No Objections In Finishing Phoenx Wright: Ace Attorney

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream wrapped up around 10:50 PM Eastern, as we had another early start on a weeknight thanks to the July 4th Holiday, and we finished up Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, making it the 28th came we've finished. Now ready all the dialog meant that my voice was really fading, granted I blame a lot of my vocal issues on dealing with Xfinity and my increasingly wonky internet at various times of the day, they are sending someone out on Sunday to cap the unused lines on the splitter.

Anyway, finishing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney was a very straight forward, thanks to my notes from 2019, but I do remember a lot of the gripes I had with the 'Rise from the Ashes' case, in that unlike the four original cases, the court recorded ends up being bloated and remembering how much a pain it comes to remember what is relevant and what isn't..

Also everything be overly drawn out in final day of the trail really makes it tedious, plus it doesn't help one has to replay that particular case to get an achievement tied to lunch boxes given by Angel Starr. I'll worry about that down the road. 

Not sure when we'll start the next game in the Trilogy, I'm tentatively considering it for July 15th. I also have the big conondrum for what to put on Mondays & Tuesdays.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Achievements

• Rise from the Ashes: Clear Ep. 5 of PW: AA.

For the raid we dropped in on misscammi316 during their stream of Smite over on twitch.tv/misscammi316

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Wednesday night with more Resident Evil 6 fun with Iceman as we continued Chris's Campaign. With luck we can knock out chapters 3 and 4! As a back up alternate, I'll have Forza Horizon 5 on standby.

Had to get some additional groceries, ran out of milk, so I took it as an opportunity to make sure I'm covered in other areas in terms of good.

With Friday the 13th The Game shutting down in 2024, the developers are doing a major patch to unlock and max out everything for players. I think we'll do a stream focused on Friday the 13th The Game to give it a casual review.

Finished up the first of July's commission requests for a WWE story... and the next one is... also a WWE story...  grrr...

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

Completed Terminator Resistance

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream ended at about 10:30 PM Eastern after we finished Terminator: Resistance, which took a little less than four hours to do, getting all of the achievements, making it a game not only finished but completed. I have to say once Terminator Resistance gets to where it's basically prologue / prequel to the first two Terminator movies (Aka the only good Terminator movies), it really finds its pacing with the story and the action set pieces, while also making good use of the iconic music from Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

Since we earned all the achievements, I do have to say, Terminator: Resistance is actually a good game worth completing since everything is doable in a single play through, as nearly every achievement is story related with some things clearly things you have to go out of your way for (like unlocking a door that you can walk around). I do stand by part of what I said last week about this game being mediocre and how it gets good in its second half.

Now thing is, I really have no reason to revisit Terminator: Resistance in the future, because it's expanded content is exclusive to the PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5 versions of the game for some strange reasons. Still glad I played it... now what will replace it in the line up... that's a good question, but our next stream on Tuesday night will feature Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney as we aim to wrap that up! That stream will begin at about 6:30 PM Eastern

Terminator Resistance Achievements

• Second Generation: Obtain Skynet security codes from a fallen HK Tank.
• I'll be Back: Complete the game on any difficulty level.

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Legend of the Zelda: Breath of the Wild over on at twitch.tv/kalenal

Ran into a bit of writers block in regards to one of the commission story requests I have in progress. But I think I have an idea of how to knock that out quickly to move onto the next one.

With Star Trek: Resurrgences two broken achievements being fixed, I went back and completed and off-line play-through getting all the alternate achievements. We'll eventually replay it on stream because there is some gnarly stuff that happens with different choices being made.

Didn't really eat much at all today, had some left overs from Sunday and a can of pasta.

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

It was a hot night

Hi everyone,

We wrapped up our stream a bit after 11 PM Tonight, having a fun night of Overwatch 2 with PandaSweet and a new friend to the channel Zander, who certainly made things easy by driving things home in the role of a tank. I picked up two plays of the game tonight one as Brigitte and the other as Bastion, while also playing as Ana, Moira, Tracer, Torbjourn, Junker Queen, Wrecking Ball, Ashe, Mei and a few others. Mostly kept to the Support and Damage roles this week.

Speaking of Plays of the Game, the compilation video for all the ones I earned in June is now up on my YouTube channel.

For the raid we dropped in on annietalksshow who was playing Pico Park over on twitch.tv/annietalksshow

Damn near lost my voice dealing with Comcast Xfinity during the morning as my internet connection went down three times in a short span. Being forced to use the app to get to someone proved to be a nightmare because of a) how long it takes to even try finding the chat, b) being connected to people who are not call ready and c) being denied the opportunity to be connected to a supervisor.

Star Trek Resurgence finally got a patch update to fix the two broken achievements for completing Acts I and II, but you have to play through them again. I did start a new play through off stream to knock out several achievements on alternate choices

We got confirmation that my cousin will be apart of the fun on Saturday's stream! For sure we may dive into things on the Nintendo Switch or via the Xbox Series console (since it' closer to where the TV is).

