I have a new number one video and it is my number one video by such a large margin now!
8,669 views since August 11, 2022
Thank you everyone who has watched the video and has since subscribed.
I am at 188 subscribers and would love to get to 200!
I am very proud of this video. Unlike the Buying Batman Bundle video, the audio is great, it features my main character, Dynamo Dancer, in the style of Kitty Pryde, and it is a victory video at that.
Pretty much, every day I check my stats, this video keep increasing in views, and I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone! It really does mean a lot to me.
As my Bounce Patrol post is still one of my post popular posts ever! I thought it would be fun to lean into that for a moment. Plus, enough time has passed since the above video was posted. October 30, 2016, so a bunch of time has passed. This is probably the last video of theirs that I really saw, besides maybe playing whichever was their most current video at the time to Walker Dennis, to see if it registered with him. He didn’t seem all that interested, but that’s the difference three years can do to a youngling.
They made the video as a thank you for their first million subscribers. Now they are at 26.1 Million!
The questions they answer are :
How did they get started?
How did you all meet?
Who makes the most bloopers and outtakes?
Which videos were the most fun and which were the most difficult to make?
Do any of them have kids and do their kids watch the channel?
What is their favorite song that they have performed?
What are they going to be for Halloween that year?
Was it hard for Rachel to dance when she was pregnant in Mommy’s Got a Baby in her Belly?
Do they write their own songs, come up with their own choreography, and edit own videos, or is there a secret team who does all of that?
Do you hum your own songs while you are by yourselves?
How long does it take to create a video, from start to finish?
What makes each of you happy?
Alyssa and Jacinta are my favorites. Fun to see Shannon in front of the camera.
They seem to have slowed down on original videos, but good for them for making as many as they did! Two videos a month is still pretty impressive, even after starting on December 31, 2012, so just a year earlier than Walker was born, so we got into it at the perfect time.
I thought there was a quick way to see how many videos they have uploaded, but maybe that’s just something one can see on one’s own channel? Oh, the app on my phone shows the number, 200 videos! Which doesn’t seem right, but it must be!
I am still mostly making Fortnite videos and Walker Dennis and I have started making Mario videos on a more regular basis.
I also play the Playstation Plus titles every so often. We’re hitting a pretty good stride over there.
While looking up when we started making videos, our first video went up on June 30, 2019, which is crazy as I started this blog on June 30, 2013. There’s just something about me that gets really creative five days after my beautiful wife’s birthday, I suppose.
Our next YouTube goal is to get to 150 subscribers, so if you would be so kind to come over and subscribe, we would really appreciate it!
Our Top Four Videos are :
Buying Batman Caped Crusader Pack in Fortnite!
2. Iron Man Attends the Rift Tour in Fortnite!
3. Kitty Pryde in Lego DC Super-Villains “S.T.A.R.S. in Your Eyes”
4. First Victory as Doctor Strange in Fortnite!
Those are the videos with over a thousand views. The Doctor Strange video is probably closer to the quality of video I am making now. I finally figured out the mic levels as well as how to create the thumbnail instead of relying on Share Factory to hopefully pick a decent one or at they very least, having two other options that are usable.
Does anyone know if PS5 has Share Factory or the ability to record hour long videos? Not like we have plans to actually buy a PS5, but those would be my two biggest concerns with continuing the series.
We are pretty proud of our content and almost at 900 videos, so hopefully there’s content for everyone to enjoy somewhere in there.
But if you could please subscribe, that would mean a lot to me.
Thank you!
I have been thinking about the upcoming anniversary post and I can’t believe the blog still gets pretty regular views on a daily basis, thank you again for coming back or discovering the blog. I really appreciate it!
I really need to get the Platinum for Lego DC Super-Villains, but those levels are so long, but if I just played one a night, I should have it done in a month. I finally completed all of the map quests, so its just a matter of doing it now.
