The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and other notes

Hi everyone,

Well today started with my electric and water bills both being paid straight away, so that was a hell of way to get things going. But things improved with some stocking up of a few goodies for the kitchen, some easy to peel oranges and a few things to go with stuff I already had. And I order a BBQ rib platter from Blowin' Smoque which was fucking delicious!

Also picked up the 2023 Convention Exclusive Funko Pop of Rita Repulsa from Power Rangers. 

On the down side, I am rather irritated with the idiots constantly littering on the sidewalk next to my house , found a near full set of Heineken bottles and the cardboard container just laying there, like fucking really?

Anyway, tonight's stream started at 5 PM Eastern as I'm experimenting with earlier weekend start times to off-set Monday to Thursday night streams being shorter in length. Tonight we featured The Texas Chain Saw Massacre which is available on Game Pass, and I can safely say I see the influence of Friday the 13th The Game (Since the same people are involved) along with Dead By Daylight, (Helps that Leatherface is in both games and basically handles the same way). The game is pretty much pick up and play, but the tutorial is a little lacking just giving broad over views in a video format.

I really don't have a favorite 'victim' yet, but as far as the Family members go, I really like Sissy because she can actually sustain a chase through most maps and follow through narrow passages. Leatherface and Johnny are pretty cool as well, but i really don't like The Hitchkiker or The Cook.

Will we feature this game again? Probably, we can play a little after doing some Resident Evil 6 some on Wednesdays. 

On a side note, the stream did go down for about 10 minutes due to an outage from Xfinity, and they said there is scheduled maintenance this evening at 1 AM, so hopefully whatever was going on they fix.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Achievements

• Behind the curtain: Get your first unlockable.
• Welcome to the Family: Execute your first victim.
• First Blood: Execute the first victim in a match.
• Dog will hunt: As Leatherface destroy 10 objects with your chainsaw (barricade, crawl space, door).
• So Close…: Kill a victim within close range of an exit in any level.
• He was the greatest ever: Feed Grandpa 10 times in total
• The Saw is Family: Reach family bond to maximum and keep it there for the whole match.
• I'm comin' for ya: As Hitchhiker use one gap, crawl space and ladder in a single match.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/elegantlyslays which was also featuring The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Did a fair bit of writing this afternoon as well, finishing of a WWE Short story commission while forgetting one of the details that was requested (which I felt bad about), and started on another Persona 5 related story. Did pick up another short story commission based on Resident Evil which I'll start tomorrow afternoon.

Of course on Monday I have an in-person interview at what was West Jersey Hospital. I'll take a Uber to get there and probably take buses back. 

Our next stream is scheduled for 5 PM on Sunday evening over on twitch.tv/fredcasden, which will feature Overwatch!

And on that note, good night!

The Last of Us Part II and other notes

 Hi everyone,

We had work tonight, and we was another great night, getting five interview completed. Also took thethe talent assessment test for Comcast, which I hope might lead to something, and I may be able to schedule an interview for Subaru, which has a major office complex in my home town.There is a challenge because all the nearest dates and times are already filled!

Tonight's stream of The Last of Us Part II finally saw us reaching the point where Abby and Ellie meet face to face after the later was hunting down the former's crew, and now we get to see Abby's story, because as I said on stream (and will in an episode of Head Canon in a few weeks) Joel deserved what she got. Now having the added context that it was Abby's father who Joel offed at the end of the first game. 

But what really stands out about Abby is that she is freaking jacked, I mean dude, she has some massive arms, which I wonder is symbolic of her wanting to hunt down of Joel. There's also some complex details regarding her crew of associates that has me a bit curious as to whey they were like before Ellie knocked them off one by one.

The Last of Us Part II Trophies

• Sharpshooter: Win the marksmanship competition
• Mint Condition: Find 5 coins

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/mst3k , the offical Twitch channel for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Had to throw out one commission request because the client basically was filling so many messages to my inbox that it became intolerable. Which was a shame, but I do have a policy that states just because someone has a commission story in progress does not give them the write to try and have my full attention. So instead of two back to back WWE short stories in the works.

Our next stream over on twitch.tv/fredcasden is schedules for 5 PM Eastern on Saturday Night and will feature the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre game, since it's on Game Pass, making it a perfect little item to feature.

So on that note, have a good night everyone!

Borderlands and other notes

Hi everyone,

We actually had work this evening, even if there were a lot of technical problems, but i had four completed interviews and learned how much of a nut case one of the folks in the New Jersey State Senate is.

Tonight's stream featured Borderlands to basically wrap up main story stuff related to the Intergalactic Ninja Assissan Claptrap content, which lead to picking up several achievements along the way, including the one requiring to farm drops for Tannis. It was a pretty chill night for the most part. We'll probably move on from Borderlands now, granted there are stiff some things to do, but nothing of real consequence as it relates to achievements that won't involve doing a second play through.

