A Night of Metroids, Plumbers, Apes and Boxers

 Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream heavily featured the original Metroid, along with three other games from the Nintendo's NES era of the 1980s.

We'll talk about Metroid first, since it was the one game I certainly wanted to feature, and I can safely say this: anyone who finished it without using any of the password / cheat codes, kudos to you, because it was a reminder as to why I normally don't stick with Metroidvania games for more than a night or two. The controls are real easy to learn, and they are responsive to the inputs of the controller (at least the emulated version of Metroid is that is available through the Nintendo Switch's Online NES collection.

My biggest issues with Metroid is there really is no clear cut indication of where to go, the seemingly  randomness of the enemy movement patterns and some of the leaps of logic one must take to figure out how to reacher new areas. Let's address the first issue first, I totally get it that Samus has to find the gear and search all over the place first for the best gear to get the job done, the issue is actually figuring out where to go as the game is set up to make one feel like they are running in circles... and certainly this had me looking for an online guide to cover that. The second issue is randomness of enemy movement patterns, there are numerous instances where the pattern of the enemies changes, making quite a few things impossible to predict, which certainly cost me some time. The final issue relates to some of the games 'puzzles', such as having to go up through a ceiling or down through a floor, there is no way to tell difference as all the textures look the same.

Thankfully I found the guides over on GameFAQs to be rather helpful, but more importantly a map which actually gave me a idea of how to get to the mini-bosses and then to Morther Brain. And I'll straight up admit, we used the NARPASSWORD password / cheat code to push through. Even with these tool it did take me over three over to get though the game. We are counting it for this years tour, which means 54 games have been finished on stream.

Now we didn't end there, we messed around with three other classic Nintendo games: Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and Punch Out. Of the three... only Super Mario Bros I had some experience with, but that didn't show as I made numerous careless mistakes. Donkey Kong took some time to figure out but we managed to clear all three of it's stages to get a feel for it, Punch-Out I have played only a handful of times back in the early 90s... and well I'm so bad at that game Glass Joe can knock me down!

Big thanks to Foxy_Melly for re-subscribing to the channel for 22 months in a row! Foxy is also a streamer, broadcasting from the UK and was most recently featuring Destiny 2! You can check out their streamers over a twitch.tv/foxy_melly! 

Following the stream we sent the fun over to DaWorstGamerEver25 (twitch.tv/daworstgamerever25) who was playing American Truck Simulator! I've known him since high school and he's a really good dude! Hope you check him out when you get a chance!

Twitch Clip Links

• The First Of Many Deaths 
• Hey We Found A Thing! 
• Oh Wonderful... What Is This?!
• I want the thing!
• Hey we found another thing!
• We are so screwed...
• Damn it all!
• Ay Dios mio!
• Hey we made it!
• Down Goes Donkey Kong!
• I'm so bad Glass Joe can knock me down! 
• We're dead 

Twitch continues to have issues porting things over to YouTube, in the mean time I am highlighting key things from each stream to be archived at a later date. Hopefully Twitch can fix their issues as soon as possible. I will try to do full downloads and uploads of things featured on stream, but that's a long ass process.

While I was doing my laundry after last night's stream, I sat down to bang out (HA!) the commissioned fic featuring the RWBY characters of Pyrrha, Jaune and Cardin. It's up now over on HF under my DiceCasden pen name.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily work out lasted 31 minutes with the following exercises: advanced Combo #2, Double Combo #2 and Left-Right Step Combo. Total estimated calorie burn was 563 kcal.  We also did an additional 11 minutes with Uppercut Combo #2 and Beginner Combo #1 as well for an added estimated calorie burn of 174 kcal. So the compete totals for today were 43 minutes with an estimate calorie burn of 738

At this exact moment I'm not completely sure what's on the agenda for tonight's stream, we could dedicate it to Final Fantasy XIV or maybe start The Walking Dead Season 2? I'll make up my mind by this evening that's for sure!

