What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Bejeweled 2 (XBox Series S)

September 22nd, 2023

Yesterday, I finished my current job tidily and am ready to start a new one at my company on Monday! To celebrate, I, as most people would, went to CVS after work to get a COVID booster and flu shot. It kind of zoned me out, so last night, I played Bejeweled 2 a lot, really doing decently (for me) at the timed mode and knocking out a few more levels of endless mode.

After the vaccines, my arm is extremely sore, but I feel good otherwise. I don't know that I'll play anything too interesting today, but I will play something.

September 11th, 2023

Today I was sick enough that I overslept, left work early after giving it my best shot, and did a telehealth appointment. I'm posting now after picking up prescriptions and taking a nap, feeling somewhat better.

Yesterday did end up being a pretty decent day games-wise. I played A Short Hike most, doing a lot of the little sidequests around the island. I spent so much time playing stickball and looking for shells, all of which was very pleasant! It looks like I'll finish a run of this the next time I play, but I know I'm missing stuff, too. It'll probably stay on my XBox for a bit.

Also on my XBox, I kept chipping away at that 280 levels of endless mode achievement in Bejeweled 2, drinking some hot yuzu ginger as I played before an early bedtime. This, too, was peaceful gaming.

I worked on the month's event in Disney Tsum Tsum, too, mostly because I was stalling out for a few minutes on making lunch.

Today is not going to be a big games day, because I mostly just want to sleep. That is okay sometimes, though.

September 10th, 2023

I feel really strange this morning! I slept really well last night, but got up so tired that I felt it a near insurmountable challenge to eat a packet of breakfast biscuits. I will probably take it easy today.

Yesterday, I only played one level of Bejeweled 2, continuing on my slow path to the "clear 280 levels of endless mode" achievement.

August 26th, 2023

Yesterday was somewhat worse than I predicted, but that's okay, it was payday. This morning, I've already been to Dollar Tree and paid my bills, so I'm now free and clear to be a bum for the next two days.

I didn't play games much yesterday, but because my focus was awful, this'll still be a decent post. I managed to get into Idol Land PriPara yesterday, a new mobile version of discontinued Japanese arcade game PriPara that has had a... troubled, I guess would be fair to say, launch. Right now, there's kind of a queue to get in, so I've been opening the app every once in a while to see if I can make it work. Yesterday, I did, and while it looks like the pay to pay mechanics might be way less brutal than I expected, the two load times it took to get into one stage exceeded 15 minutes. It ran ok once I got in, but I'd never really seen that in a mobile game before. I'm curious to see how long it takes this to get up and running nicely.

In other mobile games, I briefly toyed with the end of the month Sticker Book event in Disney Tsum Tsum. It's nothing special, but it was an okay distraction to kill a few minutes after work.

I also put a couple more levels into Endless Mode in Bejeweled 2, getting me to 21 of 280 levels cleared for the achievement. It's a good time waster, but a futile feeling goal.

August 23rd, 2023

I am still defeated, but my goal last night was to play something better than Potato Inc. I played Bejeweled 2 for a few minutes and felt like I'd kind of succeeded.

August 20th, 2023

I still wish this weekend could be longer, but yesterday was fine. I played Bejeweled 2 the most, since I still felt pretty tired. In order to get the Endless Mode achievement, you have to beat 280 levels, so I'm going for it.

I tried McPixel 3 on Game Pass last night, too, but don't know if I'll stick with it. The pixel art is super neat, but I don't know that the super fast paced point and click gameplay is my favorite. I'll give it another shot, though, since it's certainly not dull.

I built a little Macross model kit, too, but didn't care enough to take a photo. I might show off the set of three that I've got when I finish the last one.

August 19th, 2023

Yesterday ended up being really bad, with some overtime I definitely was not down for, so I tried to enjoy stuff outside of that. During one of my breaks, I built another of the easy Pokemon model kits, with Mimikyu being yesterday's friend. This, too, came out so cute! I've been really happy with all of these so far.

After work, I got some Arby's fishsticks and went to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem to clear my head, like the fine wine sipping sophisticate that I am. It actually did help a lot, but when I got home, I was set on playing something more involved than Disney Tsum Tsum for the evening. Instead, I turned on my XBox and used Game Pass to play Bejeweled 2. It was maybe a lateral move.

I'm a little down that the weekend will only be two days, but I will make the most of it.