Thought's on Fable Anniversary

On my Game To Do List one of the series that I want to play this year is Fable. The last few nights I have been streaming Fable Anniversary which is the remake of the original Fable game. Like with any remake they have made some changes to the game like the menu screen. Some changes are good, some not so good. A change that continues to bug me is how some of the characters look. I swear when I played the original Fable they didn't look like that. Maze, I swear has almost alien like eyes.

Other than the odd looks of the character's at time I have found some glitches as well. The game likes to freeze a lot and just do unnatural things. I remember the original Fable having some bugs but you would think the developers would have troubleshooted the game and removed some of those odd bugs. Over all, so far I am highly pleased with the game though. Brings back my original Xbox days. There are a lot of games from the Xbox that I miss and will most likely never re-obtain again. Fable is a great classic and even though their are these bugs and oddities with the game I highly recommend it to anyone who loves RPG's. If you have an Xbox 360 or a PC buying either the original Fable or Fable Anniversary as a download isn't a bad idea, greatly enjoyable game and tons of things to explore and do that a lot of games don't really offer.

Woman In The Streaming World

*Disclaimer: I'm not saying all females do these things and I am not saying that only females do these things. This is just a blog of my opinion of things I have recently noticed a lot of from other female streamers*


Streaming live game play has been a growing community for years now and it's just getting larger. This community is so large that yes some people make a living from it. I myself do some streaming on Twitch TV which is all casual for me. In my free time when I will lurk on other peoples channels or look around to see who else is out there, and if there is anyone I would like to watch when I'm not streaming. I am a female gamer so I like to go and look at other female gamer's since it's nice to meet other gaming girls since we exist even though sometimes that is hard for some people to grasp. Right now there is only 1 female gamer I really watch. She's a wonderful woman who is a new mother and just recently got her sub button on twitch. I feel a great sense of happiness for her in these accomplishments, since this will help her be a stay at home mom and support her family. This woman is very professional, loving and caring. You feel like you are a part of her family.

Yet there are other woman I have found who seem to be in it more for the attention then anything else. I have noticed somethings that are kind of consistent and rubs me the wrong way with some other female streamers. The first thing that really rubs me the wrong way is when these female streamer's show off their biggest donations and how many donations they have received and things like that(this part really applies to any streamer for me). I understand wanting to thank your donors, and show appreciation but I don't think broadcasting who and how much especially large amounts. This is more like bragging and it's even worse when the way you present these donations is calling them "The Biggest D". We all know this is a sexual reference and it's not like we woman don't deal with sexual harassment, sexual degradation or rude comments enough. This is just pointing a large attention arrow right at yourself in a sexual manner.

With the woman who seem to post "The Biggest D" I have also noticed that they like to dress in very revealing ways on stream, doll themselves up and look ultra pretty. I once joined a channel where the streamer starts the channel early while she is putting on make-up. We waited 20 minutes for her to finally start her stream and even then there wasn't any game play immediately. As a female gamer and streamer I don't want people coming to my channel because I'm a female. I want them there because of my games and game play. I want them there for community and Interaction. Dressing up to impress or get attention is something that I do not do, in real life or on stream.

The next item on my list of things I have noticed from other female streamers is drinking while streaming. In the last week I have visited a large amount of female streams and I have seen a lot of beer bottles and wine glasses. Streaming live video there are just certain things that shouldn't really be presented. I am aware that some people like to drink when gaming and I know a few streamers who do that. But they at least don't make it know. These other streamers will put their drinks in a not so noticeable container so they are not flaunting alcohol about on their channel. A few of the women I watched made sure the label of the beer bottle faced the camera every time she picked it up, and another streamer would show off her wine glass. With the combination of alcohol and sexual references on these channels it makes sense why a lot of guys make the comments that they do on female streamer channels. I'm not saying it's right for a guy to make sexual references, harassment or degradation, but with woman presenting themselves in such ways and manners it doesn't help our battle as woman to be seen as equals, and respected.

Now what I mean by equals and respected is that over the ages we woman have always had to fight for an equal grounding with men. We have gotten to the point that we are equals but yet we sometimes make it hard for anyone whether male or female to take us seriously when we do things like the above mentioned. If we present ourselves in a sexual manner and add alcohol to the mix we are not showing that we have respect for even ourselves let alone gaining the respect from anyone who is going to be viewing us on the internet.

With all that I have mentioned above, no matter if you are a male or female reading this post. Reflect on what I have said in a gender neutral way. Because no matter if male or female if you present yourself in the ways mentioned above it will be hard for anyone to take you seriously no matter who they are. Streaming live game play is just for that. The game, the game play and the community. These channels and streams are not for gaining attention by putting sexual references, your pretty/handsome looks, or showing off the fact that your getting smashed.

Respect yourself, respect others and show that you care. Keep it clean and professional.

Tera: Removing Gems

I play Tera from time to time. It's an awesome free to play MMO-RPG where you literally need to aim to hit your target as well as move to dodge. This aspect makes it very interactive and different from most MMO's. I have found some things hard to figure out, just simple things, that don't have any clear instructions given. So I made this video on how to remove gems. If you don't remove gems from equipment you can't disenchant it(there's a video on disenchanting too). The strange part about removing gems is that you have to be wearing the gear, go into your character information and right click the gem which will move to your inventory. Once that is said and done disenchantment is easy by using the inventory screen. As always I hope this video is helpful for anyone else that has been having this same issue.

Story of Seasons: Materials when Swimming

At the beginning of Story of Seasons there are some materials hard to find such as iron, glass stone, brick and gems. Some of these items can be found in one of the rivers that you can swim in. The river that generally produces a lot of these items is north of the Grain and Water Paddy plots owned by the Guild. Here is a video showing the river, though I did not find any materials this time around.

YouTube Videos

I already have a few YouTube videos up one which has been commented on several times as extremely helpful for the game Tera. Lately I have been thinking about making some videos on Story of Season's. This game is a lot of fun but there are just a few things that would make great videos to help other players. I need more ideas those. I have come to some stone walls on some of the MMO-RPG's that I play for video ideas. There are not to many other games currently that I am playing that I can think for videos. Making some with Tera, Final Fantasy XIV, and Guild Wars 2 is nice, but I think some from the DS games like Story of Season's is a great idea. Once I make more videos and upload them I will post about them here on the blog as well.

Till the next Conquest

         Gamer Riku

Pikmin Struggle

I have streamed Pikmin two days now. The game is a lot harder than I remember it being. The creatures alone as you get further get stronger and harder to kill. It's really hard to keep the Pikmin population up. I am slowly learning the ropes on how to handle each fight cause each creature requires a different method for killing. The air born creatures though seem to be my toughest opponent. All in do time. Looks like I might have to start another game though. I have less than 5 days to find 15 parts. I don't see that really happening. I also forgot that Pikmin was a time based game.

Pikmin

Tonight will start the Pikmin stream. Will be streaming 8 pm Arizona time on Twitch TV. Come join the Panda Conquest as we conquer this game. The goal is to finish the Pikmin Trilogy in order. I don't remember much about the game since I haven't played it since early 2000's when the original Pikmin came out. I have never played 2 or 3. Hope you join us tonight!