What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (XBox Series S)

June 3rd, 2024

I failed to get out of bed in time to do a good post before work, but certainly, I'm ready to do a bad one!

I didn't play anything too wild yesterday, though. After dinner and before watching a couple movies, I played a few more levels of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, which is still very enjoyable. Everything feels good and responsive, play-wise, and the sprite art is really detailed and charming. This is fun so far.

Before bed, I played a little bit more of New Pokemon Snap, but I felt like I wasn't making progress despite playing in two new levels. The underwater special stage kind of bothered me, too. The little photo pod reminded me of the Titan submersible, and I kept thinking about what extreme danger my trainer was in over trying to snap a photo of a glowing Pokemon.

On the more utilitarian side, I did some achievement hunting in Fitness Boxing 2 yesterday, and was able to get three or four achievements down. Some were for time spent with trainers, and some were score/number of punches thrown challeges, but I felt productive nontheless.

I had Merge Pixel on for a lot of the day, too, and am well over the halfway point now. I am more sure than ever that I can eventually clear this game, especially since it takes no effort and barely any attention.

June 2nd, 2024

It's another Sunday morning and another post to kick off another week! I just finished drafting my weekly to-do list, and am hoping to be at least a bit productive today. If I'm not, though, it does not really matter.

Last night, I was digging around XBox and decided to try Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. It was extremely fun, but also a little difficult to play in the midst of a massive sneezing attack. I can't really blame the dev team for not taking that problem into account, so I set it aside after a couple runs at the first level and'll play again today.

From there, I played Pokemon Snap for a few level runs, too, spending more time in the lovely aquatic levels. I was making forward progress, so it wasn't *just* me going "wow, pretty colors!" the whole time. It was mostly that, though.