by d_w
For the last couple of years I've been documenting every time I play a game and what I thought about it during that session. You can see all the previous lists here.
A session can be anywhere from a few minutes to many hours. Sessions that last longer than one block of time (illustrated below) are counted for each block individually. Sessions that cross over a block (like from 2:30 to 4) count towards the one that more time was spent in.
This will be unedited and likely full of typos and misspellings. The descriptions of my sessions may include story spoilers. Any spoilers will NOT be marked.
Here's the break down of the time of day:
| Time | Term | Time | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12am to 3am | Midnight | Noon to 3pm | Afternoon |
| 3am to 6am | Early Morning | 3pm to 6pm | Early Evening |
| 6am to 9am | Morning | 6pm to 9pm | Evening |
| 9am to Noon | Late Morning | 9pm to 12am | Late Evening |
Showing 1-10 of 63 items
Played: 1/1. Late Morning. PC Itch. Enjoyed. I picked this up on the Itch winter sale. I heard a lot of good things about it a few years ago and it seems pretty rad to be honest. ~~~ Played: 1/1. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 1/1. Early Evening. I'm finding it very tricky to figure out how to not fail this game. haha. ~~~ Played: 1/1. Early Evening. yeah, I'm not sure what to do to not lose? There's so many situations where I just don't have enough information to make informed decisions. Hrmmm. ~~~ Played: 1/1. Evening. ~~~ Played: 1/5. Afternoon. I got an ending this time. Abandonment! Apparently I figured something out cause I was able to manage things pretty well this time. Though maybe I just got lucky. ~~~ Played: 1/6. Evening. ~~~
~~~~~~ Distress: A Choice-Driven Sci-Fi Adventure ~~~~~~ Started: 1/1. Evening. PC Itch. Enjoyed. This is basically just interactive fiction with some decent art. So far it's a been a bit generic sci-fi horror with some alright writing. There are some false choices that just result in your death, but you can save before every choice, so it's not too bad. ~~~ ~~~~~~~ Eredia: The Dairy Of Heroes ~~~~~~~ Started: 6/9. Midnight. PC Steam. Neutral. This is an RPG Maker game I found on a steam a while back that sounded interesting. The writing is pretty bad and the mechanics are similar to a lot of other RPG Maker games. I only played up to where you first control the main character for the first time and uhh... I probably won't play any more. ~~~ ~~~~~~~ Get out of this dungeon ~~~~~~~ Played: 11/2. Midnight. PC Itch. Neutral. This is a PICO-8 game. It's controls are really stiff and it's built around 1 hit kills. Not for me unfortunately. ~~~ ~~~~~~~ Buntroid ~~~~~~~ Played: 11/25. Midnight. PC Itch. Enjoyed. This is a pretty cool little free metroidvania that could use a bit more polish and stuff like sound effects, etc. I don't know if I'll play the whole thing, but I enjoyed the little bit that I played. It very much just takes from the original Metroid. ~~~ Played: 11/25. Early Evening. I like how this game just lets you get into places you're probably not ready for. I'm not sure if it's intentional but it's pretty cool. I do wish I found a higher damage attack though. All I've found since long beam was missile upgrades. I guess I can use those. ~~~ Finished: 11/29. Evening. Never found the Space Jump but was still able to beat it. I assume there's a space jump because of the level design, but maybe not? I finished with 90% and probably won't go a look for the rest. It was a pretty solid little metroidvania and I bet it would make a good speedrun game. Looking it up the speed run is like 8 minutes and already shows an item I completely missed called the Grapple Orb. Ah well. ~~~
Started: 1/13. Late Evening. PC Itch. Enjoyed. This seems like a cute, almost pokemon-esque, RPG. I saw it recommended on twitter. I found the normal difficulty to be harder than expected, but adjusted my strategy afterwords. You seem to level up pretty quickly though, so there's that. The writing has been pretty good so far too. Not to happy about the pretty generic RPG maker sound effect though, but the art and music are real nice! ~~~ Played: 1/14. Evening. Got a Cerberus in my party. Also I guess this game is all about cute monster girls. ~~~ Played: 1/14. Evening. Got a volt cat in my party now. The fishing mini game is weird. Also I got stuck for way too long on a block pushing puzzle. ~~~
Played: 1/15. Early Evening. PC EGS. Enjoyed. New patch. Chaos themed. I only played one run but was able to beat the first boss. Did not like the new poundy enemies in the 2nd area though. they're very tricky to dodge and stay up FOREVER. ~~~ Played: 1/16. Evening. The new patch seems rad. Chaos is a nice addition. Wish the menus wrapped. ~~~ Played: 1/16. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 1/17. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 1/18. Early Evening. ~~~ Played: 1/18. Evening. Got to the Bone Hydra, but man that thing has a lot of phases. ~~~ Played: 1/18. