Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work was another abbreviated but productive sessions, getting a few interviews done and putting a huge dent into the effort to close out an assignment. I did get five rejection letters via email from various places I interviewed at... so I'm pretty damn depressed about that.

Tonight's stream of Cyberpunk 2077 was focused on finishing all the side quests of the area called Watson, which took the entire stream mostly because of all the traveling that was involved to get from one place to another. I did find it funny that the last side quest I needed to do was not within the area. and the only reason I discovered that was because I looked it up to get an idea of what I needed to do.

Now having spent so much time doing side quests, in one area of the map, I can safely say I'm probably not going to do that with all the other areas on stream, and instead focus on the main story. Of course I do want to make sure I hit max level and get the achievements associated with doing a wide variety of in-game activities.

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• Must Be Rats: Perform the Distract Enemies quickhack 30 times without drawing attention to yourself.
• It's Elementary: Complete all gigs and NCPD Scanner Hustles in Watson.

Our next stream is scheduled for Wednesday night at 9:30 PM Eastern over at twitch.tv/fredcasden and what's on the agenda is Resident Evil 6 with Iceman to continue Ada's campaign, which of course would mean a lot of hilarity. If Iceman isn't available,

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/misscammi316 where Fortnite was being played

Finished the Resident Evil short story commission and I'm rather pleased with how I was able to rework some elements and details of events from the first game into something new. Did get another commission request for another WWE related story... ugh... can't complain, as these recent commissions are how I'm going to get groceries this week.

So a rather heart breaking piece on the horrible effects of Ron DeSantis' Fascist policies in the state of Florida as it relates to a school called New College... putting a focus on 'sports' at the expense of education. Dude's a fucking Nazi.

On that note, I'm going to bed, good night!

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work tonight started an hour later than expected, but was 'semi-productive', as my gripes about the assignment I was on Thursday and Friday rolled around. Did get to switch assignments that was of a much higher quality in terms of actually having a nice rhythm and flow to how things go.

Tonight's stream of Cyberpunk 2077 saw a big focus on side quests, as I was doing every NCPD related thing I could find in the Watson area. If I want to get an idea of what would completion be like for doing every side activity, and to level up as quickly as possible, then it's kind of neccessary, even if it slows down story progression to a crawl. We did advance one story line a bit as it relates to the Rogue / Doctor Hellman path at the very end, mostly because I though it required more credits than it did.

We of course will be continuing Cyberpunk 2077 on Tuesday night's stream at 9:30 PM over on twitch.tv/fredcasden (assuming there is work of course)

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• Full Body Conversion: Install at least one implant in each system and body part.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/lilmoolah_ where Cyberpunk 2077 was also being featured

Didn't really eat much today, had a box of Mac & Cheese that covered lunch and dinner... but that's about it. Also had a small orange.

Finished the short story commission request based on modern WWE, which I'm glad to be done with. At least the next commission request on the docket is to the continue the Resident Evil series of stories, which the next entry focusing on Rebecca Chambers and Chris Redfield. I think I'll focus on their first meeting for it.

Spent a good part of the afternoon talking to Kristi, as we kicked around some stuff Power Rangers related. It may not work as something to publish, but it's great doing something creative with her again after nearly 5 years.

That's kind of all that's on my mind, so with that, have a good night folks!

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Overwatch 2 was a bit different than normal as I spent the first couple of hours playing Mystery Heroes, where if you die you are swapped to a different character... and we had some modest success with that. Mostly did it to take full advantage of the Triple XP weekend when it came completing challenges and one was to play a certain amount of  Mystery Heroes or Arcade matches this week. Of course we ended up playing a lot of Quick Play matches, and we were joined by PandaSweet for several matches.

Picked up three Plays of the Game tonight as Moira, Tracer and Reinhardt, in addition to playing as Junker Queen, Winston, Bastion, and nearly every single other character thanks to spending time in Mystery Heroes.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/elegantlyslays where Texas Chain Saw Massacre was being featured.

I got a lot of writing done during the course of Sunday, with the first big focus on scripting out the first half of the Namek saga for my 'What If Vegeta Were Female' series of videos that will be appearing on my YouTube Channel in the upcoming weeks. I'm actually really proud of how of how detail I'm making this, I may night have MasakoX natural story telling approach, but I know about considering factors for alternate timelines.

