What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?
Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade (Android)
December 21st, 2024
Going to Aldi the weekend before Christmas was a mistake, but I at least have plenty of groceries to show for my trouble.
Yesterday was not a very out of the ordinary gaming day for me. I decided I want to try and clear all the achievements in Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku, so I did a 12 minute exercise in that yesterday. I don't know how helpful that is, but it was at least a few minutes of not simply sitting around.
To balance that vague sense of productivity, I played two super short hidden object games on Steam. First, I went for Find All, which I'd gotten in a super cheap series bundle during the autumn sale. I liked this one! It was nice to find something other than cats, and staggering the list of things to find was not a bad way to give the game a feeling of progress. A lot of the objects were pretty well hidden, too. I'm looking forward to continuing this series!
I also ran through another freebie, 100 Ninja Cats. It was a bit too easy, and the cats looked weirdly melted in this one. I've played worse stuff for free, though.
Before bed, I tried Hole io, another of the 20 cent Switch games I'd picked up, too. I tried this on mobile years ago, and do think it's nice to see a totally offline version of a mobile game available! It's cool for game preservation. However, I also like unleashing mass destruction when I am half asleep, and this game also delivered on that front. It's a very bare bones time attack sort of game, with lots of stuff to unlock, but I like seeing how much stuff I can wreck in two minutes. I'll probably try to get all the base game unlockables knocked out in this over the next few days.
Lastly, as has been my habit as of late, I spent some time with Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade throughout the day. I finally unlocked Gojo from my free gacha pulls, but he's a bit of a disappointment! After the first few turns of a battle, he simply walks off. It's a funny gimmick, and my fights tend not to last that many turns at this point, but I can still see this getting frustrating down the line.
December 20th, 2024
Everything ended up being ok yesterday, but I still feel kind of down over work stuff. That's not really my job's fault, so I don't know what my problem is. I tried to get my energy back up with a little bit of Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku last night, though, and did have fun! The 12 to 15 minute long workouts are great for shutting my brain off.
I played a lot more of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade than I should have, too, clearing out the map event that's about to end and earning enough currency for a couple gacha pulls. I'm making progress in the base game's story mode, too, so it gave me a good false sense of productivity. It's the best thing a free-to-play mobile game can provide.
December 19th, 2024
I'm having trouble getting tasks that count towards my productivity metrics at work today, so I'm posting here during my lunch break rather than after work to try and stop worrying. It's not really working, but that's okay.
Last night, I played Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade when I had piles of more useful things to do. That only made it more fun and satisfying. There's a lot of in-game events running right now, and I felt like I was making good progress in them.
I continued with Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom, too. This has a decent story, and I like the potion making mechanics, too, so I'm looking forward to continuing here.
December 18th, 2024
Today's post will be a quick one because my eyes are itchy and I gotta go to work. I beat Aquarium Land last night, though! This game had very calm vibes and did help me get to sleep. Plus, towards the end, it got entertainingly buggy, with my workers getting glued in place and either violently wobbling or getting stuck in an animation loop. It kind of overstayed its welcome, though, so I'm glad to have it done.
With that finished, I started another hidden object/adventure game I'd picked up for two dollars, Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom. It's actually off to a pretty interesting start, story-wise, so I'm interested to get back to this tonight.
I chipped away at some events in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too, but my heart wasn't in it last night.
December 17th, 2024
I got back to work after my long weekend yesterday, and as such, I didn't really play much. I started in on the current map based event in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, but was way more focused on leveling up my characters.
I also made a run at finishing Aquarium Land, but this game's grand finale will have to wait for tonight. I'm in the last aquarium, so I just have a bit more grinding to go to unlock the final tank and be done with this.
December 16th, 2024
Yesterday was a much lower grade gaming day than Saturday had been. I did my weekly upkeep in Spirit City: Lofi Sessions, getting a couple more spirit companions while I was at it. It was very low effort, but that was fine.
Other than that, I buzzed through a bunch of the story mode in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, hoping to get some more dispatch locations and more effectively grind for items. It worked, and it was fun to finally get into the game-exclusive bits of the story. The Fukuoka campus students aren't as bad as I thought they'd be, and it's more fun to get their story than it is to plod through the manga story, but told much worse.
