Monday, July 26, 2021

My Physical Gaming Collection As Of 7/26/21

Here is the complete list of games that I currently have in my collection

 

Platform Title
PS2 .hack//Infection Part 1
PS2 .hack//Mutation Part 2
PS2 007: Agent Under Fire
PS2 007: Everything or Nothing
PS2 007: From Russia with Love
PS2 007: NightFire
PS2 007: Quantum of Solace
PS2 All-Star Baseball 2003
PS2 Beyond Good & Evil
PS2 Black
PS2 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
PS2 Capcom Fighting Evolution
PS2 Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
PS2 Cartoon Network Racing
PS2 Champions of Norrath
PS2 Dark Angel: Vampire Apocalypse
PS2 Dark Cloud
PS2 Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore
PS2 Death by Degrees
PS2 Devil May Cry
PS2 Disney/Pixar Finding Nemo
PS2 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
PS2 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
PS2 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3
PS2 Drakan: The Ancients' Gates
PS2 Eragon
PS2 Escape from Monkey Island
PS2 ESPN Major League Baseball 2K4
PS2 ESPN NHL 2K5
PS2 Final Fantasy X
PS2 Final Fantasy X-2
PS2 George of the Jungle and the Search for the Secret
PS2 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
PS2 Ghostbusters: The Video Game
PS2 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec [Greatest Hits]
PS2 Grand Theft Auto III
PS2 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
PS2 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
PS2 Grandia II
PS2 Grandia III
PS2 Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
PS2 Kingdom Hearts
PS2 Kingdom Hearts II
PS2 Legends of Wrestling II
PS2 LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
PS2 LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
PS2 Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King
PS2 Major League Baseball 2K5
PS2 Marvel vs. Capcom 2
PS2 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
PS2 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
PS2 Mortal Kombat Deception Premium Pack
PS2 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
PS2 Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
PS2 MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch
PS2 MVP Baseball 2004
PS2 Namco Classic Fighter Collection
PS2 NHL 2K6
PS2 Orphen: Scion of Sorcery
PS2 Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
PS2 Power Rangers: Super Legends - 15th Anniversary
PS2 Ready 2 Rumble: Boxing: Round 2
PS2 Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
PS2 Rocky
PS2 Rocky: Legends
PS2 Rumble Roses
PS2 Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
PS2 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES
PS2 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
PS2 Showdown: Legends of Wrestling
PS2 Sonic Heroes
PS2 Sonic Mega Collection Plus
PS2 SoulCalibur III
PS2 Spider-Man 2
PS2 Spiderman
PS2 Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
PS2 Star Trek: Encounters
PS2 Star Trek: Shattered Universe
PS2 Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force
PS2 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
PS2 Street Fighter Alpha Anthology
PS2 Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
PS2 Street Fighter EX3
PS2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus
PS2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare
PS2 Tekken 5
PS2 The Bouncer
PS2 The Spiderwick Chronicles
PS2 The Thing
PS2 TMNT
PS2 UFC: Sudden Impact
PS2 Ultimate Spider-Man
PS2 Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
PS2 Virtua Quest
PS2 WWE Crush Hour
PS2 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007
PS2 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
PS2 WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain
PS2 WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth
PS2 WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw
PS2 WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006
PS2 WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It
PS2 X-Men Legends
PS2 X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
PS2 Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
PS2 Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
PS2 Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra
PS2 Playstation 2 System
Switch Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Switch ARMS
Switch Bayonetta 2
Switch BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle [Collector's Edition]
Switch Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
Switch DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power
Switch Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch
Switch Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Switch Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Switch Fitness Boxing
Switch Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise
Switch GhostBusters The Video Game Remastered
Switch Hades
Switch Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Switch Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
Switch Just Dance 2020
Switch Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory
Switch Kirby Star Allies
Switch Luigi's Mansion 3
Switch Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Switch Mario Golf: Super Rush
Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Switch Mario Tennis Aces
Switch Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
Switch Monster Hunter Rise
Switch New Pokémon Snap
Switch New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Switch Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Switch Overcooked! 2
Switch Pokémon Shield
Switch Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!
Switch Ring Fit Adventure
Switch Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Switch Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Switch Super Mario Maker 2
Switch Super Mario Odyssey
Switch Super Mario Party
Switch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Switch Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
Switch The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Switch The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Switch Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] - Collector's Edition (switch)
Switch Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
PS4 .hack//G.U. Last Recode
PS4 Bloodborne [Game of the Year]
PS4 Days Gone
PS4 Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky
PS4 Final Fantasy VII Remake
PS4 Ghost of Tsushima
PS4 Ghostbusters
PS4 God of War (PlayStation Hits)
PS4 Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition
PS4 Marvel's Spider-Man (Game of the Year Edition)
PS4 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales [Launch Edition]
PS4 Persona 5 Royal (Steelbook Launch Edition)
PS4 Quantic Dream Collection
PS4 Sakura Wars
PS4 Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness [Day One Edition]
PS4 Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
PS4 Tales of Berseria
PS4 The Last of Us Part II
PS4 The Last of Us Remastered
PS4 Titanfall 2
PS4 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
PS4 Uncharted: The Lost Legacy [PlayStation Hits]
PS4 Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection [PlayStation Hits]
PS4 Until Dawn [PlayStation Hits]
PS1 007: Racing
PS1 007: Tomorrow Never Dies
PS1 Animorphs: Shattered Reality
PS1 Apocalypse
PS1 Bio FREAKS
PS1 Chrono Cross
PS1 Chrono Cross [Greatest Hits]
PS1 Contender
PS1 Dance Dance Revolution Konamix
PS1 Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
PS1 Dead or Alive
PS1 Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas
PS1 Die Hard Trilogy [Greatest Hits]
PS1 Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
PS1 Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22
PS1 Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
PS1 ECW Anarchy Rulz
PS1 ECW Hardcore Revolution
PS1 Fear Effect
PS1 Fighting Force
PS1 Final Fantasy Anthology
PS1 Final Fantasy Chronicles
PS1 Final Fantasy VIII [Greatest Hits]
PS1 Forsaken
PS1 Gauntlet Legends
PS1 Gex
PS1 Grandia
PS1 Knockout Kings
PS1 Madden NFL 2001
PS1 Madden NFL 2002
PS1 Madden NFL 98
PS1 Mega Man Legends
PS1 Micro Maniacs Racing
PS1 MLB 2004
PS1 Mortal Kombat 4
PS1 NFL GameDay
PS1 NFL GameDay 98
PS1 NHL FaceOff
PS1 PGA Tour 96
PS1 Power Rangers: Time Force
PS1 Pro Pinball: Big Race USA
PS1 Resident Evil 2 - Dual Shock Ver.
PS1 Rival Schools
PS1 Road Rash
PS1 Road Rash 3D
PS1 Rushdown
PS1 Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001
PS1 Scrabble
PS1 Space Jam
PS1 Spice World
PS1 Spider-Man
PS1 Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro
PS1 Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi
PS1 Tekken
PS1 Tekken 2
PS1 Tekken 3
PS1 The Fifth Element
PS1 The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga
PS1 The Simpsons Wrestling
PS1 Thousand Arms
PS1 Triple Play 98
PS1 WCW Backstage Assault
PS1 WCW Mayhem
PS1 WCW Nitro
PS1 WCW vs. the World
PS1 WCW-NWO Thunder
PS1 Wild 9
PS1 WWF Attitude
PS1 WWF In Your House
PS1 WWF War Zone
PS1 WWF War Zone [Greatest Hits]
PS1 WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game
PS1 X-Men: Mutant Academy
PS1 Xena: Warrior Princess
PS1 Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
PC Ace Ventura
PC All-Star Baseball
PC Blood Bowl
PC Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures
PC Jazz Jackrabbit 2
PC Mortal Kombat 4
PC Power Rangers Super Legends
PC Road Rash
PC Rocksmith 2014 Edition: Remastered
PC Sonic & Knuckles Collection
PC Sonic CD
PC Sonic R
PC Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
PC Star Trek: Judgment Rites
PC Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
PC Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force
PC Tomb Raider (1996)
PC Tomb Raider II
PC Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
PC Triple Play 98
PC WCW Nitro
PC Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego Deluxe
Xbox One Agents of Mayhem
Xbox One Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series
Xbox One Marvel's Avengers: Deluxe Edition
Xbox One Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
Xbox One Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series - The Complete Adventure
Xbox One Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: The Telltale Series
Xbox One Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix
Xbox One Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series
Xbox ESPN NBA 2K5
Xbox NBA 2K3
Xbox NBA Live 2005
Xbox 360 BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
PS3 007: Legends
PS3 Assassin's Creed
PS3 Assassin's Creed III
PS3 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
PS3 Assassin's Creed: Ezio Trilogy
PS3 Beyond: Two Souls
PS3 BioShock Infinite
PS3 Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
PS3 Dragon Age: Inquisition
PS3 Far Cry 3
PS3 Fighting Edition: Tekken 6 / Tekken Tag Tournament 2 / SoulCalibur V
PS3 Final Fantasy XIII
PS3 Ghostbusters: The Video Game
PS3 God of War Saga
PS3 Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition
PS3 Heavy Rain: Director's Cut [Greatest Hits]
PS3 LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack
PS3 LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
PS3 LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
PS3 Lucha Libre AAA Heroes del Ring
PS3 Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
PS3 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
PS3 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
PS3 Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
PS3 NCIS
PS3 NHL 13
PS3 Persona 5
PS3 Record of Agarest War 2
PS3 Record of Agarest War Zero
PS3 Remember Me
PS3 Saints Row: The Third The Full Package
PS3 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
PS3 Sonic Generations
PS3 Sonic the Hedgehog
PS3 Sonic Unleashed
PS3 Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
PS3 SoulCalibur IV [Greatest Hits]
PS3 Spider-Man 3
PS3 Star Trek The Video Game
PS3 Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
PS3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan
PS3 The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
PS3 The Last of Us
PS3 The Simpsons Game
PS3 TNA iMPACT!
PS3 Tomb Raider
PS3 Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
PS3 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
PS3 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
PS3 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
PS3 Valkyria Chronicles
PS3 Vanquish
PS3 WWE '12
PS3 WWE '13
PS3 WWE 2K14
PS3 WWE 2K15
PS3 WWE All Stars
PS3 WWE Legends of Wrestlemania
PS3 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
PS3 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
PS3 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
PS3 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
PS3 Young Justice: Legacy