It was so fucking hot and muggy as if it was going to rain, but it never did near as I can tell. Also was the first day I actually smelled all that smoke and bad air particles.

Spoke with my brother during the afternoon to check on him and also get confirmation on a day trip to visit our aunt up in North Jersey. That will be during the day on the 29th of July, and we should be back in time for that stream. 

Our next stream will be in the early evening on Monday night, as we'll be looking to finish Terminator Resistance! 

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

I forgot how long episode 5 of Ace Attorney really is...

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream ended a bit after 12:15 AM, with it being a  weekend stream we can start at a reasonable time, we certainly got a lot done as it relates to the fifth case in Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, 'Rise from the Ashes', as we only got up to the the end of the Trial on Day 3. Now one would assume that would put us in the home stretch to finish it during the stream... however the final push on the trail gets very long and wordy with a lot of presenting of evidence... which makes me glad I still have all my notes from 2019.

This actually works out in terms of me planning out streams for this upcoming week, as we can resume and finish Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney on Tuesday's stream since we can start early that day because of the July 4th holiday. Which means we'll be finishing two games this week, with Terminator Resistance being wrapped up on Monday stream (if all goes as planned) . This really helps out as it relates to next Saturday with my cousin coming over for some fun and games!

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

Got some writing done during the afternoon for one story commission while having another one come through via Subscribestar... which is another WWE related one... (sigh), hey at least it contributes to extra funds being earned.

Picked up some minor groceries, mostly for lunch and breakfast related things, plus trying to get things from Acme as oppose to Shop Rite for a cost difference.

Also order some take out, a cheese steak and mozzarella sticks for dinner... it was quite good and nice treat after making most of my own meals all week

Out next stream will over on twitch.tv/fredcasden will feature Overwatch 2, grinding out at daily and weekly challenges to gain levels in the battle pass. Voice chat will be via Discord for all team-ups. Planned start time is 7 PM

Hope you all have a great night!

Beyond Two Souls Certainly Has It's Choices

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream ended at 12:50 AM, and if you're wondering why so early, it's because we had a normal start time thanks to the July 4th holiday on Tuesday giving me a 5 day weekend. Now we finished Beyond: Two Souls and I have some mixed feelings on it, as the story certainly takes some leaps in logic to make it a standard hypocritical United States military plot which kind of takes away from the overall game.

See way I figure, Beyond: Two Souls peaks with the Navajo chapter which is the last chapter that has Jodie actually helping people with her abilities, and it, along with the Homeless chapters are where Beyond: Two Souls shines... and anything involving the CIA is where this game becomes dull and stereotypical. In fact the second Jodie finds a kid in 'The Mission', you can basically see the tragedy that's going to happen and it really takes the wind out of the sails of the game.Then there is the whole invading a Chinese base, the Condenser problems and Dawkins going insane to be with his deceased family again... in my opinion Beyond Two Souls's story falls apart in its third act.

Gameplay wise I do feel it's better than Heavy Rain in someways, but doesn't have as good camera angles. Will I play it again? Yes, because a) I need to do a co-op play through at some point and b)  there are more trophies to unlocked. I finished with 40% of the trophies unlocked, so at least two more play throughs are needed.

On a side note it was nice having a stream start and end at a reasonable time!

Beyond: Two Souls Trophies

• Sorry: Forgave Jodie's father.
• Not Just Sand: Ran from the sandstorm and took less than 3 hits.
• Medicine Girl: Successfully performed the entire ritual.
• Never Alone: Started at least one romance.
• In Love with Ryan: Slept with Ryan.
• Stealth Master: Made it to the cathedral without being spotted.
• Eye for an Eye: Didn't speak during the interrogation.
• Almost Too Easy: Went to the containment shield with the General.
• The End: One possible reality has been uncovered...
• Black Sun Down: Deactivated the Black Sun.
• Chose Life: Stayed in reality.

For the raid we dropped in on ZoneSama who was playing Sonic Origins over on twitch.tv/zonesama

Got in touch with Kristi who helped my buddy Dax write a massive story which was really good.

As far as my writing goes, since I don't follow modern-day WWE I have to go with a very generic route and tie it in with some tropes that I've used. It's a commission request from a consistent client so i have to push it through

Our next stream on Saturday, will star around 6 PM or 7 PM Eastern as we'll focus on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy to finish the first game in the saga. I forget how long the fifth episode of the first game, because I know the cases that weren't in the original versions of the games end up being real long.

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

DC League of Super Pets Is Charming

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Tonight's stream ended at 2 AM, as we featured DC League of Super Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace (and  yes that's the full title). I didn't know what to expect but I wasn't expecting a rail shooter involving flying dogs shooting lasers at robots while putting together pet adoptions. This was a real charming game, while real repetitive, it does provide a fair challenge for younger gamers, but for those who can pick up on patterns or have just average reflexes.

