What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?
June 8th, 2026
I hit a general burnout point yesterday, not for any apparent reason, but it won't really affect anything here. It does mean that I forgot to get a screenshot while I played Vampire Survivors, but it is not like I was going to have anything unique to show off there.
I put some time into the alternate maze of Dragon Ruins, too. I went with different classes for my party this time, and so far, I feel like they're a little weaker than my first squad was. That's no problem, and it just means I'll need to go a little over level 20 to face the titular dragon. I like this "Remix" map a bit better than the original map to balance things out, just because I think the twisting hallways and sharp turns are neat.
June 7th, 2026
I was lazy yesterday, and as such, did a pretty good amount of gaming. I'm really excited for the new DLC pack for Vampire Survivors, so I was grinding away at the pre-existing achievements. I finally finished the original base game set, and played some of the bonus levels while chatting away totally incoherently at one of my friends. The new pool level granted me the ability to throw a big fish, and 2 am was not the correct time to try and express my joy at such an event.
I finished one playthrough on Dragon Ruins, too, but am not quite done with it yet! I liked my first run, which took about 3 hours, enough that I'm switching up my party and playing through again on the remix map. It's a pretty simple dungeon crawl, but quick and enjoyable, too.
My last game for the day was Pokemon Violet, where I mostly just wandered around catching new Pokemon. It was laid back and enjoyable stuff.
June 6th, 2026
Last night I crashed really badly, so instead of working on my RPGs, I just played a round of Vampire Survivors. An update had just gone through, which was exciting, but I was too worn out to mess with the new stage or characters. Instead, I just picked up my last achievement in the Among Us DLC. I still have to finish the adventure mode from this, but I felt somewhat accomplished getting all the achievements.
June 5th, 2026
I'm really glad Neocities didn't go down permanently today. I have site backups, but setting up elsewhere sounded like a hassle, and I would have missed all the sites I follow, too! Plus, I'd probably be late with my post tonight, which would drive me crazy for days.
Anyway, I wanted to buzz through a small RPG and started a first person dungeon crawl called Dragon Ruins last night. It's stylish and easy to play, even if I'm following everything on the map rather than trying to solve the maze on the larger play screen. I'm excited to see if I can hunt down the dragon tonight!
I went back and fought the "first" gym leader in Pokemon Violet, too, which was too easy at this point. It was still nice, though, and I might go pester Team Star next.
June 4th, 2026
Yesterday, I did my first gym battle in Pokemon Violet. The game feels like it has such a big scope that I was really surprised to be overlevelled for it, especially since I was doing this gym a bit out of order! The town was so cute, though, with a lovely hedge maze and cheery flowers everywhere. The difficulty was off, but I was so charmed by it all.
My solitaire journey kept going, too, but it was a bit halfhearted. I worked on the daily event until I got sick of it, then just played a few rounds of Pyramids. I'd never played Pyramids before, but it's a decent card game. Free Cell is the only one I haven't liked so well so far.
June 3rd, 2026
I'm having a mid-week crash, but luckily didn't do much yesterday. I was overthinking my Pokemon Violet party composition last night, but didn't actually make any progress.
I kept on my quest to get all the achievements in Microsoft Solitaire Collection, too! It was super pleasant.
June 2nd, 2026
Yesterday was a no RPG night, as I played N64 shooters with after work. Goldeneye was the main one, and didn't give me any motion sickness! I'd had to ditch co-op in Halo with the same friend a while back due to my guts rebelling against me, and I still feel crummy about it. If Goldeneye worked, and Turok 2 wasn't bad, either, there has to be more I can play out there. Perfect Dark took me out in less than one round, though.
I got it in my head that I'm going to get every achievement in Microsoft Solitaire Collection, too. This seems a bit daunting, but it's solitaire, so it'll be fun and relaxed.
June 1st, 2026
Today is the start of June, and I have two goals for this month related to this site. First, I want to at least get my month pages and navigation back in order, as I have been a lazy mess and made this site messy, too. Second, I want to finish an RPG. I think I can do both, along with some craft, work, and pen and paper game goals I've got, too, but from the start of the month, everything feels so daunting!
Yesterday was a bit busy, so I just did some basic levelling up in my current RPGs. I spoke too soon about the weapon and armor prices being reasonable in the first Final Fantasy, as I have quite a grind ahead to get all the magic I'd like to buy in the elf town. It's not totally unwelcome, though. This is pleasant to play.
I'm fighting the temptation to build an all flying type team in Pokemon Violet. I love how many cool little birds are in this game, and even though I'd get destroyed in electric battles, it would be so fun! I might do five birds and giant bugs, with one rock type for balance. It's great to have a gimmick in Pokemon games.
May 31st, 2026
It's the last day of May, and I am in a shockingly low mood! I'm trying to fight it off with crafts and project planning, but it's not working great. That's ok, though! Tomorrow is another day.
I'm feeling pretty good about having an RPG rotation, so I played more of Final Fantasy yesterday. This game moves really fast, and at least in this first part, I don't feel like the prices to upgrade my equipment are too brutal. Plus, I like that floating eyeballs are a big problem at sea. It must make cargo shipping in this world just a nightmare.
Over in Pokemon Violet, I fought and defeated my first Titan. The sense of scale in this game, whether it's my character up against a kaiju sized Pokemon, or just standing on a cliff and looking out of the world, is really nice. I'm a big fan of 2D games, but even the biggest overworld sprites never conveyed scale in the way this is managing. It's really cool!
I played Sunseed Island for a little bit before bed, too, which was a decent way to get to sleep! Since I've exclusively been playing this game while dead tired, I didn't realize until last night that I could refill my stamina with food. It makes sense, so I do feel dumb, but it'll make the rest of this easier.
Over in mobile games, I ran past my dailies in Dragon Quest Smash/Grow, feeling slightly frustrated. I'm having some trouble levelling up in a decent amount of time, which is not good when the game itself is "a bullet heaven, but slower and with minimal upgrade options." It's not terrible, but it does mean I might not do all that much reward chasing in this after I have event stories cleared.
May 30th, 2026
I feel very suddenly zoomed in on RPGs, because I have great focus and of course this is going to be productive for me. I acted on this by starting Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, which seems like a convenient, but not beautiful way to play the first Final Fantasy. I used the name randomizer to great effect, ending up with a party led by a monk named Yubert, and am enjoying how straightforward everything is. My XBox isn't saving my screenshots, though, perhaps because it knows I disrespect its all caps rebranding, so I have no postcards from yesterday's journey.
I played Pokemon Violet for a while, too, heading over to the first Titan's area. I just didn't care about the gym last night and wanted to see some new scenery.
