What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Mary's Mahjong (Android)

August 1st, 2024

It's the start of a new month, and I feel like I want to do my best to be better sorted out in August! I don't know that I'll succeed, but I'm going to try scumming my weekly to-do list to knock off 25 items, including craft and hobby stuff, today. If I can, it'll be a big accomplishment for a weekday!

Last night, though, I didn't do anything special in terms of gaming. I played Earthbound: Beginnings and got Ness back to his house for some curry and a PP refill, and beat the zombie I thought was a mini-boss, too! Next up, I'm gonna tackle the graveyard.

I was really scattered and unfocused yesterday, though, so I played more mobile games than anything. I messed around with the simple afterthought of a match-3 game buried in King of Prism Sparkling, somewhat baffled as to why the game is a clicker and not just a more polished version of this.

I also played a few levels in Mary's Mahjong, only to find out that Mary's father's insurance company won't pay out on the storm damage to his boat. I also matched some tiles.

With that, I'm off to (hopefully) kick butt at getting through the day! I wish all of you this level of enthusiasm, too.

July 25th, 2024

I'm finally starting to wake up a little today, but was still lazy enough this morning to push this post back to my lunch break. It's not the worst thing, though!

I just played tablet games again last night, feeling baffled by the narrative complexity of Mary's Mahjong. The plots and subplots that unfold between stages feel like they have the potential to get out of hand, with backstabbing coworkers, pirate treasure, and a child at camp who doesn't know his father has left the family. The tile matching is solid, so there's nothing to complain about there. Mobile games just have such a weird vibe sometimes.

My other game last night was, yet again, The Tale of Food, and I actually did move one stage forward in the story mode! Small progress is still progress.

Aside from playing games, I've had it in my head that I want to draw some fighting game characters. I'm not very talented, so it's an interesting desire on my end, but I might format them as a zine or something and post them here. I'll see how it goes!

July 24th, 2024

Last night, I felt exhausted, so I just did a tablet game night. I think it's worth posting about and documenting casual and gacha games, just so there's a record of "here's what the day to day gameplay in these was like" out there. Last night, I wanted to play some mahjong solitaire, so I tried Mary's Mahjong, which is bright, sunny, and throws some city cleanup drama between the mahjong levels. I did ten stages before bailing for the night.

I went a little further than my daily missions in The Tale of Food, too, and feel like my character's little house is starting to come together. I need to get back to playing the story stages, though, so I can unlock other features. Maybe tonight!