What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

October 12th, 2025

My internet outage has not been so bad, but I'm still hoping it'll end tomorrow morning! If not, that's okay, but working alone in my job's giant office has been unexpectedly weird! No Youtube is fine, but motion activated lights flicking off all around me is not.

In terms of games, I tried a Switch farming game called Sunseed Island yesterday. It's very simple and cute, but the fishing is surprisingly difficult and reflex-based! I'm not sure what to make of it yet.

I also did some fairly bad runs in Deathsmiles and Deathsmiles II, but I was talking to people in a loud room while playing. Sometimes it's totally fine when I don't do my best.

October 11th, 2025

Last night, I did not play Sega Saturn. I watched bargain DVDs of Pokemom movies and then, realizing I could play Steam games offline, proceeded to buzz through half of Jigsaw Puzzles-Anime Girls. It is a janky little game where the puzzles have been tossed into a template that's still labeled for photos European scenery, but it does the job as far as virtual jigsaw puzzles go.

October 10th, 2025

I'm posting during break from an empty office today, which is an interesting, but slightly spooky vibe. I got really fixated on paint by number last night, so I ended up just playing Bomb Cat for a little while before bed. I did well enough to become re-convinced that merging up to the largest item is possible, just massively frustrating. Still, I kind of want to play Saturn tonight instead.

October 9th, 2025

I kind of burned myself out talking to tech support for my ISP last night, so I just played a couple levels of Pocket Quest before bed. Sometimes, a slow-paced match-3 game is my maximum speed.

October 8th, 2025

Today, my ISP broke my internet access during routine maintenance, so I won't have real internet until Monday. I'm just going to post from my phone until then, but there won't be any screenshots or new game pages for a few days. This probably bothers me more than anyone reading, so it is ok!

Last night, I tried the demo for a nifty new shmup called Shockwave Triggers. I was tired enough not to get so far in it, even on the easiest mode, but the way it's set up made grabbing scoring items massively satisfying. The pixel art was neat, too! I don't know if I'll be able to play steam games offline at all, but I'm excited to mess with this more when I can.

I played through a couple unlock goals in Vampire Survivors, too, and am bereft that I may need to leave this chaos behind for a few days. It is ok, though! I have tons of fun offline games to play, too.

October 7th, 2025

Tonight, I am pretty disengaged with the world, so I'm glad I don't have too much to write about. I got another bad ending in Unfair Flips, which was decently funny.

I also knocked out a few more unlock missions in Vampire Survivors, feeling like I made some decent progress.

October 6th, 2025

I am getting back to my game-finishing quest, which Ys III: Wanderers From Ys is now a part of. I cleared the first dungeon last night, then kind of got distracted and ate pizza rolls because I was tired. I might not get back to this until the weekend, but I'm looking forward to seeing what's next.

I kept up with trying to make a dent in the endless content of Vampire Survivors, too, which was really fun. I'm over 50 hours in, and it still manages to have strange and surprising moments after all this time. It's pretty impressive!

October 5th, 2025

I went on a weekend trip after my post yesterday, which was really fun! I saw a beautiful greenhouse and ate a lot of delicious food, and, as is common nowadays, started playing Ys III: Wanderers From Ys in the AirBnB. I've been wanting to play another side-scrolling 2D RPG since finishing Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore, and Zelda II didn't hit for me. This does, though, and I had a really nice time starting it! I had to quit after about an hour and a half, since I'm a total lightweight and half a beer killed my reflexes, but I will absolutely be back to this. Perhaps I already have been!

I played a little bit of Isekai Rondo, too, since it seemed easy to play something on my phone. I scooted the story forward a little, which was nice, and feel like I'm making good progress. It's a breezy litle RPG.

October 4th, 2025

This morning, I was really delighted to get an extremely low quality fake Labubu at the gas stations. Her name is Joanie and she loves Nascar and doing shots. Her diet used to be mainly roller hot dogs and pizza by the slice, but since the gas station rebranded, she's getting a little healthier with some pre-made deli sandwiches. It's likely she won't be thrilled to come into such a soup and salad heavy home, but I think it'll be good for her in the long run. All the seams in her fluff seem like evidence of a health issue.

Cut-rate pop culture ephmera aside, I had some decent game time last night. I picked up Unfair Flips after seeing a few seconds of it on Youtube, which is just a game about struggling against probability. The goal is to flip 10 heads in a row, but you're playing with a coin that's rigged against you. You can level up to improve your odds, but nothing is guaranteed. It's the perfect get-sleepy game, and I look forward to playing it until I pass out many more times.

I scored some more unlocks in Vampire Survivors, too, which was fun. I'm loading Charlotte from the Castlevania DLC up with stat boosting eggs because I did a nice perler bead of her once. I've made moves in games for dumber reasons than this.

October 3rd, 2025

Last night, I was set on playing spooky games for October, so I worked on the Castlevania DLC in Vampire Survivors. It was fun and I got a lot of unlocks. Plus, this DLC seems like an insane deal for the price right now. It might take me the whole month, and that would be great.

I tried to get through Cotton 100%, too, and had a good time. This is super petty on my end, but I don't think I'm going to try to one credit clear this because I don't like the music in it. I do want to scum my way through it on easy, though, and think that's extremely possible. I got up to level 4 before quitting last night, and'll probably try again soon.

October 2nd, 2025

I'm doing a quick lunch break post today, which was easy considering that I didn't play much last night. I did three or four puzzles to press on in Hidden Shapes: Lovely Cats, which I should have done in the next few days.

From there, I just wanted to relax enough to get some sleep, so I played a couple rounds of Meteora's Mystic Merge. I got a couple more of this game's achievements, which was satisfying!

October 1st, 2025

Last night, I didn't do much gaming, but it's because I went to see the 4k restoration of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, not because my mood was bad. I know it's very elder millenial to say stuff like this, but it's so cool I can just go to the theater to see anime movies nowadays! It's fun to have anime be accessible and affordable like it is right now, and it put me in a decent mood.

The movie did eat up a lot of my time, though, so I just played a few rounds of Horses.io after uninstalling a few more Steam games I had installed. This is a weird little game with screaming horses, but it was completely fine to kill ten minutes before bed.