What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Gensou Skydrift (Lenovo Legion Go)

August 3rd, 2025

I finished Halloween Racer yesterday! It had a charming theme and some nice fake-3D hills and valleys around the tracks, and I kind of liked the focus on checkpoints rather than flat out competition, too. It was more dull than challenging, though, and it must have been a chore for kids back in the day to run 18 races in one sitting on real hardware. Still, after clearing Expert cup, I was rewarded with one of the finest game completion screens I have ever seen. "Great. You have won all races," is such a wonderful message for players! I can almost hear the dev team going, "Wow, good for you, you want a medal or something?" It was delightful.

I don't have racing games out of my system yet, so I went from this to Gensou Skydrift, a Touhou kart racer where the girls ride each other like skateboards. It's the kind of game I'd be excited to explain to my co-workers. It was a little buggy, and had some loops so incomprehensible my brain struggled with how they related to the concept of 3D space. As a Sonic fan, I felt right at home and played until my system's battery died, then came back for more later. I'll probably finish the campaign here in the next few days.

I also played a round of Vampire Survivors, but didn't accomplish anything.