What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Candivity (Switch)

June 20th, 2025

Things did not line up properly to try the new game I'd been considering last night, but it was fine. Well, the dream I had about a guy cutting giant ants in half with a machete was not fine, but the rest was. I played a few rounds of Candivity until I got bored enough to fall asleep, getting ever closer to being able to delete this from my Switch.

June 5th, 2025

I got a package from Atari Age yesterday and went a bit too hard playing 2048 on my 7800+. I'm not sure about this as a good way to play 2048, aside from the novelty. When it generates new numbers, it only generates 2, rather than 2 or 4 like most versions of the game. It's a lot of fun, though, and I'm enjoying going for the 2048 tile in this version of the game! Plus, it's neat to have physical copies of weird homebrew titles. The Atari 7800+ is neat.

Before bed, I played a couple rounds of Candivity, too, because I hadn't had enough of merging rubbish. I think this is the worst of these games I have. The pieces kind of gravitate towards each other in a way I don't like that well. It has unlockables, though, giving it a concrete end, so I might press on with it so I can delete it off my Switch.

May 3rd, 2025

I'm having trouble focusing on posting today, but am working rather steadily to make a tiny diamond painting of Marian from the NES version of Double Dragon. It's a game related project, so it's fair game! I used to get the supplies for these at Jo-Ann's, and, luckily, have a decent amount on hand right now. When I was thinking about the background for this, though, I got so frustrated that I can't just go to the store and take a look at the available gem colors. These are still available to order online from the company that makes them, so it's not like I'm cut out, but I'll miss being able to try to eyeball things in person. It sucks!

Oh, this is a games blog, though, right? Last night, I played King of Fighters: Sky Stage for a little bit, and was still struggling with it. I'm struggling a little less now, though, especially playing as Kyo. I don't love this game, as it's somehow both boring and overwhelming at once, but I'll keep chipping away at it from time to time.

I tried W.A.N.D. Project on Switch last night, too, a wave-based survivors-like with magical girl vibes. It hasn't clicked with me yet, but it has a needlessly complicated power up system that I kind of like. The challenge level is pleasantly frustrating, too.

I also chipped away at the unlockables in Candivity, which was fine. I merged many sweets.

May 1st, 2025

I am feeling super crummy tonight, so I'm glad I didn't play much last night. I chipped away at unlocking everything in a couple of cheapo mobile game ports on Switch, starting with Hole.io. I played in the office level last night, which felt a little cramped, but satisfying. There were a lot of walls to take down. The mall stage is still more fun, though.

I played Candivity a little bit, too, and was impressed by how much the alternate stage changed the feel of the game. It was fun!

April 30th, 2025

Last night was low key for gaming. I played through a Samsung Instant Play game, which is like a phone-browser game, called Siberian Strike: Space Ops. It was such an easy shmup I only came close to dying once in thirty stages, so I don't feel like this was a major accomplishment. After finishing the story mode, there's some medals I can go back and collect for finishing my plane upgrades, but I don't really want to. It had ads after every level, it locks different planes to sets of stages, and it's so boring that at the end of one level, it just had me glide around the background for thirty seconds or so. If I were a passenger on a long car ride, I can see getting 100% in this game. As it is, though, I'm satisfied with just having gotten through all the levels.

I tried Candivity, another ultra cheap Switch game, too. Much like Bomb Cat, I am assuming this is a Suika Game clone, but I like this one a little better. I'm setting unlocking all the cosmetics in the base game as my "game clear" goal here, which should be fun!