May 29th, 2026
I'm very sleepy today, but in a positive way. I took the day off work and went to make a little beaded potted plant at a local arts center, and I've been doodling and gluing little sparkly gems to stuff otherwise. I'm trying to do a little craft, or at least something creative daily, and even though it's not helping with my sleep whatsoever, like I'd hoped, it is a nice feeling.
In an effort to help with my sleep, I played Vampire Survivors for a while last night. I got to sleep soon after playing, but woke up super early. That's not the game's fault, though. One of the Balatro DLC characters just lets you equip up to 100 passive weapons from the standard level up menu, and I want to use this to somehow cause problems for the game.
I did some extra play past my dailies in Dragon Quest Smash/Grow again, too. I hit a point where I need to level grind a bit to clear a stage, so I might work on that some this weekend. I have a ticket to go beat up some metal slimes, so it won't be too bad.
May 28th, 2026
I needed to regain some HP last night, so I just played mobile games, with a special focus on Dragon Quest Smash/Grow. There's some new missions to chase for the series' 40th anniversary, which is fun. I also forgot this for a week or so mid-event and am catching up a bit. I enjoyed this for a pretty reasonable amount of time, then got some decent sleep.
May 27th, 2026
I kept waking up over and over last night, even though my headache lessened a little. It was unpleasant and I'm hoping to rest better tonight.
Last night, I played Pokemon Masters EX after my dailies were done, trying to knock out some event tasks. It was a solidly pleasant time, and I gathered piles of new party members. I don't feel at a disadvantage as a free player in this at all yet.
Before bed, I played some Pocket Quest, too, really matching the heck out of some gems. It was not exciting, but I didn't want to play anything exciting.
May 26th, 2026
I have a really nasty nighttime headache, so this won't be my best post. I got quite a bit further in the demo for Warhammer Survivors, though. It really threw off my Memorial Day coleslaw making schedule, but I did get to see that this game has kind of a party-based mechanic connected to weapon selection, which could be interesting! I also started evolving weapons and unleashing mayhem, which was great.
I played Pokemon Champions a bit past daily quests, too, trying to scum through some of the weekly quests. They're interesting in that they're getting me to use some Pokemon I wouldn't normally try, which is neat.
May 25th, 2026
I have a really nasty nighttime headache, so this won't be my best post. I got quite a bit further in the demo for Warhammer Survivors, though. It really threw off my Memorial Day coleslaw making schedule, but I did get to see that this game has kind of a party-based mechanic connected to weapon selection, which could be interesting! I also started evolving weapons and unleashing mayhem, which was great.
I played Pokemon Champions a bit past daily quests, too, trying to scum through some of the weekly quests. They're interesting in that they're getting me to use some Pokemon I wouldn't normally try, which is neat.
May 24th, 2026
Yesterday, I finished off an incremental game I'd been playing, called MMO98. I don't find this kind of game very interesting to write about until it's done, so I haven't kept up with the clickers I'm playing here. This one only took two afternoons to polish off, though, and it was more active than I expected. The idea of it is that you're a late 90s MMO development studio, so the "numbers-go-up" stuff comes from developing game sequels, building data centers, and leeching data from the player base. It has a good aesthetic, but once I had all the upgrades, I didn't have any enthusiasm about going back to play again and get the other ending. That is ok, though! I mostly liked this, and it was a good game for clearing out my brain.
I started Bubsy 4D, too, since I'd been excited for it to come out. Movement-wise, there's a lot going on with it! It has a lot of really quick feeling aerial platforming, and I'd say my only problem with it so far is that it wants the player to learn all of the moves for that all at once. It's a small-ish game, from what I've heard, so there's maybe not the room to spread out the tutorial like there would be in a more-AAA platformer. It's a little daunting! Even not knowing what I'm doing, though, it's fun, so I'm looking forward to getting good at it!
Most neutrally, I tried Pokemon Champions, too, which is just Pokemon Stadium but online. I don't hate it, but I can see dropping it because there's just not a ton going on. I'm really fixated on Pokemon right now, though, so I'll play at least for a while. The dailies are fast, and that might help me keep it up.
May 23rd, 2026
Because I was reading last night, I didn't end up with much game time. I did plod forward a little in Pokemon Violet, though, doing a raid and making a nice little cheese sandwich. I'll probably have a better post tomorrow.
May 22nd, 2026
I didn't feel good after getting off work tonight and did the normal thing to recover, which was reading an 1890s Danish novella about trapeze artists for whom horniness was the greatest tribulation, followed by a memoir about the Titan submersible, in one sitting each. I also ate some soup. It gave me a lot to think about.
Anyway, I'm posting late tonight, but I just kept on with the setup stuff in Pokemon Violet last night. It was pleasant, and I continue to find this game very charming.
May 21st, 2026
I didn't play any games until right before bed last night, and decided to go to sleep with some rounds of Columns. I hadn't done this for a while and was as terrible at it as ever. Towards the end, though, I either got slightly better or just got more confident because I was falling asleep. Either way is fine!
May 20th, 2026
One of my friends asked me if I'd tried Bloody Roar yesterday. I hadn't, but faintly remembered picking the first one up on PS3, as a PSOne classic, so I tried it. The whole turning into giant animals that punch each other is one thing, but the real draw is that you can fight some guy named Greg and knock his hat on the ground. It was a neat game, though. Maybe it was a little more deliberately paced than I'd expected, but certainly not sluggish, and as I plodded through an easy arcade playthrough as Long, I felt like I was getting to grips with how it played pretty quickly. It's goofy and enjoyable, with nice, bright polygons, and I think I'll probably play more.
May 19th, 2026
Last night, I just played Vampire Survivors for a while. I kept on the adventure mode I was working on the night before, and it was nice! I slept well, too, so that was also good.
May 18th, 2026
I had forgotten that I picked up Toree Saturn ages ago, so it was a big delight to load it up and play it yesterday! I do like the Toree games in general, but this one is above and beyond 1 and 2. It plays like if the Sonic/Shadow levels in Sonic Adventure 2 only had running and zipping through the air parts, and it is a total delight! I played through the story mode yesterday, but I'm going to go back in for some collectibles. It's so fun that I don't want to just set it down so soon!
I also picked Hyrule Warriors back up, trying to decide how to move forward with it. I played some story mode back on Wii U, as one of the two or three games I actually played on there, so I'd been messing more with Adventure Mode. I want to go back to the story mode, though, so I might get back into that soon.
I did play some before bed Vampire Survivors, too, starting Imedla's adventure, but I guess I didn't get a screenshot. The church level it started off with was neat, though, and I'm looking forward to going further.
