RetroMania Wrestling & Other Notes

 Hi everyone,

On tonight's stream we played RetroMania Wrestling, the much hyped up throw back to the days of WWF WrestleFest, with a roster of 17 mostly known (not exactly) well wrestlers featuring the likes of Austin Idol, Nick Aldis, the Road Warrirors, and the Blue World Order. Game is pretty much pick up and play, the story mode does have a nice little tutorial to get you used to things, but since it's modeled after WrestleFest, it can be a bit button mashy, yet there is such a thing a being able to time stuff to make cool stuff happened. 

The story mode has a bit of a choose your own adventure vibe to it at time, tag team and six man tags are a lot of fun, but the real chaos is the Retro Rumble with eight characters on the screen at once, making it hard to see where you're at.The 10 pounds of gold is basically your standard arcade ladder, but it's a bit repeative as you go through 5 matches to get the NWA title, then 5 matches defending it, with matches following a pattern where there will be a 3-way Elimination, Fatal Four Way and 2 out of 3 fall cage matches taking place.

Plenty of achievements, and we got about half of them, several of which are character related and tied to doing certain things, Good news is several can be combined and done in a single match. 

Since we covered the story mode and explored the game thoroughly I will count it as a finished game for this year's tour.

Next stream is slated for 9:30 PM Eastern, and will feature Horizon Zero Dawn

RetroMania Wrestling Achievements

• Big Debut!: Complete Your First Match
• Learn the Ropes, Kid: Complete The Basic Tutorial in Story Mode
• The Real Star of the Show: Win a match as Johnny Retro
• I Hope The Ref Didn't See That: Hit Your Opponent With a Steel Chair
• I Don't Need The Ring!: Win a Falls Count Anywhere Match Outside the Ring
• Nowhere To Run: Win a Cage Match inside the "Chain Link" cage
• Bonesaw is Ready!: Defeat Your Opponent Within 3 minutes Inside a Steel Cage
• The Best-ler, Better Than All the Rest-ler: Complete the Story mode
• No One Gets Up From That: Land 3 Finishing Moves in One Match
• Skinning the Cat: Win a Retro Rumble
• Innovator of Violence: Win a match as Tommy Dreamer
• What a Rush!: Win a Tag Team match as Hawk & Animal
• Established Talent: Win 20 matches
• That's Why They Call It High Risk: Miss an Attack from the Top of the Cage
• Unforgiving Steel: Win a Cage Match inside the "Big Blue" cage
• Generation Clash: Win a match as Nick Aldis against Austin Idol in the NWA Power arena
• National Treasure: Win a match as Nick Aldis
• Alwayz Ready: Win a match as Matt Cardona
• And Then There Was One: Win a 4 Way Elimination Match
• The Real World's Champion: Complete 10 Pounds of Gold Mode 

For the raid we found someone playing Marvel's Spider-Man 2 over at https://www.twitch.tv/chronick17

Work was okay, couple of interviews, but it was solid to make me feel good.

Knocked out a commission request for a Resident Evil related story and tried to explain some things in the continuity that I've established. I believe the next commission request is for something based on Arrow.

Phillies lost a game tough one, so now they lead the Diamondbacks 2 games to 1, so with luck they win one of the next two games and come back to Philly up 3 games to 2. Preferably we want the Phillies to win the next two games but when it comes to baseball I think logically.

Those are all my notes for today

Good night!

Starfield and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Starfield was interesting, as the game is very detailed and massive, and I can tell already I'm going to mostly keep it on Saturday nights since that is the largest night of the week for streaming. I certainly spent a lot of time looking around for loot and stuff which is probably going to turn my play-though into a slog. Since we're playing it via Game Pass, I'm going to give it the direct casual approach approach. It is a gorgeous game, and the sound mixing seems spot on.