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

The End For Lee Means The Future For Clementine

 Good morning everybody,

Last night's stream saw us wrap up The Walking Dead Season 1 with episode 5 and episode 6 (aka 400 Days, which was a bonus episode used to hype up Season 2)

With Episode 5, it's all about finding Clementine, nothing else matters to Lee at that point because he was bitten at the end of episode 4. Big decisions made was Lee having his arm sawed off to slow the the infection, keeping things calm with Kenny and having Clementine kill Lee so that her last memory of him was not being a walker. It's easily one of the saddest moments in gaming history, and it really captures the fucked up world The Walking Dead takes place in. But the good news is, Clem was taught well by Lee, and she will go on to use those lessons to survive.

Episode 6... aka 400 days, tells 5 mini-stories featuring characters that could show up during Season 2... and I feel like I screwed up on who would could see.... I never could figure out the right way to get all 5 people in previous play through.... and the Definitive Series version does not allow for a replay for some strange reason.

When we'll start season 2 is something you may be wondering, and I'm thinking Monday Night with episode 1 & 2, 3 & 4 on Tuesday, and episode 5 to start Wednesday since Iceman and I are gonna do some stuff with Gears of War 3 that night as well.

We also debuted Final Fantasy XIV during this stream, mostly did some Main Story Quest things because that's all I had available, so it was mostly just running around in one area. Not all that thrilling. Maybe I should save side quests for on-stream? Anyway something I did discover off stream was the very clear fact that Kalenal (twitch.tv/kalenal) knew I would find getting around in Gridania a good starting point because the other two starting cities are practically mazes of trying to figure out how to get from point A to point B!

Following the stream we sent the fun over to Oldish22 who was also playing Final Fantasy XIV,  you can check him out over at twitch.tv/oldish22!

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series Achievements

1. What Remains: Completed Season 1 Episode 5
2. Loose Ends: Completed Season 1 Episode 6
   

Twitch Clip Links

• Lee has been... DISARMED!
• Notice they didn't rush to help!
• For Clementine!
• Clem Death Count: 1 
• Clem Is Ready For The Majors! No Means No!
• Clem Pulls The Trigger
• That's a rather personal question to ask Kan-E-Senna
• Cool Dance Bro
  

It's  been a few years since I had Netflix (last time I had it was around the time the OA premiered), but the demands of people to remove Dave Chappelle's latest stand up special is just idiotic on multiple fronts. And let me be clear, I am not a fan of his, I personally do not find Chappelle to be unfunny, but I do respect that he does what a stand up comedian is supposed to do and that is coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension. In short: he's a bullshit artist

With the end of the Daniel Craig era of James Bond.... we can hopefully get good songs for the movies themes, as we haven't heard a good theme tune for a Bond film since Die Another Day!

Grabbed the Xbox digital version of Nickelodeon All-Stars Brawl which should make for interesting content. Also nabbed the digital version of Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2 to serve as a back up for the physical release I grabbed last year. 

You know, I think I actually got in nearly all my work hours for the third week in a row... things are looking up!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 28 minutes with the following exercises: Uppercut Combo #2, Body Hook Combo and Body Uppercut Combo! The estimated calorie burn was 429 kcal. There was one missed punch... a jab of all things. We also did an extra 17 minutes with an added estimated calorie burn of 227 kcal. The extra exercises were Straight Combo #2, Hook Combo #1, Hook Combo #2 and Uppercut Combo #1. You know what's funny, is that back on October 4th the estimated calorie burn for a session which featured only 3 difficult challenge combos was 651 kcal, which is about the same as the combined total for today of 657 kcal.

For tonight's stream... we're gonna try to play the original Metroid, using the Nintendo Switch's NES collection of games from Nintendo's history. Should be interesting... and I bet it has cheat codes!

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

Gears of War 3 Has Been Finished... Too Bad My Mic Was Muted!

Good morning everybody,

It's Thursday, we're a day closer to the weekend! Woo-hoo! 