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition Achievements

• It's so realistic!: Collected 5 3D glasses
• The Collector: Completed a crazy request for Tannis
• Knoxx-Trap: Killed General Knoxx-trap
• Ned-Trap: Killed Dr. Ned-trap
• Steele-Trap: Killed Commandant Steele-trap
• Muerte la robo-lución: Killed the Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/xlunagoddess where Walking Dead: New Frontier was being featured! 

Finished the first of a series of short story commissions related to Resident Evil, which is going to prove to be more challenging than one thinks because of how fucking screwy the continuity of the franchise is. At the same time, started work on another commission request for a WWE related one.... and also picked up another commission request that is also WWE related. Can't say I'm thrilled with doing wrestling stories, but extra income is extra income.

Made the decision that Saturday's stream will feature the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre game, since it's on Xbox Game Pass.

Our next stream  over on twitch.tv/fredcasden is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Friday night, and will feature The Last of Us Part II on the PlayStation. 

So on that note, have a good night everyone!

Resident Evil, Forza Horizon and other notes

Hi everyone,

Work was cancelled again, as the client pushed back the start of the assignment again... needless to say everyone at the job was pissed. But I had a job interview that went fairly welly to the point I have a 2nd interview on Monday.

Tonight's stream did start at 9:30 PM as Iceman and I started up the Ada Wong campaign of Resident Evil 6, and what became real clear is that only the player playing as Ada (in this case me) can interact with puzzles and opening boxes and doors. So pulling up a guide to find the solutions to puzzles certainly was a tactic we're going to use. We cleared the first two chapters of the campaign, so there are three left.

Did like that Chapter 2 matched up with Leon's campaign, and it appears that Chapter 3 will sync up with Chris' campaign.

Resident Evil 6 Achievements

• I Spy: Complete Chapter 1 in Ada's campaign.
• Counterintelligence: Complete Chapter 2 in Ada's campaign.

We also did a bit of Forza Horizon 5, just some casually driving around, did a few races and made some progress towards a couple of achievements. Nothing major

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/zonesama Where Zonesama was hosting a Just Chatting stream 

Finished the closing chapter of the Mass Effect series of commission stories and not I was requested to do a series based on Resident Evil and to come up with a rough outline. 

Kristi and I also did some nice casual writing on our Power Rangers project, certainly exploring different aspects of characters and talking about things within the franchise has been a nice change of pace.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern on Thursday, and we might do more random stuff in Borderlands as I ponder what next big game to start up. If work is cancelled (which I hope it isn't, we'll start around 7 PM.

So on that note have a good night!

Spirit of the North, PowerWash Simulator and Other Notes

 Hi everyone,

Work was cancelled tonight as the assignment that was supposed to start got pushed back to tomorrow, so that helps in a big way as we haven't had work since the Friday before last! I also have a job interview tomorrow at 12:30 PM Eastern, which could possibly lead to a new career path. Then again I also applied for a position as for a major company that has a major presence in my home town too. Either job would be a good get because I wouldn't mind commuting via Uber or Taxi since they would be very local destinations with in the city!

We finished Spirit of The North on tonight's stream, and needless to say the final three plus chapters of the game may in total took two hours and changes to do, (since we were in the middle of chapter five last night), but man did the game develop a case of a 'where the fuck do we go', namely in the Chapter 7 where everything was mostly blue and rather hard to see. Almost at random I seem to find where I needed to go and things progressed to a rather satisfying ending.

Overall I like Spirit of the North, much like Abzu and Omno, there is a fairly logical approach to all the puzzles... and it's more about the journey and experiencing the creative direction the developers put in place. Would I personally play it again, probably not, but I do recommend folks play it.

Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition Achievements

• Match Maker: Match 12 sets of Revolving Matching Glyphs
• Old Companion: Awaken 12 Shaman Spirits
• Spirited Away: Make it out of the Spirit World
• Northern Lights: Fill the night sky with Aurora Borealis
• Foxin' Around: Stand still for 3 minutes

Since we finished Spirit of the North two hours into the stream, after a break we switched over to PowerWash Simulator, starting on the Firehouse job, and clearing out well over 60% of it, leaving the side structure to deal with. There is an achievment for not using the scaffold, which is going to be an interesting challenge next time we use PowerWash Simulator as a filler game

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/misscammi316 where Cammi was playing Smite

Kristi and I did a lot of free style writing on our little Power Rangers project, not sure if we'll publish it, but we certainly put in a lot of lore and detail into it.

