Do Not Play Life is Strange Remastered Until Deck Nine Fixes It

Good morning everyone,

Well... we had to replay the entire last act of Episode 4 and the entire first half of Episode 5, but we finished and completed 100% Life is Strange Remastered, and boy was it a buggy mess, from missing audio cues, one of which we included in the clips section, to saves not actually saving, it was just a bad way to finish what is a great game. But you know what's a real kick in the teeth, because of the Save Game glitch, I couldn't go back to redo Max's choice to see what the Sacrifice Chloe ending looked like. Needless to say this was very disappointing.

I normally don't encourage people not to play something, but since Deck Nine, the developers behind the remastered version of Life is Strange, are aware of the issues, I'm saying wait until they release a patch update before playing it. Yes, I know, like you all, I was excited to see the adventure of Max and Chloe look better than ever, but with how many issues there are that break the experience of the game, it's better to wait. I feel bad in saying that, but considering it was delayed nearly five months, it's clear Deck Nine knew there would be issues.

So with saying this, what does this mean for the Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered play-through... well the achievements are only for the three episodes, so we could just do a marathon stream covering all three episodes in one night, which might be best for Saturday. I could start early and just roll through them back to back to back and (hopefully) not worry about any Saved progress issues while going for 100% completion.

Now we also played some Paladins last night as well, hell we played five matches, winning four of them! I was lucky to get grouped up with players who were objective focused, which was nice and kept the pressure off me. Characters I used were Ashe, Tyra and Skye... and I managed to get a quadrakill as Skye!

For the raid, we dropped in on Joliet4 while they were playing BioShock Remastered over at twitch.tv/joliet4!

Life is Strange Remastered Achievements

• Polarized: Finish Episode 5: Polarized
• Iris: Take optional photo #6 in Episode 5: Polarized
• Sensor: Take optional photo #7 in Episode 5: Polarized
• On Display: Take optional photo #8 in Episode 5: Polarized
• Light Meter: Take optional photo #9 in Episode 5: Polarized
• Silhouettes: Take optional photo #10 in Episode 5: Polarized
• Selfie Awareness: Take all optional photos in Episode 5: Polarized
• Polarized: Finish Episode 5: Polarized

Twitch Clip Links

1. Great Work Deck Nine You IDIOTS!
2. And Find Out Warren Is Complete Creep
3. Last Bottle, Final Photograph
4. This is our Victory!
5. C'mon let's fight!
6. Quadra Kill Rampage!!!!! 

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV adventures continued in part thanks to Kalenal (twitch.tv/Kalenal) giving me a great tip on how to complete The Mothercrystral Trial with the Trust system, and that is to follow Y'shtola who can see in advance any major change in the aether, which worked like a charm. Sure I needed a couple of extreme attempts to make it work, but we got past it. From there it was the cut scene heavy Main Story quests of 'A Bold Decision' all the way up through 'You're Not Alone', which certainly was an ironic title considering what happens during that quest.

Needless to say the it was a little after 4 AM when I reached the point where after all of the Scions scarified themselves to forge a path ahead to reach the point of the final quest of Endwalker... and boy does it really tug on the strings. As you know, Alisaie is my favorite of the Scions, since she does seem the one to give the most care about the lead character. Not to say the others don't, but Alisaie is more often than not concerned about the player's well-being. That said I loved the grand appearance of Emet-Selch and Hythiodaeus to lend a hand. I look forward to tackling the actual quest Endwalker off-stream to avoid on stream spoilers... granted it's been out for two months at this point, but still.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured a 31 minute session with Weaving Combo #1, Intermediate Combo #2 and Advanced Combo #1 for an estimated calorie burn of 492 kcal.

For tonight's stream we'll be leading off with Forza Horizon 4 and then continuing Gears 5 Hivebusters with Striker and Iceman, and we more than likely will finish that this evening! 

