What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Sonic Wings Reunion (Lenovo Legion Go)

June 21st, 2025

I'm trying to do a lot of little activities today, finishing up some crafts and other projects I have started, and was briefly very distracted by the existential horrors of the news. It led to a bit of a late post!

Yesterday, I got fixated on shutting my brain off with some shmups, which did turn out to be fun. I used my lunchbreak at work to try out Deathsmiles in a combo pack I've got on Switch. Even in just my first half hour of play, it had me hooked. I got to fight a really big cow and also a volcano dragon. I'm super excited to play more of this, but I might switch to the Steam port so I can achievement hunt.

I played Sonic Wings Reunion for a while, too, getting my first two of dozens of endings. I think I can get a 1-credit-clear on easy mode in this, even if I'm a bit far from it now. Last night, I was getting 4 or 5 credit clears, but felt frustrated by how wrecked I'd get in the snow level and blobby looking final stage. Messing with training mode gave me some confidence, though, and I'm looking forward to more of this, too.

I took Monday and Tuesday off work, but don't know how much video gaming I'll do. Whether I do or don't play much, it'll be nice to get some rest for a few days.

June 15th, 2025

My focus and energy are still pretty low today, and I still had a random mid-day nap, which isn't very normal for me. Today is a little better than the last few days have been, though. Yesterday was so dicey I got up, went to lunch, came home, played a bit of Meteora's Mystic Merge, and went back to bed. I wasn't doing so well at the game because I was mega sleepy, but I scored another achievement.

After my nap, I played Sonic Wings Reunion, a new shmup which I'd been excited to play. I'd seen and totally get the complaints about how crummy the graphics are here, but the thought of every possible pilot tag team having unique banter and endings was really appealing to me! So far, I am having fun with it. It has weird charm, and I think I'll be able to nab a one-credit-clear in easy mode without too much trouble. I'll have to clear it dozens of times to see every ending, so I'm going to aim for a 1CC in normal, too. Yesterday, though, I was too tired to deal with playing half decently, so I didn't really get anywhere here.

From there, I decided that as tired as I was, I deserved to play a little Vampire Survivors as a treat. Even with that, I only made it through one run, which felt crummy. It was a really good run, though- I got all six of my weapons evolved and laid waste to the lost souls of the library.

I dozed off while working on my current jigsaw puzzle, too, waking up to a very disorienting round of texts from my friends. I still got a lot of the border done, though, so it feels worth sharing!