— Apollo | MAGIK | TOH Spoilers (@Toxic_Daybreak) August 26, 2021
They capture Magik with not only a Warlock pin but also a Lockheed pin! Let’s go!
If they can somehow incorporate Lockheed into one of her moves, that will be the only move I use and will keep reusing it as soon as the cool down occurs.
Magik is never going to leave my team.
I’m going to be using Magik and Wolverine as my permanent cast and then Iron Man if Walker is in the room with me.
The cast is : Doctor Strange, Magik, Iron Man, Wolverine, Nico, Ghost Ridder (Robbie), Blade, Captain America, and Captain Marvel, with a new character, The Hunter, that we customize. I’m going to try to make a Kitty Pryde and call it a day.
We get a gameplay trailer on September 1, so hopefully the game isn’t too much like XCOM. The developer, Firaxis Games, is stating it won’t be like XCOM as it is a tactical RPG, but I’m not sure what that really means as looking at hte list of games, I do not believe I have played any of them, much less heard of them.
But I am planning on getting this game and following the heck out of it, so there’s that.
Not thrilled that 2k is publishing it, but hopefully the mini-transactions are not too much or game breaking. They probably going to find this post and figure they can get at least ten dollars out of me with a Lockheed upgrade.
I was hoping by now that someone would have made a gif of Magik’s moments, but we’re not there yet. If you see one, please let me know.
Are you getting the game? Are you super hyped? TMNT : Shredder’s Revenge and Marvel’s Midnight Suns are the only games I’m planning on buying on launch day. I’m hoping Shredder’s Revenge is a 2021 game, but if it is 2022, then that’s what it is.
Almost two years ago, on September 12, 2019, my wife and I were treated to the comedy styling of Gabriel Rutledge.
We get so few music or comedy acts, and his comic book background caught my eye. It was super easy to convince my wife to go, and I have been thinking of his show ever since.
Thanks to Gabriel Rutledge for hosting his own video from October 2018.
He had an opening act, Chase Mayers, who was also pretty funny.
Thanks to Chase Mayers for hosting his own video as well. He had shorter hair by the time we saw him.
Walker Dennis is a huge fan of this Fortnite YouTuber, LazarBeam. LazarBeam makes all types of meme challenges in Fortnite, and Walker was inspired to create his own challenge. Walker’s challenge was to see if he could win a match by hiding in a Sneaky Snowman for as long as he can last.
I’m pretty proud of his commitment to the challenge as well as how he modified the challenge to include enlisting a bodyguard when possible. We were only going to capture the videos when he outlasted more people than the previous video.
Attempt 1
Attempt 2
Attempt 3
Conclusion
I am so very proud of that final video. It was a lot of fun to join him and play along with him.
Hopefully we get a set of headphones for Christmas and we can really step up our production value with these videos. Though I do follow quite a few Fortnite YouTubers who do not provide any commentary, and are purely gameplay, and I don’t mind at all.
The PS Plus Titles for December 2020 are – Just Cause 4, Rocket Arena, and Worms Rumble!
I haven’t played a Worms game since the late 90s, and it is no longer turn based, so it will be interesting to see how the game has evolved with the times. Worms is our PS5/PS4 crossplay title of the month. Really showing Bugsnax how to do it!
I have no connection to Just Cause or Rocket Arena. I heard Just Cause is a zany open world game built for destruction, so that should be fun for a night. Rocket Arena, I have only seen PlayStation Access stream it the one time. I thought there was a lady with a pet dragon, so that is up my alley. Most likely, it was a lady with dragon wings, but I will take representation where I can.
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PS Prices
PS Prices lists three versions of Just Cause 4 – Reloaded, Complete, and Gold. Hard to tell which version we are going to receive, or if they make a special vanilla version that does not come with any of the additional content.
Rocket Arena is typically $30, but has been as low as $4.99 in the past.
Worms Rumble is a brand new game, starting at $15.