Last night Iceman and I finished Gears of War 3, and oddly enough it did not take us as long as Gears of War 2 did, granted it did take an extra night because of how were pacing out the different Acts.Act V of Gears of War 3 is really straight forward to get to Marcus's dad who is working on an way to stop the lambent, which is a parasitic life form that mutants any and everything. This does end up having some tragic results as Marcus loses his dad in the process and does set up why he's a recluse in Gears of War 4. As always big thanks to Iceman for all his help.

Also in addition to finishing the game, I did more Horde mode stuff, again making it to level 40 before having to get ready for the campaign. I totally see that getting to level 50 is doable, but it will involve hoping superior players can carry me... HA! Good news is that Iceman and I will be doing one more night of Gears of War 3 next week to mess around with both Horde and Beast mode, which should be a lot of fun.

You know what's funny? In regard to Gears of War 3's default achievements, I have 62% unlocked. Pretty cool.  

Also I noticed that my mic was muted on stream... Iceman could hear me in voice chat, but no one could hear me who was watching! It's weird, I'm normally really good about unmuting my mic on stream... wonder what happened... which means one of the great moments of the stream regarding things that make Marcus Phoenix go 'Hmmm..." is lost to history....

Following the stream we sent the fun over to Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/Kalenal! Kal also plans to stream FF14 on Saturday night as well!

Gears of War 3 Achievements

1. It's All About the Loot!: Earned the Bronze "Loot Courtesan" medal.
2. Look at That, Instant Summer.: Turned off the Maelstrom device.
3. Ok. Faith. Yeah. Got It.: Rescued Adam Fenix from captivity.
4. You're Dead! Now Stay Dead!: Killed Myrrah.
5. Ready for More: Completed all campaign Acts on Casual or Normal Difficulty
6. My Fellow Gears: Complete all Acts in Co-op on any difficulty.

Twitch Clip Links

• That was the definition of idiotic! 
• That was a mistake coming out there! 
• Oh boy... coming through!
• Dude....
• Tag You're It
• Nothing But Bits! 

 Also big thanks to Kalenal who was very kind me up with a few newbie items to help me not get bogged down with relying on walking to get around early in the game which was cool, since I started messing around with FF14 on Monday! I have reached the point where the Side Quests I find are a bit too much for me to handle (Level 23) as I explored several areas and I'm starting to see stuff at Level 25 and above... so yeah I better start work on the Main Story Quests!

 So yesterday something odd happened as Twitch was apparently hacked by some goofball who claims they wanted to 'foster more disruption and competition in the online video streaming space' which they described as being a 'disgusting toxic cesspool' by stealing the source code and leaking information that really no one should be seeing. I will never understand the mindset of those who would do nonsense like this, because all they end up doing is hurting the ones they claim to be 'helping'.

Now I did take the initiative to change my password, even though I had 2FA turned on, better safe than sorry... though this did mean I had to make some adjustments to things like OBS, my StreamDeck and StreamElements as well. It also meant that Twitch got disconnected from my YouTube page which means archiving streams is on hold unless I do the download/upload method... ugh that's gonna suck

You know every time I talk to a Trump supporter, I feel as if my brain cells stop working because of the amount of stupidity those fools spout... and I realized that because of medical science, these idiots are going to be around till their 90s at the very least! FUCK!

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 28 minutes with the following exercises: Hook Combo #2, Front-Back Step Combo and Beginner Combo #1.Total estimated calorie burn was 446 kcal. Had one missed Left Hook during a combo sequence... ugh!

Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise EX Achievements

1. Ten Month's Hard Work: Perform Daily Workouts for 300 Consecutive Days
2. Transcendent Stamper: Acquire 300 Stamps
   

With those two achievements unlocked, we now have an idea of what's next in each sequence. The first is called One Year's Hard Work which is to perform daily workouts for 365 consecutive days (which I believe would end up on December 11) and the second is Unparalleled Stamper which is to Acquire 350 stamps (Which I believe would by November 26 by getting one stamp daily)

For tonight's stream we'll be looking to wrap up The Walking Dead Season 1 with Episode 5 & 400 Days, which means we'll be adding yet another game to the list of things finished this year. No way we'll be able to top the list of games finished in 2022 considering we have an shot at reaching 60 games!

