A Triple Header on A Monday

Good evening everyone, 

I actually had this written at 11:30 AM this morning but forgot to hit publish!

Last night's stream ended up featuring three different games, leading off with Disney's Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse... and it took me five less hours to finish it than it did originally (my original attempts of the Steam version took a combine 7 hours spread between 2014 and 2018.) One thing that stood out to me was how much I actually remembered in terms of patterns with some of the big bosses,the same can't be said about some of the platforming as I certainly was missing jumps at various points. It was a fine game to revisit, but knocking it out in 2 hours meant extra stuff.

So I took the opportunity to tackle a bit of Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime, and showed the fact that the game does detect someone else is looking to have a lobby, except it's been the same person every time I've checked. We managed to cover the first two levels and a good portion of the third, which I believe is as far as I've ever gotten with the PS3 or Steam versions of the game. It was nice to get some footage of it.

Lastly we kicked things over to Fall Guys to close things out, mostly knocking out daily challenges... and actually game in first with in Squads... and had a good shot at finishing in first as a Solo and a Duo. So a real positive night on all fronts.

Minus the small stream interrupt that occurred during the Castle of Illusion portion, but the stream was not split so we'll take that as a win. Also we got achievements in all three games, so that's going to be a bit of a list here. 

Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Achievements

• Pretty Picture:  Unlocked a Castle Painting.
• Disillusioned: Broke the illusion of 75 enemies
• Illusion Breaker: Broke the illusion of 25 enemies with projectiles.
• Fortune Hunter: Found 50% of all Magic Diamonds.
• Masters of Illusions: Defeated Mizrabel and rescued Minnie.

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Achievements

• SPEED DEMON: Get 100% score with the trap.

Fall Guys Achievements

• Head Turner: Equip a legendary Body Colour, Pattern, Upper and Lower Costume piece
• Show Off: Win an Episode with a custom Punchline equipped

Twitch Clips

• Let's Go... JUMP!
• Speed Demon Achievement 
• We won! We Did it!
  

For the raid we dropped in on xTragedy who was playing Grand Theft Auto V over at twitch.tv/xTragedy! 

Sad to hear that David Warner has passed away, as he was one of those actors that seemed to pop up in so many different movies. I did enjoy him as the Klingon Chancellor Gorken in Star Trek VI.   

Song of the Day: White Wedding Part 1 by Billy Idol

What do you call a deer with no eyes? No eyed deer.

Why are groups of fish so smart? Because they travel in schools.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Left-Right Step Combo, Beginner Combo #1 and Hook Comb #2 for 28 minutes

Played some Smite following the stream, and actually had a match as Nike where I had 12 kills 11 assists and no-deaths. It was pretty damn cool... if it was streamed I would've segmented out the entire match!. 

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For tonight's stream we're going to give Cultist Simulator another look to see if I can actually figure anything out. The decision for tonight's stream was very easy considering how we quickly we got through Castle of Illusion last night and I said last week Cultist Simulator is a 'throw to' game.

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

Getting Things Started For The Week

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Overwatch was fairly good, we had two minor instances of network issues but the stream didn't split into multiple parts like Saturday night's did. Big thanks to PandasSweet for being apart of several matches, Characters that I used for this week's Overwatch session included D.va, Reinhardt, Wrecking Ball, Orissa, Moira, Tracer,Ashe, Junkrat, Torbjourn, Cassidy and Mei. Managed to squeeze out an epic Play of the Game as Mei, getting credited for a a quarda-kill with her Blizzard ultimate. So super fun times in that regard.

Also yes, I did break out Wakko's America during last night's stream as well for a bit of singing nonsense.

I was also unaware that the 2nd Beta phase for Overwatch 2 ended this past week, I was not expecting it to be shorter than the first one. Oh well.

Twitch Clips

• A Bit Of Wakko's America
• You already had some! 
• I followed the Widowmaker a little too closely
• Quadrakill With Mei! 
  

For the raid we dropped in on andrewshaman who was doing a Just Chatting stream over at twitch.tv/andrewshaman. The raid was guided by BangBangBang713 who redeemed a channels points reward.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Body Uppercit Cobmo, Body Straight Combo and Advanced Combo #2 for 31 minutes.