Our next stream slated for 9:30 PM Eastern on Thursday will feature RetroMania, and we'll see if we like that game enough to want to dedicate serious time to it

Starfield Achievements

• For All, Into the Starfield: Enter Space for the First Time
• One Small Step: Join Constellation

For the raid we went to twitch.tv/zonesama for some retro TV watching 

Work was solid, we had a fairly interesting assigned focused on things in New Jersey even if my patience was really tested.

Got a commission story based on Arrow done, and it didn't turn out as well as the previous one, but i got bogged down with some few other things that cropped up. On the plus side, I'm fully caught up on commissions, so I can probably work on the Persona story unless something pops up

Recorded  two videos for my YouTube channel, one being my casual review of Day of the Tentacle while will premier in January, and the other thoughts on the RWBY / Justice League crossovers.

And that will do it for today's notes!

Good night!

Day of the Tentacle, Smite and other Notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream opened with Day of the Tentacle and it was pretty much a sprint to the finish, even as I was taking my time and making sure I got nearly every achievement in the game, missing two that are not very obvious. I have a lot of positive things to say about the console port of this game, and it makes me wonder why Lucas Arts and Disney has not done remasters of other games from the Point and Click era of the 90s. Obviously I'll be doing a review of this game for my YouTube channel. Question of what will replace it in the weekly line up is up in the air at the moment.

Now Day of the Tentacle didn't fill the entire stream, as we loaded things up with Smite for the first time in a while, winning a couple of matches and losing a couple, playing as Athena, Baset, Discordia and Cupid. We will not talk about the Assault match which was a 3 versus 5 waste of time and downer to end the stream on.

Wednesday's stream over on twitch.tv/fredcasden will start around 9:30 PM Eastern, but Journey to the Savage Planet will be on hold as Iceman needs to work late, so we'll either start Starfield or RetroMania

Day of the Tentacle Remastered Achievements

• Voiding the Warranty: Try to put something metal in the microwave
• Master Plumber: Flush 50 objects through time
• Energy Conscious: Turn off the television
• Rap Sheet: Forger: Try to sign the contract yourself with the quill pen
• Behind Every Great Man Is a Quality Roadie: Red makes a super battery with only a little help from Hoagie
• Rap Sheet: Adventure Gamer: Pick up 45 things that don't belong to you
• Flush: Acquire a diamond
• That Should Have Worked: Hoagie uses battery with Chron-O-John instead of plug
• Number One: Power Hoagie's Chron-o-John
• Music Appreciation Award: Reach yesterday without turning the stereo off
• Yesterday's News: Defeat Purple Tentacle yesterday
• Mental Patience: Play the whole game without skipping a cutscene
• ...Take on the Words!: Sit through the end credits

SMITE Achievements

• Objective Stealer: Deliver the killing blow on a map objective where enemies did more damage in a qualifying match.

 For the raid we went to www.twitch.tv/EcoNstinct where Fortnite was being featured

Watched Justice League X RWBY Part 2 today, and it was a fun continuation of the first film, but it certainly made quite a few references to things in the later seasons of RWBY I didn't know about, which means I'll have to watch and catch up. There was one minor bit of disappointment in that the second film didn't fully commit to Ruby, Weiss, Yang and Blake adapting things to the DC Universe as things ended up favoring them using their standard abilities in the films climax.

Knocked out an commission story based on the Arrowverse today, and got an instant request for a follow up, which is awesome.

I certainly got something in mind for Halloween, just need to get the pieces together for it.

And on that note, good night!

Day of the Tentacle and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Day of the Tentacle was a lot of fun, as I remembered quite a lot of the game considering I've played it a lot since the mid 1990s, not to mention remembering some of the achievements from the Steam version, so we were knocking Xbox achievements out in rapid succession, while also not skimping on any of the games content. We'll easily wrap up Day of the Tentacle on Tuesday night's stream (which is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden)

I am impressed with how well the Mouse and Keyboard controls were adapted for use with a game pad, which made doing a couple of repeated actions a hell of a lot quicker (such as ringing the bell 100 times), which makes me curious to see how other point and click games were adapted to console play