Anyway, we'll see you later tonight over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Sora In Smash As The Dead Walks

Good morning everyone,

So yesterday the big news of the final character in Super Smash Bros Ultimate was revealed, and I talk about that later in today's posts.

First up, last night's stream featured The Walking Dead Season 1 Episode 3 & 4, where things really get screwed up thanks to Ben over the course of two episodes, and a number of folks get 'removed' from the party during what turned out to be a 5+ hour long stream because I couldn't remember everything that needed to be done right away.

First off, episode 3 is where Kenny looses Duck and Katjaa, thanks to a bandit raid that draws walkers to the Motel... and the reason why the bandits raid the motel is because Ben made a deal with them, and was stealing supplies. Once that was discovered, the bandits didn't their goodies and shit hit the fan pretty quick. Things escalated as tension between Lily and Carley boils over with Lily killing Carley, thus forcing Lee's hand to abandon her... and we don't see Lily until 'The Final Season' which takes place several years later. 

Let's point out that Episode 3 is also where Ben's streak of stupid decision starts and really continues into Episode 4 when he puts Clementine in harms way, where he removes a hand-ax from a door that was holding back walkers and where he wanted to confess when said walkers were coming to chomp down on everyone. So letting him go was not exactly a tough choice. Yes having him around in episode 5 might make rescuing Clementine easier... but let's face it, like Duck, Ben was really annoying and served no purpose other than being a plot device to cause tension in the group.

Other big decisions of note: We left Clementine at the house, so she did not go to Crawford, and we had Lee show the Bite he suffered at the end. One could say this has been an Honest-Lee done play through! (HA!) 

So the question becomes when will we play episode 5 and the bonus episode 400 Days? Well  the answer is on Thursday, but for tonight's stream we're back to Gears of War 3. Iceman should be able to join us around 9 PM, so we have a good shot of finishing the game! 

Following the stream, we sent the fun over to Joliet4 who was doing an music stream. Joliet4 is a talented musician and an awesome stream, and is the only partnered streamer I'd ever considered raiding.Also she recently entered a song writing contest at the last minute and was able to put together a song in a few days about a road trip on Mars!  So be sure to check her streams out over at twitch.tv/joliet4!

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series Achievements

1. Lend Me Your Ears: Completed Season 1 Episode 3
2. Penultimate: Completed Season 1 Episode 4
   

Twitch Clip Links

• Lee Deaths Count: 3
• Lee Deaths Count: 4
  
• ZOMBIE CLEMENTINE! 
• Lee Deaths Count: 5
• Clem Learns To Shoot 
• Smash Buttons!
• Lee Deaths Count: 6
• We Choose To Leave Clem Behind
• The Got A Little Close
• Clearly Brie Had A Say In This
• Lee Deaths Count: 7
  

So let's talk about the big reveal that Sora from Kingdom Hearts is the last character to be added to the roster of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Now there are a bunch of idiots saying it should have been Fortnite getting the final slot, but let's be serious: 99% of people who play Fortnite have not actually played Fortnite's main story mode. I have and while it's good, because of the lack of community support for it, it's impossible to really progress far in it. 

So with that said, Sora in Smash makes sense, since his abilities from the Kingdom Hearts franchise gives him a wide variety of moves, example his glide can be used as a recovery, he has a double jump to reach higher platforms, various magic spells to give him some rang. The only draw back is that he's going to be another 'sword fighter', which is something a lot of folks were complaining about considering the majority of the characters in Smash that represent the Fire Emblem series.

There are some that are saying that Sora's appearance in Smash will actually work to making the ending of Kingdom Hearts 3 make sense with how Sora goes missing (I haven't played KH3), and if that's the case it certainly fits when one figures in the various side games that have come out over the years. But what this doesn't do is connect Disney to Smash for the first time... you see Cloud and Sephiroth are Final Fantasy characters already in Smash, and they appeared in Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2, so that connection was already formed. 