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

Life is Strange Remastered's Huge Save Glitch

Good morning everyone,

Well I can safely say as to why Life is Strange: Remastered was delayed from it's September 2021 release date to February of 2022... the audio bugs, rendering issues and flat out no-saving really plague episodes 4 and 5.

Now last night's stream was intended to see both episodes finished, I was expected it to be about 6 hours, give or take, depending on how deep a dive I would do going into a lot of the dialog with the side characters and trying different stuff out. We cleared episode four, as you can see by the achievement list below, and you will see that half of the optional photo achievements for episode 5 were done as well.

The biggest indication that something is wrong with the audio of Life is Strange: Remastered is when there are  transitions of when photos are dissolving and new ones appear, in the original version of Life is Strange there is audio that is supposed to play... I know this because I streamed that version of the game last year! 

When I noticed the save file wasn't working was after the big emotional scene with Max tells Chloe about the alternate time line, in the very next scene right before the 'nightmare' part of Episode 5, there was no audio at all. I exited the episode, went back in, no episode. I closed the game out, relaunched, and then I see that the save file is for when Max and Chloe are entering the Dark Room in Episode 4.

Proof of this can be found here: Deck Nine's Epic Failure: Life is Strange Remastered Didn't Save Anything From Episode 5

Needless to say, this was rather annoying, I did jump back into the game to just re-do the final portion of Episode 4 (The Vortex Club Party), I finished the episode and everything looked as if it was saved. The icon showing a save in progress... I looked at the episode screen seen that episode 5 was ready to go. I exited the game, relaunched it... and episode 5 says to finish episode 4. So it's going to have to be a straight run.

For the raid, we sent everyone over to RoseMaryShorn who was playing Pokemon Legends: Arceus!

Life is Strange Remastered Achievements

• Ambient: Take optional photo #1 in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Time-Lapsed: Take optional photo #2 in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Balance: Take optional photo #3 in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Rangefinder: Take optional photo #4 in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Gamma Value: Take optional photo #5 in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Dioptric Power: Take optional photo #6 in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Fisheye: Take optional photo #7 in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Manually Exposed: Take optional photo #8 in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Tripod: Take optional photo #10 in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Slideshow: Take optional photo #9 in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Shutterbug: Take all optional photos in Episode 4: Dark Room
• Dark Room: Finish Episode 4: Dark Room
• Incandescent: Take optional photo #1 in Episode 5: Polarized
• Night Vision: Take optional photo #2 in Episode 5: Polarized
• Framed: Take optional photo #3 in Episode 5: Polarized
• Camera Obscura: Take optional photo #4 in Episode 5: Polarized
• Blowup: Take optional photo #5 in Episode 5: Polarized

Twitch Clip Links

1.  We were over due for an achievement
2.  It's Owl Johnson
3.  How did that get on the roof

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured a 31 minute workout with Body Straight Combo, Triple Combo #1 and Uppercut Combo #1. The estimated calorie burn was 435 kcal. 

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV adventures saw all Main Story Quest progress made from 'No Job to Small' up through 'Bonds of 'Adamant(ite)' which saw quite a lot of running around Sharlayan Hamlet , Aporia and surrounding areas as the Adamanite was being gathered by every major NPC ally we made during the course of the game. So what's next is clear... a show down with Hydaelyn in the quest 'Her Children, One and All'... which featured an interesting Dungeon 'The Aitiascope' that finally sees the end of Fandaniel... but then the Trial, 'The MotherCrystral' is a whole other matter. I did try it using the Trust system because it was around 3 AM when I reached that point... and I kind of understand the mechanics, but there are some cheap one hit kill things in that really have me baffled. Will have to do this with a random group and hope for the best... which is normally the case with me in Final Fantasy XIV!

Was pitched a concept for a WWE Fan fiction commission involving the characters of Jack Swagger and Rosa Mendes, which has peaked my interest to test an idea I have about re-working segments to use as set up for more unique scenarios. 

For tonight's stream, well the original plan was to feature Final Fantasy XIV, but instead it will be to wrap up Life is Strange: Remastered... which means I'll probably push off Life is Strange: Before the Storm: Remastered until next week.

