Author: Padraig Fahy

  • Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail fully revealed

    Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail fully revealed

    Early this morning, the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in Japan kicked off with the 3rd, final and full trailer for the upcoming expansion Dawntrail.

    A new ranged, magical DPS job called Pictomancer was revealed (to go alongside the already revealed Viper that was announced at the London Fan Fest) and will be used by Krile in the upcoming expansion/story

    Krile as the new Pictomancer

    Pictomancer was introduced in Final Fantasy VI (1994) by the character Relm and has been featured in other Final Fantasy games such as ‘Record Keeper’ and Brave Exvius. The job will be available on Dawntrail launch from Gridania and will begin at Level 80.

    Relm from FFVI

    They also revealed the final race to be added to the game (for now), Female Hrothgar.

    Male Hrothgar was introduced in Shadowbringers in 2019, but due to the pandemic, they couldn’t get the female variant out until now.

    Female Hrothgar

    They also announced new areas, but didn’t delve too much into them, including the new futuristic/cyberpunk ‘Solution Nine’

    They also touched upon some information about travelling to other planets in the future for content, similar to Ishgard restoration and possibly Island Sanctuary but we’ll find out closer to its release.

    Beastmaster was also announced as the new Limited Job (Blue Mage) but it won’t be releasing until the latter part of the expansion.

    As part of the new graphics update that they are carrying out, they had comparison shots of the races in the game. This is just one mere example.

    Female Elezen. Left is the original (currently in the game) and the Updated looks for Dawntrail.
    • ‘The Arcadion’, the new 8-man raid series, was announced that appears to be in the same area/style as Solution Nine.
    • A new Ultimate Raid was announced, ‘Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)’ which is the same title as Patch 5.4 released back in December 2020.
    • New ‘Field Operations’ were confirmed (Similar to Bozja/Eureka) but no details were made available.
    • Xbox Open Beta Test is happening in mid-February.
    • Final Fantasy XIV x Final Fantasy XVI Crossover Questline is planned for early April.
  • The Xbox Series S Toaster

    The Xbox Series S Toaster

    A very real thing that would go well with the Xbox Series X Mini-Fridge

    If you are living in the US, you can buy one from Walmart. It’s not available elsewhere… just yet.

  • Padraig.blog Update January 2024

    Padraig.blog Update January 2024

    Padraig.blog Update June 2022
    Previous Update:

    It has been 7 months since the last update (see above) and 18 months since the last proper update.

    So what is happening with the blog? There are some changes that are going to be made that will completely contradict what I wrote in my previous post.

    The JukeBox and Wrestling Predictions will continue but, there will more random posts. E.g. Tech and Gaming, Music, Videos, something funny, something quirky. Really anything that interests me.

    Generally, all new posts would be sent out via email as soon as they are published. But I may turn this into a weekly / monthly newsletter with a highlight of all the best bits for that week / month.

    Of course, there will not be any charge for this newsletter (although an optional monthly/yearly ‘tip’ is available)

    If you follow my Fediverse account, you can get notifications as to when new posts become available. @padraig@mastodon.ie

    There will be a delay, but the posts would also be available on the Gemini Protocol gemini://padraig.blog if you happen to use that.

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  • Spotify Playlists Update

    Spotify Playlists Update

    It is that time of year once more where I let you all know that my 2023 Spotify playlist has been completed.

    I discovered a good few artists this year, and I have gone back to listen to them more often than not.

    New albums from BABYMETAL, Q-Rabbit, HANABIE, Superflat and Sparkly Night.

    Some classics mixed in there too.

    Enjoy!

    And you can listen back to all the playlists that I have made since 2017 here:

    Spotify Playlists

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  • [The JukeBox] #93 – Alter Bridge – The Other Side

    [The JukeBox] #93 – Alter Bridge – The Other Side

    Initially, I wasn’t sure if I was going to post about this or Metalingus since they are both good songs, but I have been enjoying ‘The Other Side’ a lot more recently.

    The Other Side is a 2016 hit from American band, Alter Bridge. Most wrestling fans would be familiar with Alter Bridge as Metalingus became a household hit with Edge’s entrance in WWE.

    In 2022, Edge turned heel (An evil/bad person) and debuted a new theme to go along with a new look and persona. That theme would be The Other Side.

    With that, he formed a new stable in WWE called “The Judgement Day” initially adding Damien Priest, Rhea Ripley and Finn Bálor to the group. After only a couple of weeks, Edge was ejected from the group.

    Edge went back to Metalingus after some time off and basically went back to the old persona. The Judgement Day continues to use The Other Side today as a stable theme. Each person within The Judgement Day (which now includes Dominik Mysterio & JD McDonagh) have their own individual theme.

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    Lyrics

    [Verse 1]
    Just step into the dark, it’s waiting
    Take your vow, it’s time
    Time for you to meet your maker
    Playing God tonight

    [Pre-Chorus]
    You’re insane, have you gone too far
    Who’s to blame for what you are

    [Chorus]
    If you believe yours is the only way
    Then you’re a fool who lives to die
    Well you deserve the hell you’re gonna pay
    On the other side
    Once you reach the other side
    Once you reach the other side

    [Verse 2]
    The trigger warm, anticipating
    The ritual’s begun
    You think that heaven’s gates are waiting
    But only hell will come

    [Pre-Chorus]
    You’re insane, have you gone too far
    Who’s to blame for what you are

    [Chorus]
    If you believe yours is the only way
    Then you’re a fool who lives to die
    Well you deserve the hell you’re gonna pay
    On the other side
    On the other side
    Once you reach the other side

    [Bridge]
    Fade to black, you’ll see in time
    You will only be denied

    Fools will only be denied
    There will be no paradise
    Fools will only be denied
    There will be no paradise, yeah

    [Chorus]
    If you believe yours is the only way
    Then you’re a fool who lives to die
    Well you deserve the hell you’re gonna pay
    On the other side
    On the other side
    Once you reach the other side

    [Outro]
    Once you reach the other side
    There will be no paradise
    Once you reach the other side
    There will be no paradise, yeah

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  • WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2023 Results [SPOILERS]

    WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2023 Results [SPOILERS]

    Last night’s War Games show was something else, including the return of Randy Orton and one more person (who I’ll mention at the end)

    • Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch & Shotzi defeated Damage Ctrl in the Women’s WarGames match.
    • Gunther defeated The Miz to retain the Intercontinental Championship.
    • Santos Esobar defeated Dragon Lee
    • Rhea Ripley defeated Zoey Starks to retain the Women’s World Championship.
    • Cody Rhodes, Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins, Sami Zayn, Jey Uso & Randy Orton defeated The Judgement Day & Drew McIntyre in the Men’s WarGames match.

    And the return of CM Punk happened. A shock to many, but the return was not impactful to me as his return to AEW. It’s cool that it happened, don’t get me wrong, and I did pop whenever the music hit, but I am worried about him, his ego and how it’s going to affect the locker room.

    Who knows why Drew stormed out? Is Seth working? Difficult to know, but I guess we’ll find out more on RAW on Monday.

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