Signing The House Deed... My Mom should've been here for it...

Hi everyone, 

Yesterday was a big day, thanks to my Uncle Mark, we signed the paper work that basically completes  me becoming the owner my house, I have to wait a few weeks for the official document to be sent to me, but for all intents and purposes I'm a home owner. Of course there was a bit of a misadventure getting to the county clerk's office thanks to a lot of construction down town, meaning we had to park a good ways away, and I was not prepared for the all the extended walking.

But the entire day had a cloud over it (and not just because of the rain), as I kept thinking about my mom and how she should have been here for it, as this was the milestone for her to begin her retirement. And now I'm alone.

Work was solid, had a few interviews completed on an assignment focused on seeing how some utility companies are seen by their customers. Keeping an upbeat tone for these types of interviews is tough.

The stream started a bit late at 10 PM because I was a bit worn out from the day's adventure, but we didn't do Resident Evil 6, as Iceman couldn't make it thanks to an tanker truck explosion near where he lives. Oddly enough something similar happened over in Philadelphia with a tanker truck exploding and causing part of I-95 to collapse. 

So we called an audible and worked on Street Fighter 6's World Tour mode, reaching chapter 12-2. A lot of the story is focused around the remnants of Shadowloo basically using a new country to do some money laundry while its citizens are revolting and causing problems on a grand scale involving fighting tournaments. We maxed out our Chun-Li fighting style and now all the EXP we get from using it is being given to the other fighters we have met.

Since Street Fighter 6 was schedule for tonight (Thursday's) stream anyway, we'll just continue on with it and hope we can finish more of the World Tour, and we'll move it SF6 to Monday & Tuesday of next week to finish it.

Street Fighter 6 Achievements

• Neighborhood Peacekeeper: Helping people in need's the secret to keeping any city peaceful. Go finish 22 sub-missions, got it?

 Of course the stream got off to a fun start when someone who found a lot of the old stories I have over on Literotica and was able to put two and two together. I don't shy away from my fan fic writing endeavors, since I do a lot of that these day via commission requests via subscribestar.

For the raid we dropped in on zonesama who had one of their associates hosting the evening of retro shows, namely Jem & The Holograms over at twitch.tv/zonesama!

Now our next stream on 6/22/2023 is schedule to start at 9:30 PM Eastern! So we'll see you then over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

We Finished Persona 3 Portable!

Hi everyone and good morning,

It's about 4 AM as I start writing this as we finished Persona 3 Portable at about 3:45 AM... and I could've probably finished at around 2 AM, (keep in mind the stream started at 9:30 PM and I typical would go to 1:30 AM ), but what held things up was the fact I spent a lot of time in filling out the Persona Compendiun, which means along with completing all the Soical Links and defeating the Nyx Avatar and Nyx itself there are 3 achievements left to get in the game, two of which I can easily get by loading an earlier save and the final requires a second play through using the Female protagonist.

My total run of Persona 3 Portable took about 87 hours which isn't bad, considering we did a guided play through and covering every major aspect of the game that we could knock out without too much trouble. There was a big concern that we would've get the social link achievement, but thankfully the Yuko and Aigis had days that didn't overlap to ensure knocked that out.

Now I was shocked... SHOCKED... to see that once I got the Male-Protag to level 99 to see that his stats basically jumped to max levels. Which will explain why facing Elizabeth and Margaret are not recommend for anything less than level 99, the game becomes broken in that regard. Not to mention I did make sure to make the best possible weapon in the game and boosted the best possible Persona in the game, Orpheus Telos to having near perfect stats.

Since I was reading all the dialog out, things got tough late game and in the epilogue when regards to death and so forth, considering how this year has gone for me, between losing my mom and having a major falling out with my father. Yes I was tearing up on stream... not the first time, not the last time that's happened.

For whatever reason my mic was picking up a lot more audio than usual from my speakers, so there was a bad echo the entire night. I think I might plug ear buds into the speaks plugged into my monitor since to negate that... can only do that on nights I'm not playing co-op stuff however!

Persona 3 Portable Achievements

• Social Butterfly: Max out all social links.
• Thorough Bookkeeper: Complete the Persona Compendium.
• To Live is to Oppose Death: Defeat Nyx Avatar.
• The Great Seal: Defeat Nyx.