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 1/19. Afternoon. I hate the squish-squish crush boys. They stay up forever, their tell for coming down isn't obvious enough, they track you too well, and it's impossible to keep track of them when there's a ton of other enemies. ~~~ Played: 1/19. Early Evening. ~~~ Played: 1/19. Late Evening. Atena's boons are actually extremely good. ~~~ Played: 1/20. Midnight. ~~~ Played: 1/20. Evening. Did pretty good against the Bone Hydra. Got it to about 1/3. It's tough. ~~~ Played: 2/12. Late Evening. Dionysus seems extremely cool and good. I almost beat the Hydra with him and Atena's boons. I got too cocky though and wasn't paying enough attention. I didn't play with the new weapon yet, but it seems real fucking rad! ~~~ Played: 2/21. Late Evening. Got around to playing more. Did OK with the new gun. Got the Hydra. ~~~ Played: 2/23. Late Morning. ~~~ Played: 2/23. Evening. I BEAT THE BONE HYDRA. Using the sword no less. My build was basically just Ares and Athena. It wasn't even anything wild. I think was really helped me was Merg's bone charm thing. It gives you extra damage at low health. So basically I just rushed things with the sword and it worked out well enough. ~~~ Played: 2/24. Midnight. Did some experiments with some lesser used weapons/boons. I started writing a ranking of them and my thoughts. Right now I think Ares/Zeus are the best overall and Dionysus the worst. I think Dionysus would work a lot better if more there was more things that created Festive Fog and if Blight Wine was more of "splash" effect. Like if it was little puddles that added the stacks rather than direct hits. ~~~ Played: 2/24. Late Evening. Trying to get a specific build in this game is pretty torturous.I wanted to go Sword + Artemus to see her legendary. Didn't quite work out the way I wanted, but I did get to use her legendary for a room. It's rad. I really hate the gorgan's homing rocks. It's just too hard to dodge when there's a lot going on. The megagorgan is a real pain too. ~~~ Played: 2/25. Midnight. ~~~ Played: 2/25. Early Evening. Finished up a run at the Hydra with the spear. Lost. but Actually the spear isn't as bad as I thought, though I had Ares' dash to carry me most of the way through. Also messed around with the keyboard controls afterwards a bit, and that seems like that way to play this game. Holy shit. ~~~ Played: 2/28. Evening. I tried playing this game by having the movement on the gamepad and the aiming with mouse. It takes some getting used to and some additional set up, but it totally works and is playable. Unfortunately turning off the aim assist makes the game not always aim towards your mouse? It's really strange and awkward! Maybe because of the split set up. ~~~ Played: 3/1. Early Evening. ~~~ Played: 3/1. Late Evening. I don't know about my mouse+gamepad style. It doesn't work well with the shield. ~~~ Played: 3/12. Evening. Tried the new update. The new boss seems... tough? ~~~ Played: 3/23. Early Morning. I fought the murder fury. She's interesting!! Lost the first time, but won the second. Almost beat the Bone Hydra again too. Dionysus's Wrath move is pretty cool. ~~~ Played: 3/24. Midnight. Saw my first Duo boon. It seemed extremely good but I died instantly after. Had some bad luck. ~~~ Played: 3/24. Afternoon. ~~~
Started: 1/22. Early Evening. PC Itch. Enjoyed. I've been waiting for this game to come out for a while. So far from what I played, it does not disappoint. It's extremely good and very "flow state" and I can't wait to play more of it. I'm really glad it has some pretty decent accessibility options too. Though I wish I could completely rebind the controls as, I'd like the turning to be on the triggers. That said, it's rad that you can play with one hand either way. ~~~ Played: 1/22. Late Evening. GOSH THIS GAME IS SO GOOOOOOOOD! It just gets you into that state where you can just play over and over even when you mess up over and over. It's a chill intense. ~~~ Played: 1/23. Early Evening. ~~~ Played: 1/23. Evening. Unlocked the Xero bike. It's really cool. This game is constantly innovating on it's mechanics in really interesting ways. I've also found myself being considerably better at the game when stepping away for a little bit. I had one goal where I was just failing at it over and over last night, but nailed it first shot when I booted it up today. I wish I could do all the track goals at the same time instead of individual choosing them from the menu. A lot of them could be completed in a single run. I also could see myself going back and getting all the gold medals. ~~~ Played: 1/25. Late Evening. I've got to the moon and through most of the levels. I think there is one or two levels left. I don't like the one bike that switches colors each time you leave a rail. It's really hard to get your mind around. That said, this game is so much fun. A few levels I was having trouble with I was able to get Gold on when I first finished them. Apparently there are platinum scores. I don't think I'll get those unfortunately. ~~~ Played: 1/26. Late Morning. Just went back and got some gold medals on the earlier tracks. I'm certainly getting better, but I don't know if I'll ever have the dexterity to get platinums. ~~~ Played: 1/26. Late Evening. I didn't make any progress towards the end of the game, but I did go back and get a surprising number of platinums on the early courses. Man that made me think I was considerably better at the game than I am. I just need to do one more side objective to unlock the probably final course. ~~~ Finished: 1/27. Afternoon. Finished up the last three challenges I needed and beat the final level. Woah Boy! that final level is intimidating at first. It was a really mind fuck having it change you to a different bike after each reset. It seems to be randomized and I'd love to see an endless mode with seeded courses. In fact this game is actually very similar to the game I made called Void Wisp. Just much better. ~~~ Played: 1/27. Evening. Looking to get those platinums. ~~~ Played: 2/1. Late Evening. OK. So there was another batch of levels that I missed because I missed a static level. I got through them and to the "true" final boss. It's tough and kinda frustrating. ~~~ Played: 2/2. Early Evening. OK beat the actual factual final boss. also, they call them "diamonds" instead of "platinums". ah well. ~~~