Today's Notes 7/26/21: Dare to Lindholm

Good morning everybody,

Last night's stream of Overwatch was a lot of fun, we got in a few normal Quick Play matches early, then switched over to Arcade mode once Mayhem became available. Big thanks to PandaSweet and TazerFace for joining in on a lot of the matches.

I did happen to have my best match ever stat wise with Brigitte, and it's why the screen shot is that of the results screen. The funny thing about that match is that I basically got fed up with the two damage dealers spamming 'Need healing' and I actually backed off providing heals in general and just focused on the payload. Thankfully the two tanks, one of which I believe was Panda and the other support also focused on the objective.... and somehow that match was one in what was basically a 4 vs 6 scenario.

Here are the match results in general from last night.

  1. Quick Play: Moira- Win
  2. Quick Play: Brigitte-  Win
  3. Quick Play: D.va - Win
  4. Quick Play: Moira - Win
  5. Quick Play: Brigitte - Loss
  6. Quick Play: D.va: Loss
  7. Mayhem: Widowmaker -  Win
  8. Mayhem: McCree - Loss
  9. Mayhem: McCree / Winston : Loss
  10. Mayhem: Windowaker -  Loss
  11. Mayhem: Reinhardt - Win
  12. Mayhem: Zarya - Win
  13. Mayhem: Echo  / Winston - Loss
  14. Mayhem: Reinhardt - Loss
  15. Mayhem: Reinhardt - Loss
  16. Mayhem: D.va - Loss
  17. Mayhem: D.va - Loss
  18. Mayhem: Tracer - Loss
  19. Mayhem: Zarya: - Win
  20. Mayhem: Brigitte- Win
  21. Mayhem: Brigitte- Loss
  22. Mayhem: Genji / Moria -Win

I will admit in that last match I basically phoned it in as Genji before switching to Moira at the very end to basically provide all the support needed to pull out that win.

