What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Dive Alert: Matt's Version (Miyoo Mini+)

July 12th, 2024

I didn't kill it at being a productive human or games yesterday, so this may not be a scintillating post. I did play about another hour of Dive Alert: Matt's Version last night, but the battle system is so tedious that I just can't keep going with it. The story and pixel art in the story bits are cool, but the sub battles are so slow and boring that I'm calling it quits here. It's a shame that the submarine stuff isn't just a tiny bit more fun!

From there, I wanted to play a hidden object game, so, in a big twist, I played a hidden object game. I had The Mysterious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde backlogged on my Switch, so I started that. It's pretty no-frills, and has that tenuous grasp on logic that any game where people are like "there's been a murder! Can you find me two books, three rats, an apple, a brush, and a barrel?" will have. It's exactly what I wanted, though, so I have no complaints.

Today, I want to do better just in general than I did yesterday, so I'm setting the goal of knocking 25 things off my weekly to-do list. I don't know that I'll pull that off, but it's worth a shot!

July 11th, 2024

Yesterday was so bad that I think today has to be better by default. I skipped playing a workout game and doing Japanese reading practice because I had to rebuild a shelf upon coming home from work and finding it broken. I'd been thinking about submarine themed games at work, though, and started Dive Alert: Matt's Version last night, because it's very cool to play Neo Geo Pocket Color RPGs in 2024. In the early parts of the game, the submarine is so slow it's almost torturous, so I've gotta grind out money for some new parts in my next play session. The story was interesting so far, though, so I wanna see where it goes!

The Tale of Food was up in my mobile game rotation last night, but I got to it so late that I only played a few story quests before just folding and going to sleep. I need a better healer for my party for sure, so soon, I'll have to take a look at what the food boys in my reserve ranks are capable of doing. I just wasn't up for it last night.