May 17th, 2026
I remained not super excited about games yesterday, but I did play some. I tried out Sky Force Anniversary, a shmup with upgrades and levelling, and really enjoyed the start of it! I do not mind level grinding at all when I'm zoned out, so it was nice.
Before bed, I played some Vampire Survivors to clear my brain out, too. It was the best I'd been able to sleep in days.
May 16th, 2026
I didn't want to play video games much yesterday, but I played a few minutes of Space Invaders: Infinity Gene on my lunch break. It wasn't really enough to get a decent grip on the game, but it seemed like a very stylish way to update Space Invaders in those first few levels!
May 15th, 2026
This weekend, I want to get back to fighting games and Pokemon, but yesterday, I did neither. I finished off Fashion Holic, which was frustratingly strict and limited, but an ok way to waste 90 minutes nonetheless. I cleared the last mission by wearing white to a friend's wedding and got the same feeling I imagine people having when they run over a pedestrian in a Grand Theft Auto.
I also played a little of Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed, which was a lovely time driving around in circles. I am not good at this game at all, but I did feel satisfied with the couple of achievements I nabbed.
May 14th, 2026
Sleeping is still an uphill battle this week, but I had the energy to try a few new games yesterday. I spent the most time with Forbidden Solitaire, which is a faux retro horror game and also a very solid game of Tri-Peaks. I had a lot of fun and think I will end up finishing this off Saturday or Sunday.
I also tried Slipstream, which is a bright and cheery OutRun type game. I tried auto-drifting and am not sure if I liked it or not! It was a nice feature, though.
Right before bed, I didn't want to get involved in Pokemon or a fighting game, so I finished off the day by starting Fashion Holic from the Samsung Instant Plays store. It's a pretty inflexible dress-up challenge game, but it seemed like an okay time-waster and has a concrete end in site. That's enough to get it tossed up here.
May 13th, 2026
I didn't sleep the night before last, so I was super zoned out yesterday. I mostly did crafts, but before bed, I tried Black Jacket on Game Pass. It's a blackjack roguelike, and so far, it seems okay. I'll probably try it again, but I'm pretty neutral on it so far.
May 12th, 2026
This week, Pokemon Go has a challenge to walk 42 kilometers, the equivalent of a marathon. I kind of think I can do it. One of my friends was really encouraging about it, too, but she has more faith in me than I do myself. I'm going to give it a shot, though. Maybe I won't make it, and I'm not sure where all I'll walk when I'm not at my office, but it will be fun to try.
Anyway, last night I played the second half of Kirby's Dream Course while Discord chatting with one of my work friends. I'm not sure what to make of this game! It's perfect for playing casually while chatting away, and it has some really neat and creative level designs. I love the look of it, too! I maybe think it's a little tedious, though. Multiplayer is totally fine, and I'd happily play through again that way, but I don't have a lot of interest in single player. It's super well made, but maybe not for me.
For my fighting game run last night, I played Akira's arcade mode in Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage. Usually, I do not enjoy playing as Akira, but I might be getting used to him. This was fine.
May 11th, 2026
I'm posting late tonight, but yesterday was really a fun games day! On GamePass, I tried Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, which I didn't expect to be any good. In fact, it is a solidly playing Smash Bros style roguelike where eventually I'll be able to play as Norb and Dag from The Angry Beavers, which is game quality I could not have possibly have forseen.
I went back to Tekken 8 while I had my XBox on, but just did Alisa's character episode again for a dumb little project. It's important to have activities at hand.
I also played some Pokemon Violet, but rather than making progress, I bought sunglasses and cute shoes. It made me want to replay Fashion Dreamer and see how it is now that the servers are offline.
May 10th, 2026
Yesterday was more of a craft day than anything, so I didn't play games so much. I did go back to Soul Calibur 2, pushing ahead in Weapon Master mode and doing another arcade run.
I also played some more Pokemon Violet, not making any real progress but feeling very charmed by how the wild Pokemon will trot right up to see what I'm up to. It's so cute! I don't really want to fight the little nosy guys, so my levelling is maybe a bit lower than it would be at this point in other Pokemon games.
May 9th, 2026
I coped with my standard Friday night burnout last night through lots of games. I picked up a 6 dollar Switch fighter called Weapon User, because it looked somewhat busted and I couldn't find any information on it. It is better than I expected, but has some choppy animation and a lot of strange jank. I kind of like it, though. It feels like someone's passion project, and it plays well enough that I'd like to go through all I can in it. My fighting game skills are so low compared to where they were at my best, though. I need to practice, just at the genre in general.
I also went through Soul Calibur 2's arcade mode as Taki because it made me feel powerful.
Right before bed, I played Pokemon Violet for a while, too, continuing to catch back up to where I was. This game is so charming that I don't mind much, but I want to get back to where I was.
May 8th, 2026
I went out to dinner with family and then did a treats run at Walmart last night, so I got home late and ultimately only played Dragon Quest: Smash/Grow. I've mostly just been doing dailies in this, which gets me far enough. Last night, though, I was able to focus in a bit more on both the main story and the first DQ game's event. It was fun, and I felt like I made good progress!
May 7th, 2026
Last night, I restarted Pokemon Violet so I can play it alongside, but likely way slower than, one of my sisters. It runs a little better on Switch 2 than it did on the first Switch, but that seems so silly to me! It should have run fine on the system it came out for. Other than that, I'm still way at the start, so I don't have a ton to say. It'll be fun to go a bit further in this!
May 6th, 2026
I wanted to take a bath, but there was no hot water, so now I am posting to kill time. Yesterday was a pretty lame day as far as games go, though. I didn't play anything until right before bed, and then I just ran through a couple levels of Nonograms: Prophecy on my old Switch. This was a free holiday giveway download, but it seems ok for that. I didn't get a screenshot because it was really late when I played, but I think I quit while going through some 8x8 puzzles. I can't say I'm hyped to play more of this, but it's nice enough that I probably will.
May 5th, 2026
Yesterday, getting a new phone set up without my dearly departed phone available to help was a big pain in the butt, so I didn't do much gaming. While I did other things, I ran Heiwa Parlor! Pro: BunDori King Special, a PS1 pachinko game. I saw all the riichi animations, or little animations the slot machine plays before you might win, within an hour and a half. In the atari (jackpot) sequences, though, the game showed me some truly wonderful little claymation weirdos. There's nothing too special about this PS1 pachinko other than the little clips of weird claymation guys, but I love them so much. They bring me great joy.
May 4th, 2026
My phone died this morning, so I lost my game photos from yesterday! I did not love this because I played Happy Match, an ultra simple memory match game, on my 666-in-1 Famiclone. Happy Match is not great even for a game for little kids. It only takes about 2 minutes to whip through and pop back to the title screen, which is way too short! The card art is easy to tell apart at a glance, though, which is nice, and it functions totally fine. It's just kind of a nothing little game. I did want to make sure I had a screenshot of something so obscure, though, so I went back and played it again tonight to get one.