 Day of the Tentacle Remastered Achievements

• Most Annoying Guest Ever: Ring the front desk bell 100 times
• Rap Sheet: Trespasser: Find Fred's basement workshop
• And Then the Universe Explodes: Try to mix the decaf and caffeinated coffees
• Games History Major: Play Maniac Mansion
• I'm Sure He'd Never Notice: Try to swap the textbook with the stamp album
• And Then the Universe Implodes: Try to mix the disappearing ink with Booboo-B-Gone
• Rap Sheet: Thief: Pick up 15 things that don't belong to you
• Not Raised in a Barn: Close a door
• Novelty Enthusiast: Get all six novelty items
• Dude, It's Like, Cannibalism: Hoagie eats a Hoagie
• You Call That a Hint?: Try to wash the dirty car with the brush
• Rap Sheet: Kleptomaniac: Pick up 30 things that don't belong to you
• Moronic Drone: Get a job
• Obvious, Really...: Make it rain
• Only Hoagie Can Make a Tree: Create a cherry tree
• Only George Can Destroy a Tree: Destroy a cherry tree
• WWSCD?: Climb through the chimney with all three kids
• Of Course It Would Still Weigh the Same: Get a tiny sweater
• Windsock it to Me: Change the flag
• Missing Pink: Try to mix the red paint and the Booboo-B-Gone
• Rap Sheet: Yegg: Open the safe
• Olive Branch: Return the stamp album to Weird Ed
• Rap Sheet: Fraud: Try to alter the contract with Booboo-B-Gone
• Rap Sheet: Vandal: Deflate Oozo
• That Joke Never Gets Old: Squirt five different people with disappearing ink
• We're All Brothers: Ask the IRS agents if they're related
• Coffee Achiever: Wake up Dr. Fred
• Dialog Puzzles Are Hard: Get Fred to sign the contract
• Costume Quest: Clothe Laverne in the costume
• Oh Right, I'm Playing a Cartoon!: Make a skunk
• ESRB Violation: Laverne thinks about eating the cat
• Chateau Eau Neaux: Make vinegar
• Are You My Mummy?: Talk to Dead Cousin Ted with all three kids
• It's an Honor Just to Compete: Enter the human contest
• Rap Sheet: Cheat: Disqualify Harold
• Can't Win and Chew Gum at the Same Time: Laverne tries the chattering teeth on her human during the human show
• Winning Is Better: Win the human contest
• Don't Try This at Home: Microwave the frozen hamster
• Now You're Pushing It: Try to microwave the hamster again after he's thawed out
• You Suck: Vacuum up a hamster
• Number Two: Power Laverne's Chron-O-John

Tonight's raid was to twitch.tv/lilmoolah_ where Cyberpunk 2077 was being featured 

Word was alright today, picked one interview which made me feel productive and so we get to do it again tomorrow lol.

Knocked out a Resident Evil commission request, which I felt was a little lackluster, but at the same time it was introducing the character of Ada Wong to the nonsense that was established already. Picked up another commission request based on the TV series Arrow to try and feature China White, which is going to be though considering  I don't remember that character at all.

Phillies won tonight, going up 1-0 in the NLCS against the Diamondbacks, now they just need 3 more wins to make to the the World Series.

Good night folks

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Overwatch was kind of weird because the entire first hour was lost, I don't know why but the stream had a weird reset take place which basically removed a great back fill match I had as Moira plus our one look at the Trials of Sanctuary game mode. Can't think of the last time that happened. Big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun tonight.

We picked up three Plays of the Game, two as Junker Queen and one as Moira. Also played as Reinhardt, Tracer, Ana, Sombra, D.va and Bastion.

Our next scheduled stream is for 9:30 PM Eastern on Monday night, with the Xbox version of Day of the Tentacle, a game I'm very familiar with, but on the PC side of things. Going to be interesting playing it with a controller. 

For tonight's raid we went over to  twitch.tv/x_lumineee who was also playing Overwatch

Did some writing today, finished the Avatar the Last Airbender story commission, and with nothing in the queue I managed to some work on my own ideas for the Persona project I'm working on. Did ended up getting another Resident Evil commission which I worked on a bit as well, which takes priority over the Persona story.