So our total savings for December $20, and I’ll act like Just Cause 3 is a free game, just like Call of Duty : WWII. Bugsnax is a $25 game. So adding to our total of $252, we have a savings of $297, nearly $300 worth of games for 2020!
I simply do not get people who complain about PS Plus. I get those people who are lucky enough to buy whatever games they want, but then I’m not sure why they subscribe for Plus then? For the off chance a game they don’t own makes the list?
I earned my 35th platinum with Dementrios! A pretty fun game. I followed a guide the entire time, but it is a fun and relatively short game. Six chapters, so did it over a course of six nights.
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I played a night’s worth of Hollow Knight and Shadow of War.
Shadow of War, was nice enough. The combat is a little repetitive and I was feeling like all I was doing was fighting all of the time.
Hollow Knight, I found to be more enjoyable. I got stuck on the first real boss, I tried it twice, then my night was pretty much done. I meant to go back to it, but other games have gotten in the way.
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I did play a night’s worth of Worms Rumble, and had a pretty fun night. I was not very good, but I got to level 5, and enjoyed the three modes.
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Walker Dennis and I are super obsessed with Fortnite. Chapter Two Season Four ended and Season Five has begun.
Here is Walker’s final match in Season Four :
In hindsight, I overlooked having him view all of his gliders and emotes, but he came in third, and missed the end of the match by a minute.
Walker already won a match as the Mandalorian for Season Five, which is very impressive.
We have also gotten better at making videos and using ShareFactory on the PS4.
Season Four was Marvel them and Season Five is Bounty Hunter theme, with new original characters in the Battle Pass. So I am not as tempted to go beyond level 100. I am only trying to level myself up once a day or night, and I’m mostly dedicated to getting Walker leveled up as I am starting to view it as more of his game.
Though I still super enjoy it, but I’m starting to really commit to just buying him any skins or items that look the most interesting. But I also want the Battle Pass for myself so when we do play together, I have access to the cool new stuff.
For myself, I bought Monks, an adorable sock monkey. Now if my beautiful wife wants to play, she has a skin she can use. I super regretted not buying Monks when she was available back in October, but I was super hesitant to purchasing her or any skins. Now, I am more tempted to buy skins, but not to go crazy on just any cool looking ones.
Walker was super sweet and bought me the Kratos set, which was awfully sweet of him. Sweet, but not necessary. I rather he saved his V-Bucks for when he really wants something.
We are super anticipating Winterfest 2020 or 14 Days of Fortnite, whichever branding they go with.
So yeah, when I get a chance to game, I’m playing Fornite all of the time at night. Still not burnt out on it, and super enjoying myself.
We have our first PS5 game added to the November 2020 games! That game is Bugsnax, which some people guessed as it was not available for preorders. Those are some clever detectives there!
For the PS4, I have two games coming off of my wishlist, so I am pretty excited about that.
Middle Earth : Shadow of War, the sequel of Shadow of Mordor, two games that take place between The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. I asked and it sounds like it is okay if we have not played Shadow of Mordor, we can jump right in. Though the Wikipedia page implies it takes place right after the first game, but maybe it will just be a puzzling first 30 minutes and then the new adventure kicks off? Like Shadow of the Tomb Raider, if I take to the sequel, I will make a point of actually buying the first game in the series. Apparently, like Shadow of the Tomb Raider, we can play on Easy, as there are no difficulty related trophies. There are three missable trophies, so I will try to get those taken care of, as quickly as I can.
Hollow Knight : Voidheart Edition, is the second PS4 title, and I am super excited to play it. I understand the game is very hard, which is why I would never buy it myself, but I would like to see how how far I can get into the game. It is a Metroidvania style game, so parts of the game are going to be blocked until we find means to unblock those paths.
Do not worry about missing out on Bugsnax, it is a Plus title going through January 2, so you have time to enjoy it, if you are one of the lucky folks who are getting a PS5 this year. I am hoping to get one next year, but we will have to wait for that. Also, if you claim it now, when you get a PS5, you can play it then, so always always claim the Plus titles.