I played some Tekken 3, too, but did not bother to go in and get an image for that. It's just the tiniest bit better known than Happy Match, so I felt less obligated.
I lounged around and played Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage for a while in the afternoon. I picked up the old fashioned polygonal model DLC again, since I find it charming, and'll probably use it for the rest of the game. It was very practical.
May 3rd, 2026
Yesterday I got set on the idea that I need to clear one game on each gaming device in my apartment, and started with Animal Blocks. This is a mahjong solitaire game I hunted for through a few cheap portable famiclones, finally finding it on one that looked like a PSP in red plastic. It's pretty deeply flawed, with tile designs that are a bit tough to tell apart, graphics that make it really hard to see how the tiles are stacked in bits, at least one aggressively difficult layout, and crummy music. That being said, I sat down and played it in one pretty enjoyable two hour sitting. I was in the mood for an unfair and slightly incompetent mahjong solitaire challenge, and after clearing all 10 stages, I called myself a god of tile matching in at least one text conversation. Animal Blocks is really not very good, but I had a satisfyingly frustrating time with it and'll probably play it again.
May 2nd, 2026
I was wiped out last night, so my only gaming was some material grinding in Dragon Quest: Smash/Grow. It was nice to finally get some class levels taken care of, but I just went to bed rather than playing anything else. It was the right choice.
May 1st, 2026
I got my internet back yesterday, so I was able to play the Switch 2 port of Virtua Fighter 5: REVO World Stage. It felt so good to play! Virtua Fighter 5 in general always feels so fast and graceful to me, like I'm able to make the game move in a way I can't achieve with anything else. I know that's silly, since I'm not even good at it, but it makes me so happy. I look forward to playing it for ages while my first party Switch 2 games languish in a corner.
I also played Dragon Quest: Smash/Grow for a while as I watched an 80s monster movie at my mom's house. I chipped away at the in-game event and tried to move the story forward a bit. It was very okay gaming!
April 30th, 2026
An event based on the first Dragon Quest is running in Dragon Quest Smash/Grow right now, so I went through some of the goofiness of that last night. There's items and NPCs to click on, and it has nice, cozy, Dragon Quest-y vibes. I wanted to spend more time with it than I did, since I've got plenty of stamina refills, but I lost internet!
From there, I went through the Nintendo Online apps, since I'd checked in recently enough for them to work offline, and ended up trying Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. I did not play this at all when it was new, and I was kind of delighted by how strange and lower budget it feels. I hadn't been intending to run through this right now, but I might! I want to see what happens to these strange bug eyed people and their sparse little habitats. It's nice.
April 29th, 2026
Last night I was really sleepy, so I autoran some stages in Dragon Quest: Smash/Grow while doing chores, then played a couple rounds of Vampire Survivors before bed. I did knock out a couple of achievements, but wanted to sleep more than I wanted to keep playing. It was a good choice.
April 28th, 2026
Tonight, I broke my no-game-shopping-chain to buy the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy because I'm way too focused on Roadside Picnic and I gotta got get absolutely destroyed by a video game version of the Zone.. I cleared 34 games before I got here, though, which isn't bad! I'll pick up two more and then set a goal to clear 30 more before I hit the eShops again. 30 is more realistic than 100.
I am also taking a few days away from tennis games because I am very sleepy. I worked on levelling some character armor in Dragon Quest Smash/Grow and put one of my party members in a lovely t-shirt and shorts. That cost a lot of gold, though, so I need to restock materials.
I had a pretty good night in Vampire Survivors, too, clearing quite a few achievements! I don't think I'll do so well again for a bit, which was nice.
April 27th, 2026
Yesterday, I was sure to play a tennis game and, sensibly, went with Summer Sports: Tennis Hero, a browser game on the Canadian Broadcasting Company's website. It wasn't a bad time- it was more timing based than anything, which is fine for a game meant to play on a phone's browser. It had stat leveling, and the whole thing was engaging enough to max out my character before leaving the game.
I kept up with Dragon Quest: Smash/Grow, too, meeting the game's merch friendly NPCs and running into the first difficulty spike. It seems pretty easy to get over, so I'm not really frustrated by this.
I've also gotten locked back into Vampire Survivors, and cleared the "Reach minute 31 in Gallo Tower" achievement that had been causing me trouble. For some reason, though, I took a screenshot where I was just wandering around Bat Country. It's fine, I was sleepy.
The other game I played was a platformer with some exploring called Icey. I got it in a bundle at some point, but it's pretty funny! I spent an hour on it without realizing it, so I might not come back to this until next weekend.
April 26th, 2026
I forgot about tennis games yesterday, and was a little frustrated with myself over it today. I got to voice chat one of my far-away friends, and I started reading Roadside Picnic, which is a major page turner, and video game tennis just flitted out of my head.
In fact, I didn't play anything very seriously. I did a lot of material and EXP grinding in Dragon Quest Smash/Grow, which was pretty enjoyable.
I did play a pretty massive amount of The Roofcats: Suika Style, but I wasn't really paying attention to it. Simple puzzle games can be nice as a background activity.
Right before bed, I chased some of the Balatro-themed achievements in Vampire Survivors, too. Even though this was a free update, some of the weapons are really satisfying.
April 25th, 2026
I played too many games yesterday, so I will try to be brief about them!
For tennis time, I went for tennis adjacency with a few minutes of Project Justice, played as Momo the tennis prodigy. It's good to take a break from standard tennis and just smack people around with a tennis racket sometimes, even if it is a non-traditional use of the equipment. It seems to serve Momo well, though. She was one of my favorites back when I'd play this on Dreamcast.
Having finally reached the weekend, I tried Vampire Survivors: The Turbo Wildcard last night, which is off to a fun start! It's cool that this swerved to being a dungeon crawl rather than just doing the same thing again, but I'm not sure how I feel about the characters having voice acting now...
I played some normal Vampire Survivors, too! Chaos is fun.
I played quite a few stages in Dragon Quest: Smash/Grow, too, seeing some of the more traditional rougelite content and pushing through the story mode. This is still fun, especially for a mobile game!
Finally, I got close to the end of A Game About Digging A Hole and find the final challenge so unappealing that I might drop this game and never come back. The digging part was great and relaxing, so I think I'm ok with leaving this as is.
April 24th, 2026
I am late posting because work melted my brain and I have been eating spaghetti and playing video games all night. It's good livin'.
