The Evil Within 2 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's of The Evil Within 2 saw us make a good deal of progress, dealing with Stefano early on and then learning there's another dude behind everything. Sebastian blowing his personal demons away was a nice touch, but the convoluted with Myra and Kidman apparently plotting  the downfall of Mobius, which is something I can't wrap my head around. But again, the plot of Survivor Horror games are never the strong point.

Our next stream will be around 9:30 PM Eastern on Tuesday as we'll put up towards the end of Chapter 11 (because we did deal with the Liam boss fight). And of course the stream will be over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

The Evil Within 2 Achievements

• Premature Finale: Shut down a bloody performance.
• Kick, Shoot, Burn: Killed 2 or more enemies at once using oil on the ground.
• Another Ally: Survived an ordeal with the help of a new friend.
• Caffeine Addict: Used every Coffee Maker at least once.
• Finally Free: Experienced every traumatic encounter and made peace with your inner demons. 

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/lilmoolah_ who was doing a new playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077

Had a job interview today that looks like will go no where, mostly due to the distance of where the location is in relation to bus stops, which sucks. Was told they do have some remote position opening up in the near future... so... maybe I can get in on that.

Work tonight was solid, two interviews and a fairly straight forward evening. Had the choice of doing afternoons or nights, but since the assignment is the same on both shifts, I'll just roll on the evening train.

Have to remember to take another trip to the post office to mail off my ballot for the General Election this week.

Finished the latest chapter for my Persona story and knocked out another commission request for a WWE story... and the next one is also WWE related. Hell at least I know the ones coming down the line will focus on other genres (thank goodness)

Saw that the Overwatch Halloween event will tie in with Diablo, and the new Moira skin looks fucking awesome!

So on that note, have a good night folks!

Overwatch 2 and Other Notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Overwatch 2 was pretty fun for the most part, where Panda and I managed to get into matches with people who understood what their roles were allowing us to focus on what we need to do instead of trying to carry a slacker. And speaking of PandaSweet, it's always great to have them in on the action, and they were with us nearly the whole stream!

I picked two plays of the game as Junker Queen, and alos played as Reinhardt, Tracer, Sombra, Torbjourn, Bastion, Ana, Moira, and a few other characters. Also won my 3000th match. Woo-Hoo!

Our next stream s scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden and will see us getting back to The Evil Within

For the raid we sent to twitch.tv/kalenal during their stream of Final Fantasy XIV

The Phillies will be facing the Marlins in the Wild Card round of the playoffs... and one could argue the Marlins are the favorites.

Knocked out another commission story today, the first of a trio of WWE / Wrestling related stories.

After winning 3 weeks in a row, my Fantasy Football team had a bad week with some palyers getting hurt during their games.

Have a job interview at 1 PM on Monday, so hopefully it goes well.

Have a good night everyone.

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream saw us return to Cyberpunk 2077 as we started up the Phantom Liberty content. Its story certainly opens with a bang, having to go to the new Dogtown area, which is compact. The President and Songbird characters are kind of interested, plus the secondary characters like Jacob and Taylor seem like they might be comic relief Some of the new elements like stealing cars is kind of fun, but the roads to get out of the area are pretty damn narrow. 

There are new achievements and new side gigs, so we'll certainly pad the gamer score a bit. The big question of if the DLC is worth its' initial price shall be determined by the hours of play time we're able to get out of it.

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• All the President's Men: Save President Myers.
• Arachnophobia: Defeat the Chimera.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/tinflix who was playing Counter-Strike and Civilization V

Our next stream is scheduled for 5 PM Eastern on Sunday with Overwatch 2

Phillies certainly held off today in their double-header against the Mets, which is a bit concerning since they have to play in the Wild Card round of the playoffs.

Finished the Resident Evil story commission that took some inspiration from Resident Evil 3, and now I have three wrestling / WWE related commissions to do. But at least the fourth story in the commission queue is based on Watch Dogs.

I have posted nearly all of my commission story over on Archive of our Own, and it's become increasingly interesting to see which stories are constantly being read. 

Recorded a new Headcanon episode for my YouTube channel that will premier in a couple of weeks, giving my thoughts on why Dolph Ziggler was never considered a main even start... and it basically has to do with an unique series of events that occurred.

Well, thsoe are all my notes for note for tonight!

Good night folks!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn saw a lot of exploration being done on the eastern side of the map, mostly focused on finding collectables and reaching various side points to find areas to explore. We did actually advance the plot a little by hitting the Ring of Metal. Next time we play HZD, which will be next Friday, we'll be heading west ward, finding more collectables and making the push towards the next big story point.

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Headshot 30 human enemies: Killed 30 human enemies by landing headshots on them.
• Reached level 25: Reached player level 25.
• Victorious with the War-Chief: Found the Nora War-Chief and defeated the killers in the Ring of Metal.

We did have two raids during the stream, thank you to Redneck_23 and Tinflix for bringing over their communities!

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/zonesama during their marathone stream, at the time they were watching Bucky O'Hare episodes. 

Our next stream is scheduled for about 5 PM Eastern on Saturday over on twitch.tv/fredcasden with the Phantom Liberty content for Cyberpunk 2077.

Word was sidelined today, which was good as I spent a good portion of the afternoon just zonked out, I was way out of it for some reason today. Then again I felt very hungry too, which is weird because I did eat a lot over the last couple of days.

Finished The Legend of Korra story to knock out a commission request, which turned out rather nicely. The next one on my docket is for Resident Evil followed by three straight WWE / Wrestling related ones, and then a Watch Dogs commission.

