What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

PowerWash Simulator (Xbox Series S)

July 18th, 2023

Yesterday was mildly crazy, and it's a bad allergy day today, leading to not much gaming done and a lack of energy to write about what did get played. Last night, though, I cleared ten percent more of the playground in Powerwash Simulator, finding out that at the right angle, the game lets you just watch clouds float by and relax. It's a nice touch.

July 4th, 2023

Today's post is kind of late because I overslept and woke up with an awful allergy attack! I'm feeling somewhat better now, since I sat and drank fancy coffee and played Disney Tsum Tsum until my allergy medicine kicked in.

Speaking of Disney Tsum Tsum, yesterday was an unlimted play day, to get the 9th anniversary event proper started. I got a message from another player about it and, since I was feeling somewhat worried about my productivity, pushed it off a bit to do other stuff. She mentioned that the event was "slow moving," though, when talking about taking advantage of the free play day, so I decided to check it out and see if I could get a head start. "Slow moving" was a really polite understatement! The prizes are decent, but the point totals for each challenge cleared are miserably low, so it's a bit of a slog. I only played for an hour or so because the challenges themselves were so easy I got a bit bored. With play limits intact, though, I don't think this'll be so bad. I sometimes think that energy limits are a big help in masking repetitive gameplay on some mobile titles.

Before bed, I played some PowerWash Simulator, too. I'd been trying to save it for when I felt stressed out at night, but truthfully, I enjoy this game when I'm feeling okay, too. I got about another 15% of the playground cleaned and finished up the surprisingly impressive Stegoslide.

Yesterday, though, I was trying to accomplish non-game things, whether they were important or not, and I finished off a dishcloth (not pictured here) and tow model kits! First, I cleared the SD version of the MSN-O4 Sazabi and learned a lot about how not to paint a Gundam. I really messed up the knees! I was overall ok with it, but wish I'd been a little smarter about dodging a couple of the stickers.

I also finished a kit I'd had on my shelf for a couple years, of the girl version of the Master from Fate/Grand Order. I used to play that for periods of a few weeks at a time, then abandon it for months, then pick it back up again. Its been a couple years since my last play, but I'm still pretty happy with this model.

Today, I want to do some more crafty stuff and maybe get angry at Kid Icarus, too, after a friend's casual mention of it. I'll have to decide if I want to torture myself like that later.

June 22nd, 2023

Yesterday, I decided to request an extension on my upcoming break, which somewhat surprisingly worked. I now have only two work days left until my break, which'll give me 11 (or ten, if I need to do catchup work) days off straight. I can do this!

Last night, though, was just more PowerWash Simulator to unwind a bit. I cleaned the mayor's golf cart, to see if I could get any extra info on the missing cat subplot, and then went back for another 10% of the playground, getting me to the halfway point on that stage. This is a nice game.

June 21st, 2023

I do not want to be awake today any at all, so I am doing a quick post today. Luckily, I only played PowerWash Simulator last night out of tiredness, hitting around 40% of the playground finished.

I've made it down to one work week until I have a week off! It can't come soon enough.

June 16th, 2023

This has not been my most variety-filled gaming month, looking at my images folder, but I think I'm in the home stretch for a basic clear of Sonic Colors Ultimate. I played two more levels last night, with one being fun and the other being a strange, tedious, running in circles and knocking things over affair. The quality difference between the two seemed decently representative of the game as a whole.

I also cleaned another 5% of the playground in PowerWash Simulator, which felt like decent progress for as late as I got going.

Only 8 work days remain until I get my little break!

June 15th, 2023

Yesterday was no good, so I'm really tired today. I wish I could stay cheerful better after a bad day! Things are ok externally, though, and I'm down to nine work days until my little break, so I'll be fine.

I actually made a decent amount of progress in Sonic Colors Ultimate last night and am close to the end of the game. A couple of the levels I played were stunningly anticlimatic, including a boss that was way too easy and a platforming level that took less than a minute to get through. It's fine, though. It wasn't unpleasant to play, and it's good to be in the home stretch.

In PowerWash Simulator, I knocked out another 10% on the playground, getting it to 20% clean. It was relaxing.

June 14th, 2023

My stress levels are sky high this morning, so I might take a walk and try to relax a bit after posting here. Ten work days are left until my break!

Last night, I ended up on Grimacesbirthday.com, feeling that it was amusing and slightly surreal that McDonalds had commissioned a tweets 'n' memes Game Boy Color game to promote a milkshake. I played a couple levels of Grimace's Birthday, but was having trouble finding the best way to play it. The banner ads on the sides made it a little laggy on my cheapo PC, and it crashed during level two on my iPad. I'll probably give it another go and see if I can clear the whole thing, though. It's not really great- it's a licensed Game Boy Color platformer with slippery controls- but it is somewhat interesting.

I played PowerWash Simulator for a few minutes, too, with the goal of hitting 10% clean on the playground level. I got there and went to bed.

