Half Way Finished with RE6

Hi everyone,

We had work today, which meant the stream didn't start until after 9:30 PM, and the work assignment was interesting as it focused on Wellness and Fitness Centers to see what draw people towards them. It's a short study with a high production rate requirement, but for now I'll just take the hours. Even though I had 5 completed interviews.

The parts from PSE&G for the fridge arrived today, but now the fridge is acting normal after I cranked up the internal dial from 5 to 9 on Monday. I scheduled the appointment for the tech to come and install these parts on Monday to be between 7 AM & 9 AM, which is going to suck.

As far as the stream goes, Iceman and I finished Chris' campaign, and a lot of the suddenly weird camera angle changes for various sequences pretty much sucked. It took us an hour to get through Chapter 5 of that campaign, and then we jumped into Jake's campaign, which has less of the frantic action heavy vibe. For the run of Jake's campaign, I'm playing as Sherry, which has lead to some hilarious moments.

After the mid-stream break, I switched over to Forza Horizon 5, and we managed to get quite a few achievements knocked out. Of course because I haven't stream this late in a while, I was spacing out a bit towards the end.

Resident Evil 6 Achievements

• Duty Calls: Complete Chapter 5 in Chris' campaign.
• J'avo Genocide: Defeat 500 J'avo.

Forza Horizon 5 Achievements

• Seasoned Veteran: Complete a Festival Playlist activity in every season
• Tourist Attraction: Complete your first Horizon Tour Race Event
• Points Mean Prizes: Complete any Seasonal Activity in Hot Wheels Park
• Welcome to Sierra Nueva: Arrived at the Horizon Badlands Outpost
• Unlimited Rally: Crossed your first Split-Gate in a Horizon Rally event
• Rouen: Won your first Horizon Rally event
• That Time of Year: Completed a Seasonal Activity in Sierra Nueva
• It's Rally Time!: Joined the Horizon Raptors Team

For the raid we dropped in on holodevil13 who was also playing Resident Evil 6 over on twitch.tv/holodevil13

Got some writing done on the Mass Effect short story commission featuring Tali'Zorah, as setting thing up for it taking place on Rannoch is a bit tough without going line for line from the game. 

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Thursday, and we're going to continue Gotham Knights, making our big push on wrapping that up. 

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

Job Hunts, Wonky Fridge and Just Being Batgirl

 Hi everyone,

Applied for a lot of job yesterday, about 20 or so, so hopefully one of them leads to something. Trying to find places I can get do with duties that I can perform or feel confident that I can learn quickly is not easy.

My refigerator is barely holding on, having turned its internal settings to max just to keep it cool, there is some water dripping from the freezer down into the fridge so maybe there is excess ice build up, but I don't know. The parts PSE&G are sending should be here between 10 AM and 3 PM on Wednesday.

Work was cancelled today again, was told worst case we might not have work until Thursday... I'm covered, but this is rather odd considering the heavy lack of work this year in compared to previous years. 

Tonight's stream of Gotham Knights started early-ish as a result and we did a big focus on the side stories involving Mr. Freeze, Clayface and Harley Quinn, as well as making some progress in regards of the main story and other side activities. The boss battles involving the three iconic villains were pretty cool, with Harley's being the most normal, while Mr. Freeze and Clayface's battles making me glad I refuse to play games on anything harder than I intend to, because the bat-cycle section of the Clayface fight took three attempts to clear.

In terms of the main story, the conflict of the League of Assassins and Court of Owls is building, but I have noticed that the more we do in the game, the most positive the citizens of Gotham are to seeing our heroes popping up at different points in time. 

We also experienced some co-op game play tonight, and that there is unique dialog depending on the pairing of characters and who gets to the cut-scene parts first.