Finished the commissioned fic request based around Star Wars: The Force Unleashed before last night's stream, and I think I did a fairly decent job adjusting Shaak Ti's fate to having her survive her jump into the Sarlacc Pit. Also picked up another requests for a commissioned fic based around the game Watch Dogs... which will be a challenge because I have not played that! 

Now of course me saying I haven't played something comes across as odd when you figure that I have played so many games over the years, but there are more things that I haven't gotten to for one reason or another. 

Messed around a bit with Fallguys and Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime following the stream to  try and bang out a few achievements, and was successful at my intended goals.

Fall Guys Achievements

• Shopping Spree: Unlock 10 cosmetic items from the store
• Down to the Wire: Qualify after a round goes to overtime
• Bargain Bucket: Equip an uncommon or better Body Colour, Pattern, Upper and Lower Costume piece

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Achievements

• ROCKSTAR: Destroy all the expensive LCD televisions in the hotel.

Why did the toilet paper roll downhill? To get to the bottom.

What's the best name for a man who can't stand? Neil. 

Song of the Day: The Bones by Maren Morris

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For tonight's stream, there is going to be a bit of a toss up depending on the weather, as we're expecting a thunderstorm. If it isn't too bad we'll start up Castle of Illusion, but if I feel it's going to be rough, we'll mess around with Cultist Simulator.

Of course considering the heatwave that has been pounding South Jersey as of late, the thunderstorm will do a great job of breaking up the heat... so on that unsure bombshell we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Xfinity Butchered A Great Stream

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream suffered a series of interruptions caused by Xfinity, which resulted in the stream being split into 4 parts. It's been a while since things were that bad to force a complete split in the stream, which meant that 15 minutes of loss footage. 

Anyway last night we lead off with NFL Game Day 98... and... quite frankly I was terrible at it, in two full games played, I didn't score a single touch down. While the controls and way to play were similar to the original NFL Game Day, the game's A.I.was just brutal even on the easiest settings. Unfortunately, a good portion off footage from the NFL Game Day 98 portion of the stream is what was loss. On a positive note, NFL Game Day 98 still looks pretty good for a game from 1997. Next time I play a football game on stream, we'll jump to Madden I think

Next on the night was Bio Freaks, and once I saw and realized it was a Midway game from the late 90s, I realized there was going to be a bunch of hokey shit to deal with, mostly from the game's A.I. See Midway was notorious for having some brutal difficulty spikes in its games, and that popped up in a big way. I did play as a few characters, but the controls were rather cumbersome, resulting in some Tekken like struggles in trying to see what did and did not work.

Speaking of Tekken, we finally played Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and I am counting it as a game finished because of going through the arcade mode and then learning character endings can be unlocked via the Ghost Fight option. We spent the majority of the stream with TTT2, and while some if its difficulty spikes were a bit 'mean' at times, it certainly wasn't frustrating beyond me realizing them mistake I made when I lost. Also, this was the PS3 version of the game, so we unlocked several trophies.Also... this game has no analog movement controls which is really fucking weird.

On a side note, since we had to install Tekken Tag Tournament 2 onto the PS3, that meant waiting for a long time for that to happen. The PlayStation 3 never had great install times... then again the PS3 was not really a great system, as many developers have stated over the years.

Big thanks to the chat for kicking in 300 bits during the stream, your support is always appreciated, especially on a night when things were going wrong.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Trophies

• Insane Juggler: You dealt more than 62 damage in a midair combo.
• Oodles of Ukemi: You pulled off 3 ukemi.
• PERFECT Player: You won a PERFECT battle.
• Doused But Not Out: Your upper body got wet in the Fallen Garden stage.
• Preeminent Partner: You cleared an Offline Mode arcade battle with a partner.
• Lead Coach: You dealt a total of 1000 damage in Practice in Offline Mode.
• Touch-Up Artist: You customized a character
• Dance to Your Own Beat: You changed the background music using TEKKEN TUNES.
• Combot, On Standby!: You cleared Stage 1 in Fight Lab.
• Tenacious Fighter: You won 3 team battles in Offline Mode.
• Renovation Time: You broke a wall.
• Stick It to 'Em: You pulled off 10 homing attacks.
• Geronimooo!: You broke a balcony.
• Who You Gonna Call?: You defeated 30 ghosts.
• Below the Belt: You pulled off 3 low parries.