Anyway, here are some clips from last night

I put a poll on twitter to see what 'forgotten' RPGs people might be interested in seeing at some point. The list included Chrono Cross, Thousand Arms, Xenosaga Episode 1 and X-Men Legends. To vote visit: https://twitter.com/FredCasden/status/1419519455630139395

 Woke up at 4:30 AM, mostly due to the heat, trust me there is a reason why I hate it when weather gets about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Anyway, I messed around a little with Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee to try capturing Pokemon with it undocked, and yes while it's easier to aim and toss the Pokeballs , it did show some of the more.... problematic aspects of the game with the ratio of how often the Pokemon will break out of the pokeballs. That said, I did boost the levels of my squad, so we should be on pace or just ahead of the pace for everything in Lavender town.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout saw us using Karen for the first time as the trainer and it was broadcasted on Twitch. The daily workout itself lasted 31 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 589 kcal, and we did extra, so the complete session went 43 minutes with an estimate calorie burn of 786 kcal. We knocked out two a achievements with this session

  1. Karen's New Student: Exercise with Karen as your instructor
  2. Karen's Best Student: Receive a 3-star rating from Karen

We also made progress on other achievements, we're up to 3 out of 10 for the Karen's Trainee, 2 out of 10 for Karen's Buddy and 98 out of 100 for King FIt Fighter. The Karen's Best achievement's progress is currently hidden, but we need all four of these achievements to unlock the last four outfits in the game

Of course since this session was streamed there are a few clips.

For tonight's stream we are starting up Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, and we'll going in order to the character campaigns from top to bottom... mostly because I know Aqua's is supposed to be done last. My goal is to just get through the story on all campaigns as quickly as possible.

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

Sunday, July 25, 2021

Today's Notes 7/25/21: The Grind Is Real

Good afternoon everybody,

Last night's stream featured Pokemon Let's Go Eevee as we traveled from Cerulean City all the way to Lavender Town over the course of about 5 hours and 45 minutes. Now one would assume because of that amount of time I would've cleared two gyms, Vermilion City plus Lavender Town but nope... a good chunk of tonight was spent trying to catch Pokemon and dealing with the timing, aiming and the annoyance that I can't quite get the Pokeball to go to the right. Occasionally I can get it to go to the left when I want to, but for the most part I'm hoping for the Pokemon to remain dead-center.

But the biggest issue I had (besides my team's Pikachu leveling up slower than everyone else on my team) is how random it seems when it comes to Pokemon breaking out of the balls. I get it, that's the struggle and gimmick of Pokemon Go that was implemented into this remake of the Pokemon Yellow, but it gets really annoying when you get Excellent throws that feel penalized then get one toss captures on terrible throws.

That said there were a few cute moments, mostly focused around Eevee having some special cut scenes and learning key abilities and a run in with Team Rocket that sees a member of the Elite Four coming to our aid. The game's story is different 'enough' from the original to make it stand out... even if there are some continuity issues. 

Anyway, here are some clips from last night.

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee 7/24/21 Clip 1: Don't You Vomit Me On Me!

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee 7/24/21 Clip 2: Weepinbell''s Vine Whip For The Win!