 Gotham Knights Achievements

• Working Hard or Harley Working?: Interrupt a presentation at the Monarch Theater
• The Show Mud Go On: Crash a film set and anger the director
• Quartzer Life Crisis: Investigate the disruption at Quartz Labs
• Snow Problem: Keep your cool and survive the storm at Elliot Center
• Unstoppable Force: Unlock all four Momentum bars as Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, or Red Hood
• Bad Apples in Every Orchard: Complete Case File 04: THE MASQUERADE
• Universal Health Scare: Go to Gotham City General Hospital after visiting hours
• Shock Til They Drop: Defeat 45 Regulator Shockers
• Cooldown: Put an inmate back behind Blackgate's bars
• Fusion Expert: Acquire 50 Modchips via mod fusion
• End of an Era: Complete all Villain Case Files
• Rock and a Hard Place: Crack the case at Gotham Reservoir

For the raid we dropped in on hawleigh during their stream of Hogwarts Legacy over on twitch.tv/hawleigh

As I waited for the commission request to come in I started writing a non-commission story based around Hellsing, it's a bit dialog heavy at first and will need a rewrite. Still I'll shelve this story for now as I did get a commission request for another Mass Effect story.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Wednesday, and even with work being doubtful, I probably won't start the stream early just for the sake of keeping the Resident Evil 6 stuff featured without having to fully highlight it out and losing footage of anything done before hand.

But of course if I do start early because of no work, I'll do the highlight way of archiving the Resident Evil 6 content.

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

 

Fridge Broken, Work Cancelled, Depressed...

Hi everyone,

Today was an awful day... as my refrigerator is partially malfunctioning, it's not cooling anything, it resulted in milk I just bought being spoiled and eggs being ruined. Thankfully I'm covered for repairs through PSE&G... but I have to wait for the parts to arrive and then schedule an appoint right away for a tech to come visit. There is not telling on when I can get it fixed. In the mean time, I have to be real considerate about opening the freezer, since it works and anything perishable is currently within it. I'm going to try avoid ordering takeout if possible since I do have some pantry stuff.

On top of that work was cancelled so on top of the fridge issues, I'm really super depressed... and you could tell things were wrong during my stream tonight.

We got a fair bit done in Gotham Knights, getting a chapter three done as well as part of chapter four, plus going around doing all the side activities. We're being pretty thorough, and thankfully so, because it has kept me from thinking about the problems of the day. I also realized that the side stories involving Harley Quinn, Mr. Freeze and Clayface have to be launched from the Belfry, so we could try and progress those stories on the next session of Gotham Knights.

Gotham Knights Achievements

• Something in the Clay: Unearth a Villain who shouldn't be in Gotham City
• Lock and Key: Complete Case File 03: IN THE SHADOWS
• Bulldozed: Defeat 30 Freaks Bulldozers
• otham City Confidential: Find all of Bruce Wayne's hidden audio recordings
• Protector of Gotham: Complete 50 Challenges

For the raid we dropped in on princesspashley who was playing Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom over on twitch.tv/princesspashley!

I got a commission request for a NFL/WWE crossover story, with yaoi content, which I'm comfortable writing... however, I need person submitting the quest to send me any notes on things they want me to use along agreeing to my terms for a non-Subscribestar commission request.

I might take this opportunity to work stories I started until another commission request from one of my regular clients pops up.

Since I know have GamePass, I realized I can pad my gamer score with the Walking Dead Telltale games since they were released multiple time under different packaging, so we got that going for us.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Tuesday with more Gotham Knights, hopefully we'll have work tomorrow night... but if work is cancelled, we'll start earlier.

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

A Muggy Day

Hi everyone,

We just wrapped up tonight's stream of Overwatch 2, and by and large we had a lot more wins than losses, Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of lot of the fun tonight, as there were certainly matches she carried while playing Support roles! I ended up with four plays of the game as Junker Queen, Moira, Mei and Winston, while also playing as Brigitte, Ana, Lucio, Tracer, Ashe, Torbjourn, Reinhardt and Wrecking Ball.

We even picked up an achievement as Ashe in the final match of the night, a match which looked like was going to be awful, but somehow turned into a victory. So it was a real positive way to close things out

Overwatch 2 Achievements

• Short Fuse: Kill an enemy by shooting Ashe’s Dynamite from at least 30 meters away in Quick or Competitive Play.

