That Mother Earth is one weird lady. youtube.com/live/2i-F7S5.... #EVOSearchForEden

So, as it turns out there IS an alt-kill for the butcher on Corsus and it counts as the world boss for adventure mode runs. We'll be dealing with that as part of the adventure mode runs next week.

Going live with Remnant: From the Ashes! Miyazaki would love this part. An entire poison swamp world! www.twitch.tv/RainNero

Credits rolling on Remnant 2 for the first time since launch... in Co-op this time! Game's still fun, but the DLCs and post-launch changes have definitely doubled down on the game being a power fantasy dressed up as a souls-like. Which isn't a bad thing, mind you.

No doubt my favorite part of FF7... SPACE! youtube.com/live/nH8cofk.... #FF7

Going live with A Robot Named Fight! It's close enough to Metroid, right? www.twitch.tv/RainNero

*Screams Exponentially* Why can't anything just... work? Why do you have to add pointless BS on top of pointless BS? If I wasn't legitimately concerned about a bank hijacking most of my money in fees or closing my account for inactivity I wouldn't even be USING this stupid service.

Please note that prolonged exposure to cute animals may cause or aggravate heart issues in certain people. Please send buns responsibly.

When you look into the Abyss... youtube.com/live/VyQp7t5.... #PacificDrive #WhispersInTheWoods

Going live with Castlevania: Curse of Darkness! Surprise! It's the Magical Girl Crossover episode! Oh, and cleanup on the battle towers and other side stuff I've been putting off. www.twitch.tv/RainNero

I'm gonna come right out and say it. I really don't like the new Lucario Mega Evolution design. The shark tail is weird, the hair bits are even more of a visual mess than the old Mega and the chest fur was turned into a weird dress with shorts underneath (and a shark tail? why even?)

Found where my original Remnant 2 save from launch ended up. Slapped it in the Steam folders and everything worked perfectly. Think some stuff got changed/reset with the DLCs, but it's largely how I remember leaving it.

The one Monday I don't have leftovers from the weekly errand running with Saya is the night I get hungry due to a pizza-related post. Dammit.

Off-screening notes for Castlevania this week: Got a couple of new team members prepped right before their final evolutions (you didn't miss much with the previous forms). Also got the remaining Phlogiston needed (as far as I know). A few of the other rare materials are dodging me though.

Man, that moment where you glance at a content creator's reply to a video and can tell they used Youtube's auto-generated replies instead of actually reading it themselves. Instant loss of respect...

Bah, looks like I deleted my old save from Remnant 2 from before I got the Steam version. Debating on if I actually want to go back through unlocking all the base-game classes or just downloading a save for that.

Debating on how much I want to do off-stream on Remnant. There's a whole bunch of side stuff I could potentially do like Survival Mode that'd unlock extra gearing options and cosmetics, but I'm admittedly worried about my brain hyperfixating as it is prone to do.

Going live with Remnant: From the Ashes! Even with the Undying King... dealth with, Rhom still has secrets left to give up. Time to comb the desert! www.twitch.tv/RainNero

Did a bit of off-screening on Remnant, mainly doing an Adventure Mode run on Earth since I couldn't find the last Glowing Rod for the armor vault on Rhom. Got lucky there and managed to get the full Twisted Armor set and the Twisted Idol (which reduces carry weight so we're not flopping anymore).

Greens aren't the only things getting stuffed. youtube.com/live/wReLWjX.... #FF7

Going live with Ehrgeiz! I've been meaning to get back to the Dungeon Crawler mode for a while now and recent disappointment via a few other games gave me the perfect excuse. www.twitch.tv/RainNero

I have a pretty high tolerance for bad action RPGs and Diablo-likes... but holy crap Digimon World 4 is rough. It's slow to start with meaningless number-creep and a weird auto-guarding mechanic on the enemies that outright isn't explained anywhere.

Okay, game I wanted to show off tomorrow for Flex Day fell through in about five minutes of testing. Probably going to default to one of the ol' reliables since I have nothing else in the works.

Gathering around the table with all the Anomalies. youtube.com/live/FcFZYkr.... #PacificDrive #WhispersInTheWoods

Hoo boy, just had a wind storm hit the side of the house strong enough that it knocked my (unlocked but closed) window inward and off track.