Played: 2/3. Midnight. PC Steam. Enjoyed. Just had a run with the Ironclad. Made it to the boss, but lost due to some unlucky RNG. ~~~ Played: 2/9. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 2/10. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 2/10. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 2/10. Early Evening. ~~~ Played: 2/11. Midnight. ~~~ Played: 5/9. Evening. ~~~ Played: 5/12. Early Morning. ~~~ Played: 5/12. Morning. Podcast video game. ~~~ Played: 5/13. Midnight. ~~~ Played: 5/13. Midnight. ~~~ Played: 5/27. Midnight. ~~~ Played: 6/2. Morning. ~~~ Played: 6/5. Evening. ~~~ Played: 6/9. Morning. ~~~ Played: 6/9. Late Morning. ~~~ Played: 6/9. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 6/10. Midnight. ~~~ Played: 6/10. Midnight. ~~~ Played: 6/13. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 6/14. Midnight. ~~~ Played: 6/14. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 6/17. Early Morning. ~~~ Played: 7/1. Evening. ~~~ Played: 7/14. Evening. ~~~ Played: 7/14. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 7/14. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 7/15. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 7/20. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 12/22. Early Morning. ~~~ Played: 12/22. Morning. First time playing the new character. They seem really cool!! ~~~ Played: 12/22. Morning. Haven't won with them yet, but they're really nifty. ~~~ Played: 12/22. Late Morning. ~~~ Played: 12/23. Midnight. ~~~ Played: 12/23. Late Morning. ~~~ Played: 12/23. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 12/23. Late Evening. Beat the cube and donut with The Watcher. They're really nifty! ~~~ Played: 12/24. Morning. ~~~ Played: 12/24. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 12/24. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 12/25. Midnight. Did a 30 card draft run that turned into one of those Charon Ashes + Dead Branch runs. I really like the custom games. ~~~ Played: 12/25. Morning. ~~~ Played: 12/26. Morning. ~~~ Played: 12/26. Morning. ~~~ Played: 12/26. Late Morning. Endless mode is cool. I'm at the 2nd Act of loop 3 and I don't think I'll survive this loop, but it's cool. ~~~ Played: 12/24. Early Evening. On loop 5? It's actually kinda exhausting. ~~~
Played: 2/8. Late Evening. PC B-net. Neutral. Had most bad games. I don't know, I couldn't get back into it. ~~~
Played: 2/13. Late Morning. Mobile. Enjoyed. I remembered I have this game installed and decided to play it rather than look at Twitter. Finally beat a level I was having trouble on. ~~~ Played: 2/13. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 2/14. Late Morning. ~~~ Played: 2/15. Early Evening. ~~~ Played: 2/16. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 2/16. Late Evening. ~~~ Played: 2/17. Late Morning. ~~~ Played: 2/20. Morning. ~~~ Played: 2/20. Late Morning. ~~~ Played: 2/20. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 2/20. Early Evening. ~~~ Played: 2/20. Evening. ~~~ Played: 2/21. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 2/21. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 2/28. Late Morning. ~~~ Played: 3/1. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 3/1. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 3/6. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 3/6. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 6/15. Evening. ~~~ Played: 6/16. Late Morning. ~~~ Played: 6/16. Afternoon. ~~~
Started: 2/14. Midnight. Mobile. Neutral. This game took a long time to download and then I didn't have enough space on my phone and had to uninstall some stuff and redownload. By the end of that I wasn't that interested in playing much and only played up til the menu buttons appear. Good music and nice art so far. ~~~
Played: 2/21. Afternoon. Mobile. Enjoyed. Picked it up after hearing it is similar to Slay The Spire. It is! It seems cool. ~~~ Played: 2/21. Afternoon. It also seems pretty easy. ~~~ Played: 2/21. Early Evening. I was able to beat it on my very first run of the game. I really like the abilities and cards I was finding, but I also was like barely taking any damage towards the end. I will absolutely play more of it though. ~~~ Played: 2/22. Afternoon. ~~~ Played: 2/22. Early Evening. ~~~ Played: 2/22. Early Evening. ~~~ Played: 2/23. Afternoon. Beat my second run. Apparently if you die you can just watch an ad to be revived. It does have harder modes, but you have to unlock them. The business model is "interesting" and I'll probably buy some of the other classes at some point. I do think it is best played muted since a lot of the enemy barks are just generic and annoying. The music is pretty generic too. It's fine, but eh. Not great enough I'll plug in headphone instead of listening to a podcast while I'm on the bus. ~~~