What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Feeding Frenzy (XBox Series S)

April 30th, 2023

Today is the last day of April, and as I drink my cinnamon dolce latte and somewhat watch Morbius, I feel like, at least in game terms, I did well for the month. I cleared a few shorter games- Gokuto Jihen, Harvest Festival, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, and today, can add Feeding Frenzy to that list- even if I didn't make much progress in any of the longer games I have going.

For May, I might keep going on the same path. I'd at least like to finish off Vengeful Heart in the next few days, and there's a few other short games I'm considering. I'd also like to clear at least one of the many Sonic games I've gathered, which might get its own page at some point. (I need to add people's buttons somewhere on the site, too! Maybe I'll also make website progress next month.) I had fun with the games I played last month, though, and am looking forward to more.

As far as yesterday's gaming goes, like I said, I did finish the basic game for Feeding Frenzy. The story mode style map is fairly easy, but enjoyable, and had a really good sense of progression. Even if it was a trick of perspective and reused sprites, rather than changing the base gameplay, I still felt very powerful mowing through sharks in the last level. I'll probably come back and try Time Attack mode a little more than I did last night, but think I might try to tackle Feeding Frenzy 2 first. It's exactly what Game Pass was meant for.

Most of my game time yesterday, though, was spent on trying to clear an entire event in one day in Disney Tsum Tsum. They're currently running a scratch card event where you clear missions to get scratches, and it's more of a grind than a challenge. This is somewhat against my best interest, as I played so much yesterday I was seeing the Tsum Tsums behind my eyelids when I went to take a bath. My play sessions are pretty short, though, so it's hard to be too frustrated with myself.

I'm off to enjoy the rest of my day, hopefully with better movies than Morbius ahead. I hope all of you have pleasant Sundays (or whatever day it is as you read this) ahead, too!

April 28th, 2023

This was a long and exhausting week, and I have no reason to believe today is going to let up. Last night was okay, though. I watched a 1960s anime, Flying Phantom Ship, which was wild, and then played a few more levels of Feeding Frenzy. The game treats having the angler fish as a hardship in the pre-level info screens, but I think the slower speed makes it easier to control.

April 27th, 2023

It took me a long time to get through all the stuff I needed to last night, so I sat down before bed intending to only play three more levels of Feeding Frenzy. I played more than three levels, but it helped get my mind off stuff, making it an overall net benefit.

April 26th, 2023

Last night, I used my fancy XBox and Game Pass subscription to play Feeding Frenzy, a nearly 20 year old casual PC game. It was super fun and a great idea. I do think I'll end up whipping through this game in just a few sittings, but it was relaxing and somewhat nostalgic, and I loved seeing all the old XBox 360 interface stuff pop up when I started the game. Maybe I thought a bit too hard about this game making me the architect of a ruthless, gluttonous fish massacre, with the obvious support of wealthy mermaids, but I'll come back to this very soon.