What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Panzer Dragoon Mini (Miyoo Mini+)

November 24th, 2025

I flitted from game to game yesterday, which was okay. Most of my gaming time was spent on Mario Kart World, doing some trophy races and unlocking Koopa Troopa's outfits. It was fun, but I hit a point where I don't really want to play it at all today.

I did quite a bit of grinding in Vampire Survivors, too, trying to get gold for character unlocks. It was all right, but maybe a little boring.

Other than that, I tried a couple of new games. I'd done some multiplayer in Wave Race 64, which was a lovely time! It's so bright and cheery, and it feels so good to bounce off the waves and zip around the water. I'm not fantastic at this, but it's a lot of fun. I'm not sorry I didn't play this on N64, because it's nice to try it now.

I tried River City Girls Zero, too, which was also impressive! It was much more story driven than I expected from an SNES beat-em-up, and since it's a modern port, the continue system is generous enough that I didn't find my miserable lack of skill frustrating.

To finish off the day, I played a bit of Panzer Dragoon Mini because I was tired enough that something like that seemed like a good idea.

January 31st, 2024

This is my last post of January, and I cleared three games last month- Time Gal, About An Elf, and Planetarian- which was fine! None of them were very long, and that's fine, too. Next month, I am going to try to clear four.

Last night, though, I didn't really get to feeling better after posting, so I played Panzer Dragoon Mini for about 10 minutes and got so bored I abandoned games entirely. Instead, I got a good amount of crafts done.

January 30th, 2024

This is a super late post, but I'm feeling super down today. I got home from work and didn't even have enough energy to eat for a couple hours, which hasn't happened for a while, but at 9 or so I got enough pep to microwave some Bibigo dumplings and eat something. I'm still kind of blah, but posting here has already started to give me a little more energy.

Yesterday, I was having a weird game day. One of my work friends lent me a copy of Panzer Dragoon today, which I knew was happening in advance, so I thought it would be funny to play Panzer Dragoon Mini, the Game Gear entry in the series, as "preparation." I still think that, in concept, it's a little funny, but it's such a boring little game! I got through two levels and felt somewhat crushed that I was only a third of the way through. Usually I can find something to like in most games, and I do think the digitized sprites in this are charming, but it was not very fun. Anyway, I'll almost definitely play it again out of misguided determination.

The other game I played yesterday, Elevator Hitch, was more engaging. I've gotten a bad computer-usability issue sorted, so I went to itch.io and downloaded a few visual novels to play through. This one is about guys on an elevator that's not taking them anywhere good, and I got them horribly killed a few times last night. The little word doc I'm keeping says I got four endings, and if I can't get up enough enthusiasm to do anything else tonight, I'll probably try for at least one more ending in this.

I am done posting, and am going to try to cheer up enough to sit on the floor buried in cute fleece blankets to try playing real Panzer Dragoon. If I can't, though, that will be ok!