What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Randomax (Lenovo Legion Go)

May 12th, 2025

I had some family stuff going on yesterday, but also had a lot more time to hang out and do nothing that I expected. It maybe wasn't an amazing choice, but I used it to really focus in on Randomax, a shooter I'd bought and tried on Steam a while back. The random weapon mechanic is fun, so I wanted to zoom in on it anyway, but once I got an easy mode one credit clear pretty early on in the day, I decided it wouldn't be too hard to get a normal mode 1CC. It is a pretty easy game, so my confidence wasn't misplaced. It was 2 am by the time I got it, though! I was proud of being able to pull it off in just a few hours play, but it was maybe a little silly to stay up that late making anime girls shoot a wife variety of colorful missles (and also bees and balloons) at each other. Still, I had a good time! I just have to decide what shmup comes next!

Other than that, I (almost) finished my Doritos puzzle yesterday. It was missing a piece, which was very dissatisfying, but the quality overall was so janky that I wasn't so shocked. It was still fun, too, so I just stuck a post-it on the box that a piece was missing and popped it back on my shelf.

After that, though, I started a Strawberry Shortcake puzzle that's so much worse! The pieces are really flimsy and grainy feeling, and the image itself looks very dingy. It was the same price as the Doritos puzzle, so maybe the lesson is that five dollar puzzles just kind of suck.

January 27th, 2025

It's not a video game, and it's from today, but I was doodling and it got out of hand, leaving me with a Bulma I'm vaguely proud of. I bought the bottom tier alcohol markers I used here for coloring books, and they look so sharp and smooth! Sure, they'll fade, but they were fun to use here. Anyway, since this is my web space, I'm showing off a bit.

I did play a lot of games yesterday, though, which is why this post is so late. I polished off ASMR Slicing yesterday afternoon, finding it to be a strange and confusing, but ultimately pleasant, little time waster. It wasn't amazing, but I can see coming back to it if I'm having trouble sleeping.

With that finished, I got a little too much faith in my dicier looking 20 cent games, and tried one called Frozen Honey. Usually, I can find at least some fun in any game, and think I am fairly positive about video games! This, however, was the rare game that I violently dislike. You fill up a bottle with candy and goo, freeze it, and then give it to bad celebrity caricatures. They then either take a selfie with it, breathe fire, or puke. Normally, I think I'd be a little impressed by a game where I can make Indiana Jones vomit by giving him licorice, but not this one. It's boring, the graphics are janky, it's a little gross, and it's so low on content that I got all of the base game unlocks in an hour or so.

What really bothered me, though, is that the "VIP" customers in the game require you to buy DLC items to get a perfect score on their desserts. This is clearly aimed at kids, so it seemed really predatory to require DLC like that. I stand by my feeling that these Switch mobile ports are good for game preservation, but that can have as many bad sides as good.

Speaking of predatory, I ignored events and let them stack for too long in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, so I got to tackling those yesterday. Yesterday, I worked on a boss event, which is a format I tend not to enjoy. I fought Jogo a couple dozen times, setting the game to run while I did other stuff, then realized I didn't care and turned it off. I got a lot of nice prizes, but story events are more fun.

I started Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, too, because Frozen Honey made me lose faith in video games as a hobby and I wanted to play something made with some level of care. I fell asleep before I could do much, but it seemed nice so far!

I also picked up and tried a shmup with a Survivors-style weapon upgrade system called Randomax. What I played was really fun, but I lost track of time and had to shut it off suddenly, so it was only 30 minutes or so. I am also getting sick of writing, which is a big risk of a post this long. I'll have more to say about this game later!