What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Mario Kart World (Switch 2)

October 19th, 2025

Yesterday afternoon, I sat down for an hour or so to just play through some hidden cats games. I was in the mood for it, and would have played more than five were it not for the mess that it has made this blog for today. It was a good amount, though!

I'll start with the three that felt like the same game chopped into pieces: Hidden Cats: Spooky, Hidden Cats: Halloween, and Hidden Cats: Haunted Mansion. They all had the same color scheme and very similar, if not the same music. I also think I played them most difficult to easiest, which made the experience feel strange.. I got these so cheaply in a bundle that I'm mystified as to why these weren't just strung together into one game. Around Christmas, I'll be dipping back into this series, though, and I'm curious to see if the three winter games are the same way.

From there, I played Hidden Cosmo Cats, which isn't technically a Halloween game. It had a big monster, though, so I'm counting it. The little cats are certainly braver about this whole thing than I would be.

The last and best hidden animals game I played yesterday was Hidden Capybaras with Oranges and Pumpkins: Spooky Halloween Edition. Even though this was more of a hidden capybaras game, it did have five high quality hidden cats to find. This game looked nice, had some nice smaller sets of hidden objects to find, and wasn't too lazy about hiding the capybaras. It was solid, as far as these things go!

I also played some more normal games yesterday, because I was unproductive yesterday! I tackled another grand prix in Mario Kart World, unlocking Donkey Kong's single alternate outfit and getting Daisy unlocked as a driver. It was a satisfying play session.

I tried Gunbird, too, which was a very entertaining shooter! It's set to 3 credits by default, which I left as is. I wasn't able to get to the end that way, even on the easiest difficulty, but I'll get there eventually.

My Vampire Survivors session for the night was really excellent, too! I got three or four unlocks, which I was happy with, and finally cracked the code on how to get to level 80 on the inverse levels. It made me feel very smart and talented, when in fact, the key was just reading character skills before selecting them. A victory is a victory, though.

October 18th, 2025

I am just doing a quick post before lunch today! I'm going to go get Thai food, so I am in a rather good mood.

Last night, I puttered around a bit more in Mario Kart World. I cleared the first 50cc grand prix and got all of the alternate outfits unlocked for Shy Guy and Toad. It was very nice and laid back.

I also played a couple rounds of Vampire Survivors, doing the first two weapon banishing unlocks and then promptly getting wrecked because I wasted all my level ups on banishing weapons. The "banish 40 weapons" mission is going to be a bit tricky, but I welcome the challenge.

October 17th, 2025

I actually got a chance to play Switch 2 for a few minutes last night, but truly only for a few minutes. I've been so sleepy this week! I did a knockout tour race in Mario Kart World, which was decent enough. It was very shocking to see that Pauline only has one unlockable outfit, but fine otherwise.

With a little more excitement, I also did the first two stages of Weapon Master Mode in Soul Calibur II. This is probably one of my all time favorite games, so I'm hoping to dig into it quite a lot more this weekend! It still feels so nice to play!

As per usual, though, my focus was on Vampire Survivors. I only played one round last night, but got one of the easier "get this character to level 80" unlocks out of the way, scoring myself some more re-rolls for the missions where I need them. I felt very satisfied by my little accomplishment.

I was thinking of doing a "no new game starts" week again, but I have some cute little Halloween hidden cat games I want to play in the next few days. I might do a few of those this weekend and focus back in on games I've already got going during the week. It doesn't matter either way, but there is slight power in planning ahead.

July 5th, 2025

I forgot about this blog in the midst of cooking for a family thing. I made green beans with smoked sausage, cinnamon apples, dill and garlic potatoes, and some rice with ground pork, veggies, and cajun seasoning. I'm pretty happy with all of it, but scrambled, too!

I'll sort this better tomorrow, but yesterday on my own, I started an ad-supported RPG, Astarune Academy, on my tablet and played a couple credits of Deathsmiles. At my sister's, I tried Mario Kart World on her Switch 2, then came home to play Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed while chugging a White Claw. It was an ok day.