What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Silly Bandz (DS)

November 30th, 2025

My focus was horrible yesterday, so today's post is skipping a lot of shmups that I waffled between for five minutes at a time. Some days are like that. I did, however, beat Silly Bandz, which I guess is technically an accomplishment. After clearing the final stage, I realized I had more little bracelets to unlock. I don't want to spend a lot more time playing Angry Birds without the good bits, though. It was enough to clear all the levels and roll the credits.

Past that, I actually did spend a decent amount of time on Final Fantasy VII. I got through Wall Market and got dropped through a floor into a dungeon zone, which was satisfying. It's cool to play things I've heard about for years and get better context for them.

After doing my aforementioned skipping from shooter to shooter, I settled on spending time on a Steam port of Deathsmiles. I didn't pull off any fantastic feats last night, but I wasn't having to continue until late in stage 5. It gave me unfounded confidence.

I did a stack of puzzles in Picross S: SNK Classics & NeoGeo, too, which was a pleasant way to get myself to sleep.

November 27th, 2025

I'm posting today while I boil up some cranberry sauce for a placeholder Thanksgiving ahead of a weekend snowstorm. I hope the snow fizzles out, but if it doesn't, it'll be some nice time off work anyway!

Last night, I got very amused that I had access to Silly Bandz for the DS and ended up playing it. I am maybe a bit too old to have been in on this trend, but I had some younger siblings that were and it seemed fun! Bright colors are fun, and it's cool for kids to have a cheerful, goofy fashion trend. The game is just if Angry Birds was really incompetent and only had 40 levels, of which I finished 39 last night. There's a lot of weird issues in this with the physics feeling off, or surfaces being sticky when they shouldn't be, so bad coding really brings down what could be a slight, but bright and kitchy game. I've gotta clear the last stage, though, as it is driving me crazy, so this game will appear here again.

I also played Kirby Air Riders for a while because I wanted to play something better. The top down races are super fun, so I played those online for a little bit! My skills are not really up to snuff for online competition, but I was having an excellent time. (This screenshot is from me messing around in training mode, though.)