What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Super Mario 64 (Nintendo Switch Online)

April 18th, 2025

I was worried about the weather last night, so I played Pretty Girls 2048 Strike through to the end. It took hours, which I don't usually do on a work night, but I needed to turn my brain off. I came out of this still really liking 2048 as a battle system, though, even though I wasn't too enthused about the art. Some of the character special moves felt pretty cheap, especially the one that sorted all tiles from smallest to largest, but the final set of levels was tough enough that it stayed satisfying.

I grabbed a few stars in Super Mario 64, too. They were all decently easy, aside from my struggles with the camera, since I'm still really early in the game.

April 17th, 2025

Today was tiring and stressful. I got off work, ate a big sandwich, and played games while watching Youtube tornado coverage to try to convince myself that I won't die when these storms hit my area overnight. I'll say more about that tomorrow!

Last night, I started my latest go at finishing Super Mario 64, a fun game that gives me killer motion sickness. It's not as bad as it was on a real N64 on Switch, though, so I'm going to see if playing in handheld mode, one or two stars at a time, is doable. If I can get through this puke free, maybe I'll retry Spyro next.

After that, though, I did retreat back to 2D gaming with a couple more tries to 1CC super easy mode in Esp Ra.De. PSI. I got to the boss in stage 3 both times, for two different characters, so I felt good about getting better at this!