The Different Work Hours Has Me All Screwed Up

Hi everyone,

Picked up a few extra hours at work, which lead to the stream started at 8:30 PM, and it was good, got a few interviews done, but let me tell ya, everything is all screwy with the later start times on everything, which has thrown off my sleep schedule, since the stream start later. Sure Saturdays and Sundays aren't effected as much as Weekdays, but it has lead to me being a bit confused on timing various things I need to do.

Did make some pasta for dinner and will use the left overs with some vegetables I got with the last order of groceries I purchased.

Pre-paid the PSE&G bill, because I have a fixed rate with them. Sure it's a bit more expensive than paying based on usage, however I don't want to be caught not being able to pay the bill in the winter time! Plus if I can get ahead of the PSE&G bill, it'll be like my Xfinity bill to where I'm paying for months in advance in case things really get bad.

The stream of Persona 3 Portable saw me cover quite a lot of things in regards to Elizabeth's requests (completed all of her Date requests and her fusion requests, along with requests for items inside of Tartarus) and I am amused by the fact that the P3-Protagists basically bangs her in his room at her request. In fact, the P3-Protag does that with just about every female social link character in their rooms, which is hilarious and reminds me of the fact that in Persona 5 Royal, Joker can and will get his ass beat by every female character if he was dating more than one of them come Valentine's Day.

We did see the big plot point of Aigis knowing who and what Ryoji (being and Shadow the 13th Arcana 'Death'), which set forth the build towards the final boss fight against Nyx. Now the question is when is the final set of floors for Tartatus opening up, because with the multiple trips I took into it during the stream, I'm only at floor 214... and knowing their are like 264 floors, last thing I want to do is another 50 floor romp through it! So I might actually take the approach I did tonight once the next block opens up and alternate the nights of going into Tartarus by jumping into it and knocking out the various floors along the way.

At this point I also have three Social Links left to do (Empress, Strength and Sun), and yes Strength I should've had done already, but I screwed up on some things following the guide so trying to get that done is pain, and I know I'm one 'turn' behind as it relates to Empress as well..

Anyway, we left off on December 25th, so tonight stream will open with a quick trip into Tartarus to rescue a random person, then the grind to December 31st to make the big decision on going for the True or Bad Endings.

For the raid we dropped in on Flint_locke during their VRChat stream over at twitch.tv/flint_locke

I did watch all of Hellsing Ultimate Abridged and I was reminded that I never found volume 9 & 10 of the manga series, but I believe there are a hardcover variants of them for sale. Anyway, it was funny as hell, and I know I have to share the playlist with my Cousin Francis.

That's basically all I have going on at this point, so we'll see you at 9:30 PM Eastern for Tursday's stream (late start because of work)

Have a great night, and a great day, and we'll see you over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

 

Overwatch tonight was weird...

 Hi everyone,

Sunday was pretty smooth overall, got in some writing as well as did the dishes which I meant to do on Saturday, so my objectives for the day was done.

The stream of Overwatch 2 was weird, for one while we won 11 matches, I often felt the random teammates I was stuck with had no clue on how to play, leading to a lot of frustration. Still we got 11 wins and picked up one more 'title' for the Season which ends tomorrow. We were joined by PandaSweet for a few matches late in the stream and it's always great to team up with them!

While we didn't have any plays of the game, we did play a variety of characters including Brigitte, Ana, Moira, Mercy, Roadhog, Sombra, Tracer, Reinhardt, Orisa, Junker Queen and Wrecking Ball. Didn't really get to play damage roles until very late as I queued up for All Roles and spent a lot of time as a Support and Tank.

For the raid we dropped in on x9abenonymous9x over at twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x who was playing Valheim!

I did watch the Xbox Showcase yesterday, and while there were plenty of cool games featured, none really grabbed my attention to be a 'must play' experience beyond Metaphor: ReFantazio which I sweat could've been called Persona 6 and I would not have thought any thing of it.  I already knew of Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica, so I don't count them towards.