Anyway, see ya later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

An Auspicious Night Of Overwatch

Good afternoon everyone

Last night's stream of Overwatch certainly was surprising with how reluctant some people were to actually try to win, with lots of folks leaving matches. Still we had a number of good moments, and always a big thank you to PandaSweet for being apart of the fun as the goal to unlocking the Auspicious Soldier skin for Solider 76 was accomplished! Looking forward to the chase for Wrecking Ball's Porcelain skin next week.  

As far as how the Auspicious Soldier skin looks, I think it looks nice with that shade of a dark blue with the red and gold standing out a bit. Perhaps what is most notable is that since Solider 76's face is completely uncovered, it looks really expressive, which to me is a nice touch.

Should know I finally managed to get the Short Fuse achievement using Ashe, a full 38 months from when the character was released back in November of 2018. Granted I don't use Ashe much, but it was nice to accomplished a 'challenge' of sorts related to how to use the character. Picked up four Plays of the Game last night, two as D.va, one as Junkrat and one as Soldier 76, so in terms of getting the big plays, I feel like I was doing pretty damn well! 

Big thanks to LvStrkr for gifting me Control: Ultimate Edition last night during the stream, yet another great game I'm looking forward to featuring!

For the raid, we sent everyone over to PradoxGamerAU who was doing a Dungeons & Dragons campagin over at twitch.tv/pradoxgamerAU!

Overwatch Achievements

• Short Fuse: Kill an enemy by shooting Ashe's Dynamite from at least 30 meters away in Quick or Competitive Play
  

Twitch Clip Links

1. Well that worked!
2. Achievement: Short Fuse 
3. I've Got You In My Sights!
   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Hiro as the trainer to begin the grind towards his last related achievement. The session lasted 31 minutes with the following exercises: Double Combo #2, Left-Right Step Combo and Advanced Combo #2 with the estimated calorie burn being about 561 kcal.

Found an old screenshot I posted to Facebook 10 years ago of Star Trek Online... and it is of course of Zagreus, the character I created way back in 2010.

My trust in 2K to do a better job with WWE 2K22 dropped a few points when I saw the character model for Randy Savage is the exact same one used in WWE 2K20. Then I looked at the game play footage that has surfaced and... it looks to be the same convoluted mess that has been the norm going back to WWE 2K13. Seriously, they had three years to make improvements (since 2K20 was released in 2019), and it's clear as day they are rehashing the same game engine.

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV adventures saw two Main Story Quests being accomplished, 'As the Heavens Burn', 'Outside Help' and 'Going Underground'. The first sees The Scions trying to fight off the Blasphemers, which meant having to play as Alphinaud and Alisaie, which was a bit tough considering the former's new Sage abilities, not to mention the layout of their powers are now where I would put them on the power bar. The second quest sees the Moon Bunnies show up, complete with a zombie like Puddingway, plus exposition on the Ark to evacuate people from the planet in addition to setting up access to the other half of Labyrinthos to explore. The third quests basically allowed for me to explore and get all the Aether Currets around Sharlayan Hamlet and Aporia, as well as see how the Ark's engine efficiency problem will be solved.

For tonight's stream, we'll be playing Life is Strange: Remastered episode 4 and 5 with the goal of finishing the game and getting all of the achievements with it!

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

A Square-Enix Kind of Saturday

Good morning everyone,

Well one could say that last night was a Square-Enix kind of Saturday, as we split the stream between Life is Strange Remasterd and Final Fantasy XIV. Why did we do that? Well because I wanted to make sure FFXIV was included in this week's featured content, plus the pacing of Life is Strange would have meant an awkward split-stream on Monday. 

Anyway, Episode 3 of Life is Strange, Chaos Theory, is of course the one episode everyone knows since it features when you gave have Max kiss Chloe, plus the entire pool scene and where Max goes back in time to change history so that Chloe's dad lives... but Chloe ends up being paralyzed. One minor change may result in some positives, but other wise things could get really... really screwy. Since we're going in hard with the Max supporting Chloe route, that did mean basically tearing David down during the breakfast scene.