I did play more of Activision's 2600 Tennis yesterday, since it had some rally challenges to clear. I got the bronze medal and halfheartedly moved towards silver before stopping after ten or so minutes.
I kept playing A Game About Digging A Hole, too, which was fine and a bit mysterious. I was somewhat indifferent towards it yesterday.
Even though I don't usually talk about mobile games here, I started Dragon Quest: Smash and Grow. It was way better than I expected! The ads made it look like a Vampire Survivors knockoff, but instead, it's in the center of a triangle with three points- Dragon Quest, of course, Vampire Survivors, and Pokemon Rumble. It's lovely so far, and I'm looking forward to grinding away at it for weeks before getting bored and suddenly quitting.
Right before going to sleep, for a full night, no less, I also played some Pocket Quest. This is still a standard match-3 game with RPG trappings, but right now it is also a placebo to help me get to sleep. I needed a game to fill that role and am okay with this being it.
April 23rd, 2026
I have only slept about 4 hours any given night this week, not deliberately, and this is the perfect circumstance under which to watch Ghost Ship.
Since the price went down yesterday, I got GamePass back and messed with that a bit last night. I played Activision Tennis for the Atari 2600 in their retro games launcher last night. The computer opponent in this game is extremely nasty, but rallying is fun enough that it's fine. I'll probably play this a bit more later, but it's one of the tennis games I've been less enthused about this month. RealSports Tennis might have spoiled it for me.
I tried A Game About Digging A Hole, too, and probably will finish this within the next couple of days. I got so claustrophobic and almost panicked when I dug far enough down, which was weird since games don't usually scare me! This certainly isn't a scary game, either. It's fun to find stuff in this, though, and I like the clicker-ish shovel upgrades. This is interesting.
April 22nd, 2026
I'm in a bad loop of being unable to sleep for long right now, so yesterday was light on games. I played tennis in Nintendo Switch Sports exactly as long as I needed to in order to play the new-character-parts gatcha. Emotes and titles are also thrown in there, so, disappointingly, I won no new character parts.
I also had a few minutes of PC Engine time with Aero Blasters. This was a big disappointment because I'd been hoping for Sonic Wings, but remembered too late that was called Aero Fighters in the US. I also don't like some of the speedy don't-touch-the-walls stuff this game threw at me in level 2, but I think I'll be able to overcome that eventually.
April 21st, 2026
I had a weird games day yesterday. I did keep up with tennis on Nintendo Switch Sports, since I could keep playing tennis while also unlocking clothes. I won two games and got demolished in a third, all of which was fun! It's good to be playing an exercise-adjacent game, too.
I also got it in my head that I was going to clear every PC-Engine/Turbografx-16 game yesterday. Of course I'm not going to do that, but Google's AI said it would take 5k-8k hours yesterday and I want to prove it wrong. Today, the AI said it would take 1k-2k hours, so it would be best to land at 4k and really stomp both estimates. Anyway, yesterday I played Hatris for 20 minutes and forgot to get a screenshot. I will talk more about Hatris later.
I also played the GBA version of SSX Tricky, as I was filled with misplaced nostalgia. The controls are really bad in this, but I played it enough in the old days to not hate it. One of my high school friends gave it to me for my birthday, and I sneak played it when I was supposed to be asleep. It's a nice memory that makes a very janky game more than a bit more tolerable. Anyway, I'd like to finally finish this, but I probably won't.
April 20th, 2026
I started in on tennis in Nintendo Switch Sports last night, but didn't have the confidence to go online yet. I did hop online for some bowling afterwards, but this isn't bowling month.
Earlier in the day, though, I was really zoned out. I finished off all of the achievements in Buddy and Lucky Solitaire, which was kind of tedious. Draw 3 isn't awful, but spending a whole afternoon playing it got a little frustrating. I forgot to take a screenshot, too, which is even worse! This is a poor excuse for a game cleared post. There was some hidden object stuff thrown in, too, which was fine. The game overall was fine, too. It was interesting to have a little solitaire game with achievements to work through, and I wouldn't mind playing something like this again.
I wanted to spend more time finding stuff, so I ran through Hidden Things: Beach Elves, too. It had a little more variety than the typical "find 100 of a thing" game, but it drove me crazy that it was an endless looping screen rather than an image with defined edges.
April 19th, 2026
Yesterday was a super-casual gaming day, as I was mostly doing other stuff with family. I started the Game Boy version of Mario Tennis, which was not a great idea with split attention. I did get to the tennis, which is really fun, but I'll probably start over again later. I couldn't remember a single thing an NPC told me when it came time for actual gameplay, and I quit halfway through my first match to eat dinner.
Later, I played some Super Mario Bros. in Mario All-Stars while making a lot of dumb speedrunning jokes because I've been watching too many Summoning Salt videos lately. Both being a noisy dork and the game were fun, and I'll probably go back and try to finish the game. After taking an hour to get to World 4, though, it's gonna be a nightmare to make up the time I'll need for the world record.
April 18th, 2026
Yesterday was kind of a bust as far as gaming went, but I gave it a valiant try. I tried Bee Ball, a very cute homebrew bee tennis game for Atari 2600, only to have my cartridge glitch out like crazy. I think updating the firmware on my 7800+ will fix this, but I was still a little frustrated.
From there, I played a few stages in Mega Man X Dive Offline, but was so sleepy I forgot to get a screenshot. I was killin' it yesterday.
April 17th, 2026
Today the weather was a bit stressful, but at least in my area, all the storms the forecasters were worried about were duds. I still ended up hiding in my bathroom, typing away on my work laptop while sirens went off, but I'm glad things mostly came out okay.
Yesterday, I ran a clicker called Idle Tennis Career, which was an extremely basic idle game. I had to use the 6 year old Galaxy Tab A that I usually serves as my planner to run it, as my current tablet wasn't able, and all you do is click the tennis ball and level up. The amount of clicks required to level up doesn't change, so it felt a little flat. I reached the status of "Idle Tennis God" in decent time, though, and quit. I will likely never play this again, but it was interesting to go so far back into clicker history.
I spent about an hour in Mega Man X Dive Offline, too, and am really enjoying it. It's pretty dumbed down for a Mega Man game, difficulty-wise, but I am delighted by having a super-long platformer with level grinding to throw a bunch of time into. Plus, I think this is a decent way to translate a mobile game into a standard release. The gacha-ing in Metal Slug Attack Reloaded drives me crazy, so it seems like a nice solution to just hand you character shards for finishing levels. I'm unlocking things at a good clip, so it doesn't feel like I'm missing on anything. There's a menu of events you can turn on and off, which is cool, too. I might try one of them the next time I play, just to see how in-depth they are.
