What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Sonic Wings Reunion (Lenovo Legion Go)

August 19th, 2025

For most of my game time last night, I was doing runs in Sonic Wings Reunion. I got down to one continue, which felt pretty good, and scored a couple more of the 45 unique endings. Even though my play still got worse and worse the later it got, it was fun.

I played a few puzzles in Jigsaw Puzzle World before bed, too. It wasn't exciting, but I was trying to wind down and get some sleep. It worked for that.

I also did a couple of shorter workouts in Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku, which was boring, but fine.

August 18th, 2025

I'm stuck in shmup mode right now, which is ok with me. Yesterday, the most interesting thing I played was probably Tiger Heli for the Atari 7800+. It's so cool that there's new ports of old games for an old machine available, even though I did brutally suck at this. This game has no continues or difficulty settings, so it's a one credit clear or nothing! Every time I restarted, though, I got a screen or so farther, and I didn't feel like the challenge was unfair at all. I am going to come back to this, even if it isn't an immediate priority.

Sonic Wings Reunion has completely wormed its way into my head, though. I know it's overpriced, and I cannot argue in favor of the graphics, but it's extremely fun to play. Right now, I'm seeing if I can grind out a 1CC on easy mode and get all the character endings while I'm at it. Since each pair within the ten character cast has a unique ending, I might be able to get a 1CC in normal mode, too. I don't want to get ahead of myself, though, so I'm going to enjoy the level I'm at!

I popped another 9 credits into Progear, too, but somehow did worse than I had the night before. This was disappointing, but ultimately okay.

August 7th, 2025

Last night, I tested some cheap and wonky Wii kart racers from eBay, and it was a doozy. Myth Makers Super Kart GP was a doozy in a fun way. It has bad motion controls, weird and muffled music, and seems extremely unforgiving. I kept hitting walls, bursting into flames, and launching into rivers, though, and I was having a blast. If I'm going to be playing a bad game, I want to play one that is bad in a funny and entertaining way, which this was fulfilling for me. I probably won't ever clear it, but I'm at least going to unlock the girl with cat ears.

Please note, the screenshot below is of a race I lost badly.

I tried M&M's Kart Racing, too, and found it completely incomprehensible. The controls were also bad in this, but it had dingy, pixel-y looking graphics and a total lack of charm, too. It's going to be really funny when I get someone else to play it with me.

That kind of killed my kart racing spirit for the night, so I played Sonic Wings Reunion a little before bed. It was a nice palette cleanser.

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!