2023

Game	Total Hours	When	Genre	Rating
Disney Dreamlight Valley (2022*) Animal Crossing and Enchanted Folk are the only game series where I tolerate real-time clock mechanics. While it was novel in 2002, this mechanic is not a good way to spread out game content. I played Dreamlight Valley on PC, so time travel is significantly more difficult. — Also, it's still in early access yet charging microtransactions. Seriously? I'm not a fan of Disney, so this has nothing to offer to me, even if some parts of it were cute.	10.1	January	Life Sim	💙
Hokko Life (2021) This game lacks basic controls and quality of life that I have come to expect from the genre. The character designs aren't cute, and the gameplay felt slow and bland. In a saturated genre, Hokko Life was a disappointment.	0.33	January	Life Sim	🖤
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (2007) It's one of my favorite games of all time, to be honest. I picked it up in the middle of my last save and played until I got bored. This game is a great baby's first rogue-lite and the story is beautiful. I have mostly outgrown my interest in Pokémon, but the Mystery dungeon games are too good to ignore.	LOTS	January	Life Sim	❤️
Animal Crossing New Leaf (2012) This might be my favorite game of all time. I wrote an essay about it for school and revisited the game for a couple of weeks in January. I hope to write a longer piece about it someday + maybe share that essay.	1000+	January	Life Sim	❤️❤️❤️
Potion Craft (2022) This game was so addictive that I played for 6+ hours straight, easy. I love the medieval-inspired art style, and the unique mechanics. It's a fun idea, and I would have given it an orange heart if the late-game wasn't so repetitive.	18.2	February	Simulation	💛
Persona 3 Portable (2009) It's hard to put into words how much I love this game. I played through it in about a week, sometimes playing 10+ hours a day LOL. This WAS my senior spring break. P3P makes the other Persona games feel mid. Minako >>>	80	April	JRPG/LifeSim	❤️❤️❤️
Needy Streamer Overload (2022) I am so glad this game was not out when I was a teenager. The gameplay was a fun spin on the visual novel format, and the story hits home. It makes me happy that I was able to get therapy young, otherwise I might have turned out like Ame.	9.6	April	ADV VN	💛
Cult of the Lamb (2022) Praise Be the Lamb	41.2	April	Rogue-lite/Base Management	❤️
Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance (2001) I played this game with my partner. We picked up the game in the middle of our campaign that we started last year. I'm going to be so FR I didn't like the game that much. I found it to be too challenging and repetitive. HOWEVER, by 2001 standards, it was still a fun experience. (In small doses).	9.3	June	Action RPG	💚
Monster Prom (2018) I was on tumblr in the 2010s, and it is very obvious that the devs were too. My favorite was the Eridan guy.	14.2	August	Dating Sim	💛
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023) Despite its issues, there is no way I can rate this less than ❤️. I loved the beautiful story and gameplay improvements. (And I tolerated gameplay regressions). This was a worthy sequel of BOTW.	95	September	Open World Action-Adventure	❤️
Animal Crossing New Horizons (2020) I'm such a hater for making ACNH 🧡 despite having 100s of hours, BUT HEAR ME OUT. I am a die-hard AC fan, and I've played all of the games. New Leaf is in my top three favorite games of all time. While the QOL, graphics, and decoration mechanics improved in ACNH cannot be understated, I felt that the gameplay was overall lacking and hollow compared to previous entries in the series. That said, I am happy that Animal Crossing gained mainstream appeal, and I am looking forward to the next game!	520	September	Life Sim & Decoration	🧡
Peggle Blast (2014) In my depressive stupor, I watched DougDoug vods pretty much constantly. Naturally, this compelled me to play Peggle. This version of Peggle is super mid and pretty much abandonware though.	?	September	Physics Puzzle	💚
Cult of the Lamb (again) "Okay, buddy, you can be named Sparkles III, but just so you know, we ate Sparkles I and II. And when you die, we will probably eat you too." — Something I said out loud to myself while I played	59	October	Rogue-lite/Base Management	❤️
Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak (2002) I'm biased because it's Hamtaro. I didn't quite finish the game, but that's mostly because I was playing on a less than stellar emulator on my phone. If I can find a copy (bootleg or not) or a better emulating situash, I will revisit the game!	~6	October	Adventure	🧡
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) One of my favorite games of all time. I was playing with my partner who has never played. We didn't quite finish, so this will pop up later!	15*	November	Action-Adventure	❤️
Genshin Impact (again)(2020) Returning for the first time since January for the Fontaine update. My biggest gripe with this game outside of being a gacha is that the storytelling is SO goddamn boring. They talk so much, yet say so little. The story and lore itself could be interesting if delivered in a more effective way. I love the characters, though. Genshin is a mixed bag, but it has my favorite open world exploration of any game.	100+	November	Gacha Action RPG	💛
Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk (2020) It's an interesting concept to play as the voices in someone's head. I look forward to playing the sequel.	0.25	November	Visual Novel	💛
Offline Games (Fruit Merge)(2020) *Gets on my soapbox* We should include mobile games on our gamelogs to validate them as types of games and people who play them as 'gamers.' Seriously though, I really enjoy this simple and cute little app. It's a collection of classic games like Mancala, 4-in-a-Row, and lots more. My favorite is the Fruit Merge game. I was so obsessed with it that I played from 12AM to 4AM one night without a thought. I got my entire family addicted to it. I still have not managed to make two watermelons though. One day I will achieve my dreams.	?	December	Puzzle	💛
Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (2009) Returning to one of my favorites of all time, and it's certainly my favorite farming game. I hope to write a longer piece about this game in the future because it was a primary inspiration for *my* gamedev project. The biggest strength of HM: AP is the strong cast of characters and how the town grows as you play. The children and families in this game are developed and charming. The new wave of farming games including and since the success of Stardew Valley leave much to be desired as far as the life-sim aspects of the games compared to Animal Parade."	~25*	December	Farming	🧡
Slay the Princess (2023) One of my Steam Winter Sale grabs. It's really cool what developers are doing to make VNs more immersive. I really enjoyed the story and game structure, though I only did one full playthrough. I will probably return at some point!	3.5	December	Visual Novel	💛
Baldurs Gate 3 (2023) I've been waiting to play this game since release and clocked in about 50 hours in a single week alone. I've lived more in Faerûn lately than in real life lol. It's absolutely everything I hoped it would be and more so far. I'm still playing through as I write this (in January 2024), so I'll give more thoughts in 2024!	66	December	CRPG	❤️