Xfinity spent the morning installing fiber optic cable in my neighborhood so we're all on that 10G network... let's home that fixes the issues of intermittent Upstream power levels dropping.

I want to say I'm 70% finished the Mass Effect short story commission, and it's already the length of two and half stories at 5300 words. That's the problem with stories that involve 10 characters that need to be spotlighted equally.

Our next stream over on twitch.tv/fredcasden will start after 9:30 PM Eastern on Wednesday, as Iceman and I will begin the Ada Wong campaign of Resident Evil 6! I'm real curious to see where her story fits in with the other three campaigns.

And on that note, have a good night everyone!

Spirit of the North and other notes

Ho everyone,

Today was fucking awful, I had a job interview in a town called Mount Laurel, and I already had great fears about being able to get there and back because of the limited bus schedules, in fact I took an Uber over to ensure I got there for my interview on time while taking a bus back. But tings went from bad to worse when I was asked two questions that caught me off guard my best friend would describe me and how the person closest to me would describe me... and both made me very uncomfortable, the first because I'm not sure who I would consider to be my best friend and I never considered how they would describe me, and with the second... well, it's obvious I was close to my mom and I couldn't control myself from tearing up trying to think how she would describe me. I feel so fucking embarrassed by that, b

Then work was cancelled in the evening for the sixth consecutive shift.... and I may have missed out an opportunity for another job interview because I couldn't plan short notice for tomorrow (Tuesday). So yeah, really shitty day

The stream started at 7 PM and we played a little game called Spirit of the North, which is a puzzle platform  style game, where we guide afox through a journey involving spirits and... saving the land from pollution? Corruption? I'm not sure. It is a pretty game with a good sound track, but I may have glitched the game somewhere in the fifth chapter. 

There only eight chapters (apparently) so we should be able to finish it on Tuesday night's stream

Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition Achievements

• A Guardian Forgotten: Awaken the Spirit of the North
• Infused with Light: Become Infused with Pure Ancient Energy
• Fetch: Carry a Shaman Staff for 3 minutes
• Awaken: Awaken 5 Shaman Spirits
• Spirit Bark: Unlock Spirit Bark Ability
• Eradicate: Destroy 3 Plague Tethers
• Blooms of Light: Collect 25 Spirit Bloom
• Spirit Form: Unlock Spirit Form Ability
• Uprooting Darkness: Destroy 8 Plague Tethers
• Garden of Light: Collect 50 Spirit Bloom
• Best Friends: Cause the Wisp chirp 100 times
• Weightless: While in Spirit Form; step on a pressure plate, an unstable platform, and walk on water
• Written In Stone: Infuse 30 Standing Stones
• Spirit Dash: Unlock Spirit Dash Ability
• Plague Doctor: Destroy 18 Plague Tethers

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/princesspashley where Princesspashley was doing a Just Chatting stream.

Didn't do any writing on the Mass Effect short story commission, which is already at 2900 words, and I intend to work on it on Tuesday afternoon

Touched based with my former co-writer and long time friend Kristi, throwing around a few ideas for a few things Power Ranger related. It could be very Morphinomenal.

Our next stream is scheduled for 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden with more Spirit of the North as indicated earlier. If work is canceled, we'll start at 7 PM Eastern.

On that note, have a good night

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Hi everyone,

Tonight's stream of Overwatch 2 was a lot of fun, we started early and featured all three story missions which is limited to those who have the story mission pack along with the Underground mission that is available to everyone. We of course also got in a lot of quick play matches as well, and shockingly we didn't really see the Flashpoint mission too much tonight. Big thank you to BangBangBang, PandaSweet and Odeu for being apart of the fun this evenings.

I picked up one play of the game on stream as Ashe, in addition to playing as Junker Queen, Moira, Tracer, Bastion, Mei, D.va, Orissa and a handful of others. The new progression system means I may end up focusing on a few characters in particular to grind out levels for each character depending on role type.

For the raid we went over to twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x where x9abenonymous9x was playing Midnight Club: Los Angeles 

Pre-recorded the second 'episode' of my new Headcanon series for my YouTube channel focusing on Mass Effect 3 and how the Illusive Man's entire arc as a character hides the fact that the players choice as Shepard matters. 

Speaking of Mass Effect I knocked out another major chunk of the latest commission request based on the party that takes place during the Citadel DLC.

I have to take a day trip out to Mount Laurel on Monday, and if all goes well (which I doubt) I'll have some exciting news. But more than likely it's going to be the waste of $60 in terms of transportation.

Our next stream is schedule for Monday night at 9:30 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden and will feature the start of Spirit of the North. In theory it should only take about 5 to 7 hours to finish, so if there is no work, we'll start early to try and do the game in one session. But if we do have work (which we hope), we'll split it over two nights

So on that note... good night everyone!