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee 7/24/21 Clip 3: Eevee Being So Damn Cute

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee 7/24/21 Clip 4: Catch The Graveler in Mid-Ar

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee 7/24/21 Clip 5: An Ominous Arrival

Since we are starting a new week that means we have a highlight reel of everything from last week, which featured Overwatch, Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, God of War, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Space Jam: A New Legacy - The Game, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Tom Clancy's The Division, Star Trek Online, Star Wars: Masters of the Teras Kasi, Tekken 2, Wild 9 & Pokemon Let's Go Eevee! 

There is a question on if I'll start a second large campaign game for Friday Nights since we wrapped up God of War last week... but since there is still stuff to do in God of War, I'm really debating on if I should try and get close to 50% completion of the trophies and such. Not really sure people would want to see me get my but handed to me repeatedly by Valkyries!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout lasted 28 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 436 kcal, we did do some extra things, so the total session was 40 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 594 kcal.This was the last daily session using Evan as a trainer as we switched over to Karen and we went ahead unlock most of her outfits to knock out some her appearance related achievements. Because of how tickets were rewarded, six of her attires remain lock, but we should be able to a couple unlocked tomorrow. Here's the list of achievements unlocked today

  1. Karen's Stylst: Change Karen's Outfit
  2. Karen's Fashion Designer: Put a matching outfit together for Karen
  3. Karen's Fashion Saboteur: Mismatch an outfit for Karen
  4. Evan's Best Friend: Reach A Trusting Parternship With Evan

With those achievement done, we're at 97 out of 100 for the King Fit Fighter achievement, but since that is an actual percent, there are 5 achievements for Karen: Karen's New Student, Karen's Best STudent, Karen's Trainee, Karen's Buddy and Karen's Best Friend. So to get her remaining attires all six of the remaining achievements must be reached.

It's Sunday which means Overwatch is on the agenda! The Summer Games Event is in full effect and so I've updated the skins and voice lines for every character. Granted I only use the same handful every week, but still... I like to keep things uniformed!

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

 


Saturday, July 24, 2021

Today's Notes 7/24/21: Breaking Baldur

Good afternoon everybody,

Last night's stream saw us finish the main story of God of War, which probably took about an hour and half to, since it was all going to certain places, getting items and advancing things along to the fight with Baldur, which was a pretty epic encounter since Freya was caught in the middle. It is funny how Kratos tried to stay out of it, but his very nature lead to him killing Baldur even though Freya was willing to die for her son. This probably sets up the next game in a big way with Freya probably getting back with Odin for revenge. I did love teaser that shows Thor arriving at the cabin where Kratos and the Boy live... and it's funny, that said teaser does indicate several years later, which fits perfectly with how God of War: Ragnarok is coming out next year. 

Now following the 30 minutes of credits, (and yes I let them play even if I was switching scenes) We started in on doing the things I skipped over, a couple of stray enemies, chasing down two Valkyries (that took multiple attempts to defeat) and roaming one of the two realms we had access to but put off exploring... and if I knew each area would have had items to power up my weapons I would've gone to them first! Still there is an entire other area left to explore and a few trophies to hunt down. We may keep God of War in the line up for next week... plus we also have 3 more Valkyries to find... plus the final one that is apparently nearly impossible to beat. 

Anyway since this was a PS4 title that meant we had achievements... or rater trophies unlocked.

  1. Twilight Beckons: Defeat Baldur
  2. Last Wish: Spread the ashes
  3. All Will Fall: Kill 1,000 Enemies
  4. Why Fight It?: Fully upgrade the Blades of Chaos

And of course we have a few clips from last night as well.

God of War 7/23/21 Clip 1: Pounding The Meat

God Of War 7/23/21 Clip 2: Well... He Dead 

God of War 7/23/21 Clip 3: The Teaser 

God of War 7/23/21 Clip 4: Defeating the Valkyrie of The Mountain

God of War 7/23/21 Clip 5: Taking Down The Valkyrie Of Muspelheim 

Now of course with God of War done, that really cements that Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep will be starting on Monday night, apparently it will take about 26-30 hours to finish that game and since I'll be taking the casual road, hopefully it will be very straight forward!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 28 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 447 kcal, and we did do some extra today, so the total session lasted 40 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 657 kcal. We're now up to 97 out of 100 for the Evan's Best Friend Achievement, which means we could knock it out tomorrow, a day earlier than I was anticipating. 