April 16th, 2026
This is not great for posting, but last night I felt really exhausted and didn't play any games. I couldn't get to sleep until 4:00 am or so, and I don't think gaming or not would have moved that needle one way or the other. Sometimes, sleeping is super difficult despite being very tired.
April 15th, 2026
Yesterday was a fun day for a rabbit hole. A-Blue-In-A-Sea-Of-Reds brought up Snoopy Tennis for Game Boy Color in my comments, and of course I was interested in that! I don't know why there is a tennis game based on Peanuts, as it has a uniquely downbeat charm, but I really wanted to see the sprite art so I looked it up. Upon doing that, I found out there was an older Game & Watch game called Snoopy Tennis, which was being emulated over on the super cool RetroFab project, which uses emulation to preserve and share LCD games.
I intended to play at least some version of Snoopy Tennis yesterday, but I scrolled through RetroFab, saw Hello Kitty: Tennis School, and played that instead. I had a pretty nice time. It's simple, with only 3 spots Hello Kitty can return serves from, but sometimes a little jerk mole switches the ball's direction and you have to deal with that nonsense. The speed picks up nicely as it goes, and it's way less clunky than I expected from the Tiger Electronics handhelds of my past. As a Hello Kitty game, I wholeheartedly approve of this. The LCD Hello Kitty is really cute, with her old school standard outfit, and I like that some of her side characters get used! It's rude that they laugh at Hello Kitty when she misses a return, but I guess her life was hard in the 80s. I'm glad I took a roundabout path and found this!
I also played a cute, but very brief tennis themed visual novel on itch.io called Love-All. I think I got all three endings in around 5 minutes, but it was a browser game so I didn't feel put out by that. Plus, it was fun to get a different take on tennis.
I'm running out of time to finish this post before midnight, but I played Mega Man X Dive Offline for a little bit, too! I've been looking forward to playing this more all day, so I'll write more about it tomorrow! For today, I simply wasted too much time reading manga on my phone.
April 14th, 2026
My main chunk of gaming last night was playing Kirby's Dream Course with one of my work friends and feeling totally baffled by it. I think getting used to the controls might help, as I definitely bounced off this less than I did as a grade schooler! There's hope for me to excel in this game yet.
I kept up with Tennis for Switch, too, playing rally challenges and trying to get up to 100 points. I'm a little frustrated that this game has you play the rally challenge against an AI that can derail your score by failing, but I still think my arbitrary goal is doable.
Before bed, I was having major trouble sleeping, so I tried Woodturning 3D on Switch. It's actually a pretty decent before bed game. It's basic, already repetitive, and has annoying DLC gates for cosmetics, but actually doing the woodturning has a nice tactile feel that I was kind of impressed by.
April 13th, 2026
I would not say yesterday was a day where I had any interest in being awake, but I did play some virtual tennis. I tried 3D Tennis for the MSX and totally whiffed almost every shot. I would like to try it again, though. This seems like it could get easier when I figure out what part of my player sprite connects with the tennis ball.
I very half-heartedly played a bit of RealSports Tennis, too, because my portable 2600 machine was on my craft table and it seemed marginally better than accomplishing any crafts. It wasn't, at least not then, and I took a nap.
April 12th, 2026
I didn't get what I wanted to accomplish done this weekend, but that is pretty okay. I got a big sense of accomplishment from beating the training character in World of Tennis: Roaring 20s last night, though! I am not sure I like this game, but I am slightly fixated on it.
I was really jittery before bed, so I played Find All 3: Travel until I fell asleep, too. I do not remember how far I got in the normal mode stages, but I am grateful to this game for helping me relax.
April 11th, 2026
Today, I stopped procrastinating and did my taxes. Ever since I was a child and learned the vague idea of audits from an episode of Seinfeld, I have been very worried about doing my taxes properly, so this felt like a decent accomplishment. It's the normal way to feel!
In another super normal move, I played through Bubsy II for Game Boy last night. It was not fun and felt screamingly unfair, even with infinite lives and time turned on. Within my two hours playing I found two game breaking bugs- one being a checkpoint that re-spawned Bubsy underneath a platform, creating an infinite death loop, and the other being Bubsy just disappearing into the sky, never to return, after a death. I'm usually pretty happy just to be hanging out and playing a game, but the nicest thing I can say about this is that a couple of the animations are fine. Playing through this was a weird use of my XBox, even for me.
I also got a game breaking bug in the pleasant, but generic Tennis for Switch. The ball got stuck in the net and started vibrating, and then my opponent began vibrating, and it made a weird buzzing noise. Today, I hope to play more competent games.
April 10th, 2026
Part of my goal this weekend is to get this blog back to where I want it to be, in terms of getting posts off onto game pages, but tonight, I'm doing some very suboptimal gaming and weaving potholders. It's really nice!
Last night, I found myself drawn back to World of Tennis: Roaring 20s, where I played and almost won my first online match! This game is really odd in that I think you play against bot versions of other players rather than the players themselves, but next to the weird control scheme, that's practically normal. I hope my online bot puts up a better fight than I do.
I kept trying the three-draw games in Buddy and Lucky Solitaire, too, winning one round for the night. I didn't feel too bad about that.
April 9th, 2026
I'm really unambitious tonight, but still getting my post done! For tennis last night, I tried and loved RealSports Tennis for the Atari 2600. It's a 2600 game, so it is one of the more basic things I've played this month. It's pretty impressive for a 2600 game, though, with replays of finished matches on the demo screen and name entry options for each player. Technically impressive bits aside, what I thought made this fun was that it's really fast and straightforward to get some excellent rallies going. The CPU opponent isn't a genius, but it's smart enough about getting right up to the net and backing back up to keep things interesting, and this runs at a good speed, too. It's simple, but I got really into my match. I'm going to try the harder difficulty soon.
Other than that, I was playing casual cozy games yesterday. I started Memories With My Kitten, which seems like it'll be a nice puzzle game to chip away at a little at a time.
I also buzzed through Hidden Superhero Cats, which was very cute, but a bit too easy.
I lost some rounds of 3-draw solitaire really badly in Buddy and Lucky Solitaire,too.
April 8th, 2026
I was playing games in an extremely scattered fashion last night. I did keep up with tennis, playing a match in Tennis on Switch. It was nice to play something with more normal controls than World of Tennis, even if I was just scumming for in-game achievements.
I wanted some Switch Onine icons, too, so I played a really terrible round of Kirby's Dream Land. I got it in my head that it might be fun to try to one credit clear this game, since it does have continues. I really do like this game, so I might try it.
I finished easy mode in Find All 3: Travel, too. Normal and hard mode are another three stages each, so I take back my complaints about Find All 2's mini-games being missing. It's nice to have one of these lineart hidden object games with so many levels, and good ones at that!