I also tried a game one of my coworkers was talking about called Blade of God X: Orisols. It was more action-y than the mobile stuff I usually play, but was also a little dull and incomprehensible. My character's design is cool, though, and since I'm always looking for games to play while I'm half asleep, I might try it again for that. I'm not sure, though.
I kept on with Aquarium Land, too. I'm hoping to finish this off tonight or tomorrow, but if I don't, that's fine, too. I just want to move on to my next game.
December 15th, 2024
Yesterday, I hid inside from the ice, which gave me a lot of time for games. Luckily, I'd just gotten my preorder of an Atari 7800+ in, so I had plenty to do! My family had a slightly outdated Atari 2600 when I was little, but I'd never played the 7800 before yesterday. It's probably very skewed to judge a system like this by a souped up re-release and a modern pack-in cartridge, but it seems neat! I played Bentley Bear's Crystal Quest, which came with the system, for a little bit, and was surprised how vibrant the colors were, and by how much I liked the controller, too. The game itself seems like it'll be a bit of a "git gud" situation, but I'll give it more shots!
I was really excited to pop in the Epyx sports 2600 multicart I'd ordered, though, for California Games. I maybe took too much pride in being a better gamer at 37 than I was at 4 as I played, but even aside from that, the demo scene vibes of the title screen and the weird, puppet-ish hacky sack guy looked great plugged into an HDMI port! From here, I'm a bit determined to improve a bit at the BMX event, but it'll be a fun grind.
With the multicart popped into the system, I wanted to try the other two included games, too. I'd never played either before, but found Summer Games kind of confusing and tedious on my first play. Everything seemed to have really tricky timing, and I thought the graphics were a bit flat compared to California Games.
I had a lot more fun with Winter Games, though. The sled and luge events have a crazy sense of speed for the 2600, and biathalon was the only event I felt truly baffled by. I'm looking forward to figuring out how this game works a bit better.
Because this post really needs to go on longer, I did quite a lot of more modern gaming, too. I had enough time to devote to it, so I grabbed my study notebook and tackled some walls of text in Model Debut #nicola. I unlocked the clothing shops and got a hairstyling assignment, so the game is opening up a bit at this point. Being able to read the Japanese text is still the most satisfying bit of it, though.
I went a bit overboard with Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade as I did chores and stuff, too. It seemed like time to get my characters leveled up, so yesterday, I was mostly just grinding for materials. It wasn't super exciting, but it was fun.
Lastly, I kept on in Aquarium Land, too. This really isn't offering anything new other than the numbers going up as I move through the game, but I'm over halfway through. It doesn't seem like it'll overstay its welcome, even if it is getting a spot repetitive.
December 14th, 2024
Today is a good day to avoid going outside and dealing with ice, so I am posting from a very cozy spot inside. Yesterday, I ended up feeling a bit panicked for no reason and not playing nearly as many games as I wanted to, but that is okay!
Of everything yesterday, I was probably most excited to find the beta test for Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road on Steam. I played the 3DS digital-only version of the first Inazuma Eleven years ago, thinking a soccer RPG would be funny. I got really hooked on it, though, so I was happy to find this so easily available. I probably won't play online, as I am pretty bad at sports games, but I am playing the story mode demo. So far, it's very cute, but I only played for a few minutes before feeling compelled to run more errands.
Earlier in the day, I ran Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade for hours, clearing out the Gojo stamp rally event and trying to boost my team a bit. The event story was kind of funny, but I like the map style events a bit better than these basic buzz through the level ones. Another map event just started, though, so I'll play that within the next few days.
I kept going in Aquarium Land, too, falling asleep pretty shortly after I started. It's fantastic to have a before bed game this effective.
Today, I'm trying to get stuff done so I can play games stress free after dinner. I don't know if I'll succeed, but I'm doing okay so far!
December 6th, 2024
I wanted to throw a pot of soup together this morning rather than post here, so I'm doing this during my "lunch" break. I didn't play anything too out of the ordinary yesterday, though. I kept going with Yuletide Legends: Who Framed Santa Claus, and as I broke into a cop car and prepared to battle the Ice Queen, it occurred to me that I actually have no idea when this game will wrap up. I'm still pretty amused, so that's fine.
I played another half hour of Infinity Nikki, too, which I'm playing on a timer due to a tendency towards awful motion sickness in 3D games. I wasn't sure I'd enjoy this, but it's fun so far! Movement feels nice, even running on a tablet so underspecced that the game asked if I was sure I wanted to try running it, and I like collecting stuff to make cute dresses. I'm excited to play more.