Got two short stories done, the first being for a short story commission based on modern day WWE, which was started yesterday afternoon... and I left the ending opening for an immediate follow up, which was immediately rrequested which is probably going to be very slap dash since it's just a direct continuation. That follow up is in progress and I should be able to knock that out fairly quickly depending on padding.

Also knocked out the third chapter of my alternate universe variation of the Persona franchise, relying a lot of Persona 4 so far.

Our next stream is scheduled for Monday night at  9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden as we'll be jumping right back to Cyberpunk 2077, and I really do think I'll focus all the side content to see if we can over level V in relation to the story.

 So on that note, have a good night!

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

 Hi everyone,

You know what I hate about waking up because of anxiety about things and then not going to bed about 22 hours later? It means I end up losing the majority of the next day, which was what happened today, as I didn't wake up till around 12 PM Eastern, which meant I didn't get anything done that I wanted to.

One thing was to do some branch trimming and possibly breaking out the weed trimmer to touch up the few ares that I would use that on. I prefer to do that before noon because it's not as hot in the mornings. T

Then of course was the writing for a short story commission, which I got started after doing a of research because I hate doing anything involving modern pro-wrestling, so it breaks my streak of knocking out stories in a day. Also doesn't help that this involves four characters. I should charge per character.

And lastly there was an issue with Burger King, now I made some Cheese Tortellini which double for lunch and  dinner for tomorrow, but I didn't feel like making anything else today. So I went to Door Dash and figure I'd get one of the Bundle pack from Burger King because I can get four meals out of those for a few days... but whoever prepared my order didn't included the two Hershey Sundae Pies or the Sweet & Sour Sauce. Needless to say I was pissed, and left them a review. For the record, the Burger King location that couldn't follow basic instructions per the order was the one on Crescent Blvd. over in Pennsauken, New Jersey.

Anyway night's stream of CyberPunk 2077 featured a huge focus on side quests and just roaming around in the area known as Watson, and I was amazed with how much side content there was in this one area, then realizing oh fuck, there's a lot to do in all the other areas of the game that open up as the story progresses and as V is leveled up. Safe to say, it's a good thing I'm dedicating at a minimum three streams a week to this game at the moment.

Probably the thing that is going to take up the most time is tracking down all the Police Scanner activities, and the mini-map isn't exactly helpful in navigating some areas. Then again the layout of Night City with the narrow rads is a total mind fuck in and of itself. 

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• True Warrior: Kill or incapacitate 100 enemies using melee weapons.
• Christmas Tree Attack: Complete a Breach Protocol with a minimum of 3 daemons uploaded

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/misscammi316 where Smite was being featured 

Bob Barker passed away at the age of 99, and like everyone else, as a kid, sick days from school involved watching the Price is Right. When I saw the Phillies highlights and that every strikeout of a Cardinals hitter involved the 'fail horn', I chuckled a bit.

Our next stream is scheduled for 5 PM on Sunday and will feature Overwatch, I'll probably open with doing some mystery heroes before doing Quick Play matches.

So with that, have a good night folks!

The Last of Us Part II and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work tonight was okay, as we had the same clunky assignment and I question whoever said  it should only take 5 minutes. It does not take minutes to do this one interview when you have to probe and try and coax answers out of people.

Also had a job interview for a local place on the Camden water front near the Aquarium, which I hope leads to something. It would be way more hours than I'm looking for but at the same time it's also hybrid so it would be workable in that regard .

Tonight's stream of the Last of Us Part II saw us finishing the Abby's version of Seattle Day 1 and getting through the first half of Seattle Day 2. For a good portion of it I had some serious doubts about the time frame, because it looked like it was syncing up with Ellie's Seattle Day 3... but then realize and learn it does show events from Abby's point of over the same time period of each day. The character of Lev is pretty interesting as a Trans Male character (as in Female to Male... and the Abby / Owen sex scene was certainly out of left field.

Getting back to Seattle Day 2, the descent through that skyscraper was torture, and I'm not looking forward to going through the bowls of the hospital when we resume The Last of Us Part II on Friday

The Last of Us Part II Trophies

• Relic of the Sages: Find the Strange Artifact
• In the Field: Find 12 workbenches
• Put My Name Up: Earn the high score in the archery game
• Survival Training: Learn 25 player upgrades
• Journeyman: Find all training manuals
• Tools of the Trade: Craft every item

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/zonesama where they were playing Quake II 

Finished the Resident Evil short story commission in fairly short order while playing into the tropes of how zombies are used... and now I have another commission request to do based on modern day WWE... I don't know why people think I follow what's going on with current day WWE, but I'll somehow make it work... now I just kneed to know who the hell makes up the Damage Control group.

