What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Salamander County Public Television (PS4)

January 28th, 2023

Yesterday was solidly okay! I'm still not 100%, but work went decently, and I was feeling good enough to cook and eat a real meal. It was a big boost.

I also met my stated goal from yesterday morning and sat down to clear Salamander County Public Television! I'd brag about getting the platinum trophy to boot, but the full game wasn't actually mapped to trophies, meaning I got that with about a third of the game left to go.

I thought that Salamander County Public Television was funny, if not mildly janky in a couple unintended ways. My game crashed between the second and third stages of the final boss, which was a uniquely infuriating experience! It also seemed to constantly run videos in the background while I watched DVDs. I'd turn it back on to see the in game channel loop at a different spot from where I shut it off. which was more weird than bad. It got me to laugh a few times, though, and the variety of minigames was pretty good. I'll probably go back to play Mitosis Bowling again- if that were on my phone, I'd have a dark day where I sat and played it for hours on end.

I also played StrikeForce Kitty for a few minutes before bed, still feeling like I have a path to clearing this game. I just haven't wanted to level grind in it for too long at a time.

It's a super snowy day, so I'm probably going to stay in, play games, and do crafts, barring any emergencies. I'm looking forward to it!

January 24th, 2023

I still feel pretty rough today, but don't have arm and leg pain, and don't want to pay $130 for a doctor's note, so I'm posting before heading in for a (mask on) office day.

My games yesterday were the same as the day before, but slightly less. I played Salamander County Public Television for a few minutes and got through a few more minigames.

Then, I did a few fairly badly played Disney Tsum Tsum sessions.

I'm going to see if the Sudafed I've got in my cupboard helps with anything at all; wish me luck today!

January 23rd, 2023

I called out sick from work today, and am finally up to drinking tea and dragging my "toy" laptop back to my room to post. The little laptop I use for this blog is super low spec and has a navy blue plastic case, so I always feel like it's more toy-like than a better laptop might be. That's not a bad thing.

Anyway, I wasn't feeling great yesterday, either, so I didn't play much. I did another minigame in Salamander County Public Television, where you make baskets by launching the hoop at the basketball. It was kind of fun, and I felt powerful once I got the hang of it.

I played Disney Tsum Tsum quite a bit, too, finally having some good characters under my belt and getting some satisfyingly challenging missions. Now that I'm playing this again, I expect that a full server shutdown is imminent.

January 21st, 2023

Everything felt like a major challenge last night, so I did not play games hard. I did download a sub-$10 indie game I'd been wanting on PS4, though, called Salamander County Public Television. It's a minigame collection glued together by a story about working at a public television station in a town where all of the residents have disappeared, and since (I am pretty sure) it's made entirely of stock assets, it has a pretty unique look and feel. I didn't play too much of it last night, but I thought it was funny and enjoyed figuring out how the weird minigame physics worked. If I don't play more of this today, I will Sunday.

I also did a couple more images in Calm Colors, with a weird, exhausted attitude of "well, I'm not thrilled about the Christmas set of images, but I'm gonna have to do 'em eventually, huh?" I don't even hate Christmas, I was just rude last night.