponents. Only won one match, but had a great moment of getting a double kill by dropping my mech on a Widowmaker and Soldier 76!

Big thanks to the chat for kicking in 300 bits during the stream! Ya'll are great!

Twitch Clips

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

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Triple Combo #1, Straight Combo #1 and Weaving Combo #2 for 28 minutes.

I did some rearranging of things in my office space as there might be a reveal of what's behind the screen stream at some point.

Nearly finished the latest commissioned story request based around John Cena's 20th Anniversary appearance on WWE Monday Night RAW, just need to wrap up the action sequences.

It's the start of a new week, so let's look back at what happened last week over on my Twitch channel, which featured Overwatch, Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins, Paladins, Persona 4 Arena, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 5 Strikers, NFL Game Day, Dance Dance Revolution Konamix, The Incredible Hulk The Pantheon Saga, Capcom Vs SNK 2 Mark of the Millennium 2001 and Overwatch 2! Also three moments of Just Chatting is included as well.

For tonight's stream, the plan is of course, Overwatch as it is every Sunday! Hopefully we'll have no weird issues like we did last night!

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

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Two More Jails Conquered In Persona 5 Strikers!

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 5 Strikers ended up being longer than I intended only because I went after some side quests I could have saved for Next Friday, plus I got lost in the Kyoto Jail, which required that I looked up how to navigate it because of warping portals. It reminded me of some of my least favorite aspects of Persona 5 Royal in some Palaces with a lot of misdirection in getting around. Also that one on one battle with duplicate Joker was rather tough, in fact it's a good think I'm constantly stock pile healing items because I was nearly defeated, even on 'Easy' difficulty.

In terms of the plot, Zenkinchi now has his Persona and looks bad ass, Akane was used as a pawn to trap the Phantom Thieves, and the parallels of two of the main villains being tie ins to Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump isn't lost on me. We covered a huge chunk of Zolf's Master Arts so we can easily tackle that at the start of next Friday's stream.

From what I can tell, we're the path to finishing Persona 5 Strikers within two more streams. Granted the longer streams dedicated to knocking out as much of the side quests and main game has helped. There are number of grind heavy achievement left as well, like getting everyone to level 70... however, at this point I've only gotten Joker to level 51, so knocking out 19 levels seems like a tall ask.

Big thanks as always for the bits the viewers in the chat tossed my way during last night's stream! Your kindness is always appreciated!

Funny thing with the trophies we unlocked last night, my completion percentage for all PlayStation games that have achievements that I have played has hit 45%

Persona 5 Strikers Trophies

Gentleman Thief: Obtained all Master Arts for Mona.
Treasure Hunter: Opened 50 treasure chests.
Cage of Desolation Condemned: Completed the Okinawa Jail.
Jolly Roger: Obtained all Master Arts for Skull.
Farewell to the Past: Wolf awakened his Persona.
Eye for Talent: Spent Persona Points to strengthen a Persona's stats.
Cage of Wrath Collapsed: Completed the Kyoto Jail.
What are Friends For?: Cleared all special requests from the Phantom Thieves.
Master Chef: Cooked 12 types of food.

Twitch Clips

For last night's raid we dropped in on DaWorstGamerEver25 who was doing a bonus stream of Fortnite over at twitch.tv/DaWorstGamerEver25!

JT Reamluto is trying to walk back the stupid comments he made about not getting vaccinated, thus refusing to play in Canada. He tried to say that 'he's from Oklahoma' as an excuse, but all that proves is that he's an elitist on top of being a fool.

Unlike the last few weeks, we didn't do a Fitness Boxing workout right after the stream, instead I went to bed almost straight away after getting the Facebook highlight reel put together. So with that said Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Double Combo #2, Weaving Combo #1 and Body Hook Combo for 31 minutes.

Fitness Boxing 2 Rhythm & Exercise Stats For July 10-16, 2022

Punches Thrown: 8,440
Estimated Calories Burned: 3,612.74 kcal
Bernardo's Champion Progress: 84% (42/50 Hours Trained)
King EX Fighter Progress: 94%

For tonight's stream the plan is for a variety night with the first thing we're doing is either playing NFL Game Day or a Madden game from either 98 or 99. After that all bets are off!

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

Fred Casden's World

Friday, July 22, 2022

Casual Dailies In FFXIV

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Casually Doing Brotherhood of Steel Quests

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

A Night of Cultist Simulator

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

We wrapped up Persona 4 Arena

Monday, July 18, 2022

A New Week Starts

Sunday, July 17, 2022

A Weird End To A Wild Night

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Two More Jails Conquered In Persona 5 Strikers!

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