What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Atari Mania (Switch)

August 16th, 2024

I was super frustrated by work last night, so I really got focused on clicking away in King of Prism Sparkling. I made no notable progress, but I was at it longer than I should have been as a responsible adult. I got so many big numbers, though, it was satisfying.

I did another "hard mode" exercise in Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star, too, which was fine. The hard mode just makes the exercises longer rather than making them more difficult, so it's fine even at my crummy level.

From there, my attention span was pretty poor, so I tried Atari Mania. At least late last night, it felt really difficult for a Wario Ware imitator, with games that were just a shade too complicated. It wasn't awful, though, so I'll probably try this again.

I tried Diamond Painting ASMR on Switch, too, because I do diamond art in real life and 49 cents was a decent price to see how it was represented. This wasn't terrible, but it felt weird that the game's setup was slightly less impressive than my own. I regularly use a tool that lets me place seven gems at once, but the game only goes up to three, rather than going wild with a 50 placer or something. Plus, these in game kits have inconsistent gem shapes and the cheaper type of adhesive! It's very weird to do a pretend version of a craft and then make the in-game craft the cheap dropshipped level kits, but I am amused by it.