April 7th, 2026
I went to see a Twice concert last night, which'll probably end up being my K-pop show for the year. Two of the members were out with injuries, but it was still a really fun night! I briefly thought I hallucinated that Twice had nine members rather than seven, as the girls who remained did not acknowledge their fallen comrades, and that was a bizarre feeling. Even the worst seats in the United Center had a cool, birds-eye sort of view, though, and it's fascinating to sit back at a distance, thinking about all the work that must go into the clockwork choreography. Pop music makes me happy, and it's so fun to see it in a massive crowd. The vibes are so lovely!
Because of that, I did my gaming while dead tired last night. I did get a point in World of Tennis: Roaring 20s, though, which was an improvement!
I also played a good, solid three or four minutes of Find All 3: Travel, too, but didn't take any screenshots because I was as good as asleep. It was a fair tradeoff to sleep well.
April 6th, 2026
Last night I played games while chatting with a friend, which was a disaster for World of Tennis: Roaring 20s. I will say, seeing a daily login bonus let me know what was up with this game pretty quickly. However, I do not believe I am actually ready for multiplayer after losing to the AI with 0 points to whatever-is-required-to-win-a-tiebreaker. Hopefully today, I will remember how to serve.
I kept up my quest to clear my backlog, too. I played through 100 Crime Cats, which was disappointingly on the easier end of hidden cat games. Also, I expected more crime than I got. 100 Insider Trading Cats sounds high concept, I know, but there's so many places you could hide cats in an office! These cats were just, like, outside while light crime was happening. I don't even really believe they were accomplices.
Anyway, I forgot to get a screenshot, but it looked like every other hidden cat game.
I worked on the higher grade Find All 3: Travel, too. I'm kind of disappointed that the mini game stuff from Find All 2 is gone here, but it's still fun with some nice stage change gimmicks. I'll probably play this a bit more today.
April 5th, 2026
I wanted to, but did not back out of my trip this weekend, so now I am in a hotel room with actual wifi, posting from a nice little desk while sipping decaf coffee. I paid for a bit more than a bottom tier hotel this time, and it's been very worth it so far! I'd been crashing places so cheap that I was amazed by how little scum is visible in the bathroom here, and pleasantly surprised when the staff cheerfully told me the wifi password. I'm trying to frame this not as "My trip to Disney spoiled me," but as "It's ok to expect at least a minimum standard of quality from my trips!"
That being said, it's time to blog about a tennis game I found trawling Steam for freebies! Last night I tried World of Tennis: Roaring 20s, and I have no idea what to make of it. The 1920s theme aside, as that just seems to be an excuse for an interesting public domain soundtrack and the use of Jay Gatsby's yacht as a stage, it has really odd controls and, by default, runs every game as a tie-breaker. I'm more confused than frustrated by it, though, and do think I'll play again tonight. It's interesting to be baffled by a game.
My best gaming time yesterday was spent with Pretty Sweet! Healing Guardian, a light and breezy magical girl themed cozy game. It was kind of a clicker, let me buy clothes, and had some light resource management. I finished it in two sittings, but that's just because my battery died halfway through my play sessions. It's a short, simple game, but I spent about 2 hours completely locked in on it.
I tried Hyper Echelon, which I'd gotten free from Epic, too, and it seems to be an ok Euro shmup so far! It just did not get a hold on my imagination like the other two games did. I'm interested to see how it balances shmup difficulty with level grinding, so it will likely just get its due on here later.
April 4th, 2026
My brain is really bad tonight, so my post is late because I've been procrastinating packing for a fun, normal trip that has filled me with existential dread. It'll be ok, and I will have a nice time, but I really don't want to go anywhere right now!
My tennis game for last night was Tennis for the NES, which really didn't click with me. The default match length is way longer than I expected, and serving is a pain in the butt, too. I probably will try it again, since I was tired and in a poor mood.
Other than that, I had it in my head that it was time to clear some of the casual games I had downloaded to my Legion Go. I started with Hidden Cats: Easter, since Easter is close enough that I had an excuse to finish this series off. This wasn't the best or worst of these I've played, so I feel like I finished this off on a totally neutral note.
I played 100 Forest Cats, too, which was also fine. It wasn't a great game, but I felt more relaxed after playing it, which was nice!
Lastly, I threw some time into finishing off Milky Way Jigsaw Puzzles. I have a bundle with tons of these perfectly adequate jigsaw puzzle games, but I find them really soothing and enjoyable. This one had me contemplating how space is way more sparkly than people generally give it credit for, which was nice! This game served its purpose for me.
April 3rd, 2026
Today is better than yesterday, which is kind of a low bar. I still have sinus issues and have to go hide from a storm, but nothing actively bad is going on!
Last night, my eyes were already burning so I decided to play Mario's Tennis for Virtual Boy. I was still surprised by the 3D effect being so much better than I remembered it being on real hardware, especially since this was a game I actually had. I was doing a terrible job last night, though, and won no games, let alone matches.
I played a combined clicker/incremental game and RPG on Galaxy.click last night, too, called nahidaQuest!. It's a Genshin Impact fan game, which I don't know so much about. The clicking bits and the JRPG style battles feel a little disconnected to me, too. This is fine, though. I'm just playing it to try to relax and procrastinate, not get a fancy AAA gaming experience.
April 2nd, 2026
Today is my birthday, and between some work trouble, an awful cold, and some bad weather, it has been a doozy. I'm getting my post in just under the wire, though!
I played the creatively titled Tennis on Switch some more, which was fine and nothing more. It's kind of relaxing, and when I went up to medium difficulty, I got some really good rallies going. The character voice clips were driving me crazy, though!
I also played a little of Mario Tennis for N64, which I already knew was excellent! I actually might hold this back a little so it doesn't spoil me on finishing all the tournaments in the less sparkling Tennis.
April 1st, 2026
For April, I'm going to play a bunch of the tennis games I've gathered over the years, because it seems fun. Last night I kicked this off with a budget Switch game called Tennis. It's not the best tennis game I've ever played, but it's completely fine. It's functional and I can be a weird little blue haired kid that reminds me of Max from Macross. I'm kind of looking forward to playing it more tonight!
March 31st, 2026
I'm hoping this is my last flat out bad post for a while, but it is also a small preview of what's to come for April. I played a bit of Super Tennis last night and am just as bad at it now as I was when I was six years old. The music when you change courts is neat, though, and I love how mode 7 heavy it is! It's a neat game.
March 30th, 2026
Yesterday I found Galaxy.click, a website full of browser based incremental games, and hit their random game button for hours of zoning out. I played one called The Doors Tree, which is a very stripped down, abstract clicker. It was perfect for yesterday. I was tired, my allergies were killing me, and I just wanted to click on stuff. I was content.