Also, in February 2021 (feels like so far into the future), we already know the PS5 game is going to be Destruction All Stars, so that is nice.
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PS Prices
Bugsnax is a brand new title, so like Fall Guys, we will have to wait until November 3 to find out its price.
Shadow of War is typically $50, but has been as low as $10. I see there is a Definitive edition, but I suspect that is not the version we are getting in November.
Hollow Knight is typically $15, but has been as low as $8. The Voidheart Edition is the only edition of the game.
So that brings our total for the month to $18, add that to our total of $234, plus Call of Duty : World War II, brings our new total to $252, plus Bugsnax will be added when I do the write up for the December games.
Game of the Year Edition for Shadow of Mordor is only $6 right now.
PS Store
Here is as good of a place as any to complain about this. Anyone enjoying the latest down grade to the PS Store website? It used to be super user friendly, and now it seems purposely not.
If you get to the website through the PlayStation App, it still has the old format. Let’s hope someone forgets to update that.
Shadow of War has a few offerings :
Definitive Edition for $60
Desolation of Mordor Story Expansion for $20
4K DoM Cinematics for free, so I’m downloading that now. Maybe one day we will have 4K.
Blade of Galadriel Story Expansion for $15
Outlaw Tribe Nemesis Expansion for $15
Slaughter Tribe Nemesis Expansion for $15
Story Expansion Pass for $25; which only includes the story DLC – Desolation and Blade.
4K Cinematic Pack for free
Expansion Pass for $40, which includes all expansions for $15 more.
From what I have read, people really enjoy the Nemesis system.
Hollow Knight has no additional DLC to purchase, which is refreshing.
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People on Reddit are very excited about this month, which always great to see.
Also, added to the PS5 Plus Collection is the Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy and Black Ops 3, both games I already own, but that would be nice to have Crash digitally.
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My YouTube Peeps :
Ash with Playstation Access (who has been a real treat)
Adam with Playstation Grenade
Ben with Platinum Chasers
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Here are the links to PlayStationTrophies.org’s guides to the games :
I am probably going to start with Hollow Knight, as I can already envision myself heading a progress wall. Then I will give Shadow of War a chance.
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Not much in a way of updates on other games I have played. I have made no additional progress in Vampyr. I have been playing Fortnite like a dman fool!
Ghostbusters came to Fortnite! I gifted Walker Dennis the lowest left one, and I treated him to the photon pack and the Ecto-1 glider. I had full intentions of not buying me anything as I’m holding out for Psylocke coming back to the game. But when I was trying to gift him the photon pack, I bought it for myself, and so I ended up buying the guy to the highest right. I do appreciate that they didn’t just release the eight Ghostbusters from the films, but went with more generic people. I know that doesn’t work for most people, but I liked it. Walker wanted Venkman and I was probably going to go for Egon.
Walker and I won another Duos, so I uploaded that video. I trusted it was only that match, but it added our nonsense ahead of the match and a previous match. The one to watch starts at the 24:37 mark. One of the weekly challenges was to heal each other with the bandage bazooka. I hadn’t realized it was a team challenge, so once he earned it, I had earned it as well, so the video towards the end has a lot of that going on.
I am hoping to get a pair of head sets for Christmas, so we can at least add commentary to our videos (hopefully that isn’t too hard to figure out), but I think the match was pretty interesting to watch back. He’s gotten so much better at playing Fortnite. I was Mystique and he was Wolverine.
Later tonight, Walker should be earning Silver Wolverine and starting his gold track and I just earned Silver She-Hulk last night.
If we don’t win, we typically do come into the Top Six or so.
From what I saw from the Week 10 Challenges, we should be able to knock out three of them so that we each can earn Mystique’s alternate costume.
If you are looking for a Fortnite creator to support, I highly recommend AdamAru, of PlayStation Access fame. He’s a good guy.
