What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Hidden Shapes Lovely Cats (Lenovo Legion Go)

October 2nd, 2025

I'm doing a quick lunch break post today, which was easy considering that I didn't play much last night. I did three or four puzzles to press on in Hidden Shapes: Lovely Cats, which I should have done in the next few days.

From there, I just wanted to relax enough to get some sleep, so I played a couple rounds of Meteora's Mystic Merge. I got a couple more of this game's achievements, which was satisfying!

September 30th, 2025

Even after trying to cheer up last night, I still felt super flat. Because of that, I only ended up playing games for fifteen minutes or so. I did a couple more puzzles in Hidden Shapes: Lovely Cats, as every puzzle finished brings me closer to this game's glorious end.

After that, I played Skycat a little bit, since I came across it while I was uninstalling Steam games I'd finished and remembered how cute it was.

September 29th, 2025

My mood was still sour most of the day, but after getting stuck working late, I decided to rally. I got some buffalo wings, did a nice strawberry and almond milk face mask, and am looking forward to a day off tomorrow. I still don't feel great, but it's better to try to have a nice night than it is to just sit around and feel frustrated at nothing.

Instead of putting another RPG in my hour a night rotation, I played Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest last night. I'm just trying to relax and finish some story based games, so a strange adventure/hidden object game fits the bill. My play session this was relaxed and mildly confused, like it always is with this kind of game, so I was happy.

Other than that, I was just messing around with games yesterday. I ended up playing 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix on DS for a while because I had one of these games on an iPod Touch and felt weirdly nostalgic for it. It's bad, but in a chaotic and interesting way. The random sudoku puzzles in it are pretty bad, especially for a timed game, but this is a game for goofing off, not serious puzzling.

I also played The Casino on Switch because I wanted to do some gambling, but don't have the nerve to actually gamble. I didn't know how craps worked when I started here, and I still don't, but it was a nice enough time!

To finish off, I chipped away at a few more levels in Hidden Shapes: Lovely Cats. It wasn't very notable.

September 28th, 2025

Nothing I try to do is quite working today, so I had to fight general frustration to get myself to post. I just want to go to bed, but that's probably a bad choice before dinner.

Last night, I spent my RPG hour with Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Sword of Light, which was fine. I don't know if it'll make my rotation right now. I feel like I accidentally killed too many potential party members, just by not really knowing how things worked, and like I should restart the whole thing. It's not bad, but I wasn't having much fun, either.

Earlier in the day, I picked Hidden Shape: Lovely Cats back up and powered through to what I thought was the end. I then found out I was only halfway through to a small amount of distress. This isn't difficult or bad, just a little boring, so I'll chip away at it a little at a time.

On the same note, I did a couple of the hard puzzles in Zodiacats, too. I'm even less excited to finish this off, so I do not know if I'll work on it very steadily.

July 3rd, 2025

Last night, I tried to see how far I could get on 4 credits in Castle of Shikigami, and I did really poorly! It's almost like anxious exhaustion isn't a good state of mind for improving at a video game.

I was slightly more successful when I tried Hidden Shapes Lovely Cats, a calm, small scale cat themed puzzle game from Steam. I'm an easy mark, so I liked it, and it helped me get to sleep. It'll be nice to play more of this.