What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Labyrinth (PaperApps)

November 22nd, 2025

I played as many games yesterday as on Thursday, but it feels much less egregious to write about. I played through a full non-bootleg game on one of my cute Famicom-on-a-chip systems, called Angel. It was only 10 or so minutes long, so I don't feel very accomplished, but it was amusing. It was the classic story of an angel throwing candy, booze, and drugs that speed you up at a mummy, who then must catch all this while avoiding the angel's lightning bolts. The angel seems super rude, honestly, but this did make me wonder more about what madness lies in the "original" games on these systems.

I was back at Paper Apps: Labyrinth again, and hit the game's halfway point! My dice rolls were super unlucky yesterday, so I'm having trouble saving up the gold for a weapons upgrade. I keep dying and losing piles of gold! I'm still having fun, but the final boss might be a bit tedious for me.

I tried a free idle game on Steam called Ani Idle, which is not much of an idle game so far. I don't want my character to die, so I have to be somewhat on top of getting her out of fight loops to rest. It's maybe somewhere between a clicker and a normal RPG.

Past that, I was just doing some driving on my Switch 2. I started Road Trip mode in Kirby Air Riders, which was really fast moving and fantastic! I had a great time zipping through the first set of challenges.

I kept going in Mario Kart World, too, and also had a lovely time there. Right now, I'm focusing in on unlocking all the character outfits, so my updates in this might be a bit uneventful for a while.

November 15th, 2025

I'm still so sleepy tonight! I had a blood test this morning, so I had to get up kind of early. It's weenie of me, but it's thrown my whole day off.

Yesterday, I sat down for about two hours and jetted through the Game Gear version of the first Sonic the Hedgehog. I knew it would have some different levels from the Genesis version, but I didn't expect it to have so many different worlds. So much of this game was in lovely pastels, and I loved all the fruits and vegetables around in the jungle levels! It had some hassle spots, but I was not too proud to save state through them, leading to my having a lovely time. I'm glad I finally played this!

I played a few more rooms of Labyrinth, which is still an enjoyable notebook game. My character took a lot of hits yesterday, but maybe my next play session will be luckier.

I used a morning break during yesterday's long work day to play Fitness Boxing feat Hatsune Miku, too. It was a nice break from spreadsheets, but overall kind of a bad idea. It did not help with my ability to stay awake and focused afterwards, though, so I'm probably not going to do this again.

November 14th, 2025

I worked a long shift today and didn't sleep well last night, so I don't know if this post will be coherent or not. I'll do my best either way!

Yesterday, I got a bundle of little notebook games I'd ordered in the mail, called PaperApps. They seem very cute, and I started in on them with one called Labyrinth, which is kind of an elaborate choose-your-own-adventure styled like a first person dungeon crawler. I really enjoy this so far! The art and flavor text is fun, and I'm loving mapping out the rooms I've visited, which is to the left in my "screenshot." It'll be hard not to buzz through this very quickly.

As far as video games go, I got curious enough about the Simpsons tie-in to download Fortnite and wander around Springfield. I only played a couple of matches, but it was kind of fun! I think I'll probably come back to it for a couple matches at a time, but I don't know that I'll commit to battle passes right now.

Other than that, I was just on my normal path. I played quite a few standard puzzles in Kemono Friends Picross, feeling like I needed to target finishing this game in an orderly fashion before I got so tired I just started doing random puzzles. It was a relaxing time.

I kept up with Fitness Boxing feat Hatsune Miku, too, getting two achievements for the night. I hope this is doing some good, but it's still a decent time if it's not.