Since I got a job interview on Monday afternoon, I'll take that as an opportunity to finish the Persona story I've been working on after that interview is done.

And on that note, have a good night folks

The Evil Within 2 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream featured The Evil Within 2 as we covered the end of Chapter 4, all of Chapter 5 and the open world parts of Chapter 6, finding various goodies and advancing the plot at a nice pace. Since there are 17 chapters in the game we are roughly a third of the way through it. Perhaps what gave me the most trouble tonight was a puzzle where I had to use mirror reflections to see which doors to use, which makes me glad we have all the cheats enabled since The Cold Lady was on my tail the entire way.

The Evil Within 2 will of course be on next week's line-up, scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

The Evil Within 2 Achievements

• Not Running This Time: Defeated the Guardian outside City Hall.
• Doing Some Detecting: Collected 20 files.
• The Team Psychologist: Found a potential ally in The Marrow.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/pradoxgamerau who was playing Ark: Survival Evolved 

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Friday and will feature Horizon Zero Dawn, as I'm going to put a focus on exploring areas opposite of where I need to go. Since I know where these side objectives are might as well go for them.

Work was incredibly meh... some people were willing to be interviewed, but were disqualified for demographic reasons.

I have a job interview on Monday via Zoom, which I hope goes well

Got a pair of story commissions finished today, one Star Wars related and the other related to WWE, while starting on a 3rd commission request based on the Legend of Korra. Thankfully I have some wiggle room with it since it involved characters and details that could be consider minor at best.

Also had to cancel doing a commission request because the person kept piling on details and wanting a story done in a style I was not comfortable doing since it would involve emulating someone else. 

Anyway, at the moment I'm making some pasta for Friday's dinner, so I should pay attention to that!

Good night everyone!

Journey To The Savage Planet and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work tonight was meh again, not as good as last tonight when it came to actually getting successful interviews. Found several interesting job listings on Indeed this morning, but at the same time I get the feeling many businesses are just resume hoarding.  

Tonight's stream featured Journey to the Savage Planet, and after getting a rough handle on the controls, we teamed up with Iceman to roam around and make steady progress on it's apparently short story campaign. One thing I noticed is that the game really revolves around thinking outside the box as well as paying attention to the obvious.

For sure this will be out Wednesday night campaign game, which serves as a nice break from The Evil Within 2, which we'll getting back to on the Thursday night stream which is slated to start at 9:30 PM Eastern

 Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition Achievements

• Colonizer: Set foot on AR-Y 26 for the first time. I guess that counts as an achievement?
• He Slimed Me: Got covered in ooey-gooey alien guts.
• Flippin' the bird: Get launched by a Pufferbird, then kill it.
• What Would You Two Maniacs Like To Do First?: Start a Co-Op game. It must be nice having friends...
• Don't Cross the Streams: Slapped your Co-Op partner. I'm sure you had a good reason for it.
• I Feel The Same. I Think?: Unlock the Alien Teleportation System. Beats walking!
• Phone Home: Play a video message from Kindred. Guess they didn't forget about us!
• Aaaaaaand we're back: You died! Now you're not dead! Huh. Weird!

 For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x who was playing Green Hell

Finished a Star Wars story commission based on the final season of Clone Wars which I never saw... and got another commission request for another story for the exact same show and franchise. At least my tendency to rely on 'What If..' scenarios means means this 2nd consecutive Star Wars story will be a lot more detailed.

Picked up some groceries to restock the freezer, despite getting more comfortable with making various pasta dishes.

So on that note, have a good night!

The Evil Within 2, Social Media Update and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work today was alright as we picked up two complete interviews, which I think were pretty solid given the very clunky nature of the questions that were asked. The issue with day hours is still up in the air for next week.

Tonight's stream of The Evil Within 2 saw a lot of roaming around in the first area of the game, finding missing items and little secrets before advancing the plot. Turns out Sebastian's missing daughter is being chased by a loon in a suit. We reached the Marrow and crossed to the other side to put is in the area of City Hall, which means we''ll be in a whole new area of the game next time we play it on Thursday.

Also huge thanks for the re-subs during tonight's stream! The support is always appreciated!

The Evil Within 2 Achievements

• Clearing a Path: Killed 60 enemies.
• I Am The Night: Killed 10 enemies using Sneak Kills.
• You Got Red in You: Used your first Red Gel.
• Taken: Saw a chilling vision.
• Now You're Playing with Power: Upgraded a weapon to Level 3.
• Making Things a Little Easier: Used your first High-Grade Weapon Parts.

Our next stream, scheduled for around 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden will feature Journey to the Savage Planet. I'm going to try and start as soon as I finish work to get any tutorial and sets ups out of the way as the plan is for Iceman to join in

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/elegantlyslays who was playing Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Huge thank you to zephyrwrestles for hooking me up with a Blue Sky invite link, as we're now on that social media platform, which will be helpful for when Twitter goes  tits up! Here are all my current social media links: 

Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/fredcasden.bsky.social

Pebble: https://pebble.is/FredCasden

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fredcasden

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fredcasdensworld

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fredCasden

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FredCasdenGaming

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fredcasden

 Finished the 16th entry in a series of Resident Evil commissions, with the focus being on Annette Birkin, since I won't use Sherry Birkin in these stories until way down the line. Also picked up a commission request for a Star Wars story which will make heavy use of 'time skips' to make sure it gets written in a reasonable amount of time.

 Phillies made the playoffs as the #1 wild card team in the National League, and they have a shot of finishing the season with over 90 wins.

And on that note, good night everyone!