What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Ridge Racer 64 (Nintendo Switch Online)

November 4th, 2025

After work last night, I played N64 racers with one of my friends, on Switch Online. It was a good guide to games I need to unlock stuff in from here! Ridge Racer 64, Wave Race 64, F-Zero X and Iggy's Reckin' Balls are pictured below, but we played some Extreme G and Excitebike 64, too. It was a nice sampler platter! I'd never played most of these and was really impressed by the one track we played of Wave Race 64 and how fun it was to explode and die in F-Zero X. On the other end of that, Excitebike 64 was less fun than I remembered, and Iggy's Reckin' Balls was much more irritating than I could have possibly imagined.

Less pleasantly, I've been having trouble with my heart racing when I go to bed, making it tough to sleep, so I played Meteora's Mystic Merge to try to get 100% relaxed. It worked decently enough, and I could get to sleep without being haunted by the thought that I would imminently die from my heart exploding. I didn't get any new achievements, but that was the point.

October 25th, 2025

This morning, I had my annual vaccinations, so I feel pretty zoned out right now. Yesterday was kind of a laid back game day, though. I beat the second race in Ridge Racer 64, which was an excellent feeling! I haven't done much with the third race, so I don't know if I actually improved at the game overall. I'm getting ahead bit by bit, though!

I got off my butt and went back to playing Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku, too, which was okay! I didn't actually want to play, so it wasn't much fun, but exercise is at least somewhat important! This is a relatively painless way to do it.

Before bed, I played a stage in Vampire Survivors, too. I cleared an unlock, I think just a weapon evolution deal, and that was good. I'll probably get back to it soon!

October 24th, 2025

I went back to trying to clear the second race in Ridge Racer 64 last night, and spent about 45 minutes losing. In fact, I was doing considerably worse than I was the first time I played. It wasn't unwelcome frustration, so I'll keep going with this. I don't expect I'll do well in an arcade racer, so I'm still having a pretty good time getting my butt kicked.

October 22nd, 2025

I'm doing a quick post before work today, which is easy, since I just played Ridge Racer 64 last night. I've never really played this style of racer before, at least not with any intent to win, so the drift mechanics are a bit of an uphill battle for me. It feels like a doable challenge, though, so it's much more fun than discouraging. I managed to win the first race, even though it took a lot of tries, and was getting second place in the second race pretty regularly when I shut it off last night.