Twitch Clips

• Didn't take long for me to screw up...
• We take the win there 
• Well that happened
  

For the raid we drooped in on x9abenonymous9x who was playing Fortnite over at twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x!   

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Defensive Combo #1, Uppercut Combo #2 and Double Combo #1 for 28 minutes.

I do have to finish that Star Wars commissioned story request, I did get a good chunk done on Wednesday with that unwanted day off... maybe I can knocked out this afternoon.

It's the start of a new week, so let's look back at last week with a video of everything we featured which included Overwatch, Persona 4 Arena, Cultist Simulator, Fallout 76, Final Fantasy XIV, Persona 5 Strikers, NFL Game Day 98, Bio Freaks and Tekken Tag Tournament 2!

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Looking ahead to this upcoming week, I'm thinking this will be the line up

Monday: Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Tuesday: Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse or Cultist Simulator
Wednesday: Fallout 76
Thursday: Final Fantasy XIV
Friday: Persona 5 Strikers (Possibly Finishing)
Saturday: Madden 98 & Other Nonsense

For tonight's stream, the plan of course is Overwatch and hopefully last night's problems will not carry over to this evenings activities. 

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

Another Chapter Of Persona 5 Strikers Finished

Good afternoon everyone,

Last night's stream of Persona 5 Strikers was pretty epic as we covered a number of achievements and the entire Osaka / Cage of Arrogance story arc. The use of deep personal trauma to justify the actions of the various villains has been a great in humanizing the antagonists, but one thing is really clear, that the message of humanity putting its faith into one thing will be the climax of the story, much like how it was for the original Persona 5 story.

Now I did reached the point in the 'requests' to where side bosses to unlock more powerful Personas is a thing, which means having to have a good idea of various match ups are going to be key. If was I was going for 100% completion of all the trophies then I would do them, but the clues and guides are really unclear about where they are located at.

I said it in a video for my YouTube channel that I am glad Yoshizawa is not apart of the events of Persona 5 Strikers, because there is just no place for her, I really can't see how she could provide anything insightful beyond giving a repeated line of dialog of how she eventually got past her own trauma. 

Now with that I understand, what's left is one more large jail for exploring and then taking care of the big boss that apparently has two stages. Hopefully I'll be able to find enough items to restore SP to make it more manageable, because SP management was an issue last night.

Persona 5 Strikers Trophies

• Master Thieves: Obtained all Master Arts for all characters.
• Repentant Fang: Obtained all Master Arts for Wolf.
• Know Your Enemy: Hit the enemy's weakness 300 times.
• All That Glitters: Defeated 10 Treasure Demons.
• Those Who Heed the Call: Completed 50 requests.
• Cage of Arrogance Cracked: Completed the Osaka Jail.

Twitch Clips

• Getting achievements done!
• Defeating Konoe! 
• Why Is Everyone Getting Heated
  

For the raid we dropped in on YrGamerBunni who was playing Divinity: Original Sin II over at twitch.tv/yrgamerbunni!  

Work was rather... long yesterday... because I didn't really get to sleep the previous night, and  I got shut out in getting a complete interview. Way too many folks fell into categories that fell outside of the parameters we were looking for... so the day just dragged.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Defensive Combo #2, Triple Combo #2 and Front-Back Step Combo for 28 minutes

Fitness Boxing 2 Stats For July  17-23, 2022

• Punches Thrown: 8613
  
• Estimated Calories Burned: 3552.77 kcal
  
• Bernardo's Champion Progress: 90% (45/50 Hours)
  
• King EX Fighter Progress: 94% Completion
  
• Days In A Row: 589 (747 Counting Fitness Boxing)
  

I have not stopped my Stargate SG-1 re-watch, I just haven't had time to sit down to watch the next episode.

Why can't you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom? Because the P is silent.

I'm not sure if I buy into Vince McMahon's announced retirement... it just strikes me as odd, and having Co-CEOs just reeks of possible problems for the WWE as a company. 

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For tonight's stream we're going to do some random stuff and take it easy, I certainly need a chill night.

