What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

New Pokemon Snap (Switch)

June 4th, 2024

This is a quick post before work, since I'm somewhat spacey this morning. I didn't play a ton of anything yesterday, but did do a few runs in New Pokemon Snap, almost all of which netted me a new area for photos. This was so grindy at the start that I'm surprised how fast it's all going now.

I did some more achievement chasing in Fitness Boxing 2, too, getting another trainer's first set of goals squared away. It seems to me, going after all of this actively, that stretches count as exercises towards the achievements, too, making a 100% completion rate a lot less daunting than it initially seemed.

June 3rd, 2024

I failed to get out of bed in time to do a good post before work, but certainly, I'm ready to do a bad one!

I didn't play anything too wild yesterday, though. After dinner and before watching a couple movies, I played a few more levels of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, which is still very enjoyable. Everything feels good and responsive, play-wise, and the sprite art is really detailed and charming. This is fun so far.

Before bed, I played a little bit more of New Pokemon Snap, but I felt like I wasn't making progress despite playing in two new levels. The underwater special stage kind of bothered me, too. The little photo pod reminded me of the Titan submersible, and I kept thinking about what extreme danger my trainer was in over trying to snap a photo of a glowing Pokemon.

On the more utilitarian side, I did some achievement hunting in Fitness Boxing 2 yesterday, and was able to get three or four achievements down. Some were for time spent with trainers, and some were score/number of punches thrown challeges, but I felt productive nontheless.

I had Merge Pixel on for a lot of the day, too, and am well over the halfway point now. I am more sure than ever that I can eventually clear this game, especially since it takes no effort and barely any attention.

June 2nd, 2024

It's another Sunday morning and another post to kick off another week! I just finished drafting my weekly to-do list, and am hoping to be at least a bit productive today. If I'm not, though, it does not really matter.

Last night, I was digging around XBox and decided to try Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. It was extremely fun, but also a little difficult to play in the midst of a massive sneezing attack. I can't really blame the dev team for not taking that problem into account, so I set it aside after a couple runs at the first level and'll play again today.

From there, I played Pokemon Snap for a few level runs, too, spending more time in the lovely aquatic levels. I was making forward progress, so it wasn't *just* me going "wow, pretty colors!" the whole time. It was mostly that, though.

June 1st, 2024

June is off to a rainy start here, but I'm going to make some cookout salads after this post regardless. Vegetables still taste lovely inside!

As far as things go with games, I don't have too much exciting to share today. I played New Pokemon Snap a while longer last night, and though today's screenshot is of Bellossom, I spent the vast majority of my playtime just running through a coral reef level over and over. It was pretty, I was sleepy, and my attention got zoomed in on it. It made for a nice play session.

I also let Merge Pixel run for most of the day, as I'd still like to clear this some day. It's nice to finish a task and clear the screen after, so it ends up serving as kind of a focus tool.

May 31st, 2024

It's the last day of May, and I think I did okay with games last month! I didn't buy any new games, which feels more important than it actually is, and I cleared five (admittedly shorter games) that I had on hand. One was on GamePass, which was great, but none were RPGs, so I missed the mark on that front. Still, I feel pretty good heading into next month, and am going to try for four games, with one RPG and one from GamePass, again. I kind of expect I'll miss the RPG mark, but the GamePass one seems super doable again.

As for last night, I am really fixated on Pokemon Snap right now! I meant to only play for a few minutes and went a little over an hour, which was fine. I hit a point where I unlocked a ton of new stuff, too, so I'm excited to dig back in and see more lil Pokemon doin' their thing!

I chipped away at achievements in Fitness Boxing 2, too, doing some free workouts with Bernardo, my current trainer, and seeing if I can square away the "play all songs on Fast" achievement while I'm at it. I only did 3 workouts, but that's about what I'd do selecting the daily workout option, too.

May 30th, 2024

I am not in an exciting spot with what I'm playing right now, but kept going with the same stuff I've been on pretty well last night. I plugged away at New Pokemon Snap, which was still very charming, but wasn't able to make any real progress.

I did a daily workout in Fitness Boxing 2, too, which was fine. I got an achievement while I was at it and felt somewhat accomplished.

May 29th, 2024

Today is this site's second anniversary, which is a somewhat exciting milestone! I didn't even think I'd make it a month, so two years seems like a lot! Thank you all for reading.

I don't have a ton to post about, though. Last night, I just played another hour or so of New Pokemon Snap, finding it very laid back and relaxing while also feeling mind-boggled at the number of times this game makes you repeat levels to move on. The day/night changes are enough to keep it from getting too tedious, but I'm surprised at what a grind this is!

May 28th, 2024

I didn't play many games yesterday, as I was tired and didn't really want to. Before bed, I started New Pokemon Snap, which has been on my shelf for ages. I didn't play enough to say much, though, other than that it is very pretty. I'll probably play more tonight, though.

I did another daily workout in Fitness Boxing 2 as well. It was still unpleasant, but better than the day before had been.