Of course, there was one thing you would have noticed in that I constantly say most of the stuff that happens to Chloe is her own fault, and that is basically true, because she could have accepted that things happen and to try and cope, but she never does. This fact really gets driven home in Before the Storm, particularly if you try and have Chloe make an effort instead of being the whiny woe-is-me drama queen she actually is. Don't get me wrong, I like the pairing of Max and Chloe... BUT... let's be honest, there's a reason why quite a few people choose Arcadia Bay over her and it is justified. 

As far as the Final Fantasy XIV half of the stream goes, we mostly did things related to Wondrous Tails, doing a couple of big raids, trials and other stuff. I briefly thought about doing MSQ related stuff but decided against it mostly because of how much dead air there would have been because of cut scenes (voiced and non-voiced). Did discover I did not have the Extreme versions of Trials unlocked related to Stormblood, the Resistance Weapons Quests that apparently adds another area to explore, which would make for some interesting content once I'm done with Endwalker. 

For last night's raid we sent the fun over to GGVexy who was doing a Community Appreciation Stream with giveaways while playing Stardew Valley!  They stream over on twitch.tv/ggvexy! 

Life is Strange Remastered Achievements

• Parallax View: Take optional photo #1 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• Lenscrafted: Take optional photo #2 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• The Reflex: Take optional photo #3 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• Histogrammar: Take optional photo #4 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• Bokeh: Take optional photo #5 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• Pinholed: Take optional photo #6 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• RAW Strength: Take optional photo #7 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• Viewfinder: Take optional photo #8 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• Optican: Take optional photo #9 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• Flash!: Take optional photo #10 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• Camera Eye: Take all optional photos in Episode 3: Chaos Theory
• Chaos Theory: Finish Episode 3: Chaos Theory

Twitch Clip Links

1. Well Chloe Asked For It
2. He was eating those beans! 
3. That's a Rare Achievement Too?!
4. Just A Little More! 
5. The Big Blow off...
6. Hurting Hermes! 
   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout Featured a 28 minute workout which showcased Body Hook Combo, Uppercut Combo #2 and Body Uppercut Combo as the exercises. The estimated calorie burn for this set was 450 kcal. I did an addition 20 minutes to finish off the requirements for Janice's Champion, which mean's progress towards King EX Fighter is at 88%. My attention will now shift to the Hiro's Champion achievement, we already have at least 30 hours with Hiro as the trainer.

Fitness Boxing 2 Rhythm & Exercise EX Achievements

• Janice's Champion: Train With Janice for Over 50 Hours
  

Now way I figure this week will certainly see the wrap up of a few things, with Life is Strange Remastered finished on Monday's stream with Episode 4 & 5, Gears 5: Hivebusters finished on Wednesday, and then Life is Strange: Before the Storm being featured on Thursday and Saturday with it's 3 episodes plus the bonus Farewell Episode. This will more than likely open the doors for the weekly line up to get back to what it was last year with a more stable lineup of a major feature. We shall see how true that becomes.

Jumped into Battletoads earlier this morning to knock out some achievements, which was nearly every one I could do single player that did not involve finding collectables. 

Battletoads Achievements

• The Dlala Code: Entered the Dlala Code during the credits.
• Blink and You'll Miss It: Defeated 25 pink eyeballs during 'Time For Plan B'.
• Mementoads: Took a picture with Axeley's standee.
• Take This, Axeman!: Used spit to keep Axeley's weapon stuck in the ground.
• Hey, This is a Rental!: Scored 75 near-misses while riding a rented Turbo bike.
• Warped Sense of Humor: Hit the fake 'Warp Wall' during Nightmare Rider.
• Not Just for the Holidays: Landed a streak of 15 hits destroying a totem.

