What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou (Switch)

July 9th, 2025

Next week, I'm going to go see Blackpink, so I got so distracted looking at merch online that I almost forgot to post here tonight. This is because I'm super classy. Last night, I was also killin' it. I wanted to play more Mushihimesama, but was too lazy to hold up my Legion Go. Instead, I played a couple rounds of Dodonpachi SaiDoiOuJou on Switch. It made me sleepy, so it was a neutral experience!

I also got back to Sephirothic Stories. I entered a new area, so I didn't have much catching up to do. Plus, this has a nice little story summary to check in on. I was a little frustrated that the new area had the same background as all the rest I've done, but oh, well! Budget games sometimes have budget features.

July 7th, 2025

My gaming focus was pretty rubbish yesterday. I spent probably a little over an hour with Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour for the Game Boy Color, played in a very above-board fashion. I got really into it in the moment, swearing profusely when the AI opponents used the item that turned me into a frog, and beat the basic quest. There's quite a bit more to do- that was only a third of the game, and there's a full track I haven't unlocked. Thinking about it today, though, I'm not sure if I will ever play it again. It's totally fine, but I am unmotivated.

From there, I was going to make a run at clearing my last two achievements in Cat Survivors. Instead, I played one run, got really sleepy, and then went to buy a pizza.

My other gaming was right before bed. I'm having trouble making a shmup click as "what I want to play" right now, so I played Dodonpachi Saidaioujou for a little bit on novice mode. This wasn't quite it, either, but I was having fun with it. I might just be in a weird headspace right now.

I finished off the day with Super Mario Kart, which I hadn't played for ages! I'd beaten the first two 50cc cups on Nintendo Switch Online a couple years ago, so I jumped right into the third cup very poorly. I ended up doing some time trials of the two tracks that gave me trouble, and did improve my times. It's not likely those improvements will hold up once a stack of AI racers are throwing things at me again, but it did make me feel better. Plus, I like the music in the game so much! It's just fun to play, no matter how poorly I'm doing.

May 18th, 2025

After my post yesterday, I drove a few hours for a Porter Robinson show, which was very fun, and drove back after some shopping today. As such, I am extremely tired, but in a good way! It was a fun weekend.

Because of that, I didn't play many games yesterday, but I did play a couple stages of Project Justice during some downtime. I'm a little rusty, since I haven't played it so much since the Dreamcast days, but it's so cool to have this on my Switch!

My sister and I also passed DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou back and forth before the show, making weird faces and swearing at our failures. It was fun!