We're finally going to take a look at RetroMania this week, and that's slated for Thursday Night's stream. Heard good things about it, and depending on how I feel, we might try and do it's story mode on stream.

Speaking of new things, we're also putting Starfield on Saturdays, there are other games I want to play during the weekday streams, and since we just finished a massive open world first person game in Cyberpunk 2077, I want to ease me way into Starfield.

Had some Chinese food for dinner today, just a simple change of pace.

All in all, those are out notes for today!

Good night!

Cyberpunk 2077 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream went about 7 hours starting at 5 PM Eastern as we wrapped up our chosen path for the Phantom Liberty story in Cyberpunk 2077, choosing to send Songbird to the moon, and it certainly was an action packed route, complete with trying to sneak around the airport terminal. Did run into a few glitches in not being able to pull up menus without reloading saves and one side gig not completing but that's alright, it was secondary. Now the thing is we won't be able to do any of the other ending for Phantom Liberty because I don't know where the major branching paths are.

But we did get the final ending and achievement needed for the original game, doing to Nomad raid ending, which leads to V and Judy both leaving Night City, so combining that ending with sending Songbird to the moon makes for a pretty satisfying conclusion.

I am actually going to do a follow up review to my Cyberpunk 2077 that is coming out on my YouTube Channel in a few months.This way I can act like I reconsidered some things

Don't know what's taking over the Monday, Tuesday and Thursday slots of the week yet, but I do not Starfield will be placed on Saturdays starting next week.

Out next scheduled stream is for 5 PM Eastern on Sunday with Overwatch 2 on twitch.tv/fredcasden

Cyberpunk 2077 Achievements

• The Star: Leave Night City with the Aldecaldos.
• Dirty Deeds: Complete every Gig in Dogtown.
• Spin Doctor: Complete “Run This Town”.
• King of Wands: Take Songbird to the stars.

Tonight's Raid: twitch.tv/djparticle
Playing: Portal 2

Need to do the dishes when I wake up, also need to do a better job doing proper proportions with my meals.

Finished the WWE story commission, and started on the Avatar: Last Airbender related one. It'll be finished tomorrow for sure, and I know there is a Resident Evil one in the queue that'll be after it.

Nearly forgot that I potentially have jury duty coming up on the 23rd of October... ugh, hopefully I won't be needed or that I can talk my way out of it.

The people cleaning out my neighbors house broke the latch on the gate... and I know they did it because it was in one piece on Thursday when I went to the post office! Fucking jerks.

And on that note, good night everyone!

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

 Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn saw a big focus on exploration and finding goodies in the Frozen Wilds area, which was originally DLC when the game was released, and the tougher enemies has meant we managed to do some serious leveling, as the entire region was meant to be played after you finished the base game. Now we did cover a good amount of ground, progressing some of it's story and realizing there is a ton of stuff to find that is necessary to be able to get the best weapons and armor

Next time we play HZD, which will be next Friday, we'll continue or journey through the Frozen Wilds

Our next stream on Saturday night, slated fo a 5 PM Eastern start time over on twitch.tv/fredcasden will featured Cyberpunk 2077

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

• Drained the Flood: Completely drained the floodwater from inside the Greycatch.
• First Bluegleam Trade: Traded Bluegleam for a special weapon or outfit.

Tonight's Raid: twitch.tv/erikamonky
What They Were Playing: Phasmophobia

Work was alright, nothing special, just mundane...

Had a sudden job interview where the company a) didn't list themselves as indicated on Indeed and b) was clearly fraudulent in the position they were offering. On top of that their hiring manager certainly did not give me a good impression as they couldn't answer my question

I was not able finish the WWE related commission story today, but it's about 80% complete so I'll be able to bang it out first thing in the morning, and then start on the Avatar The Last Air Bender story request.

And on that note, I'm off to bed!

Good night!