A new week begins, but let's check out my favorite clips from this past week which featured: Overwatch, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Paladins, Capcom Arcade Stadium, Forza Horizon 4, Gears 5, Life is Strange Remastered, Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy XIV! 

For tonight's stream, well you know what day it is... it's Sunday which means Overwatch! We'll be going after the Auspicious Soldier skin for Soldier 76!

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

Frozen And Pooh... What A Combination

Good afternoon everyone,

Well this is a thing, we got up to a high of 50 degrees this week only for it to drop back to the teens... damn it! Anyway last night's stream of Kingdom Hearts III featured two worlds, 100 Acre Wood and Arendelle, which ties into worlds of Winnie the Pooh and Frozen. 

So let's talk about Arendelle first because boy one can just notice how much Disney interfered with it, as it is clear as day that Elsa should have been going through a redemption arc... and the shoe horned in 'Let it Go' and "Do You Want To Build A Snowman' were pretty much lifted from the film in how they were presented, which raises a whole list of issues for the YouTube VOD. The world itself is pretty straight forward, but man, going back to find the Emblems was a chore because of where they were placed. Even with notes telling me where to look, one was found completely by accident and another was only found after realizing there's a way to back track in the Ice Maze portion.

Also, with how Elsa and Anna are presented in Kingdom Hearts III, the shipping of them makes even more sense. Again, this is a clear result of Disney's interference to make sure all the elements from Frozen was depicted as it was in the film. but without any of the proper context. After all, this is Disney, they are not exactly known for having the most subtle of subtexts in their more modern films.

As far as the 100 Acre Wood is concerned, boy does it lay it on thick that Sora is going to be taken out in someone during the game's climax... if I'm reading between the lines correctly. Rather disappointed that all we got for Pooh and the gang is a three variations of a match five of any kind. Yes there are a ton of mini-games in Kingdom Hearts III, but hanging out with Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit and the rest was such a treat in Kingdom Hearts I and II. This isn't nostalgia talking, this is the fact that I played both games in the past two years, so it's fresh in my mind.

Did find all the Lucky Emblems in both worlds, so this just leaves the worlds that tie in to Big Hero 6 and Pirates of the Caribbean as far as the Disney tie-in worlds go.

For the raid, we dropped in on oldish22 who was playing Path of Exile over on twitch.tv/oldish22!

KINGDOM HEARTS III Achievements

• Bishop: Defeat 3,000 enemies.
• An Act of True Love: Adventure through Arendelle and complete the story.
• Home Again: Adventure through the Hundred Acre Wood and complete the story.

Twitch Clip Links

1. Hit them With Everything We Got! 
2. Unleash Hell!
3. Getting the Honey Cleared 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured a 28 minute workout with Beginner Combo #1, Front-Back Step Combo and Hook Combo #2, with the estimated calorie burn of around 452 kcal. We're also up to 49 hours out of 50 for Janice's Champion achievement

Fitness Boxing 2 Rhythm & Exercise Stats For 1/30 to 2/5/22

• Punches Thrown: 9895
• Estimated Calorie Burn: 4050.58 kcal
  

My off-stream adventures in Final Fantasy XIV covered quests from 'A Flower Upon Your Return' up through 'Thou Must Live, Die and Know' and the huge plot revelation that it was Hermes who basically allowed for the original End of Days to happen, and wiped the memories clean of Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus, while also confirming that Meteion is who we are destined to face for the fate of every living being after she... or rather her kin in a hive-mind discovered that on countless other worlds, they discovered that civilizations destroyed themselves in the end as part of their quest to seek an answer to the question 'What Do You Live For'.

Without getting into metaphysics and every possible headache causing answer to that question, one has to remember the history of Final Fantasy games, and hell, a good portion of Japanese Role Playing Games in general is that when big questions are being asked like that, it's normally akin to the end of the story being 'And Man Moved On From Their Gods...', considering how often God-like beings are depicted as the cause of most of the problems. Hell in the real world, more people have been killed for the sake of a religious deity than for any other reason and one could argue that the only way forward is to put aside that which divides us.