Today we also added Road Rash for the PlayStation to the collection, since we already have Road Rash 3D, I think there is one more game in the series for the original PlayStation to add, and I think it's called Road Rash Jailbreak.

For tonight's stream we'll be getting back to Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee as we're picking up right after the second gym, and we'll be going after every Pokemon we see to try and level up as quickly as possible before we reach the 3rd gym on our journey!

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


Friday, July 23, 2021

Today's Notes 7/23/21: Not Quite A Master Of The Teras Kasi...

 Good morning everybody,

Last night's stream feature four items of interest, starting with Star Trek Online, with the weekly endeavors quests being knocked out. One of the quests involved completing Binary Circuit, which is two teams of 5 racing across a series of puzzles / mazes to the end. Now one of the puzzles involves turning 4 sections of a tube to where one side has a straight blue line and the other side has a yellow line. There are indicators before the first section to give a huge clue, but I got stuck with clowns who kept trying to flip it every which way possible! If the hint is right in front of you TAKE THE HINT! 

Anyway, we have some clips of last night's STO action.

Twitch Clip: Star Trek Online 7/22/21 Clip 1: That Was The Look On My Face

Twitch Clip  Star Trek Online 7/22/21 Clip 2: Dino Hunter!

Twitch Clip: Star Trek Online 7/22/21: Clip 3: The Krakken Are In Seattle

Next came the game that took up a larger amount of time than I thought it would, Star Wars: Masters of the Teras Kasi. It's a Tekken clone in every sense of the phrase, with some real cheesy AI, three-dimensional movement that only really makes sense to people who dedicated way to much time to it and some of the most deliberate input button pressing needed.  Now i set it on its easiest difficulty setting, and it was still a night mare to get through the arcade mode. Still we did it with Princess Leia... and the only reason to go back to it is to see if I could learn how to do some stuff with the various characters.

Of course, here are some clips

Twitch Clip: Star Wars Masters Of The Teras Kasi Clip 1: Skywalker? More Like Ground-Layer!

Twitch Clip: Star Wars Masters Of The Teras Kasi Clip 2: Well She Dead

Twitch Clip: Star Wars Masters of the Teras Kasi Clip 3: I'll Take It!

A few weeks ago Mezmerrizer recommended Wild 9 as a game I should pick up and we finally gave it a look tonight, made by Interplay, this is a puzzle side-scroller platformer that has a nice sound track, easy to understand controls and a charming element to it. We only went through the first level, as the first attempt only saw me getting 1/2 way through, but the 2nd attempt worked out rather nicely. This is a game I should mark down as something to dedicate longer streams to!

And here are the Wild 9 Clips!

Twitch Clip: Wild 9 7/22/21 Clip 1: Losing Their Heads

Twitch Clip: Wild 9 7/22/21 Clip 2: Into The Grinder They Go

Twitch Clip: Wild 9 7/22/21 Clip 3: We Need Another One

Finally the night ended with Tekken 2, and like the original Tekken, it was my first time playing it. IT certainly feels a lot better to play the original, looks better, the soundtrack is pretty kick ass. However Kazuya is more cheap than Heihachi was in the original. It does have a practice mode and so I went into it to see if I could learn a few special moves... which I couldn't quite pull off against the AI! We were unsuccessful in clearing the arcade mode, but after Star Wars: Masters of the Teras Kasi, I wasn't in the mood to try and cheese the game.

Anyway here are a couple of clips!

Twitch Clip: Tekken 2 7/22/21 Clip 1: Getting Use To Jun

Twitch Clip: Tekken 2 7/22/21 Clip 2: Accidental Quit

Twitch Clip: Tekken 2 7/22/21 Clip 3: Nina Was Just Tired

Yesterday we added Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time For The PlayStation 2 to the collection, yet another highly regarding RPG to added to the list of things I think people will like seeing!

