What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: Tokimeki Roadmap to the Future (Switch)

June 26th, 2025

Last night, I wasn't in the mood for much active gaming. I played three credits in Prehistoric Isle, since my Switch seemed light and easy to play. It felt sluggish at first, but it was fun to try to get enemy patterns down instead of just credit scumming my way through it like last time I played. I was too sleepy to play it much, though.

Mostly, I just played/read Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: Tokimeki Roadmap to the Future because I wanted something easy-going and low stress, and also because I forgot how much I hated typing that game title. It was uneventful, but that's kind of this game's deal. I got a little itchy about how high on my merits all of the girls were, but my later nightmare where a man tried to get me to eat dice and shrimp soup in water broth was probably unrelated.

May 27th, 2025

Tonight, my post is late because I've been eating nachos and watching Max Headroom. It's a good deal, but I got a stomachache and also distracted.

Starting a 300 piece puzzle last night was a bit of a mistake, since I have to finish it tonight to avoid pest control coming in and messing it up while I'm at the office. I made good progress last night, though, so this is doable! The pieces on this one have a really nice variety of shapes and sizes, so I'm enjoying it quite a lot.

I played more Vampire Survivors, too, focusing on the adventure mode again. I ended up having to level grind to better tackle stage 3 for most of my playtime, but that is very okay.

I also started Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: Tokimeki Roadmap to the Future, a game with a title I am going to have to decide how to start abbreviating. I picked this up on release, curious how a game in the Love Live series, which is usually music oriented, would work as a visual novel. It feels like more of a slice-of-life anime simulator than a visual novel so far, which is breezy, relaxing, and low stakes. I'm doing Ayumu's route first, because I sneezed and clicked on one of her scenes first. There's 12 characters in this game, so I appreciate my allergies making this choice for me.

I misjudged how tired I was shutting off the Love Live! game, though, and ended up playing a few minutes of Baking Time, too. Last night, I unlocked some weirdly appetizing looking cartoon cinnamon rolls to serve.