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

Casual Dailies In FFXIV

Good morning everyone,

It's Friday, the weekend is here, but with how climate change has turned up the heat everywhere, I'm hoping everyone is being as cool as possible.

Last night's stream of Final Fantasy XIV was mostly without incident, but I did have a couple of hiccups that saw me booted from the game. Still the stream remained in one piece. One of the highlights was me looking up lyrics to some songs from the animated series Histeria, and mostly doing them right.

PandaSweet joined in for a lot of fun as we tacked a bit of fishing, plus a trip through the various dailies (Expert, Dungeon, Trial, Alliance Raid and Normal Raid). I also did a bit of progress with my role as Dragoon, knocking out the level 40 job quest, plus an extended trip through the Palace of the Dead. So all in all a pretty easy going night.

Twitch Clips

• Duty Complete
• The Invasion Song 
• How did I end up on the opposite side?
• Hi Omega... Bye Omega 
  

For the raid we dropped in on Redneck_23 who was playing America Truck Simulator over at twitch.tv/redneck_23! 

Had a hell of a time trying to get to sleep last night, so I ended up playing some Overwatch matches, and picked up a pair of Plays of the Game as D.va. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Biceps Shape Focus Combo, Difficult Challenge Combo #1 and Intermediate Combo #1 for 34 minutes.

During the stream I was asked by LvStkr if I have ever played Fighting History, and the answer at the time was no I haven't. Now I was aware of Fighting History, at it was a game that basically caused Capcom to lose a lawsuit over the entire concept and idea fighting games. Now I did sit down to play it this morning, granted it was the SNES port which is currently apart of the SNES portion of the Nintendo Switch Online feature. Going through the standard arcade mode with Feline, I had a fairly straight forward time getting through it. I actually found Fighting History to be better than Street Fighter II in some regard.

Work was pretty solid yesterday, even if I only got in 80%R of my hours, but I didn't know I had even that until 10 AM.  But I do know I got more hours today so that's good.

What did one wall say to the other? "Meet me at the corner!" 

Found out Ghostbusters: Sanctum of the Slime, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and DuckTales: Remastered are all games that are backwards compatible on the Xbox side of things. We have featured and finished Castle of Illusion and DuckTales via Steam a few years ago, but this gives us a great opportunity to break out my lame platforming skills. 

The Ghostbusters game is a twin-stick shooter, which does have online play as an option, however it appears you have to create a session in advance with other players instead of just starting a session and hope others join in. I have played it before, never really getting to far in the PS3 and Steam versions, but since the lobbies for the Xbox 360 version still work we may give it a whirl. Oh and I did play a bit of Ghostbusters: Sanctum of the Slime, the online lobbies to appear to work as it did recognize both Quick Match and Find Game options. 

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Achievements

• ROOKIES: Finish the first level.

You know what's also funny, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition for the Xbox 360 can still be purchased, and I'm surprised it was pushed into the backwards compatible list of games considering it's reputation. Maybe I should just track down a working 360 on the secondary market to dive into games that are basically locked to that console generation. Where would I put it is a real question.

Thousand Arms was trending lately, as someone review has peaked interest into the Dating Sim / JRPG hybrid from the late 90s. Thankfully I still have my copy of the game

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Of course for tonight's stream we shall be continuing Persona 5 Strikers, as we'll be getting into the next major part of the story. I was wrong, there are two major jails / palaces left, so I figure we may finish the game within two or three streams. Depends on how much extra stuff I come across doing.

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

Casually Doing Brotherhood of Steel Quests

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream of Fallout 76 did have two partial interruptions, but the stream was not split into multiple parts. 

Anyway, a big focus was gradually doing the Brotherhood of Steel quests, which should be done well after anything involving Foundation and the Crater, but hell, the game as no real continuity as far as I can tell when it comes to getting things done. There were a few intense battle situations as it seems like enemies were hitting a lot harder this week, and I have made up my mind that I don't like Knight Shin.

Beyond that, a lot of challenges were done as I got banged out quite a few to gain several levels on the scoreboard. Sure I used what Atoms I did managed to acquire to boost a few levels, but hey things were done.

Big shoutout to Iceman for being apart of the weekly fun, as we started back on getting some of his main quests done, which does mean revisiting things I've done. Considering all his help with The Division and The Division 2, it's about time I get to act as the back up support!