For the raid we dropped in on tsukinoraijin who was also playing Persona 3 Portable over at twitch.tv/tsukinoraijin

Work last night was good, we had the assignment where we just had to put forth out best effort and hope for a completed interview, and I got one.

This afternoon my uncle is swinging by so that we can get the final paperwork done so the house officially becomes mine... big day.. and a reminder of how terrified and uncertain I am about my life...

The plan for tonight's stream will start with Resident Evil 6 with Iceman, as we'll be starting up Chris' campaign. The stream will start at about 9:30 PM over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

And now I' go to sleep for a few hours!

We Will Finish Persona 3 Portable On Our Next Stream!

Hi everyone,

Well, tonight's stream of Persona 3 Portable ran for eight hours, mostly because I know I don't have work until the very late afternoon on Tuesday, so I can sleep in. And this was also why I prefer Xbox wireless controllers in comparison to PlayStation wireless ones, because a PlayStation wireless controller would've probably died around the 5 and a half hour mark!

Amyway, we covered a lot of ground reaching floor 254 in Tartarus, defeating the Reaper and doing several additional runs within Tartarus within the area that opens up to face Elizabeth in a optional boss battle. At the moment all characters are level 82 to 97. We also wrapped up the stream on January 21th, which meant we saw the revelation that Chidori is alive, but she doesn't have her memories since she lost her Persona in saving Junpei's life. This in many ways explains why Chidori is alive in Persona 4 Arena Ultimatx, and also negates the need for 'The Answer'. It was a great moment.

Also a big factor in why the stream went long was I spent a lot of time fusing Persona's as well , and to my surprise I am at 90% completion on that, which is pretty damn cool. I don't think I cracked 60% during my play through of Persona 5 Royal or Persona 5 Strikers but I could be wrong.

Now my big concern is that since we're on the evening of January 21th within the game and the final boss battle is on January 31st, that does not leave a lot of time to wrap up the social links for Mitsuru (need 1 on more event), Aigis (need 4) and Yuko (need 2). It should be possible, but the overlap is what is driving me nuts!

Oh and if you're wondering we tried the Elizabeth fight... and was quickly destroyed.

Persona 3 Portable Achievements

• The Reaper Becomes the Reaped: Defeat The Reaper.
• The Nose Doesn't Always Know: Experience a fusion accident.

For the raid we dropped in on edheldisrien during their stream of Diablo IV over on twitch.tv/edheldisrien 

Picked up various groceries to supplement what I already had, basically to make sure I have some key stuff (milk & bread always the priority) along with some alternate things to have for dinner or lunch. 

Got some writing done, though let me say this trying to fit a scene within the content of Mass Effect 3's Omega story is rather tough, not to mention having some questions on Turian physiology. 

I've recorded two videos reacting to Helling Ultimate Abridged episodes 1 and 2, the first one is already live on my Youtube channel, the other will be live on Friday.

Tuesday's stream is scheduled to start at 9:30 PM Eastern due to work, and while there is a chance it could start earlier, that would mean work was cancelled, which we do not want. I will post the confirm start time on all the usual places (Youtube, Twitter, Facebook).

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

Fathers Day Existed

 Hi everyone,

We finished tinight's stream a bit before midnight, and with it being Sunday meant we were playing Overwatch. We ended up focusing a lot of the challenges which thankfully were changed to completing certain number of matches which made things so much better than trying to get wins, which meant we really closed the gap on knocking out the battle pass for the season. Huge thanks to PandaSweet for joining on several matches as well, always great to have someone who can have my back in matches!

I picked up three Plays of the Game as Bastion, D.va and Brigitte, while also playing as Tracer, Junker Queen, Moira, Lifeweaver, Kiriko, Reinhardt and Wrekcing Ball. I do feel like I should've had more POTGs considering some of the stuff I was able to pull off as Tracer and Junker Queen in the matches  that I used them in!

