Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Cyberpunk 2077 saw has focusing on side jobs and side activities in Cyperpunk 2077, as I have resigned myself to the fact that I have a bit of OCD when it comes to side quests in open world games, because sure I can go and do the main story directly, but considering how stuffed the game is with things to do, and how in every other open world game I've played over the years I tend to do everything anyway, I might as well go all in with Cyberpunk 2077 in that same regard.

One of the things we accomplished was hitting max Street Cred, which basically opens up a lot of content as well as gear that has that as a requirement. I also have a better understand of the skill tree, and figuring out how to use the various hacking abilities, as I now have used sneaking around a lot more frequently instead of charging straight away into most combat situations.

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• Legend of The Afterlife: Reach max Street Cred.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/kalenal where Kal was playing Final Fantasy XIV

Our next stream is scheduled for Sunday night at 5 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden and will feature Overwatch 2, and I might repeated what was done last week, open up with doing Mystery Heroes and then Quick Play matches.

Knocked out the fourth of a series of short story commissions involving the WWE, and thankfully the next commission on the docket is based on Resident Evil.

Also, starting today, I will be posting stories over on Archive of our Own.

The Phillies have lost three games in a row, two of which they should have won, and I was right to worry about their offense starting to go cold.

And on that note, I'm going to bed, have a good night everyone!

The Last of Us Part 2 and other notes

Hi everyone,

With it being Labor Day weekend, I was already griping about having a three day weekend,  but then work got cancelled to give everyone a four day weekend. Seems nice right? Not when you're like me and taking every hour you can get.

Oh well, we did start the stream tonight at 7 PM and we finished The Last of Us Part 2, in fact the stream ended a couple minutes after midnight after realizing how short the final act of the game is . I really have a lot of positive things to say about this game, in fact I would dare say it's one of the best games I've played this year, which is saying a lot when one considers Saints Row, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Persona 3 Portable are on that same list.

I really don't see where people had a problem with TLOU2, unless you're were MAGA Hate wearing, Trump Loving, transphobic, homophobic cuck with a small dick, there's no reason to hate on this game, because everything about address the biggest problems with the first game to such a large degree it actually made me the world building. 

While it may be quite some time until I do, I wouldn't mind replaying The Last of Us Part 2 down the road to get some trophies that can only be done in a New Game Plus run.

The Last of Us Part II Trophies

• High Caliber: Find all weapons
• What I Had to Do: Complete the story

So what is replacing The Last of Us Part 2 on Friday nights going forward? Well Horizon Zero Dawn is what I selected, and yeah we could say that 2023 is the year for me playing open world games. I heard a lot of good things about HZD, so I hope it lives up to the hype.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/oldish22 who was playing Path of Exile

Our next stream is scheduled for 5 PM Eastern on Saturday with the continuation of Cyberpunk 2077.

Got a lot of writing done today, finished one commission story based on current day WWE and got started on another one, and I have one for Resident Evil in line as well. So yeah, three stories ended up being put in the queue.

Got some dinner from a local joined called Donkey's Place, which has these great cheese-steak sandwiches, which I haven't had in a long time. Also realized they sell shirts as well, which I was rocking on tonight's stream.

So on that note have a good night!

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work today was another abbreviated session with an assignment that is very tough due to language barriers and very specific requirements for people to take part in the research effort. Needless I didn't get any interviews done and was growing frustrated.

Tonight's stream of Cyberpunk 2077 ran longer than intended because we did actually advanced the plot, focusing on the plot a bit which got fairly interesting as we went and rescued Evelyn after tracking her down to Clouds, then to a Ripperdoc and then to an underground XBD studio, which sets up a few things plot wise. We also cleared out everything in Westbrook. If the remaining areas have as few side quests to do, I could see myself 100% the remaining portions.

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• Little Tokyo: Complete all gigs and NCPD Scanner Hustles in Westbrook.
• Stanislavski's Method: Use a dialogue option related to V's life path 10 times.

Our next stream (assuming there is work) is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern and we'll be stepping away from Cyberpunk 2077 to resume The Last of Us Part II. We left off in the middle of Abby's Seattle Day 2, having to go into the depths of the hospital, which should just be... awful lol.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/pradoxgamerau who was featuring the next DLC content for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. 

Got one one WWE short story commission request done, and wouldn't you know it? The next commission request I get is for another WWE related one. I really do feel like I'm pigeonholed at times. Still I started that second story so I should be able to rip through it in short order hopefully.

Volition , the stuido behind Saints Row is shutting down, the whiny cry babies that voted for Trump and wear MAGA Hats went out of their way to sink the Saints Row reboot (which I played earlier this year) and it basically hurt the studio. There was nothing woke about Saints Row '22, but if these fuckers want to whine, then they better go look at the original game in the franchise because that was 'woke' as hell.

Anyway, on that note, I'm heading off to bed, good night everyone!

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work today was shorter than anticipated because we closed the one assignment we had since last Thursday, so I'm hoping we have something new starting tomorrow. Granted with got Labor Day weekend to worry about.

Tonight's stream of Cyberpunk 2077 was focused on more side quests when I realized (and learned) that there are way fewer side quests in the Westbrook area of Night City, which meant we got a lot of things done, covering about 80% of the side content. We did do some major side story where we learned a little about Johnny Silverhand's early days in his band, but other wise, we were just cruising around doing stuff.

On our next  schedule stream for Thursday at 9:30 PM Eastern will see us continuing our adventures in Night City with more Cyberpunk 2077! Again we are hoping we have work to go with that start time!

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• True Soldier: Kill or incapacitate 300 enemies using ranged weapons.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/zonesama where Ceclia Littlewing was hosting a montage of retro television shows

On e of the shows featured was COPS, the animated series that had that real bad ass intro from the late 80s. It was a firm reminder of how much budget companies put into having a bad ass intro them and animated sequence to catch the attention of kids..

Granted I ended up feeling real old because of commercials for various shows like Police Academy the Series

Finished another WWE short story commission only to get another one requested almost right away. Again I can't complain, because the last 7 stories I did at $15 each paid for some groceries I got today.

 

So on that note folks, have a good night!

 

 

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!