Huge thank you to the viewers in the chat who kicked in 600 bits over the course of the stream, which was really cool and greatly appreciated!.

Twitch Clips

• Sit Your (Bleep) Down!
• I can offer you... 
• Stay on the ground!
  

For the raid we dropped in on PradoxGamerAU who was playing No Man Sky over at twitch.tv/pradoxgamerau! 

Finished writing the Bella Twins commission request yesterday, and promptly got another one based around Star Wars Force Unleashed which I have not played. Good thing there is a partial transcript online I can use to piece something together. 

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Difficult Challenge Combo #2, Block Combo and Difficult Challenge Combo #3 for 34 minutes. My timing felt a bit off today, as I had more misses than normal when it came to Left and Right Uppercuts from both the Orthodox and Southpaw stances

The 76ers announced they plan to have a privately owned arena in the Fashion District of Philadelphia... but I can almost guarantee that's not going to happen, because 20+ years ago the Phillies tried to get a stadium built in the same area and it was shot down hard by the city.

Xfinity was really under performing this morning as I had a number of issues and connection hangs.

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For tonight's stream Final Fantasy XIV is on deck, as we may do various raids, trials and dailies plus maybe work on leveling up some things. We shall see.

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

A Night of Cultist Simulator

Good morning everyone,  

For last night's stream we checked out Cultist Simulator, which is available on Steam... and it is basically what it's advertising, it's a simulator of forming and maintaining a cult. Set in the early 1900s, there are several branching paths, and a lot of luck, resource management. 

While the game may look simple, it's very complex as there are timers on everything, and there is a slight sense of anxiety when there are over a half dozen things to manage. There are a number of random effects that can occur, and the way to fend off things like dread, restlessness and other factors can cause a ton of headaches. It is very easy to lose track of things, as I proved several times when things look like progress was was being made/

This is also a game where reading everything out loud (or summarizing) is kind of important for streaming, which should play to my strengths considering my day gig, but the font is rather small and blends too much with the background with it being a light blue on dark blue. May not seem like a factor, but I position my monitors to a fair distance away to avoid eye strain.

Now will we play Cultist Simulator again, more than likely yes, as it falls into the category of 'Throw To', as it's perfect for filling in a night between major games, splitting part of a stream with. .And if the rate of unlocking achievements for it are correct, it is clearly a game that would have me trying to figure out how to accomplish everything it has.

Big thanks to the community for kicking in 1000 bits during the stream, and to YrGamerBunni for gifting a sub to another viewer last night! The support is awesome!

Cultist Simulator Achievements

• Where Will They Find Me?: My body died. Perhaps my spirit entered the Mansus.
• Temple Unceasing: I dedicated myself to the drumbeat which can never end.
• Order of the Bloody Cup: I dedicated myself to the mysteries of birth, blood and appetite.
• No Worst, There Is None: Despair, the wolf that devours thought, devoured me.
• The Clock Striketh Twelve: I honoured my agreement, but I did not have a friend.
• Mirror of Glory: I dedicated myself to the understanding of the Light that leaks from a fiercer place.

Twitch Clips

• Just trying to sort this stuff out
• Having a combination of things happen 
• When you know you're doomed...
  

 For the raid we dropped in on JusticePS who was also playing Cultist Simulator over at twitch.tv/JusticePS!   

We went ahead and added the digital version of Stray for the PS4 to the collection, so that is something we'll certainly check out as soon as possible.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily work out featured Intermediate Combo #2, Hip Shape Focus Combo and Straight Combo #2 for 28 minutes.

Trimmed up my hair last night, mostly sides and rear of the crown (top of the head), where my hair always grows in kind of a dual layer. If I can slide my fingers through the back of my hair and basically lift a good portion of it almost like the trunk of a car, then it's time to give it a trim. Also the decrease in hair volume in the back means I can comfortably rock a ponytail

I rather like the new Overwatch League exclusive skin for Mercy, as the medieval knight armor certainly fits with her often having dialog with Reinhardt and Brigitte, who also wear medieval style armor.

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For tonight's stream, Fallout 76 is on deck, as I'll try to advance some of my various quest lines, and of course we'll more than likely be joined by Iceman for some team-up fun!

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