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Month: February 2025

Scratching That Itch: Fairyland Familiars Coloring Book

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On February 25, 2025

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This is the two hundred ninth 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 ninth random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is asking us to get colorful. It’s Fairyland Familiars Coloring Book, by Innokas Media, and it’s messing up my intro formatting by having no tagline in the bundle at all.

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Scratching That Itch: 盆栽 カレンダー (BONSAI CALENDAR)

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On February 23, 2025

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This is the two hundred eighth 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 seventh random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality would like to help us take care of our bonsai tree. It’s 盆栽 カレンダー (BONSAI CALENDAR), by Josh Benavente, and its tagline in the bundle reads:

A piece of software that helps one take good care of his/her bonsai tree.

I do not own a bonsai tree. Please keep that in mind, reader.

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Scratching That Itch: Bonbon

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On February 23, 2025

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This is the two hundred 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.

Our two hundred seventh random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is toddling into view, saying hello to each of its toys. It’s Bonbon, by Aetheric, and its tagline in the bundle reads:

A short horror story, about your childhood.

It’s about a childhood, for sure. Just not mine.

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History Lessons: Out Live

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On February 17, 2025

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Other History Lessons posts can be found here. If you’re looking specifically for console games, those are here. As always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

Reader, we are back on our nominal timeline for this series once more. In fact, this is the entry that sent me on my latest detour, investigating other Japanese-only games that were translated by the team at Nebulous Translations: Getsu Fuuma Den, Star Cruiser, and Shiryou Sensen: War of the Dead. Now I’m back to Out Live by Sunsoft, a grid-based mecha dungeon crawler role-playing game that released in Japan on March 17, 1989 for the PC Engine. That puts it almost two months after Clash At Demonhead in our timeline. It was never officially localized in English, but thankfully I was able to use the fan translation from Nebulous Translations to play it.

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Scratching That Itch: By Your Side

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On February 7, 2025

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This is the two hundred 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.

Our two hundred sixth random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is gazing at us with loving eyes. It’s By Your Side, by Takafumi, and its tagline in the bundle reads:

Live a daily life of love!

This one is very lovey-dovey.

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