January 2025 – Waltorious Writes About Games

This is the two hundred 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.

Our two hundred fifth random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is very excited about drawing cute girls romancing each other. It’s Ecchi Sketch: Draw Cute Girls Every Day! (All Ages Ver) by NewWestGames, and its tagline in the bundle reads:

Cute lesbian fun in Ecchi Sketch: Draw Cute Girls Every Day!

I can confirm that this is, indeed, a cute game about lesbians.

This post is part of the Keeping Score series about games and their soundtracks. As always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

Long time readers may remember that I wrote about Lucas Pope’s Return of the Obra Dinn about a year ago. Specifically, I wrote about the experience of playing it with my partner, who is less well versed in games than I, and how it served as an excellent introduction to games. We enjoyed its intricate puzzle-like mystery so much, we looked into other games that might offer similar deduction puzzles. A kind reader suggested The Case of the Golden Idol by Color Gray Games — although mistakenly referred to it as The Curse of the Golden Idol, a mistake I keep repeating as I write this. It was inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, and it got a lot of praise from the press, so it seemed like a good choice. But then we got distracted. Now we’ve finally given The Case of the Golden Idol a try, and I’m happy to report that it not only offers some quality detective work, it may be an even better introduction to games.

Game-related ramblings.

Month: January 2025

Scratching That Itch: Ecchi Sketch: Draw Cute Girls Every Day! (All Ages Ver)

The Case Of The Golden Idol Is Another Great Game For Collaborative Detective Work