For the raid we dropped in on edheldisrien who was playing Diablo IV over at twitch.tv/edheldisrien

So let's talk about Father's Day, everyone knows I had a falling out with my father a few weeks back, and despite discovering a lot more about his mindset than I needed to ever know about him given the current social climate of the world, I did try to reach out to him, wishing him a Happy Father's Day via text... and I tried to call him only to discover he has my number blocked. Goes to show whose the mature one here. 

Keep in mind that on the night my mother died, my father took it as an opportunity to fucking attack me verbally over the phone because I will never be like him. Personally, I'd rather die than be like my father... and I'm sure he'd just love that, but I will not give him the satisfaction. They say never do anything out of spite when it comes to family... but you know what

Anyway, got some writing done on the latest Mass Effect short story commission and the challenge of trying to make it fit the Omega mission from Mass Effect 3 is quite a challenge. 

Monday's stream will start early, probably 6 or 6:30 PM Eastern with Persona 3 Portable and the goal of putting us in position to finish that game on Tuesday's stream.

So with that said we'll see you over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

Just Being An Ace Attorney

Hi everyone,

Just finished tonight's stream at about 12:30 AM, featuring Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, and yes I again made the mistake of choosing to read all the dialog out loud, and with a stream that went over six hours. It still strikes me as odd that Capcom didn't do voice work for visual novel at least for major scenes, but oh well. I did try to give distinct voices for certain characters... but that didn't last too long.

Still it was great in seeing how much was established in the tutorial case as well as the second case to build up the world of Phoenix Wright, such as Mia being killed off and the introduction of her sister Maya and her spirit medium powers, along with various reoccurring characters like Edgeworth and Larry

Now we got through two cases during the stream and the majority of the 3rd case (with the Steel Samuari) but with the stream going on so long, I decided to hold off on finishing it for next Saturday, to play it along with the forth case. I also forgot how long the cases get, and if I remember right, the 5th case in the first game can be incredibly long.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Achievements

• First Steps: Start playing PW: AA Trilogy.
• The First Turnabout: Clear Ep. 1 of PW: AA.
• Turnabout Sisters: Clear Ep. 2 of PW: AA.
  

For the raid we dropped in on sakuramurayama who was also playing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy over at twitch.tv/sakuramurayama

Did try to reach out to my cousin Frances to see how she was doing and to arrange when she'd be able to come over to join in on some fun and games, unfortunately, I called at bad time. I will make that happen sooner or later!

Picked up all three massive deluxe volumes for Hellsing, finally having the manga in its complete form. However some of the translation is different from the paperback manga I've acquired years ago. Does make for presenting artwork easy on stream when holding a volume up to the camera!

Had a Hawaiian pizza for dinner because I wasn't in the mood to 'cook'. Limiting takeout does serve as a nice alternate to the stuff I'm making to eat throughout the week.

The plan for Sunday's stream is Overwatch 2, as we'll do Quick Play matches and work on the season 5 battle pass!

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

Finished Heavy Rain

Hi everyone,

We just finished our second night of Heavy Rain, finishing the story at around 1 AM, and needless to say, I enjoyed the second half of the game a lot more than the first half, since there was seemingly less need for the motion controls, since Heavy Rain was designed with the PlayStation Move controller in mind. Now we ended up saving Shaun and keeping three of the characters alive when we finished the story at 1 AM and the initial credits rolled (Jayden, Ethan and Scott), with Madison biting it when I made a wrong choice in the burning apartment. At that point we had 24 trophies unlocked.

Then I discovered we could replay chapters specifically, and since Madison in the apartment is the next to last chapter of the game, we re did it and went for the creative Indiana Jones solution (as in get in the fridge), which led to her telling Ethan were Shaun was leading to getting all four main characters to the ending in one piece, which also made the final chapter and sequence of events a lot more wild with all the cuts back and forth between Ethan, Jayden and Madison. Also meant we got the super happy ending.

Now going into it, I was aware of that Scott was the true villain, but there was certainly a lot of reasons to believe he wasn't it... unless one forgets that the box Ethan gets has the same items that Scott is picking up at various locations.

Will I want to play this again? Yes, but probably to go for the Perfect Crime ending, which would mean letting various things happen that I avoided in this play through. We'll save that for next year (assuming I can keep my head above water, find a consistent part time job and don't end up destitute which would please my father immensely)

I'll have a video commentary review on my YouTube channel in a few weeks, since I want to get into the habit of talking about games I finish as part of a casual review series.

