What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Fitness Circuit (Switch)

September 20th, 2024

Yesterday, I started to feel a little better than I had been after work, so I decided to "catch up" on the fitness games I hadn't been playing earlier in the week. This was a terrible idea, and by the end of it, I could barely function enough to brush my teeth. I did make it through, though, and am a bit proud of that. I started last night's mistake of a fitness journey with Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star, where I got in a plain, low level daily workout. As far as things went, this was fine.

After a short break, I popped back over to my Switch to play a standard workout in Fitness Circuit, which makes me slightly miserable on a good day. By the end of the session last night, I was sweating so much my forehead burned, which I don't think is a great sign.

I was really bought into the idea of fully catching up on my workouts by then, though, and also pretty tired, so from there, I bounced to Fitness Boxing feat Hatsune Miku. I just did three song routines here, and it was easier to get through than Fitness Circuit. The songs were very high energy, though, and by the end of it, even though I made it through, my scores were not stunning. Still, I felt kind of accomplished by the end.

Apart from all that, I did spend some time level grinding away at Wixoss Multiverse, levelling up a bit without making much overarching progress. It was a pretty typical mobile game session.

July 5th, 2024

I played a lot of games yesterday, so I'll get right into it here. Currently, I'm working towards clearing Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, an arcade beat-em-up, on my Miyoo Mini+. I'm just playing this because I saw it browsing through the arcade emulators and like Sailor Moon, so there's nothing significant about this choice. In the first two levels, though, it's a clunky feeling game where enemies do unnecessary damage, although it is one with beautiful sprite art. I'll keep going with it today.

I beat my first big boss in Honkai Star Rail, too, and was kind of impressed by how nice and setpiece-y the whole thing was. If I wasn't worried about being at least mildly productive, I would have kept going in this, but it seemed to be introducing a new mode that seemed like it could be relatively in depth, so I ditched for the day.

From there, I wanted to mix things up for my workout game of the day, so I went back to Fitness Circuit, which I hadn't played in months. It completely destroyed me, but as I stood before my TV, dripping in sweat, it told me I could have a new outfit for my trainers as a special gift. That made it all okay.

The rest of my gaming for today was just in standard mobile games. I thought it would be interesting to pick some gacha games to document here when I got my new tablet this week, and one of my choices on that front was Assault Lily Last Bullet W. I didn't really think it would be good, but I was kind of fascinated by the idea of launching a mobile game for a one cour anime that aired years ago in a competitive marketplace. It was even messier than I thought it would be. Downloading the game resources took over an hour of starting and stopping, and once I got in, the amount of login bonuses it handed out was totally overwhelming. There's way too many events going on here at once! I shall embrace the chaos.

I also plugged along in SNK All-Star Brawl, but got too distracted by some new mini-games that unlocked as part of the story mode to get much further in the story mode. I only have a very simple take on darts so far, but it looks like more minigames will unlock as I level up. It makes as much sense as anything, and it's a cute little side mode.

Bribing myself to do things with video game access went well yesterday, so I'll probably do the same today. It leads to longer posts, but on the weekend, that's fine.

January 20th, 2024

Yesterday, I spilled a drink on my work computer, destroying it not ten minutes after I'd logged on for the day. It wasn't my best moment, but I got a new one within a few hours.

In that waiting period, though, I finished Time Gal! The last chunk of the game really spiked the difficulty, with some button presses needing done the split second they appeared on screen, making memorization a necessity. The final boss was really underwhelming, too! After fighting several dinosaurs, a cyberpunk bike gang, and a couple wars, a guy in a chair just didn't cut it. Still, the easier final encounter was a relief after the rest of the final stretch, and I was glad to see the game's end. For me, this was a pretty enjoyable laserdisc game, and I'm excited to tackle the other two in the Taito LD Game Collection.

Just to stay active, I played a short workout in Fitness Circuit again, without skipping the stretches like I had the day before. It was fine!