It's a little less exciting to write about, but I cleared the second part of the 0 event in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too. My party's getting pretty good, since I've had killer gacha luck, and the event rewards only boosted me further. There's already another event running, though, which I'm hoping to clear out this weekend or early next week. This game is a nice time killer.
November 25th, 2024
Today's post is late because I sent myself a screenshot through Hotmail, and web Outlook was down this morning. Alas, the net is but a house of cards that can tumble upon the slightest provocation!
Anyway, yesterday was fun. I had a long D&D session in the evening, but played some stuff before and after. At night, I tried a Switch game called Coffee Pack that I'd picked up for 16 cents, I think, and got pretty quickly addicted. At first, it did seem a bit boring, but once I started getting more colors on the board and saw some of the tricks to shuffle pieces around, I was locked in. It's cute, too, but the gameplay is really satisfying for me.
I got my weekly to-do list typed up in Spirit City: Lofi Sessions, too, which took away an awful, unreasonable sense of panic I'd had from dealing with my standard pen and paper list. Once I reach next Sunday, I'll be able to uncheck what's done and make some quick adjustments rather than writing the whole thing over again, which is a massive relief! I know I'm too old to be having these sorts of organizational struggles, but it's nice that something this simple has made my last couple of days feel so easy.
I did the first part of the 0 event in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too. The cutscenes for it drag on and on, so I was glad to be running it during an arts and crafts session. The prizes for it are nice, though, and I'm pleased to have a slightly more powerful version of Maki on hand! I'm planning to tackle part two of this event on Wednesday or Thursday.
November 23rd, 2024
I am really glad there's a couple of days off for Thanksgiving next week. I feel so burned out that I don't even want to do weekend activities! It's really bad. Last night, after work, I finished up Megumi's event story in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade while having coloring book time, which absolutely seems good and normal to me, so I could get started on the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 event content. The event prize pools have some SRs of Maki right now, and I'd like to score that upgrade. When I went to play this morning, though, it felt like too much effort, so I'll see how things go! It was nice to at least get Toge from a free gatcha play.
November 19th, 2024
I read for quite a while after work last night, so in terms of games, I just played the first half of the latest story event in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade. It was a nice night that makes for lame blogging.
November 17th, 2024
Today, this post is late because I was out doing some nice stuff with family members! As a result, I am rather sleepy and kicking myself for playing so many games yesterday.
My gaming variety was pretty wide yesterday. I downloaded and finished a super-casual Steam freebie called 100 Christmas Cats where I just found 100 cats in a line drawing of a little Christmas town. It only took a little over half an hour, some of that which was my figuring out the zoom controls. It was cute, though, and I got 100 Steam achievements from it. I downloaded nine more of these, because they're free and have cats, so please enjoy being bored by more descriptions of this nonsense in the future.
I spent quite a bit of time with Metal Slug Attack Reloaded, too, gawking at the sprite art and levelling up my units. I'm getting a better grasp on how to approach the tower defense stages, simple as they are, but I wish I could level my units past level 10! Hopefully, I'll hit a player rank that lets me do that soon.
Over on my Miyoo Mini+, which I'd unproductively left on my craft table, I turned on a Game Boy Advance game called Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Big Break because I have some nostalgia for Tiny Toons. I then, in a pleasant surprise, found myself getting whupped by a Treasure beat-em-up. It feels like a simple base game, with some depth to the support system, which lets you call out a second character to attack. Launching tiny enemies up in the air to ram them into bigger ones was extremely satisfying, too. I'll probably give this another shot, but it was a bit more than I wanted to deal with last night.
As if all of that weren't enough, I buzzed through some of the story mode stages in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade during and after lunch, too. I was satisfied with my progress.
I'm probably not going to play a ton of games tonight, as I am dozin' off already, but I'll be back tomorrow with some sort of post!
November 16th, 2024
I am having a craft day to try and relax today, so this post is slightly later than normal. I am not super concerned about it, though.