Hey, hey brain. Can we maybe NOT watch 20+ horror-adjacent videos right before I want to go to bed? Thanks.

Going live with Castlevania: Curse of Darkness! After mostly recovering from being wildly sick in the Infinite Corridor, Hector sets his sights on following Isaac's trail. Meanwhile, Zead's proving less and less trustworthy by the minute... www.twitch.tv/RainNero

I somehow manage to get nearly 12 hours of sleep straight and my body *still* wants me to sleep more.

Didn't do any offscreening for Castlevania this week. Between the illness leaving me drained and the awkward spot we left off at last time I just didn't even know where to begin with it.

Downside of all this cough syrup being Acetaminophen-based is that it plays merry hell of my system, especially when I start dialing back how often I take it. Kinda just existing in a blur right now.

Losing a majority of my sense of taste to illness has been weird because things will still very faintly get through. If I had to make a comparison, it's like a lot of flavored or sparkling water brands. It's a suggestion of flavor from about five miles away.

Oh right. Post-stream insomnia is a known phenomenon with me. Not sure why I thought I'd be able to avoid it while sick...

Going live with Remnant: From the Ashes! We've landed in a Radioactive Hellscape that is somehow still better than Detroit! Looks like our hunt for the founder of Ward 13's going to lead us to someone calling themselves the "Undying King" though... www.twitch.tv/RainNero

Ironwood managed to appease the Pacific Drive gods in time for the stream. youtube.com/live/99FQFJr.... #PacificDrive #WhispersInTheWoods

Playing it safe and not streaming today. Going to try for Remnant on Saturday, but it's entirely dependent on how I'm feeling when I wake up.

PM cold meds only knocked me out for five hours again, but it seems I was tossing and turning hard enough to pull muscles down both arms and legs. Just can't catch a damn break.

So SWTOR decided to slap more FOMO on their game by making it so players don't get the freebie premium currency for having a security key on their account unless they log in once a month. Yeah, no, think I'm finally done with this one.

Update: Fever's largely gone though the cough is lingering. Potentially got some extra cold meds being picked up by a housemate soon-ish and got a leftover partial bag of cough drops for the mean time. The PM cough syrup only kept me down for five hours though, so I'm still tired as hell.

Change of plans, a recent update borked Pacific Drive. More FF7 instead! youtube.com/live/8M3aCW-.... #FF7

Going live with Castlevania: Curse of Darkness! After beating the Time Traveler, we head into some totally normal ruins... after doing some long-awaited exploration cleanup. www.twitch.tv/RainNero

I'm about to just dunk my head in the freezer for a bit. I don't even care anymore.

Eyes Focusn't.

Update: Found some basic night-time cold medicine in the house and I have a few cough drops so I'm not completely out of commission. However, I'm reasonably sure I have a pretty high fever and all the meds did was keep the current situation stable rather than worsening.

Health deteriorated from "throat mildly scratchy from probably coughing in my sleep" to "nose non-functional and energy completely gone" in the space of a few hours. Not a fan of cancelling streams, but don't be surprised if I cut a few in the upcoming weeks. (Especially if this gets worse).

I'm... weirdly hopeful for Rift now? Interest in the game is at a record high since Gamigo took over. The dev team has extra front-facing members (including at least one actual coder this time) and they're doing regular livestreams. It'll be a while before we see any new content, but still...

Stream Schedule for the week of 11/17: (Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday 4-6PM Eastern) Tuesday: Castlevania Curse of Darkness! (Exploration cleanup, probably). Thursday: Flex Day! Could be anything. Saturday: Remnant: From the Ashes! (Got Isekai'd to a radioactive hell. Time to cause problems on purpose.)

Going live with Remnant: From the Ashes! The best part of having a magical glowy teleporter rock is the free multiverse access. So now we get to whack a plant dragon in the butt over and over until it gives us the drop we want! www.twitch.tv/RainNero

It's the kinda day where I'm considering coffee even though I know it's VERY risky for my heart.

Oh cool, Youtube made the browser version even worse. Now a grand total of two (2) videos are clearly visible on the right by default instead of the 6-ish without scrolling. It looks so bad too, it's absurd.

Ever since the Alpha I've loved Project Gorgon, but it honestly feels like they went the wrong direction with the development. They built a mile high and an inch wide, pushing higher and higher level caps with updates but only one or two areas per bracket to farm levels.