Then, before bed, I played another set of missions in Fashion Dreamer's Dramatic Fair. I'd planned to play slightly longer, but some new medicines knocked me on my butt, so I did not.

January 19th, 2024

Despite the fact that I didn't work yesterday, I didn't play that many games. My brain was shot, and making puffy blankets and reading manga on my phone held a lot more appeal. While I was waiting for test results and doctor's office calls, though, I did play a lot of Fashion Dreamer. It was amazing for keeping my mind off of stuff, and I made decent progress in the current event. Making other players outfits was great for killing time.

I also did the smallest workout possible in Fitness Circuit, which wasn't nothing!

Since this is Friday, I'm thinking a bit about what I want to play this weekend. I'd kind of like to get back to Portal and Death Stranding, and maybe finish off Time Gal or Frog Detective, too. Who knows, though! Anything will be okay.

January 16th, 2024

I feel crummy today, and my browser crashed while I was typing a long version of this post. Here is a new short one.

Last night, I started Portal, off of a PS3 copy of The Orange Box, because my PS3 is in a cozier spot than my other systems. I don't know if anyone has heard this or not, but Portal is pretty good. This is my first playthrough because I'm on top of things.

I was tired yesterday, too, and told myself Fitness Circuit might help me feel more energetic. It didn't.

I also did a couple free workouts to help my achievement hunting in Fitness Boxing 2. That was actually fine, and since I did it right before bed, I could pass out immediately after.

It is a relief that today is almost over.

January 14th, 2024

The weather has not really improved in my location, so I played games a lot yesterday. My biggest game yesterday was Super Mario World, which I played bundled up in fleece blankets on my living room floor after hooking up my Super Famicom Classic. I started playing it to keep my hands busy while chatting with a friend, since I've played the first bit of the game a thousand times. Shockingly, though, I am better at video games than I was at age 6, so I got to the third world's castle, which I've never cleared before, and then went back to the first world to scum 50 lives. I'd forgotten how fun this game was.

Since it's super cold outside, I had to give up on Super Mario World before I was tired enough to sleep, since my nose was cold and it was irritating. From there, I kept going with About An Elf, and feel like I might be getting close to the end. That's fine, since I don't know that this game could sustain itself for a ton longer. I keep losing battles because I click on the yellow attack when the pre-battle hint shows me light, when the yellow one is for electric magic, but that is truly my own fault. Playing games after midnight has a certain risk level.

Despite my temptation not to wear myself out, I also buckled down and played Fitness Circuit again. It was still very difficult, but I feel like I can improve. Plus, I went to the outfit change menu and realized I could pick which legally distinct from Evangelion outfit I wanted on my trainer. I went with the not-at-all Kaworu set yesterday, because blue is nice and the pink not-at-all-Mari one had some weird design stuff going on in the boob area, but my amusement level that the game lets me do something with such a high dork-fluff-level right off the bat is very high.

I'm off to make a frozen pizza for the excuse to turn my oven on, and for anyone else caught in nasty weather, stay warm, or cool, depending on your location, and safe!

January 13th, 2024

I feel somewhat spacey today, so this probably won't be a great post. Yesterday, I was worried about some health stuff, especially the wait to get a specialist appointment, so I wanted to see if Switch fitness games might make me feel like I was doing something to counter that. I picked up Fitness Circuit from the eShop and promptly got destroyed. It was a lot of fun, and it had some goofy charm I'll get into later, but it was way more intense than I expected! That is completely ok for now, so I'll keep trying.

Well after that, I played quite a lot more of Death Stranding, too. It was my first big chunk of gameplay, and I got so nervous trying to navigate things when I got surrounded by BTs, or the game's monsters. I made poor Sam, the player character, scuttle around crouch-walking while holding his breath way longer than was necessary. It was fun, though- I'm hoping to make good headway in this over my glorious three day weekend.

Right before bed, I played a few more screens of About An Elf. I'm a little tempted to play a good chunk of this over the next few days, too.

The weather is really crummy, so I'll probably do more games this weekend than I normally would.