March 29th, 2026
I am hoping I can get back on top of things soon, but I'm doing a lazy post again tonight. The Switch 2's boost mode has me going back to games I haven't tried in years, so last night, I re-tried SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. This runs better now, but I still don't love it. Needing to finish every match with the same type of move isn't a very fun mechanic, even though it is flashy. I won't totally give up on this, but it's not up there with the best SNK fighters for me at all.
I also played about five minutes of Monster Survivors, but got too sleepy too fast to get very far. I just ended up shutting it off mid-run.
March 28th, 2026
Last night, in the hopes of doing a bit that kind of fell flat, I was playing budget priced bowling games on Switch. It was a blast, though! I played the less flashy option, Knock 'Em Down! Bowling first. I hadn't really spent much time on this yet, and it was driving me crazy that even throws that looked perfect were ending in 7-10 splits! It'll be interesting to figure out how to counter that, if there is a way to do it.
Crazy Strike Bowling EX, on the other hand, had me tossing out strikes almost immediately, living up to its title. I really enjoyed this, though! I'd only played it for a few minutes a few years ago, since it felt kind of off, but the Switch 2's boost mode really made it feel smoother. It kind of reminds me of a golf MMO I used to play, Pangya, but with bowling instead. Plus, it has a weird little mascot that does bowling alley style animations if you get a good frame! It's a cute charm point.
March 27th, 2026
In the middle of next week, I should be moving to an easier position at work. I have to trade quarterly bonuses for this break, but it'll be very worth it. I'm still really tired today, but hopefully, things'll get better.
Last night, I played Buddy and Lucky Solitaire for such a brief amount of time that I didn't even get a screenshot. It was a crazy day, so I'm not even mad at myself.
March 26th, 2026
I played Q-UP for a few minutes before bed last night. It had been so long since my last play session that I kind of forgot how it worked, but I had an okay time.
March 25th, 2026
I tried a solitaire variant called Old Tommy in Free Solitaire last night. It was frustrating and inflexible, but kind of fun, too. I forgot to get a screenshot, though. Lately, I am not kicking butt.
March 24th, 2026
Tonight is a quick post because I came home and dozed off after checking my mail. Yesterday, I tried to get things in order by running Spirit City: Lofi Sessions. I picked up the garden and train DLC, and they both seem nice so far!
I also kept playing Free Solitaire, and experienced Spider Solitaire. I don't like this as much as Klondike or Tri-Peaks, at least not with one suit. I'll see how it is when the game gets more complicated.
March 23rd, 2026
I downloaded a free solitaire game on itch.io last night, called, somewhat mysteriously, Free Solitaire. I'm really happy with it so far. It has 140 variations of solitaire in it, and I want to spend many sessions dozing off as I try to win a game of each. There's a lot of card options, too! It took me too long to learn the wonders of solitaire, but I am having a lovely time.
March 22nd, 2026
Yesterday, I just played Pokemon Go. I was on a day trip back to my hometown for a celebration of life, so I caught all the Pokestops I could on the road and around town. I wasn't thinking about screenshots, though, so this is a bit of a dud post.
March 21st, 2026
Last night, I finished off Hidden Cats: The Last of Cats, which was a fun Steam cat-finder with some actual challenge. I might start another Find All game soon. These developers tend to do decent stuff.
I also had a screenshot of Luck Be A Landlord from last night, but I can't remember playing it for anything. I, perhaps, need some extra sleep.
March 20th, 2026
I played a few incremental games on itch.io yesterday, but I'm too wiped out for a longer post. It might not be Sunday until I get to them, but some of them were so cute that I'm excited to share them!
My big gaming accomplishment yesterday, though, was getting a one credit clear in Deathsmiles II!
I was really proud of this, but thinking about it today, it wasn't much of an accomplishment. I played every stage on the lowest rank in Deathsmiles II X Mode, so I could have an easier time of it and use Rosa, my favorite character from the first game. Plus, it's an easier shmup to start, along with so many more petty things I thought rather than just being happy. I hate how mean I am to myself!
All that being said, I did have a good time playing last night, and I'm excited to keep at this game! This may not be such an impressive 1CC, but I have many more to come!
March 19th, 2026
I was really wiped out last night, so I skipped RPG time and only played cat finding games. I went through 100 Fantasy Cats, which shockingly had 200 cats to find. It was completely fine, but nothing super impressive.
I was glad to discover that Hidden Cats: The Last of Cats was saving my progress, too. I fell asleep playing this, so I'll only have 11 cats left to find in my next play session.
March 18th, 2026
I think I'm getting a little burned out, but that happens all the time. The weekend is getting closer every minute!
I finished Dig Deep yesterday, which I checked on every half hour or so. It was bright, cheery, and reasonably satisfying to complete. It also helped me stay focused on more important things just by being there to glance at, so I can't complain. This was 20 cents reasonably spent.
I also started Cat of Monte Cristo, an RPG Maker game that is The Count of Monte Cristo if Edmund Dantes was a cat boy. It needs proofreading, but I think it's charming how much it feels like playing someone's inside joke with their friends. The battle system is ok, too. I started this because I was too lazy to go get my Switch out of the other room, but I'm glad I did.
My last game of the day was Hidden Cats: The Last of Cats. I got pretty far in the bonus stage, but I suspect this doesn't save, so I might have to do it all again.
March 17th, 2026
Today was exhausting, so I am making a very simple post that'll give me more work tomorrow. It'll balance out just fine.
My co-worker and I finished A Way Out last night, which was a blast. The last couple hours were wild, and pretty surprising, too. I was really impressed by a chase sequence that bounced back and forth between both players, though. It was well edited and choreographed, and had me so caught up in the gameplay and story that it wasn't until later I reflected on how hard it must be to make gameplay like that feel natural and fun. Playing an entire story-heavy game in co-op seemed like it could be gimmicky, but it didn't end up going that way at all.
I needed a new idle game to play to numb some stress, so I started Dig Deep, one of my many 20 cent Switch games. It's kind of like an interactive screensaver where you tell people to dig holes, but that was kind of what I needed yesterday.
For my RPG time, I spent some time with Shijou Saikyou Miyamoto Julia, but didn't get very far. I got bogged down by some cutscenes because my Japanese is exceedingly poor. Playing through one mission isn't nothing, though, and I'll get better with kanji the more I read!
March 16th, 2026
I went back to Pokemon Mystery Dungeon last night, but ended up feeling like I needed to level up before seriously tackling the next dungeon. I went around and did some job board missions, seeing if I could get new allies, and might do the same tonight. It would be nice to have more party members!
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