Yesterday, I felt pretty frustrated with Hidden Cats: Magic Forest, so during my lunch break at work, I told myself that if I couldn't find the last cat I'd left off with the night before, I would drop the game. The cat, of course, was just sitting under a tree, waiting to be clicked on. I'm slightly satisfied that I finished this, and up until the last cat, it was pretty laid back and relaxing. The controls kind of sunk it, though, so I'm not sure I really liked it that much overall. Still, it's fine to play a tiny, chill game sometimes.
I absolutely played the crap out of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too, clearing the map event and trying to level up my party members. The event rewards were pretty nice, so I felt like in terms of the game as a whole, it was worth my time. The "wow, nice job, kids!" ending was so lame it made me laugh, too, which I appreciate.
I'm off to try and finish a couple of small cross stitches and see if I can get a decent feeling of productivity!
November 14th, 2024
I'm just back from errands this morning and doing a quick post before work. I wish I had a little more pep!
Last night, I picked Metal Slug Attack Reloaded back up because I was thinking too much about offline versions of mobile games. I made a little progress, and got somewhat bored with the loads of gacha pulls I had to do to build my team. It wasn't bad, though. This is really low stress to play, so I might keep at it a bit longer this time.
I chipped away at the "map event" in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too, which mostly consisted of me setting auto battles to go and doing other stuff. It required no skill, and my numbers did not really go up, but it seemed like the most effective way to grind for event items.
November 13th, 2024
My sleepiness last night was unparalleled, so I just played rounds of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade between chores until I could go to bed. There's two time limited events going on now, and I'm still working on the main story, too. It feels like a lot to balance. Even though I'm having a decent, laid back time with this game, I can't imagine having the time and energy to fully tackle everything in it, even if I weren't stubbornly refusing to pay in for premium items. It'll stop me from running out of stuff to do for sure, though.
November 11th, 2024
Yesterday turned out to be really busy, so in terms of games, I just played a very small amount of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade before bed. It was ok, but I wasn't super engaged with it.
I'm thinking about doing some small backlog tackling for the rest of the month, since I've picked up mounds of games on sale lately. Even clearing just a couple of them will make me feel a bit better.
November 10th, 2024
I feel somewhat panicked this morning and am not sure why. I'm a very powerful lady- I even managed to refill the coolant and windshield wiper in my car this morning! It's not a fun vibe, though.
In Metro Quester yesterday, between repeated, horrific losses and information from Steam help discussions, I realized that to beat the final boss, I am going to have to rebuild my entire party to do max damage rather than balancing attack and defense on everyone like I have been doing. In light of this, I am going to take a break from Metro Quester, or at least play it more sporadically, as grinding for item drops feels super unappealing right now. It's some lost time in my RPG quest for sure, but I can make it up with some shorter games.
I played a bit more of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too, clearing the first event's story and doing some item gathering style missions. The side story I unlocked was cute, so I was decently satisfied.
November 9th, 2024
My power levels remain low, but I did make good game progress yesterday. I alternated between exploration days in Metro Quester and stuff I needed to do all night after work, finally finding the final boss. I need to level grind some more before I face the boss for real, which I might try this afternoon. It won't be very exciting, but it'll be nice to have this finished.
I didn't play as much of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade as I had the past couple days, and I'm honestly a little more interested in that than Metro Quester today. This has a really good feeling of progress for a numbers-go-up mobile RPG. I need to level all of my characters up, though. I started off levelling up some strange characters because I found it funny, so my party has a weird balance.
November 8th, 2024
Fridays are a challenge at work, so I declined to get out of bed and face the day for too long this morning. I'm up now, though.
I sat down and deliberately cleared Everdark Tower last night, which was a solidly okay game. As far as being a short RPG goes, I thought it was way more successful than Archlion Saga, the other game in the set, especially in terms of narrative. This was interesting to play.
Six RPGs remain towards my goal of clearing twelve for the year.
I really played a lot of Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade again, too, starting to level up my party with a bit more balance. I want to clear the seven days of novice missions just to prove I can, but they're somewhat daunting! I'll see if I can get a lead on any of it tomorrow.
November 7th, 2024
I am feeling pretty down right now, so last night after work, I played the just-launched Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade on and off for about five hours. It's not a bad mobile game, just a gacha with decent turn based battles, but perhaps did not deserve that level of attention. I was able to relax a little playing, though, and that was nice.
I played about ten minutes of Everdark Tower again, too. I probably could have pushed through and finished this last night, but I didn't really want to.
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