What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Picross S: Genesis & Master System Edition (Switch)

June 28th, 2025

Tonight, I have a crazy headache, but luckily I don't have too much to write about today! Yesterday, I was really tired, so I just played a few puzzles in Picross S: Genesis and Master System edition before trying to sleep. There were some people setting off fireworks near me, so the sleeping didn't go so well. That's hardly Picross's fault, though.

June 24th, 2025

I wanted to play less Picross yesterday, but still wanted to keep some forward momentum going with all my Picross games. Because of that, I sat down to do two puzzles in Picross S: Genesis and Master System Edition. 15 or so puzzles later, I felt satisfied with my pixel clicking and set it aside. It was all very moderate and sensible.

I did some achievement chasing in Vampire Survivors, too, which was fun! It was a nice way to spend some time on a laid back day off work.

June 23rd, 2025

Yesterday, I went Picross wild, which was very nice and relaxing. I started this with Picross S: Genesis & Master System Edition, which is still very okay. It's not the best Picross I've ever played, but it's not bad, either.

I played a few puzzles in Kemono Friends Picross, too, just to mix things up. I think this has a bit better variety than the Sega version, but I might just be playing this over such a long period of time that I don't notice doubled up puzzles so quickly.

After that, I felt like I'd been playing a bit too much Picross, so I set my Switch aside to do something else. Within half an hour, I had my 3DS out to play My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess. It's a really solid Picross game, and I found myself fixated on it for hours yesterday. The giant Picross puzzle in this, where you fill in individual blocks on a bigger puzzle grid, is very satisfying!

Once I had the 3DS out, all bets were off, so I got my Japanese PS1 set up to play SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle. It's much older than the other Picross games I was playing, and as such, is more bare bones, but it's still a decent time. It doesn't track mistakes, which adds a little extra challenge, but it's not bad! I'm interested in tackling all 500 puzzles here at some point.

Today has involved less Picross so far, but I'm still having a nice day off! I'll be back and posting again tomorrow.

June 22nd, 2025

Yesterday wasn't a big gaming day for me, but I did get started on Picross S: Genesis & Master System Edition. I'm not super impressed by it so far! There's puzzles doubled up between the Picross and Mega Picross modes, just with the hints written out a bit differently. This probably isn't a major problem for a lot of players, but I bounce between the different modes between puzzles playing these, making it very annoying. The color picross is really neat, though.

In my flurry of little activities, I also started a new Sega Genesis game cover puzzle. So far, I've gotten what matters most for every puzzle done- the ESRB rating and the Sega Seal of Quality. I hope this won't be *too* scary and violent for me. I've never done a T-rated jigsaw puzzle before.