Visually, DC League of Super Pets is clearly a budget title, and the music is rather mundane, but where this game shines in its presentation is with the voice acting, as everyone who provides the voices for the six main characters (Ace, Krypto, PB, Chip, Merton and Lex Luthor) all sound invested. During the levels, Ace and Kryptro's dialog does get repetitive, but it is what it is)

There are only 15 levels with several side levels that unlock, and this game does have replay value, as the Pet Adoption gimmick is quite cute in trying to get perfect matches every single time, not to mention there is one achievement that involves getting through a level without destroying anything... (I didn't get that achievement for the record, but got every other one). I would say if you have a younger gamer in the family, DC League of Super Pets is perfect for them.

Now we also did some Street Fighter 6 things, mostly in the Battle Hub, playing as Cammy... and we lost more than we won, but I think I figured out some basic things as Cammy that I can do.

DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace Achievements

• Safe and Sound: Finish a level with at least 85 percent health
• Happy Home: Complete your First Adoption
• Slithery Situation: Defeat the SnakeBot
• Guardian I: Fill Chips Safety Meter
• Max Health: Fully Upgrade your Health Meter
• Lanterns Light: Fully Upgrade Energy Twin
• Super Duper Dog: Achieve a Doggo Rating
• Max Stamina: Fully Upgrade your Stamina Meter
• Tangled Trouble: Defeat the OctoBot
• Guardian II: Fill Mertons Safety Meter
• Canine Conduit: Fully Upgrade Dodge Force
• Goddess of Olympus: Fully Upgrade Amazon Resistance
• Luthor Lock Up: Defeat Lex Luthor
• Guardian III: Fill PBs Safety Meter

For the raid we dropped in on LadyTwoSocks who was playing PUBG: Battlegrounds over on twitch.tv/ladytwosocks, we used to do duets with them back in the Twitch Sings era! 

Grinded out a few ranked matches in Overwatch on the PC version, telling folks that I don't care if I win or lose, then going all out.

Big news, my cousin Frances will be joining us on an upcoming Saturday stream! We're looking at July 8th, and more than likely we're going to mess around with stuff on the Nintendo Switch.

We had solid night of work, getting two interviews, but they were unbelievably long. But I got word that because of the July 4th holiday we'll be off Friday, Monday and Tuesday.

Our next stream on Friday night will feature Beyond Two Souls, as we'll look to finish it, and since we're going to finish it, we might pair it with something else depending on how long it takes. The stream will also have an early start time as well. Not sure exactly when yet.

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

Chris's Campaign In RE6 is Very Action Heavy!

Hi Everyone,

Tonight's stream ended at around 1:45 AM, and we opened with Resident Evil 6, playing with Iceman we finally started Chris's campaign, knocking out the first two chapters with various shenanigans along the way. Chris's campaign is certainly a lot closer to being a Gears of War game with how action heavy it is, but the lack of a cover system certainly makes it interesting, and it wastes no time in being very over the top. From a story narrative, Chris' campaign is fully focused on him having some PTSD, with the second chapter being a flash back to him losing most of his squad. Speaking of that, so far we've had squad mates for the majority of the first two chapters, really giving the Gears of War vibe.

It will be interesting if we can knock out chapters three and four next week, because we really flew through the first two chapters.. .granted we had some deaths and had to figure out how to get through some action set pieces. Oddly enough there aren't any puzzles, which certainly helps in getting through things!

After Iceman had to go, we loaded up Forza Horizon 5 to knock out a few things, I've been playing it casually off stream the past few days, so it's basically it is a throw too game. And considering the late night streams because of work, it's easier to play it than Fall Guys! 

 Resident Evil 6 Achievements

• Rescue the Hostages: Complete Chapter 1 in Chris' campaign.
• Finish What You Start: Perform a coup de grâce on ten enemies.
• Tragedy in Europe: Complete Chapter 2 in Chris' campaign.

Forza Horizon 5 Achievements

• AWDyssey: Build the Horizon Wilds outpost
• There’s Always Money in the Baja Stand: Build the Horizon Baja outpost

For the raid we dropped in on maximilian_dood who was playing Sonic Origins over on twitch.tv/maximilian_dood

 Work was aright getting one complete interview, which made me feel productive.

Got a new office chair, as I want to have the recliner for guests when they are hanging out with my on stream. I have to hook up the backrest to the arms because the chair has some weird instructions.

Did a bunch o yard work yesterday morning, and I really need to look into a permanent solution to dealing with grass and other plant life. My Uncle Freddy says get a bunch of weed killer.

Our next stream for Thursday night will begin at 9:30 PM and we'll lead off with DC League of Super Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace. From what I understand it will be a short, so we can pair it with Street Fighter 6 and do some head to head matches.

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