The big question though is, how much did Nintendo have to shell out for Sora to keep the Mickey Mouse key-chain on the Keyblade? My guess is a lot.

Got an offer to do another commission fan fic, this time based around RWBY and the combination of  Jaune, Pyrrah and Cardin. Started work on it last night with an alternate universe take on some details of Cardin finding out about how Jaune got into Beacon.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout lasted 28 minutes with the following exercises: Defensive Combo #1, Defensive Combo #2 and Double Combo #1. Estimated calorie burn was 441 kcal. The one miss we had was a Left Uppercut during a combo sequence... damn it!. EX Achievement update, we're up to 299/300 for both Ten Months' Hard Work and Transcendent Stamper, which means we'll reach both milestones tomorrow! We're now up to 15/30 for Janice's Contender, so still a long ways to go with that

As noted earlier, tonight we return to Gears of War 3, probably will do some Horde mode stuff first before Iceman joins in to hopefully get through Act V to finish the game!

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

The Walking Dead Into A Realm Reborn

Good morning everyone,

Last night we started up The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series with season one of The Walking Dead, playing through episodes 1 and 2.

For those who don't know, The Walking Dead games published and developed by Telltale Games were based on a hybrid version of the comic book series and the television show. You play as Lee, a man on his way to prison when the police car he's in gets into a wreck, and he has is first encounter with a zombie, or as the game refers to them 'Walkers'. It isn't long until you find Clementine, a sweet first grader who has been on her own for a couple of days already, and together you meet and encounter various people who are trying to survive in a world gone mad.

Episode 1 does a really good job of setting the tone foe the game in terms of decisions that can be made, so you can have Lee be a 'do whatever it takes to survive' kind of guy, or more of a 'we'll do the best we can."There are choices on what to say, who to save, if you kill someone or not... and lot of it has a direct influence on Clementine who becomes is a huge focus for the majority of the series since she becomes the lead character in Season Two and in the Final Season.

For this play through I'm trying to have Lee bee the good role model, or a man who isn't going to let the world dragon him down, so things like walking away from a fight, trying to be diplomatic and staying calm are all key. Not to mention I'd want the ending of episode 5 to mean a lot more as well.

Big Thanks to PandaSweet I got a good idea of what was advertised during the various ad breaks that took place during the stream... which includes NFL On FOX, Halloween Kills, Taco Bell, Starkist Tuna. World War Z, EVE Online, US Department of Veterans, Dunkin Donuts and Get Vaccinated Together.

Following the stream we sent the fun over to LifeWithStan at twitch.tv/lifewithstan as he was looking to finish Cyberpunk 2077!  

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series Achievements

1. Everything's Going to be Okay: Completed Season 1 Episode 1
2. It's Not Stealing If You Need It: Completed Season 1 Episode 2
   

Twitch Clip Links

Clementine Brings The Hammer!

Lee Deaths Count: 1 

Decision Time: Doug or Carley

 Lee Deaths Count: 2

 Clementine! NO!

 Dude.... Kenny Kills Larry

Off stream I finally checked out Final Fantasy XIV for myself, and thanks to Kalenal (who you can see streaming over on twitch.tv/kalenal) I was able to get off to a good start, picking to start as an archer, and managed to get my level up to 15 just by doing whatever quests I came across. Not sure when we'll debut FF14 on stream, but it will be with a character already in progress. Keybinding proved to be a bit of a pain in the butt, so that I can use the keypad instead of the number keys, and I can tell that finding main story quests may be a little problematic if I go off wandering or get distracted by side quests.

Still I am enjoying what I've done so far, and if I can stay ahead of the curve when it comes to level scaling of enemies I should be able to tackle almost any major foes I come across. Hell I've only been knocked out once so far, and that was because I took a wrong turbn.

You know what's funny, I wrote this blog twice, first time it didn't save so I had to redo it and a lot of stuff got cunt because I couldn't remember... let me tell ya it was tough trying to remember the phrasing I used for talking about last night's broadcast.

Here's a list of 10 jokes I found in m Facebook archive...