Twitch Clip: Just Chatting 7/22/21: Things Arriving: Star Ocean Till The End Of Time

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout lasted 28 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 440 kcal, and obviously because of the shorter length, I did some extra. So the total session ended up being 40 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 598 kcal. With every thing done today we're now up to 93 out of 100 for the Evan's Best Friend Achievement.

For tonight's stream we're looking to finish God of War, and we'll go straight forward, hopefully things will go our way to finishing up another epic journey this week!

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


Thursday, July 22, 2021

Today's Notes 7/22/21: She's Poison... Poison Running Through My Veins!

Good morning everybody,

First happy birthday to my younger brother Leo!

Last night's stream lead off with Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid and the questionable match making continued as I ended up facing dudes well beyond what I'm capable of hanging with. We won a few matches here and there, included a couple by folks who quit out right. Or probably were victims of the wonky game servers, as I got booted from a match as well. No achievements unlocked, but we do have a couple of clips.

Twitch Clip: Power Rangers Battle For The Grid 7/21: Happy With That Win

Twitch Clip: Power Rangers Battle For The Grid 7/21: Win With Chun Li's Super

Twitch Clip: Power Rangers Battle For The Grid 7/21: I Don't Know How I Won

Out attention then turned to Space Jam: A New Legacy, the beat 'em up brawler that is free to play... and it's really mediocre. Nothing really stands out about it, some of the voice samples used for Lebron James, Bugs and Lola Bunny (no relation - haha Tiny Toons references!) are a bit repetitive . There is a nice variety of enemies but hit detection can be really wonky. It does have 3 player local multiplayer, but the lack of an online mode does stress the fact this game was an after thought. In all honesty, they should've made an over the top NBA Jam style basketball game. Anyway we did beat the game, so it counts for the tour. Now we did get some achievements out of it

  1. Clipped His Wings: Defeated The Brow
  2. Best of the Best: Defeated White Mamba
  3. Hoop Star Completed Space Jam: A New Legacy - The Game

And of course there are some clips as well.

Twitch Clip: Space Jam: A New Legacy 7/21: Lola In Action

Twitch Clip: Space Jame A New Legacy 7/21: What's Updoc?

Twitch Clip: Space Jam A New Legacy 7/21: Taking Down The White Mamba

Next our attention turned to Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, where it certainly was struggle just to clear arcade mode! We started with Guile and Sakura for a combined effort run that went no where.... but then we stepped away, came back and set things up to use Poison, a character I know how to use in Street Fighter X Tekken, but not in SSFIV. So it was basically me trying to figure out what worked and hoped for the best. Now I don't know what it is with SSFIV, but it's difficult spike in its arcade mode can be down right ridiculous. I'll also stand by what I said that Seth, along with Gil in Street Fighter III is incredibly cheap in what they can do.

That said, upon clearing the arcade mode with Poison I did rather like her 'ending' where she basically has all the Final Fight Alumni along with Ken & Ryu within her rock & wrestling promotion.

Now I did try my hand at some online matches, but I basically got bodied (LOL)

Of course we have a few highlights from this as well.

Twitch Clip: Super Street Fighter IV 7/21: Rival Battle - Sakura Vs Ryu

Twitch Clip: Super Street Fighter IV 7/21: Poison Vs Rolento

Twitch Clip: Super Street Fighter IV 7/21: Poison Vs Seth

Lastly we did do some The Division stuff, but without Iceman who was unavailable, so I just messed around on the Docks and tried one of those endless waves. Managed to clear 3 waves before things went south for me. No achievements were unlocked.

