What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest (Switch)

September 29th, 2025

My mood was still sour most of the day, but after getting stuck working late, I decided to rally. I got some buffalo wings, did a nice strawberry and almond milk face mask, and am looking forward to a day off tomorrow. I still don't feel great, but it's better to try to have a nice night than it is to just sit around and feel frustrated at nothing.

Instead of putting another RPG in my hour a night rotation, I played Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest last night. I'm just trying to relax and finish some story based games, so a strange adventure/hidden object game fits the bill. My play session this was relaxed and mildly confused, like it always is with this kind of game, so I was happy.

Other than that, I was just messing around with games yesterday. I ended up playing 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix on DS for a while because I had one of these games on an iPod Touch and felt weirdly nostalgic for it. It's bad, but in a chaotic and interesting way. The random sudoku puzzles in it are pretty bad, especially for a timed game, but this is a game for goofing off, not serious puzzling.

I also played The Casino on Switch because I wanted to do some gambling, but don't have the nerve to actually gamble. I didn't know how craps worked when I started here, and I still don't, but it was a nice enough time!

To finish off, I chipped away at a few more levels in Hidden Shapes: Lovely Cats. It wasn't very notable.

August 13th, 2025

I was way too tired for kart racing last night, which was somewhat distressing. It's been a few months since I played one of the strange, uncanny valley ridden hidden object adventures from Artifex Mundi, though, so I started up Tiny Tales: Heart of the Forest last night. I got to see a tiny lady riding a bunny like it was a horse within moments of starting it up. I was sold. So far, it's a light point and click adventure with a slightly goofy fantasy story, just like the others of these I've played, but with more mushrooms and bunnies. I'm great with this.

I did a little practicing in GG Aleste, too, using the nifty M2 training modes to try to no-hit clear the first stage. The first boss is not a problem for me, but the normal stage is.

I did some achievement grinding in Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku, but didn't make much concrete progress. Since I have a lot of "throw 40,000 punches" and "exercise with so-and-so 75 times" types of goals, that is fine. Every little bit counts here.