What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

DIY "Shareware Disc of Switch Software" Adventure

Farm Land (Switch)

March 29th, 2025

I'm starting today with more posting on the Astro City Mini, with Rad Mobile up first. This is a great game that is just like real life because you can have a Sonic the Hedgehog on your rear view mirror and also go to jail. More seriously, I tried this because the title was funny, but then had a really nice time. It's a timer based racer, and it's not particularly easy, but I felt like I was getting better every time I restarted. It was fun.

On the opposite side of enjoyment, I tried Alex Kidd With Stella: The Lost Stars. I am not sure why I tackled this, as I don't really like Alex Kidd games and never have. Even though this game was very charming and cute looking, it was no exception- it just wasn't fun for me to play. I was considering credit scumming through it out of spite this morning, but even that's not likely.

I also played 10 more credits of Space Harrier, which is still really fun even if I'm not getting any better at playing it. More games should be this pastel!

In non-Astro City Mini gaming, I gave a rags-to-riches challenge a shot in Sims 4. My guy made over a hundred dollars learning piano in a nightclub and selling photos of a toilet, but then he went to the park and spent it all on grilling more hot dogs than he could eat. I respect his decision making, but it wasn't a successful run.

It was a little hard to relax before going to sleep, so I also played Farm Land until I passed out. This is just a very, very simple farm sim, but it's not bad for relaxation. I ambled around, bought some land, and fell asleep.

December 25th, 2024

Merry late Christmas, everyone! I didn't have my standard Christmas celebration today, but did spend a nice day hanging out with family. We had sushi, went to a movie, and mostly just relaxed. It was lovely!

Yesterday, though, I was still goin' through it, so I didn't play much interesting. I successfully forced myself to do another 12-minute exercise in Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku, which wasn't bad at all.

I played Farm Land in the background while I chatted with a friend for a few hours, too. This is such a low maintenance game that it was really perfect for this purpose. I made a lot of progress without getting anywhere at all, which would have been tedious if I'd been focusing. As background noise, though, it was as good as it is for getting to sleep.

December 24th, 2024

Last night, I picked up Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown to cheer myself up from having nothing specific wrong, which led to me getting way too into Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown. I'll have to do some game page organization later, since my normal "one screenshot per playthrough" will get a little ridiculous for what I intend to do here. That'll be fun, though.

Even though I didn't think I'd want to play for very long, I ended up doing five arcade ladder playthroughs last night. I haven't really played Virtua Fighter a ton overall, other than a spot of the 2D port of 2 to Genesis and VF4, back on PS2, but insofar as I have a character I use, I guess it's Pai. I started off with her and had a lovely little jaunt through the arcade mode, though Dural's bonus stage did me in.

I then, thinking it was rather fun, played through again with Pai in one of her super polygonal original game costumes. This gave me the impression that the game was rather easy.

From there, I picked Jeffry and got stomped into the ground hard for a bit. This led me to remember I really had played Virtua Fighter 4 quite a bit, and probably had some muscle memory that propelled me through the last two playthroughs. As it turned out, this game was not bafflingly easy.

My next choice was Goh, which wasn't as bad. He looks unwell and seems to have some attitude problems, but international fighting tournaments are probably hard on people. I don't handle stress well, either, so I can't judge him. He was zippy, though, and I felt like this playthrough went well.

I then ran through as Akira in his Tekken 7 costume, having a bit of a challenging time again. I've spent quite a bit more time with Tekken than Virtua Fighter, and the costumes here were close enough to trigger my brain to start hitting the Tekken button inputs by mistake! Akira's fighting style did not suit me that well, either. Also, as I realized after finally getting an unlikely win against Dural, it was 1:30 in the morning, which couldn't have been helpful. With that, I went to bed rather than running through the arcade ladder for a 6th time.

Other than that, I just did normal gaming for the day. I did a 12 minute exercise routine in Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku to force myself to move.

I played a little more of Farm Land to avoid staring at a wall, too, but wasn't very interested in it yesterday.

December 23rd, 2024

For the past few days, I've been feeling so down that I'm sleeping too much and my head feels foggy. It's happened before, and I'll get over it! It doesn't make for awesome blogging, though.

I was able to get through another daily workout in Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku. It was uneventful, but fine!

I tried another super cheap Switch game, too, this one being called Farm Land. It is a little more involved than Aquarium Land was, but I'm not sure if being more complicated makes it better. It's fine, though. These cheapie games are fine to space out and relax with.

Most of my game time yesterday was spent in Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade. I was really grinding out character levels, and managed to make some extra progress in the story levels, too. I was pretty happy with my own progress.

Today is a single work day in the midst of two sets of two days off, so I probably won't play much tonight. I'll have something to write about tomorrow, though.