1. I’m reading a great book on anti-gravity. I can’t put it down.
2. I have a new theory on inertia but it doesn’t seem to be gaining momentum.
3. Why can’t atheists solve exponential equations? Because they don’t believe in higher powers.
4. Schrodinger’s cat walks into a bar. And doesn’t.
5. Do you know the name Pavlov? It rings a bell.
6. A group of protesters in front of a physics lab:
   “What do we want?”.
   “Time travel”
   “When do we want it?”.
   “Irrelevant.”
7. What does a subatomic duck say? Quark!
8. A neutron walks into a bar and asks how much for a beer. Bartender replies “For you, no charge”.
9. Two atoms are walking along. One of them says:
   "Oh, no, I think I lost an electron.”
   “Are you sure?”
   “Yes, I’m positive.”
10. An optimist sees a glass half full. A pessimist sees it half empty. An engineer sees it twice as large as it needs to be.
    

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minutes with the following exercises: Biceps Shape Focus Combo, Triple Combo #2 & Intermediate Combo #1. We finally got a perfect score on Triple Combo #2. The total estimated calorie burn for today was 514 kcal.

For tonight's stream we shall continue The Walking Dead Season 1 with episode 3 and 4 to keep the adventures of Lee and Clementine going.

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

A New Week Begins

 Good morning everybody,

Last night's stream of Overwatch pretty fun in many ways while also proving my point about how you can't really trust other players on your team. 

Case and point, there was a match where if I had any type of healing I feel as if I could've held the payload at bay because the opposing team really didn't have an answer for how I was using D.va's ultimate. So as I'm backing up to get healed, neither healer was proving the support needed to keep me in the fight. Now granted I had moments where I just pulled back because of questionable things I saw with initial approach to the objectives and what their intentions are.

That said I did have three Plays of the Game last night, two as D.va and one as Tracer. Also had a few good games as Mei and Moira throughout the night as well. I am not sure where people have issues with Mei, because Mei can be very effective at range like a McCree and can help control the objective. Granted wall placement is important as well.

Following the stream we did a random raid, sending folks over to PixiRini who was also playing Overwatch over at twitch.tv/pixirini, they were mostly playing ranked matches which is something I will not do on stream.

During the stream we got a raid from kenzalishus who was playing Stardew Valley. You can check out their content over at twitch.tv/kenzalishus!

Big thanks to LvStrkr for resubbing to the channel and for keeping their streak going of 30 months in a row! They now have the Squall Sub-Badge which subscribers can unlock for being subbed for 2.5 years. 

Twitch Clip Links

• GRAB HER!
• Taking Out Nearly The Entire Team
• Come in for the save!
• Sometimes is not how much you do it's when you do it!
• We're Mei-king Baskets!
• Clearing The Point As Mei For The Win
  

Had a couple of fan fic ideas based around the MTV animated series Daria which aired in the late 1990s. Probably will keep them as short blurbs if I want to do anything in particularly with them. Already knocked out one based on the first official episode. Speaking of fics, was asked to do commission fic based on Harry Potter... and since i had trouble getting to sleep I knocked that out as well. Can't remember the last time I did two fics in a day. Anyway, both are up over on HF.

So the Phillies season has officially ended as they finished one game above five hundred, and the question becomes what do they need to make the playoffs next season. Well let's see they need a left fielder, a third baseman, a first baseman, an entire bullpen, and three quality starters... so with all that being needed, safe to say they won't make the playoffs in 2022, and I bet Joe Giradi will be fired by June. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 34 minutes and featured Difficulty Challenge Combo #1, Difficult Challenge Combo #2 and Difficult Challenge Combo #3. Since unlocking those three exercise routines, I have not seen them paired up with other exercises, so I wonder if the Fitness Boxing 2 is programmed to keep certain sets together. Anyway the estimated calorie burn was 651 kcal... but I feel that could be higher as I had 14 OK actions and 1 missed.

For tonight's stream, our attention will turn to The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series,, which will continue our trend of playing games where choices matter towards the end results. Should be a lot of fun as we have played The Walking Dead games since the final episode of The Final Season game out. 

