What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Brickout (Intellivision Flashback)

August 17th, 2022

Yesterday, I was super unproductive, in terms of crafts, games, cooking, and any other measurable metric. I felt really bad about it when it was time for bed, but since it's a day off, it's ok not to do anything. Still, I hope I accomplish a little more today.

I went back to the Intellivision Flashback last night, this time electing to play Brickout. I didn't expect anything from it, in large part because Brickout is a miserably lazy name for a Breakout clone, but it was actually super fun. Getting 20 balls at the start is great, since it softens the blow of a single bounce death, the progressive mode it's locked to allows for a lot of super satisfying chances for the ball to get stuck bouncing between two rows of bricks, and moving the paddle was really good with the dial on the controller. I don't know if it beats Cavity mode in Super Breakout for me, but it's really fun. I'll come back to Brickout for sure.

I also put another round in on Idling Idol while eating dinner, and got an ending rank of E for my idol unit! It's not great, but I'm moving up in the game! I'd totally neglected the item store before this round, and wouldn't you know it, using all of the tools a game offers does, in fact, improve your chances of success. Wild how that happens!