What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

January 2nd, 2026

I'm so sleepy I can't think today, but I slept well last night. It's very confusing. Lately I'm having so many strange dreams that I think it's making me tired, even if I do sleep a good amount. Hopefully I can rest well tonight!

Yesterday, I was just messing around with games rather than being very focused. I played a few minutes of Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi: Deathtiny, doing some of the spot drills meant to train you for a one credit clear. I forgot how much I love this game, but had to do some chores and shut it off.

I played through Legends of Talia: Arcadia, a kinetic novel I had stashed on my PS4 hard drive after a deep discount. It was okay, just like reading a one volume manga on my TV, but the outfits were so ridiculous that they kind of undercut the story for me. It was a silly way to present such a serious story.

I also tried Virtua Fighter Kids, getting through Akira and Lion's arcade modes. It took a little getting used to, but it was fun.

January 1st, 2026

I made my most common error today and, despite my cat allergy, spent at least two hours with a cat on my lap. Who was I to deny such a fine creature the pleasure of putting her little paws on my crochet book? It was great, but my eyes are puffy now. I'll do a better job on set-up for 2026 here later this weekend!

Yesterday, I wanted to get Battle Puzzle 2048: Wicked Witches done and over with, since it's the very rare game I'm not sure has any redeeming value. An XBox Series S should be powerful enough to run any form of 2048, so I am baffled by how buggy this is! I got all the achievements just to pretend I got my money's worth and am never playing it again.

My last clear of the year, though, was 100 Robo Cats, a Steam hidden cats game that I didn't get a screenshot of because it was only 4 minutes long. The cats were not actually hidden, but at least they were cats.

I played a little of Smurf Kart before bed, getting some of the Smurf carnage related achievements. I certainly don't dislike the Smurfs, but it was impressive to make one drive directly to the watery grave 40 times in a row. I was really gaming.

As far as pachinko goes, I also tried Simple Series 1500: Vol 15- The Pachinko. I actually had quite a nice time with this! I was getting jackpots like crazy on the machine I tried, which might be because this isn't trying to emulate the odds on a real machine. I'm not actually sure, but that seemed as reasonable as anything. I'm not sure what I'll set as my goal to call this done, but I'm looking forward to zoning out with this again.

December 31st, 2025

Limiting my exposure to Luck Be A Landlord last night did not help my sleep situation at all. I did play two rounds, but that didn't make me more productive or relaxed.

During the day, I ran Hissatsu Pachinko Station Now 9: Dirty Pair for a while, getting quite a few jackpots yesterday! It was sparkly.

This is my last post of the year, so happy new year, everyone!

December 30th, 2025

Last night, I slept really poorly, so this might not be so coherent. I played Mario Party online after work yesterday, just to make sure I could swear at my coworkers one last time before the year ended. I am not the biggest Mario Party fan on earth, but it was an ok time! The graphics and music were good vibes. Plus, unlike when I was a kid, I was not playing to win, which made it more fun. Embracing the futility of the game was nice!

I spent way more time than I should have playing Luck Be A Landlord, too. I cleared another floor, but am limiting my time with this game tonight.

For my pachinko time, I ran Hissatsu Pachinko Station Now 9: Dirty Pair for a few minutes. The sound and graphics in this are not as sharp as in Dolphin Ring, but I still don't dislike it as a background game. It's garish, shiny, and amusing.

December 29th, 2025

I really enjoyed my time with Bibi Blocksberg: Big Broom Race 3 earlier in the year, so I picked up the new sequel, Bibi Blocksberg: Big Broom Race 4. Bafflingly, it is exactly the same game as the last one, but with two key differences. First, the witches are no longer cel shaded. Second, it barely runs. It's so bad that in one race, I saw an opponent disappearing and reappearing further forward, like the game can't properly handle rendering the other racers. I have no clue why a company would release the same game, down to the tracks and cutscenes being the same, but way worse, but it is super interesting! I am going to get every achievement in this.

I got Heiwa Parlor Pro: Dolphin Ring Special to start throwing me some jackpots, too, all of which seem to be accompanied by the same animation of a little pig vibing with a mermaid, surfing, and nearly being eaten by a shark, though not in that order. This is really serving me well as a silly idle game.

Most of my game time, though, was dedicated to Luck Be A Landlord. I beat a few floors and have started fighting the landlord directly, which is a great time. I am going to have to finish this off before I'll be able to focus on anything else.

December 28th, 2025

Tonight, I got my PS3 set back up in my living room. It hasn't been out there since I finished off Sonic the Fighters, so it's nice to have it back. I am not sure if I'll do much with it tonight, but it should pop up in a post within the next few days.

Last night, I fell deep into the roguelike pit, which is fine. I started with Cat God Ranch, playing a few rounds after grabbing some screenshots of the cats.

From there, though, I went back to Luck Be A Landlord, which I hadn't played for a while! It's really fun, and I became set on finally finishing this. I hadn't played any stages with the essences yet, which are temporary items that can give you permanent boosts, and those lead to some really crazy amounts of coins per spin late in the game. I'll need to get this out of my system before going back to Cat God Ranch.

Most of my game time, though, was dedicated to Luck Be A Landlord. I beat a few floors and have started fighting the landlord directly, which is a great time. I am going to have to finish this off before I'll be able to focus on anything else.

December 27th, 2025

For 2026, I think I'm going to focus on PS1/N64/Saturn era games, so I did a page skin for PS1 games on here last night. I still need to do N64, but I was surprised how similar the logo colors were when I looked at them side by side! Instead, I might turn towards the jungle green or atomic purple color schemes. The translucent controllers were so neat!

Anyway, yesterday I continued my PS1 pachinko journey with Heiwa Parlor Pro: Dolphin Ring Special. These games, or the ones I've played so far, have a little screen for "richi data," which kind of catalogs how often you trigger special animations you can get in the slots section of the playfield, with info on if you won or lost upon getting them. Filling these up gives me something of a way to measure clearing the game, so I'm going to go for it and focus on this one first! I like the cute, beachy theme and bright colors, which is as good of a reason to mess with such a low maintenance game as any.

Before bed, I played a bit of Cat God Ranch, too, getting a decent grip on the game's systems. I'm keeping my farm in this by feeding loads of birds to foxes, but life is brutal.