What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Panzer Dragoon Mini (Miyoo Mini+)

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!