June 11th, 2023

It took me a while to build up to posting here today, but I've made it! I've done some other writing, cleaning, and crafts so far today, but for some reason, posting here seemed more daunting than those activities, but somehow less daunting than tossing together some quick pickled bean sprouts for a work lunch side dish. My brain is a mystery even to itself.

Yesterday I did play a lot of games, with Eastern Exorcist being what I spent the most time with. The short quests and constant ability to level up keep me playing for way longer sessions than I intend, so I deliberately didn't play this as much as I wanted after work last week. My fascination with it is not conducive to getting to bed on time. As far as things go, though, I'm getting close to the end of my first character playthough. Even though there's only two characters, I'm curious to see how different the story is for each.

Sticking with the XBox, I got the garden in PowerWash Simulator 100% clean and decided to take care of the playground next. Bright colors and shiny surfaces make it very satisfying.

In Dragon Quest X Offline, I also finished the cutscene I was trapped in and am ready to tackle some real gameplay! I'm mildly excited to finally get into the meat of the game, even though that won't cut back on the study side of it too much.

Last and also kind of least, I played Disney Tsum Tsum for a bit, too. I'm not pursuing anything in particular from the gacha or trying to finish the event for the month, so I was just kind of using it to kill time. It was satisfying in that regard.

I don't feel like my writing is very coherent today, so I'm going to go dump some citrus quick pickling liquid on some veggies and stay awake. It's perfect for a Sunday.

June 10th, 2023

I'm glad it's Saturday, but I'm so itchy this morning! I took some non-drowsy allergy medicine which I'm hoping kicks in soon, but it is having a big effect on my ability to sit still and focus. Oh, well! I'm not getting graded or QA'd on the coherence of my Neocities posts.

As I've been doing lately, I sat down for two levels of Sonic Colors Ultimate again last night. I got mildly infuriated by the controls while trying to do some platforming and extremely infuriated by a midboss I was a little too tired to beat smartly, depending instead on persistence and luck. Aquarium World is very pretty, though, and I love the background jellyfish.

After shutting Sonic off for my own sanity, I played PowerWash Simulator for a few minutes, but got really nasty motion sickness and went to bed pretty fast from there. This game hadn't made me sick before, so I think it was just tiredness. The garden is still not completely clean.

What I end up doing today will depend largely on the effectiveness of over the counter allergy meds against pollen induced itching, but I'll play something!

June 7th, 2023

It was still hard to get out of bed this morning, but since I'm just taking a frozen meal for my work lunch today, it matters a little less. My sleep was really poor, though, so I'm hoping for a merciful day.

I didn't finish cleaning the garden in PowerWash Simulator last night, but I did a smaller level, where I cleaned a motorbike.

In Dragon Quest X Offline, I tackled about 12 or 13 more text boxes, but since I'm in an "introduce some characters and the world" style cutscene, it seems like it could still stretch on for a while after last night's reading session, too. Language learning sometimes sucks.

June 4th, 2023

Yesterday stayed extremely challenging until about mid-afternoon, when I started to feel somewhat less wiped out. I'm still feeling okay today, which is also nice!

It was a bit of a weird day for me yesterday games-wise. I did some Dragon Quest X Offline adjacent stuff, with screenshots and vocab drilling, but didn't actually play the game. I also did the classic "turn on my PS4 without actually playing it" move, which has been big for me the past few days.

I did, however, get started with Eastern Exorcist, a 2D action RPG I'd downloaded on Game Pass a couple weeks ago. So far, it feels good to play, and the structure, which at least so far has pretty speedy quests, gives it a good "oh, I'll just do one more thing before I shut it off" feeling. Plus, the 2D graphics are very spiffy. Since I just started this, I'm sure it'll be a case where I have more to say later.

I played a bit more of PowerWash Simulator, too, and am at about 80% clean in the initial garden. If I play this more today, I hope I can get this level knocked out and see what's next.

June 2nd 2023

My energy level has been dead at zero after work this week, so it's been hard for me to do a ton, games included. I did play PowerWash Simulator a bit more last night, though, and still found it very relaxing. I'm at about 30% of the first garden cleaned now. Today, I'm hoping for a less relentless day so I can enjoy my time off the clock slightly more, but whatever happens, happens.

June 1st, 2023

It's a new month and a new day! I don't really have any gaming goals for June, save that I'd like to clear at least two to three games, big or small. I didn't clear any in May, and felt somewhat blah about it. I can definitely do it, though.

Last night, I tried PowerWash Simulator through Game Pass, since one of my coworkers recommended it when I was voicing my distress about the imminent loss of Lawn Mowing Simulator. It worked well enough. I got sleepy within 30 or so minutes, shut the machine off, went to bed, and was asleep pretty fast from there. Plus, I like that this one seems to let you save the game mid-level. I am appreciative of "games that literally put you to sleep" being a thing.