What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Raging Blasters (Lenovo Legion Go)

January 19th, 2025

Yesterday afternoon, I was able to clear Raging Blasters, which I didn't think was going to be possible! I was just on normal mode, and it wasn't a 1 credit clear, or 1cc, by any means. Still, I was able to beat the final boss within the 3 continues the game offers. I'm happy, and will probably try as the other pilot later. I don't think they have any gameplay differences- it's more to prove to myself that it wasn't a fluke.

I am taking a break from Fitness Boxing for a few days, until the strange stretchy feeling in my left wrist goes away, but am still not very focused. Because of that, I played Sweet Survivors while pushing through 30 minutes on an exercise bike. I finally played as one of the DLC baristas, and he was incredibly broken! His stats go up with every table served, so by the end of the normal stage, he was an unstoppable monster. I could even squeak through his associated expert stage without a ton of trouble. It was kind of fun to be so overpowered, but it felt like cheating, too. Also, his weapon size got so over the top it was hard to see what was going on! I'll probably use each DLC barista to clear their own specific stage just so I don't end up using this guy as a crutch.

I also ran through 100 Capitalist Cats because I got up and wanted to play a tiny cat finding game. It was cute, as always, and a bit too easy, also as always. It was a nice way to start the day, though, and didn't make for a bad "getting out of bed" sort of exercise at all.

January 18th, 2025

When I was playing Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku last night, I felt something pull in one of my wrists! It didn't hurt, but it felt strange enough that I think I'll break my streak and switch to a different workout game for the weekend. I did finish last night's session out, but it's best to be careful

As far as cat games go, I tried one called .cat Milk on my Switch last night. I didn't really enjoy what I played of it. It's a series of blade and spike laden platforming screens that require pixel perfection, and while some of the paths it expects you to take are clever, it's not very fun. I don't know that I'll go back to finish this.

My play session with Raging Blasters last night was fantastic, though! My guess about how I needed to approach the boss that was giving me trouble ended up being correct, and from there, I made it clear to the final boss! I was playing so late that I absolutely could not clear the game in my alloted continues, but I'm gonna try again today. I think I've got this!

January 17th, 2025

Last night, I did get a chance to play some games and relax, starting with another cat game. This one was called Romeow: in the cracked world, and it was a cute, but simple and short little spatial awareness puzzle. The cat you control goes up/down/left/right in relation to their own world, but it's presented to the player as jumbled panels on a screen. I'm not great at that kind of puzzle, but was able to clear this pretty fast and came away feeling relaxed. It was another sub-30 minute cat game, though. I'd be pleased to spend more time with these cats!

I got back into Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too, since another story event started. I'd love to get the SSR of Todo and Tall Idol Takada, but am not planning on doing it all in one shot like I did with the recent Nanami event. I played too hard then and briefly abandoned the whole game! This time, I'm taking it easy.

From there, I just did daily gaming. I did my 30 minutes of exercise in Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku, getting destroyed by a speedy rhythm game exercise on the highest difficult and then proceeding to really whine about it quite a lot.

I did 30 minutes of the caravan mode in Raging Blasters, too. I didn't think it would help me any, but I came away from it with some ideas about how to clear the boss that's giving me trouble. It's very shocking to think that I can get better at something with practice!

January 15th, 2025

Yesterday after doing my post here, my car battery died. I somewhat miraculously got everything lined up to work from home on and office day and get it towed, fixed, and walk back and forth to the garage during work breaks and lunch, so I didn't take a hit to my time off at all. It was so cold, though, and I got so tired. I am still not out of the hole I fell in yesterday.

The only evidence of this in my gaming is that I did 14 instead of 30 minutes of exercise gaming, keeping my streak in Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku. I was really hard on myself about it, too. I got frustrated with myself for being "lazy" and put sparkly letter stickers in my planner for the day that spelled out "C-R-A-P" under my time spent exercising note. No one can be perfect, so it's fine that I did less than my goal for the day. It was still a bad vibe, though.

I did keep going with Raging Blasters last night, and managed to see stage 6! It was a big improvement from the night before that I was actually pretty happy about it. The stage 3 boss gave me a lot of trouble, though. I feel like I need to figure something out with it.

I played a few minutes of a mobile shmup called Dragon Wings, too. It was pretty low effort to play, but I maybe need that when I am tired and upset with myself.

Last of all, I let my barista get swarmed playing Sweet Survivors so I didn't have to play until the end of a run. From there, I went to sleep.

January 14th, 2025

The other day, when I said I wanted to get adequate at 2D shooters, or shmups, I was being serious. They have neat art and music, and I feel like I can do better than just credit scumming my way through arcade ones or dying in 30 seconds in Atari ones. Because of this dream, I did some googling yesterday and found a blog post on Catstronaut Loves Games about how the author worked to improve in the genre. I also watched a video on good shmups for beginners, mysteriously titled Best Shoot Em Ups for Beginners, and decided to go for it.

Even though I don't know how hardcore I want to be about this, I do want to be able to clear some of these games, so I ended up trying Raging Blasters last night because it was half off on Steam and had some very 90s looking anime girls. It wasn't very daunting on normal mode, and after half an hour or so, I was able to get to the third stage. I'll try again tonight and see if I can get to the fourth.

Other than that, I just did normal game stuff yesterday. I zoned out through 30 minutes of Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku, reflecting heavily on how very long this 100% achievements run is going to take me.

I also tried to clear the base game's hard level in Sweet Survivors, having picked up the DLC. The new weapons and items do switch up the balance of the game, so I'm looking forward to figuring stuff out.