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Month: November 2020

Scratching That Itch: Hollow Head

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On November 30, 2020

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This is the thirty-seventh entry in the Scratching That Itch series, wherein I randomly select and write about one of the 1741 games and game-related things included in the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. The Bundle raised $8,149,829.66 split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and Community Bail Fund, but don’t worry if you missed it. There are plenty of ways you can help support the vital cause of racial justice; try here for a start. Lastly, as always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

It’s time once again for a random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. This time, the pick is Hollow Head, by Rubeki. Its tagline in the bundle reads:

You wake up to a horrible smell, and whispering vents in your apartment. So…

So what? Don’t leave me in suspense like this!

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Scratching That Itch: Spell Casting

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On November 25, 2020

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This is the thirty-sixth entry in the Scratching That Itch series, wherein I randomly select and write about one of the 1741 games and game-related things included in the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. The Bundle raised $8,149,829.66 split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and Community Bail Fund, but don’t worry if you missed it. There are plenty of ways you can help support the vital cause of racial justice; try here for a start. Lastly, as always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

Here comes another random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. It’s Spell Casting, by Gord Games. Its tagline in the bundle reads:

Cast spells by tracing shapes!

Wait, is that all that’s involved in casting spells!? I should have gotten in on this whole magic thing a long time ago.

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Scratching That Itch: ARGH-P-G

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On November 21, 2020

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This is the thirty-fifth entry in the Scratching That Itch series, wherein I randomly select and write about one of the 1741 games and game-related things included in the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. The Bundle raised $8,149,829.66 split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and Community Bail Fund, but don’t worry if you missed it. There are plenty of ways you can help support the vital cause of racial justice; try here for a start. Lastly, as always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

Are you ready for another random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality? It’s ARGH-P-G, by liamtwose. Its tagline in the bundle reads:

Fast paced dungeon crawler

None of these slow, careful dungeon crawls here. In ARGH-P-G, we dungeon crawl fast and die young.

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Scratching That Itch: Layabouts And Degens

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On November 17, 2020

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This is the thirty-fourth entry in the Scratching That Itch series, wherein I randomly select and write about one of the 1741 games and game-related things included in the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. The Bundle raised $8,149,829.66 split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and Community Bail Fund, but don’t worry if you missed it. There are plenty of ways you can help support the vital cause of racial justice; try here for a start. Lastly, as always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

Our next random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is Layabouts and Degens, by Indigo. Its tagline in the bundle reads:

A ttprg zine for doing very little.

I’m pretty sure that’s supposed to say “ttrpg”, short for tabletop role-playing game which we’ve encountered many times in the series so far. I was ready to offer my usual disclaimer about how I can’t actually play without more players, and must render my opinions solely from reading the book, but it turns out I’m off the hook this time. Layabouts and Degens is not actually a game, it’s a setting book for a completely different game, Troika! from Melsonian Art Council (which is also in the bundle). “Doing very little,” indeed! (har har)

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Scratching That Itch: Build Your Own Apocalypse

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On November 16, 2020

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This is the thirty-third entry in the Scratching That Itch series, wherein I randomly select and write about one of the 1741 games and game-related things included in the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. The Bundle raised $8,149,829.66 split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and Community Bail Fund, but don’t worry if you missed it. There are plenty of ways you can help support the vital cause of racial justice; try here for a start. Lastly, as always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

Once more, a game has been picked at random from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. It’s Build Your Own Apocalypse, by Bitwise Coyote. Its tagline in the bundle reads:

Collaborative story telling about the end of civilization

Hmm… the title suggested I’d be able to build my own apocalypse. What’s all this about “collaboration”?

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Death Before Dishonor: Introduction

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On November 16, 2020

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This is the introduction to a new series, Death Before Dishonor. As always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

I first wrote about Dishonored (in two parts) in the early days of this blog. I’d always meant to return, especially since it has two highly regarded pieces of story-driven DLC, and its sequel enjoyed even more praise, even topping some lists of the best games of 2016.

Dishonored, of course, is a game about a corrupt government illegitimately seizing power, catastrophically mishandling a deadly epidemic, and serving their own selfish purposes while leaving the populace to die. Sound familiar? Players then get to become an assassin with weird magical powers and take their revenge on those holding the city hostage. The prospect sounds incredibly cathartic, in 2020.

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Scratching That Itch: SPACEBEEF

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On November 15, 2020

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This is the thirty-second entry in the Scratching That Itch series, wherein I randomly select and write about one of the 1741 games and game-related things included in the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. The Bundle raised $8,149,829.66 split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and Community Bail Fund, but don’t worry if you missed it. There are plenty of ways you can help support the vital cause of racial justice; try here for a start. Lastly, as always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

Here we go with another random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. This time it’s SPACEBEEF, by aeonofdiscord. Its tagline in the bundle reads:

Explode your friends!

For those who may be wondering what “beef” means in this context, you can find a helpful explanation from noted Youtube personality and social media influencer The Notorious B.I.G. right here. This is that, but in space.

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Scratching That Itch: Space Goblins!

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On November 7, 2020

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This is the thirty-first entry in the Scratching That Itch series, wherein I randomly select and write about one of the 1741 games and game-related things included in the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. The Bundle raised $8,149,829.66 split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and Community Bail Fund, but don’t worry if you missed it. There are plenty of ways you can help support the vital cause of racial justice; try here for a start. Lastly, as always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

It’s time for another random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. This time it’s Space Goblins! by Viditya Voleti. Its tagline in the bundle reads:

A Game of Cosmic Goblin Mayhem

I feel like Cosmic Goblin Mayhem would be a good name for a band.

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Scratching That Itch: From Orbit

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On November 2, 2020

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This is the thirtieth entry in the Scratching That Itch series, wherein I randomly select and write about one of the 1741 games and game-related things included in the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. The Bundle raised $8,149,829.66 split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and Community Bail Fund, but don’t worry if you missed it. There are plenty of ways you can help support the vital cause of racial justice; try here for a start. Lastly, as always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

Our next random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is From Orbit, by Tentacle Head Games. Its tagline in the bundle reads:

A quick and light single player Action RTS.

For those unfamiliar, RTS stands for real-time strategy, a genre whose most famous game is likely Starcraft. Players in these games direct different units to fight or build or harvest resources on the map, all in real time rather than turn-based fashion. I don’t have much experience playing RTS games as I found them intimidating when I was younger, so “quick and light” sounds perfect!

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