For Tonight's Stream we'll play Episode 3 of Life is Strange Remastered and then we'll play Final Fantasy XIV!

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

The Remastering Of Life Is Strange

 Good morning everyone,

It's Friday, the weekend here so I hope everyone has a good weekend. Last night we started up Life is Strange: Remastered... yes a few days after it was finally released, but I kind of get why it was delayed from its initial September 2021 release date.

One thing I noticed with episodes 1 and 2, which we played last night, is that while the new character models are certainly expressive and look great, there are a few 'framing issues', such as when Max talks to the cop in the diner, his head is half way out of frame, and also issues with sight lines, like when Joyce is talking with Max, it's clear she is not looking at Max at all. Then there is the issue of some attire being a little more transparent than before, this is really noticeable with Kate's clothing..

As far as my choices go, we're made sure to save Kate as well as making Chloe earn the right for this to be a 'Bae Before Bay' version of the story (the train may have gotten to her a few times). Yes Chloe will be saved in the end, but c'mon, letting things go wrong for her is part of the fun. I am using a guide to make sure we get all the collectables in a single play through. 

Now how will I place Life is Strange: Remastered episode 3-5 in the line up, well I'm considering either doing all three episodes in one shot for Saturday's stream, or 3 & 4 on Monday, with Episode 5 on Tuesday, sharing time with Final Fantasy XIV. See these are the decisions that comes with being a variety streamer.

Big thank you to LVStrkr for the Tier 1 Resub to my Twitch Channel, their support over 34 months has been awesome!

For the raid we sent folks over to SeaFairyStars who was also playing Life is Strange: Remastered over at twitch.tv/seafairystars!

Life is Strange Remastered Achievements

• Macro Eyes: Take optional photo #1 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Wide Angles: Take optional photo #2 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Telephotogenic: Take optional photo #3 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Close-Ups: Take optional photo #4 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Red Eye: Take optional photo #5 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Focused: Take optional photo #6 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Zoomed In: Take optional photo #7 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Focal Pointed: Take optional photo #8 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Maximum Aperture: Take optional photo #9 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Light Leak: Take optional photo #10 in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Visionary: Take all optional photos in Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Chrysalis: Finish Episode 1: Chrysalis
• Field Of View: Take optional photo #1 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Full Exposure: Take optional photo #2 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Processor: Take optional photo #3 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Image Stabilizer: Take optional photo #4 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Compressed: Take optional photo #5 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Pixelated: Take optional photo #6 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Dynamic Range: Take optional photo #7 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Colorized: Take optional photo #8 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Meter Made: Take optional photo #9 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Resolution Revolution: Take optional photo #10 in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Lab Master: Take all optional photos in Episode 2: Out of Time
• Out of Time: Finish Episode 2: Out of Time

Twitch Clip Links

1. Well that wasn't remastered
2. Put A Dent In The Bumper
3. Up and Down... Kate is a Yo-Yo 
   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured a 28 minute workout based around Defensive Combo #2, Defensive Combo #1 and Double Combo #1 for an estimated calorie burn of 436 kcal.

The on going Major League Baseball labor dispute is getting silly, as it's clear as day that the Scott Boras controlled unition is going to keep pushing for things that benefit only his clients.

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV adventures saw more progress in the Main Story, picking up from 'Aether to Aether' and going up through 'Worthy of His Back'. Perhaps the biggest thing here was meeting Venat, who would become Hydaelyn, who is able to instantly tell that we are from the future. The whole truth is reveal, and Emet-Selch takes it about as well as one would expect... does make me wonder if in the end he realized he became what he was told he would become. Still the entire session was mostly lore and exposition with some gradual roaming around. 

Of course I would be remiss not to talk about the duel we have to have with Venat... which took me three attempts, even on reducing the difficult after the first failure, it's a tough fight and is clearly design for the player to be a Warrior class to take advantage of all the self-healing abilities, or at the very least a role that is willing to stand toe to toe instead of do battle at a distance.