Also read that Persona 3 Reload is going to feature an all new voice cast, which is probably not going to go down well with the P3 Fandom, because those people were whinging about the new UI for P3R. 

Now a reminder, due to work we're going to have late starts to all streams this week, with an 8:30 PM Eastern start tonight, and then 9:30 PM starts for Tuesday through Friday.

With that said, tonight we're back to Persona 3 Portable, we might advance several days in the plot and may jump to Tartatus for the excuse of just leveling up.

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

 

A real fun night of Street Fighter 6

Hi everyone,

Well Saturday was kind of weird to some degree, as we got the laundry done good and early, did some writing and because I took a nap... and didn't felt like dealing with dinner, so I order some Chinese food for the first time in years. It was quite delicious!

The stream itself of Street Fighter saw a big focus on three objectives, the first being to get to 100 matches played in Fight Ground mode, which was a mixed of ranked and casual matches. It took about an hour and forty five minutes to get the 40+ matches done for that, because we had to wait for opponents. Also proved that I can hold my own as Chun Li, Juri and Dee Jay... while I forever suck as Zangief.

Then we jumped into World Tour, with the goal being to max out the bond with Chun Li, which we were able to do pretty smoothly since I was working on it off stream, finding gifts to give her. Thankfully we don't have to do that with every legendary character. We also encountered the likes of Lily, Juri, Blanka, Cammy & Dee. This mode did expose my inability to do charge motions. The next big achievement in this mode is to do over 20 sub missions, which I will try to knock out off-stream so we can focus on the main story on stream.

Now, I did jump into the Battle Hub to mess around with Avatar Battles, and with more luck  than skill, we managed to hit 20 wins to get a third achievement. Finding 'even' battles was pretty hard, so it required a lot of waiting around and rematches. This also helped in regards to getting the 'nice' points to grind towards another achievement, which I can try and knock out off stream as well.

So with that said, the next time we're going to play Street Fighter 6 will be on Thursday, since it'll be more story and grinding focus in the World Tour mode... which frees up Saturday to do something else! What that will be, I don't know, maybe something older perhaps?

Street Fighter 6 Achievements

• The Grand Jeté of 100 Battles: Fight 100 FG online battles. Too difficult? If you're taking on the world, there is no other path.
•  Mastery's Bond: If you would call someone master, it is best to know them well. Raise the bond with a master to 100.
• The Struggle Over Self: A new form of combat, with a different path to victory. Win 20 Avatar Battles. Fight and grow.

For the raid we dropped in on thatsoalykat who was also playing Street Fighter 6 over on twitch.tv/thatsoalykat

So on the agenda for Sunday is do the dishes which I forgo doing yesterday, and then the stream will feature Overwatch 2, which might get one last title on the Season Battle pass. Also I intend to get some more writing done.

So on that note we'll see you about 7 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

So Heavy Rain's Plot Only Happens Because A Kid Is An Idiot...

 Hi everyone,

We had another great day of work, granted it got a bit tough with no real breaks between interview attempts, but hey, I was felt super productive. However, my work schedule will lead to Monday's stream starting at 8:30 PM Eastern, while Tuesday to Friday's stream next week will be still starting at 9:30 PM Eastern

Also got in some groceries, some bananas, some goodies, a few frozen food items... if I'm learning to cook on the fly, got to make sure I have some things that are edible just in case things go wrong. Rather like the Bowl & Basket branded stuff from Shop Rite, they are cheap and often I don't have to worry about expiration dates.

So we started Heavy Rain, and right off the bat I have to say the entire plot is based on the face that Ethan's son Jason being a complete fucking idiot and wandering off for no real apparent reason. So the kid wanders off, Ethan chases after him and a tragic accident happens which leads to the actually story moving forward. I do like the various changes in perspective but this game has a big problem.

That problem is that the CONTROLS ARE FUCKING AWFUL... Heavy Rain is a game whose controls depend fully on the gimmick of features of the PlayStation 4's controller, such as shaking , turning and making various motions with it. Not to mention some of the most awkward button presses that make some things impossible. 

