What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Donut County (Switch)

April 19th, 2024

I really overslept today, so this is going to be a quick post. I cleared Donut County last night, though, and it was really delightful! The complexity curve of the puzzles was really natural, and I thought the last area and final boss were a very good cap on the whole game. I'm glad I finally stopped stashing it and played it. Now, I just have to bring myself to do the same for poor Sayonara Wild Hearts.

I also built this copyright safe not-a-Uniqlo for my little block city street last night. I think HSANHE is the block brand, from the instructions, but I really liked this one. It's so cool how you can see all the tiny, abstract mannequins and clothing racks through the clear front doors.

April 18th, 2024

Yesterday was calmer than the day before had been, but I suffered a major lack of productivity due to not feeling well. I did try a couple new-to-me games, though, and felt pretty satisfied with them both.

Years ago, when I was still teaching overseas, I picked up Donut County in a Switch eShop sale and then proceeded not to play it for fear of "wasting" it. I'm trying to defeat this weird mentality, so I re-downloaded this last night and it was super fun. It does feel very lo-fi Katamari, especially the sound effects, but a bigger focus on puzzles gives it a pretty different feel. I also thought it was funny, which helps. I'm glad I didn't keep stashing this and'll probably finish very soon.

Over on my XBox, I downloaded Harold Halibut through GamePass, since I thought the stop motion graphics looked neat in pre-release press. The look of it is impressive, but I also thought it was really low key and relaxing to play, at least so far. I'm looking forward to playing this a bit more, too.