Real excited about an idea I have for my Headcanon series for a multi-part feature focused on the idea of What if Vegeta were Female, and I think by and large only Vegeta's relationships would be different. I already have the early years to the end of the Saiyan saga recorded, next is creating notes to cover the Namek & Frieza saga

Our next stream is slated for 5 PM on Saturday over on twitch.tv/fredcasden, and we're getting back to Cyberpunk 2077, doing whatever side quests we can before advancing the main plot to try and out pace the level scaling.

So on that note, good night everyone!

The Expanse, Ghostbusters & Other Notes

Hi everyone,

Work tonight featured one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to market research and that's when we have questions that have no flow or rhythm and feel disjointed. Sure I had three interviews, but I felt like I could have more if the questions felt natural!

Tonight's stream opened with episode three of The Expanse: A Telltale series, and this installment had the same problems episode one did, and that it's way too damn short. Sure big things happened during it, such as Drummer being betrayed, and the details of how people from the inner solar system view the people who live in the asteroid belt, but it barely lasted an hour. In fact I'm shocked I didn't find all the salvageable items because I was looking everywhere! I stand by what I said, there was no justification for this game to have a staggered release date.

The Expanse: A Telltale Series Achievements

• Impossible Objects: Complete Episode 3 of The Expanse
• Data Recoverer: Complete Episode 3 with all Data Logs

Now the plan was to play Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but when I went to play a match I saw a message that the servers were having issues. 

So instead we played Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, we got in several matches, winning a few as Ghostbuster and nearly winning one as a ghost. There was certainly a lot of wildness happening when I ran into a super skilled ghost player.

Big thank you to x9abenonymous9x and YourDadPlaying for the raids and sharing their communities with me!

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/sweetlindir show was playing Hunt: Showdown 

Finished the Halo short story commission request fairly easily, thanks in large part to the Halo fan community doing an excellent job in having transcripts of all the major dialog points in Halo: Infinite. And of course, I got another commission request, this time to write a four story for a series based on Resident Evil. 

My next stream over on twitch.tv/fredcasden is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern time and will featured The Last of Us Part II, as we continue Abby's journey towards the Aquarium. It's going to be interesting to see how much time it takes to get through her side of the story, which in theory should be just as long as Ellie's. Of course if work is for some reason cancelled (and we hope not!), we'll start earlier.

So on that note have a good night!

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Had a bit of work tonight, as we had this multi-state assignment focused on issues regarding protected land in the United States, and boy did opinions vary from state to state... one would think folks would have a unified outlook on things like that, but nope!

Tonight's stream of Cyberpunk 2077 saw me focusing a lot of some side quests and realizing that having a car in that game is necessary because there is a lot of traveling to do. Sure I can fast travel, but that's no fun. I did feel like I got a better handle on the combat system, even if I forget that taking cover is actually a smart thing to do in this game, but on the other hand I discovered I loved rushing down enemies with a katana! On a side note, the skill tree system can go suck a dick, because it makes no sense to me what so ever.

Didn't do a formal raid last night but I went over to twitch.tv/bestibunni to say hi, since catching their streams have been tough for me lately. 

Went through one of mom's closets to throw to get some more stuff thrown out in the trash... it's been nearly 7 months since she's passed and it hurts like hell doing this. Wish my brother would actually take the initiative and say he's coming over to want to go through her things before I finish my half-hearted approach to it.

Knocked out the shot story commission request for a story based around Rooster Teeth which turned out rather well I think. Picked up another commission request to do a story based on Halo and to somehow make it work involving Cortana's replacement called 'The Weapon'. Going to need do a bit of research.

Out next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Thursday night over on twitch.tv/fredcasden, now I believe episode three of TellTale Game's The Expanse series comes out this week, so if it does, we'll do that and pair with Texas Chain Saw Massacre. If we have the same problems we did with Episode 2, we'll just continue Cyberpunk 2077 and hope the next Expanse episode is ready by Saturday.

So on that note, have a good night everyone!