What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Harold Halibut (XBox Series S)

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.