Still by my math, we covered about half of the game so far, and looking at the achievement list, this game will require a guide to try and get various other achievements unlocked in future play throughs down the road.

We'll continue and problem finish Heavy Rain next Friday

Heavy Rain Trophies

• Happy Birthday: Prologue - Complete the drawing + Set the table + Play with kids
• Interactive Drama: Thank you for supporting Interactive Drama
• Private Eye: Sleazy Place - Lead Lauren to talk about her son
• White Knight: Sleazy Place - Beat Troy
• Negotiator: Hassan's Shop - Persuade the Robber to leave
• Lucky Locker: Lexington Station - Find the correct locker on first try
• Blunder: Nathaniel - Shoot Nathaniel
• Good Driver: The Bear - Complete the Bear Trial successfully
• Cat & Mouse: Covered Market - Beat Korda in the cold storage
• Tough Guy: Kramer's Party - Defeat Gordi's bodyguards
• Coward!: The Butterfly - Give up or fail the Butterfly Trial
• Good Cop: Shrink and Punches - Stop Blake from hitting Dupré

For the raid we dropped in on watchshouttv while Highlander was airing over on twitch.tv/watchshouttv

Thing on the agenda for Saturday include doing the dishes and laundry (though that can wait until Sunday). Also will try and get some writing done on a Mass Effect commission request that I started writing a few day ago.

The plan for tonight's stream is Street Fighter 6, we're going to do a lot of stuff in the World Tour to progress it story and work towards achievements. We might do some Fighting Ground matches as well.

So on that note we'll see you at about 7 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

A Positive Day On All Fronts

Hi everyone,

Thursday was all together a positive day as it relates to work, as we got an assignment that I could really sink my teeth into, with perfect pacing. I actually lost track of how many interviews I completed.

Speaking of completing, we finished our current playthrough of the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect, hitting level 56, which is actually 6 levels higher than the first play through of this version we did in 2020. The big difference was of course me jumping out of the Mako to fight enemies on the ground as often as possible. I suspect it is possible to hit level 60 in a single play through starting from scratch if you're willing to fight a thresher maw on the ground... which I'm not.

Now with this play through done, that leaves only doing a run using Garus and Liara for the majority of the missions, and playing as Adept in order to get all the achievements related to being a biotic.That will be challenging because of the lack of fire power options that will be available. But we'll worry about that when we get to it. 

Mass Effect Achievements

• First Aid Specialist: Use medi-gel 150 times
• Long Service Medal: Complete 2 Playthroughs

For the raid we dropped in on pradoxgamerau who was playing Diablo IV over at twitch.tv/pradoxgamerau, while it is a game I want to play, I'm going to wait until expansions start rolling out for it because I might as well get the most bang for the buck... and when guides are available to do everything.

Since Mass Effect is finished, we're going to move Street Fighter 6 into the Thursday night slot to focus on the World Tour mode and do head to head stuff. I already have 77% of the game's achievement unlocked (thanks to some off-stream gaming I've done since Saturday), and there are about 8 more achievements that I think are possible for me to unlock. We're still going to play Street Fighter 6 this Saturday

So that will free Saturdays, which raises the question of what will go on Saturdays. Folks have asked if I played Hallow Knight or any game in the Yakuza series... so those are contenders based on the chat and comments left on my YouTube channel. 

I saw that there will be a new spin off for Persona 5 that looks like a tactics style game, a genre that I've never played before. It looked kind of cute. Of course, there is also the news that Persona 3 is being remastered, and will come out in 2024. Which means I won't get to it until 2025 because I would still need to do a FemC run of Persona 3 Portable!

Also saw that there will be a new Sonic The Hedgehog game where up to four players can play, that seems like it would be a hoot! 