For the raid we dropped in on tracydoll who was playing Friday the 13th over on twitch.tv/tracydoll

 Microsoft announced at Xbox Gold is shutting down and everything will be through Game Pass going forward, so I went ahead and converted my remaining Xbox Gold time over now to Game Pass Ultimate. At the very least this basically frees up any gaming budget going forward. Unless I start something that gets pulled from Game Pass.

Pretty muched finished the Mass Effect shot story commission and I'm really happy with how it turned out, as I was able to put in a lot of lore related to the Quarians and the Geth. Just need to do some final touches before throwing it onto the SubscribeStar page.

Our next stream is slated for Monday night with the continuation of Gotham Knights, with a start time after 9:30 PM Eastern. If the stream starts before 9:30 PM Eastern then something really went wrong.

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

Finished Duke Nukem Forever

Hi everyone,

Xfinity came by and discovered there was a neighborhood issue effected two different taps on the block, which just proves that I knew something was seriously wrong with my internet service.

Tonight's stream saw us finish Duke Nukem Forever, and it took about two hours to clear the final few chapters, and I had the most trouble with the Blowing the Dam chapter since it was underwater and having to realize where the air bubbles were. Overall it was a very straight forward, with some puzzles and realizing where the hell I needed to go. The ending is a bit odd as apparently Duke is killed, but I made sure to grab the General's arm as quick as possible... oh well.

Now I know there is DLC for Duke Nukem Forever, but I really have no interest in it at this time (doesn't help that I paid both August and November's property taxes for my house today, so the wallet is really thin at the moment). I did go back in after the stream to pick up a few achievements, which actually helps continue a current streak I'm on

With Duke Nukem finished, we went on to play Smite, winning one out of three arena matches and losing both assault matches, one of which was completely winnable. Oh well, at least I have another survey from Hi-Rez to look forward too.

Duke Nukem Forever Achievements

• I Need a Towel: Get hit by 10 Pregnator bombs
• Beating the One-Eyed Worm: Defeat the Energy Leech
• Piece of Cake: Complete the SP campaign on Easy Difficulty
• Special Thanks: Watch the credits all the way through
• Party Animal: Drink all of the beers in the strip club
• Lots of Whacking: Win a game of Alien Abortion in the strip club
• Noms: Eat 10 pieces of food during the SP campaign

For the raid we visited misscammi316 who was also playing Smite over at twitch.tv/misscammi316

So the question becomes, do I put something new on Thursdays, or do I just continue with Gotham Knights and try to finish that as quickly as possible giving it three nights in a week as opposed to two? I mean I did consider BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma Extend going into the Thursday slot, as well as the next game in the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy. We'll see what I end up decreeing. 

Did get some writing done, and I'm pleased with the opening in using the Quarians hatred towards the Geth as justification for them pursuing Shepard.

Our next stream on SUnday night will feature Overwatch 2, just the usual grind for weekly challenges. I did play some Overwatch on PC this week, so I'm in a good spot to knock out quite a few.

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

Friday could've been a lot better...

 Hi everyone,

Friday just sucked in so many ways, sure I got some compression socks because I'm at the age I need them apparently... but I ended up losing the entire afternoon because I just fell asleep after finding out work was cancelled, so that is now four days to make up. Sure I was told things should be better with more focus group work coming in... but that isn't till early or mid August.

Then there was when I woke up at 6:30 PM... and discovering my internet was bugging out again, lots of Upstream Power Levels dropping below 40 with the channels becoming unlocked... so I have another Comcast tech coming out between 4 and 6 PM on Satirday. Was so frustrated ended up ordering some takeout.

So the stream ended up starting a little after 8 PM and we went all out in regards to side-questing and doing things in Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales, finding another cat, seeing Miles crossing paths with the King Pin, knocking out various achievement / trophies, while also seeing how much ground work is being laid to integrate people unfamiliar with Miles to his world, which is a lot more down to earth in various ways when compared to Peter Parker. This is probably best seen in how much of the game revolves around Harlem, considering the most side quests take place in that portion of the map and how littler there is to do every place else. 