For tonight's stream we shall be resuming Kingdom Hearts III, and the plan is to tackle the two worlds that tie in with Frozen and Winnie the Pooh! We already seen the intros to both worlds, so it's just going to one doing it and then going to the other, then pulling up the notes to find the lucky emblems. Sounds like a full night.

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

Fast Cars & Hivebusting

Good morning everyone,

Got to love double header Wednesdays, since we've been splitting things in recent weeks between Forza Horzon 4 and Gears 5. Now there was no screenshots during the stream because something went wrong, because I know I was pressing the hot key I have I designated for it. Once I got that sorted out, I had to jump back into both games to make a couple.

We'll start with the Gears 5 stuff first, as Iceman and Striker joined in for the first half of the Hivebusters story expansion, which certainly started off weird, with our characters separated and needing to group up. The characters of Keegan, Mac and Lahni certainly are a contrast to Kait, Del and everyone else I've seen in the Gears of War franchise, but one thing is clear is that nothing is getting done in Hivebusters without team work. While the main campaign clearly had things for Jack to do, Kait and Del were pretty much interchangeable for everything else... in Hivebusters, there were specific tasks for each character to do, so it's a change of pace.

As far as the story goes, it's your usual things go wrong while on a mission plot, but only more condensed, as Hivebusters is serving as an explanation of why the 'Escape' multiplayer mode is done the way it is. Was nice to see Hoffman being involved, and some of the locations are very nicely detailed.

Now, the Forza Horizon portion saw me working towards a couple of achievements, and knocking them out, which of course helps boost the gamer score. It was a 'winter' week within the game, which meant my struggles with icy roads was on full display.

For the raid, we sent the fun over to MommyBee who was playing Persona 5 over on twitch.tv/mommybee! 

Forza Horizon 4 Achievements

• Master of Many: Apply 50 Car Masteries.
• Moonlighting: Reach Round 10 of Street Scene.
• Go the Distance: Win a race at The Colossus, The Gauntlet, The Titan or The Marathon.
• Tunnel Vision: Get 100 Near Miss Skills in any S2 Car.

Gears 5 Achievements

• Designation: Scorpio: Arrived at Sanctum to infiltrate the Heart of the Hive
• Out of the Frying Pan: Escaped the Swarm-infested Sanctum
• New Island, New Mission: Arrived on Weilehi
• The Awakening: Activate Keegan, Lahni and Mac's Abilities in the Hivebuster Campaign Expansion

Twitch Clip Links

1. Matching the Dabs of the Emote!
2. New Personal Best 
3. The Double!
4. Into the fire.... 
5. I got too close
   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Intermediate Combo #1, Biceps Shape Focus Combo and Triple Combo #2 for 31 minutes and a calorie burn estimated to be 533 kcal. Assuming I just reached the 38 hour mark today, I should hit 50 hours with Janice as the Trainer by Monday.

People are shocked that Shane McMahon's little known prick attitude has caused a lot of problems at the Royal Rumble and he was basically (as rumors goes) dismissed from WWE as it relates to the build to WrestleMania. Thing is, to any who has read Bret Hart's book, or heard any of Raven's details of taking him out partying, Shane has always been a prick.

My off-stream Final Fantasy XIV Adventures continued with Main Story Quests starting from 'Return to the Crystarium' up through 'Their Greatest Contribution', where we end up going to the past to meet Hermes, Hythlodeaus and Emet-Selch long before the events of the Final Days. There is a ton of lore and exposition, but if I'm picking up on details correctly, it seems as though the Final Days was an accident related to Hermes or his creation Meteion. Either way Elpis is a nice calm area, that is divided into two halves, which means one must take the long approach for gaining access to the Aether Currents.

For tonight's stream we're going to start up Life is Strange: Remastered, and will most likely get through episodes one and two easily, which means saving the other episodes probably Monday's stream.

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