I have now played the first few missions of both Need for Speed Payback and Vampyr.
Need for Speed Payback looks amazing. I was playing on medium difficulty and got stuck in a race that I simply could not win. I figure I was never going to win it, and so I dropped difficulty to Easy, and was able to win the race. I raced a few more races, got the gang back together, and we are in a middle of the desert. I unlocked Multiplayer, and did five races, earning one trophy there. The game is pretty nice, I was concerned about the balancing of story and racing, but the story is essentially cut scenes, then we’re back to racing. Or one of my concerns, was that there was going to be tricky driving, outside of racing, but it really is a racing game with story elements. Will I come back to it? Maybe, but I’m not imagining a scenario where that could happen. Maybe if VUDU ever has the film on sale? Which I can already imagine that movie being like six minutes of story, an elaborate racing sequence, some story, some fancy racing, until the end of the film.
Vampyr, I will say was my favorite of the two. Dr. Jonathan E. Reid wakes up finding himself to be a vampire, and something horrible happens, and he is trying to figure it all out as he goes. We find a nice doctor who recognizes Dr. Reid and invites us to work at his hospital. Which I met Milton Hooks at the hospital and I sort of dig that guy. He is voiced by Mark Monero, and I really enjoyed his voice. Hooks operates the ambulance at the hospital, and I found his wallet. Monero was one of the soldiers in Doctor Who “Flesh and Stone” where 11 and Amy meet the Weeping Angels. Good episode.
I ended my last session meeting a guy whose wife died, so he is raising his two children. He hurt his arm, and that is why he’s at the hospital. So I will keep playing and figure out what else is going on.
The story takes place in London during the Spanish Flu, and the way they refer to the epidemic keeps reminding me of our current times. I am so thankful we have modern medicine.
The fighting mechanics are pretty nice, I mostly just like swiping at people, and been avoiding my pistol. So far, I haven’t killed anyone who wasn’t trying to kill me.
Nathan along with Dave, made a helpful tips video for Vampyr that is worth watching.
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I earned my 34th Platinum with Erica! It took me six playthroughs, and I really enjoyed my last two playthroughs as I got to make whatever choices I wanted, until the very ending sequence, then I had to follow the prompts to unlock the endings. So it was nice to see different dialogue options and events play out.
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I was sort of running out of free time so I made the pretty easy choice of stop playing Fall Guys. They were about to add Sonic and the character cost 10 crowns for both halves, and neither Walker Dennis and I had that many crowns. I was not going to do the work of getting seven crowns each, and the thought of having to level up two people at the same time, it was killing my buzz. So dropping Fall Guys opened my morning for just relaxing and exercising, so I have no regrets. I did win my first episode of Season Two, which gave me the trophy for seven wins and for winning with a different finale pose, so that felt like a good time to stop. Plus, I was no good at the new maps, getting more and more frustrated over everything.
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What game have Walker D and I been playing the most of? Fortnite. We’re those people. All it took was adding a slew of Marvel characters for the relative cheap price of eight dollars. Walker has Iron Man, and even has played more to unlock Silver Groot.
I am on the Tony Stark track, I am three days away from earning him, and ten days away from earning Iron Man. Then I feel like I will be dead with check ins and such.
There is a challenge to complete 60 weekly challenges to unlock Logan, so I will probably commit to getting him for both of us. I believe I am eight challenges away and Walker is nine away from owning the outfit. Looking at the Week 9 Challenges, I feel like we should be able to get most of them completed, if not all of them. If not, then we have Week 10 to get some more challenges. Also, now that we are in Week 9, Mystique’s alternate outfit as an option and thus far, we have all of the alternate outfits for the other characters minus Mystique and Wolverine. Walker has come such a long way at getting good with the game, and we have won at least seven different duos together.
Fortnite has started their Halloween event, FortniteMares. I love the title and the new map is intense and now if you die, you become a shadow, and get to keep playing, which is pretty fun.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 