That said, if we go all out we can finish Spider-Man Miles Morales the next time we play since everything left revolves around side quests and the main story, plus stray trophies such as finding specific locations. It does seem like some trophies are tied to a New-Game Plus run, which (a costume, three abilities and 4 gadget upgrades) which is rather disappointing.

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4) Trophies

• I'm On A Boat: Ride the derelict boat in southern Chinatown
• Urban Explorers: Collect all Time Capsules
• 100x Combo!!!: Perform a 100x Combo
• Five Star Review: Complete all FNSM app requests
• The Core of the Problem: Investigate Roxxon's underground lab
• Invisible Spider: Defeat 50 enemies while Camouflaged
• True Deception: Complete the vault sequence in Underground Undercover
• From Downtown: Use Venom Dash to throw an enemy into a group of three or more
• Kitbash: Craft 10 Upgrades
• Overcharge: Defeat 100 enemies with Venom attacks
• Under Their Noses: Shut down all Roxxon Labs
• Salvager: Open all Underground Caches
• Underground Undone: Shut down all Underground Hideouts
• Up and Over: Perform a Venom Jump, then a Venom Dash on a single enemy
• Come at the King: Unravel a criminal conspiracy in Harlem

We didn't do a raid this evening, but I went o ver to hang out on BestiBunni's channel over at twitch.tv/bestibunni 

Did do some writing before finding out work was cancelled, so there was that positive, and used some funds I marked aside for entertainment to take advantage of the Xbox sale to pick up a few things. Tried to look for co-op stuff to do locally.

Our next stream on Saturday is scheduled for 7 PM Eastern, and I figure we'll just go ahead and finish Duke Nukem Forever to clear that game off the dockett.

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

 

Duke Nukem Forever Has A Lot of Logic Puzzles

Hi everyone,

Finally received the paper work in the mail confirming my house is now mine... and this entire situation still terrifies me.

Work was meh, mostly voice mails and having to suspend one solid interview because the respondent couldn't continue.

Anyway our stream tonight ended around 1:30 AM, with making a lot of casual progress in Duke Nuke Forever, reaching Part 2 of the Underground portion. I mostly had trouble against the boss battles, but thankfully I'm playing this game on the lowest possible difficulty. Something that is shocking me is the number of puzzles in the game, mostly revolving around logic and basic physics. This is pretty shocking considering this is a Duke Nukem game. It does make me think even more that this game came out a console generation too late however.

On a side note, the infamous 'driving the monster' truck segments of the game weren't that bad, as all the fuel stops were clearly check points for Duke to get out of the truck to fight enemies on the ground. Also remember, it's a monster truck so it's going to get  terrible mileage... that said, it does get fairly good mileage considering we only put a few gallons of gas into the damn thing! 

We are in pretty good position to finish Duke Nukem Forever next time we stream it, which is pretty cool. That said, I have no interest in the expanded DLC content for it.

Duke Nukem Forever Achievements

• Baron von Nukem: Shoot down 20 alien fighters
• Big Guns, Big Ships: Blow up 5 enemy gunships or dropships
• Hippy-Stomper: Foot stomp 12 aliens
• Road Rage: Kill 15 aliens with the monster truck
• He's Got a Hologram!: Use a Holoduke in SP
• A Good Dam Fight: Defeat the Battlelord on the Hoover Dam
• Judge, Jury, Executioner: Execute 20 aliens
• Freeze Well!: Kill 15 frozen aliens
• Duke Angry, Duke Smash!: Kill 15 aliens with melee attacks while on steroids
• Fork the Pork: Kill 6 aliens with the forklift
• Octacide: Defeat the Octaking

For the raid we dropped in on abbyleveleduup who was playing Overwatch 2 over on twitch.tv/abbyleveleduup

Finished the WWE short story commission and now my attention turns to a Mass Effect short story commission and I want to set it around Admiral Xen trying to get Shepard to give the Legions to the Quarians.

Our next stream is slated for 9:30 PM Eastern on Friday with the continuation of Spider-Man Miles Morales, we're going to go after the a lot of collectables first before progressing the story.

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