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

My Reaction To Until Dawn

Good afternoon everybody,

Last night we started the stream a bit early because I wanted to do a one night play through of Until Dawn, which was a PlayStation 4 Exclusive Title released in August of 2015.

Until Dawn is like many of the games I've played lately, a game where the choices made will lead to a variance of the outcome, in this case, how many people survived the night. It is a horror game, with the plot being that Josh invites a bunch of friends up to a cabin one year after a prank gone wrong lead to the disappearance of his twin sisters. Josh plans to get back at everyone with an elaborate house of horrors.... but things go wrong when there is something else, much more real and terrifying up there with them.

Since this was released on the PS4, Until Dawn certainly looks real good, and the controls are pretty responsive, I felt like i had plenty of time to make snap choices and to respond to quick time event button presses. The atmosphere of the game is complete 1980s/1990s Teen Horror schlock, as the set up just screams of something you'd see in the Friday The 13th franchise. 

The characters are mostly stereotypes of that same genre as well, from Matt being the guy who happens to be wearing a varsity letter jacket, to Emily being a complete bitch that you want to see get killed, to Sam being you're typical blond heroine who is seemingly more capable than the other females in the cast, to Mike being the obvious douchebag who becomes oddly heroic and bad ass by the end, and so forth. 

I do have the comment on the camera angles reminding me a lot of the ones used in the early Resident Evil games, where it was fixed so you couldn't fully see everything in a room, only what you were meant to see.... it's great for making one feel scared, but for finding collectables... not so much. Granted we found most of them, but I have a feeling a guide might be necessary to find the ones I missed

With this being a game where I could make key choices, my first play through was more in line with what the characters would do and not chasing any achievements, which meant quite a few characters got killed (you can see those in the Twitch Clip Links down below), so we certainly had quite a bit of gore  tonight, which is certainly not usual for my streams unless I'm playing Mortal Kombat!

All in all, I enjoy Until Dawn and I'm looking forward to streaming it again at some point, to see if we can do better than just having Sam, Chris and Emily survive! Also, I do wonder if I jump to particular points in the story can I unlock achievements and find the collectables that way... just in case I want to knock off some off-stream.

Following the stream we sent the fun over to MommyBee who was playing Final Fantasy XIV over at twitch.tv/mommybee! 

Until Dawn Achievements

1. Scream Too!: Mike cut off his fingers to free himself from the bear trap
2. The Psycho Path: Sam or Ashley attacked the psycho with a weapon
3. The Skillful Wolf Man: Mike kept the wolf alive throughout the Sanatorium
4. You Let The Wrong One In!: Ashley or Chris opened the trap door and let the monster in
    

Twitch Clip Links 

• We Just Got Monk'ed... KILL HIM!!!!
• Guess That's Not Going To Happen
  
• Matt... didn't make it
• Groovy!
• Dramatic Explosions!
• Ashley... didn't make it
• It Lost Its Head!
• Josh... didn't make it
• Jessica... didn't make it
• I don't think Mike made it
  

Yeah that's a lot of clip links, but considering the gore for the death animations, I figure folks would want to see them, hell it is October and it's the Halloween Season after all!

It's Sunday which means we got a new Twitch Bits video for ya'll to see. This week we played Overwatch, Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered, Detroit: Become Human, Gears of War 3, Life is Strange True Colors, Marvel Super Heroes Vs Street Fighter & Until Dawn! 

I now have the tough task of picking what game I shall feature next.... there are a couple of candidates based. The Evil Within 2 and Call of Cthulhu have been things I've been teased about in regards to things I should play... but I'm not sure if I want to tackle 'first person' horror as horror is not something I typical go after.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout saw the return of Janice as the trainer and lasted 31 minutes with the following exercises: Straight Combo #2, Sway Back Combo & Hop Shape Focus Combo. The estimated calorie burn was 476 kcal

It's Sunday which means Overwatch is on deck as the game of the night, we'll be tackling Quick Play matches as we eagerly await the start of the Halloween event, which should be this week.!

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