But we do have a few moments

Twitch Clip: The Division 7/21: Clearing Wave 8

Twitch Clip: The Division 7/21: Wave 9... Does Not Go Well

During the stream my mail arrived late (at 7:30 PM Eastern which is very strange) and so we revealed the latest additions to the collection. First up is Spice World for the PlayStation, mostly because it was cheap and if I can mess with the audio settings it would make for a good gag game to stream. Next Virtua Quest for the PlayStation 2, proving that Virtua Fighter, like Tekken and Mortal Kombat, tried to expand on the popularity of the franchise. Lastly is Young Justice Legacy for the PlayStation 3, I have played the Steam version, but tracking down a PS3 copy that actually has online multiplayer means we could start a session and see if anyone join. Or just go through the whole game solo which is more likely.

Also did a little just chatting stuff... so...

Twitch Clip: Just Chatting: Considering How To Stream Spice World For The PlayStation

Twitch Clip: Trying To Understand Why Space Jam: A New Legacy Isn't A Basketball Game

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 533 kcal. I was running a bit behind today, so we didn't do anything extra. We're now up to 89 out of 100 for the Evan's Best Friend achievement. If we can keep the 3 points per day, we'll knock this out by Monday which of course is what I estimated we would earlier in the week.

For tonight's stream, we'll be leading off with Star Trek Online and then messing around with some games from the PlayStaiton One era. Nothing major or seriues unless something really grabs my attention!

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

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

On The Road To Jotunheim

 Good morning everybody,

Last night's stream of God of War certainly saw the Boy getting on my nerves with his ego growing real damn quick, thankfully Kratos eventually got firm with the kid. We basically covered chapters 11 to 13, which meant going back up to the top of the mountain, then escaping from Helheim and then dealing with the death traps in Tyr's temple to find the path to Jotunheim. I did come across the second of the three dragons and two Valkyries, only being able to defeat one because the 2nd was real defense heavy. Also managed to complete the quests to get the dwarf brothers back together, so there's that bit of positivity .

Of course this being a PlayStation 4 game meant we unlocked some achievements during out adventures, and here's the list of what we've done.

  1. Round 2: Rescue Atreus
  2. Past Haunts: Ride the ship out of Helheim
  3. Like Oil and Water: Complete all of Brok and Sindri’s Favors
  4. Trilingual: Learn the languages of Muspelheim and Niflheim

And of course we got a list of clips from last night to share as well.

Twitch Clip: Have a nice trip! See you next fall!

Twitch Clip: We're on a boat... every body take a look at the MFN boat...

Twitch Clip: Well that did not work

Twitch Clip: That is my solution!

Twitch Clip: Alright... neat

Overwatch started up it's summer games event which will be running for the next three weeks, and I've already unlocked all the loot box related items, probably Ashe and Symmetra have the best skins overall, and Soldiers 76 gets a great intro that has him working the grill and popping open a beer. Wrecking Ball's beach mode emote is a real winner as well. The new weekly skins for playing 27 matches each week for the next three weeks are okay, with only Pharah's being memorable because of the sunset color batter. But did we really need for Mei to get another new skin?

It seems like some game publishers and developers are looking to ditch the practice of DRM protection considering how often the software related to digital rights managing seems to have a tendency to get bricked. I'll be casually keeping and eye on this.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 488 kcal. We did do some extra today so the total sessions was 43 minutes with the estimated calorie burn of 672 kcal. With today's efforts, we're now up to 87 out of 100 for the Evan's Best Friend Achievement. I do realize that because of the unique way the in-game tickets for unlocking attires are rewarded the cycle of Karen's attires for when we switch to her next week will not be completely unlocked until after we knock out her best friend achievement and by proxy the King Fit Fighter achievement

Also allow me to gripe about work for a moment, if I didn't wake up early today I would not have been aware of the fact that everybody had work work today. This is the curse of where I work, in that they can and will jerk people around based on some very inconsistent factors.

Kind of have a fan fic idea based around some things of the original Space Jam film... we'll see if anything comes of that.

For tonight's stream we will lead off with Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, but we may not have a full session of Tom Clancy's The Division as Iceman informed me he'll be getting home late. So we'll mess around with whatever I have on the Xbox One tonight.

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



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