Heavy Rain Trophies

• Fugitive: Fugitive - Manage to escape Blake in the subway station
• Detox: Jayden Blues - Resist Triptocaine
• I'm not a Killer!: The Shark - Do not kill the Drug Dealer
• Smart Girl: The Doc - Do not drink the Doc's beverage
• Queen of Ropes: The Doc - Escape before the Doc returns
• The Chef: Eureka - Prepare a good omelette on time
• Pride Saved: Sexy Girl - Take off no more than one item of clothing during the strip-tease
• Lover Boy: On the Loose - Forgive Madison
• Escape Master: On the Loose - Escape the police at the motel
• Kind Hearted: Face to Face - Give Kramer his medicine
• Invincible Scott: Face to Face - Do not get shot in Kramer's villa
• Nerd: Find all clues using ARI (Crime scene + Mad Jack + Fish tank) and find the Origami Killer
• Saved the Kid: Save Shaun
• HEAVY RAIN™ Hero: Finish HEAVY RAIN™
• Simple Mind: The Old Warehouse - Save the Origami Killer before he falls, with Jayden or Madison
• Cold as Ice: Killer's Place - Survive the explosion by hiding in the fridge
• Four Heroes: Complete the story with four characters alive

For the raid we dropped in on zonesama who was playing We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie over at twitch.tv/zonesama, for those who don't know zonesama is best known for making certain Flash animations that fall under Rule 34, they are incredibly talented, and their community is rather welcoming

Work was alright, got one completed interview in a casual paced night.

Also picked up another Mass Effect short story commission request based on the Omega DLC mission for Mass Effect 3. 

So what's the next game we're going to play on PlayStation Fridays? I'm leaning towards Beyond Two Souls which features Elliot Page, which could be another interesting two-stream style game. Either that or Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. We'll see.

On the agenda for Saturday night's stream is the beginning of the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy. Since I have played the Steam version before, I'm going to use my notes from 2019 for this play through on the Xbox One.

So on that note we'll see you about 7 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden, I might start earlier, depends on how I'm feeling.

A full night of Street Fighter 6's World Tour Mode

Hi everyone,

We finished tonight's stream about an hour ago as I'm writing this, and we focused fully on the World Tour mode of Street Fighter 6, meeting various legendary fighters (Ken, Ryu, Guile, Zangief, Jamie and others) and progressed the story in a big way, doing everything we can as it relates to side quests. The story does seem to be split between a data card and the mystery of Bosch's whereabouts. 

One thing I did notice is that there is a need to have various attires to progress the story, such as a full judo gi outfit is needed to go to France to meet Lady Gaga I mean Maron, plus a need for a construction hat to get into the construction site to meet Ken, but thankfully the game goes out of it way to make sure you have the items... but there does seem to be a bit of a glitch if you have items as appearance only. I'm going to assume Capcom wasn't considering people figuring out the display only for options in regards to cut scenes.

Also there is some real bullshit when it comes to some of the optional fights, such as the jack ass with the sword... I ended up using quite a few healing items.

I do feel like we'll be able to get the Side Quests achievement the next time we play the World Tour Mode on stream, because the next set are behind the progression of the story, which I want to do on stream.

I did consider jumping into the Battle Hub, but with how much there is to do in World Tour mode, we didn't get a chance to do any head to head matches last night.

For the raid we dropped in on annietalksshow who was playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe over at twitch.tv/annietalksshow

Work was okay, if rather mundane and made more difficulty because of an bug where the font shrank to where I could barely read it. Does amaze me how so many folks don't want to get compensated for doing a very straight forward study.

Also found out there will be no work on Monday in celebration of Juneteenth, which means we'll be able to start early that day in make sure we knock out a lot of Persona 3 Portable

So the plan for Friday night's stream will be Heavy Rain, with the goal to finish our first play through of it. I'll have to turn on the PS4 early to make sure the wireless controller is fully charged. I will not be shocked if the stream ends up going long.

The stream will start at 9:30 PM Eastern, so on that note we'll see you over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!