The plan for tonight's stream is to play Heavy Rain on the PlayStation 4, I have to remember to install it before the start of tonight's stream 

So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden! (Note Tonight's stream will start at 9:30 PM Eastern)

An Okay Day

Hi everyone,

Well the air quality sure was interesting today thanks to the fires up in Canada and the air particles making their way down to South Jersey, I will admit, I didn't smell them till probably about 9 PM Eastern.

Work was alright, getting the hours I could snag, getting one interview completed made me feel productive, which is also nice.

Started to go through some of my mom's dresser drawers to throw out obvious stuff like undergarments and socks, really was the first time in months I spent more than a couple of minutes in what was her room. It was... tough to say the least, as I fought the urge to cry.

The stream opened with Resident Evil 6, with Iceman along for the fun following a few difficulties in getting the party invite to work. We knocked out all of Leon's Campaign Chapter 3 in about an hour and the first two big sections of Chapter 4 (the airplane and the tyrant like thing). Since I'm playing as Helena, it means I get to do all the stuff the A.I. would do, which is kind of fun. 

Now we did have a few deaths,as being in the catacombs certainly leads to a lot of 'what the hell do we do' now moments. I could've done without the swimming section. The giant fish creature was kind of cool to deal with. We did discuss how RE6 was a bit to ambitious for its own good, but with how silly it can get, I'm really enjoying it.

Resident Evil 6 Achievements

• Zombie Massacre: Defeat 500 zombies.
• Get on the Plane: Complete Chapter 3 in Leon's campaign.

After we were done Resident Evil 6, I jumped into Fall Guys in pursuite of the final achievement I need to get in that game, and if I understand some achievement guides correctly, if a Duo or Squad finishes in first place in race rounds via points it counts to the 20 first place finishes needed to get the final achievement unlocked. Here's hoping, as we were apart of a couple of squads that did finish in first place!

For the raid we dropped everyone off with tokushoutsu during the marathone of Ultraman 80 over at twitch.tv/tokushoutsu

The plan for Thursday night's stream is to finish Mass Effect, we have the back end of Noveria to do, and then it'll be off to Illos to the final push to wrap up this play through of the Xbox 360 version of the game.

So on that note we'll see you at 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

The Tartarus Grind In Persona 3 Portable Is Grindy!

Hi everyone,

As I get what hours of work I can get, I was able to feel productive getting two interviews done, however the clunky nature and trying to probe for answers with a script that limits what I can say certainly was a problem. Still at least we'll pick up some more hours this evening which leads to tonight's stream starting at 9:30 PM

Tuesday's Night stream of Persona 3 Portable most certainly was a grind as we spent several long grueling hours in Tartartus covering floors 164 to 214 for a total of 50 floors.... and the entire 5th block. This would not have been so bad if the floors didn't get huge, which meant I ended up just scrambling to find the stairs so that we could reach our designated goal. This also lead to five boss fights, and me trying to predict match ups while trying to level up all the companions equally... not to mention getting various fusions done to complete as much of the Compendium as possible.

Now despite all that grind, we did had another goal of reaching level 69 (nice) so that we could fuse Gabriel to boost him to get a needed skill to then try and go through a series of fusions to pass it to where it can be used in a fusion to create Lilith. Since we have a lot 'open night's' in game, this could end up being easy to do as far as grinding to get added levels, as all my remaining social links are all during the day.

We have reached the point in the story where Aigis is questioning the validity of her existence, so with no 'shadows' expected on the next Full Moon I suspect this will be the big push into the final arc of the game's disjointed story. 

Funny enough, this stream was the first Persona 3 Portable stream where no achievements were earned! I'm pretty shocked about that, but we have 26 of the 36 achievements, so we can't be too mad about that.

For the raid we dropped in on maximilian_dood who was featuring Street Fighter 6 over at twitch.tv/maximilian_dood

The plan for tonight's stream, which again will start at 9:30 PM Eastern, is to play Resident Evil 6 with Iceman, knocking out Chapter 3 of Leon's campaign and then doing some Fall Guys to work towards the final achievement in that game.

So hope to see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden