January 2026 – Waltorious Writes About Games

Scratching That Itch: TICKET

On January 27, 2026

This is the two hundred twenty-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. This particular entry is also part of the Keeping Score series about games and their soundtracks. Lastly, as always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

Our two hundred twenty-ninth random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is asking us to look through the eyes of a shoe. It’s TICKET, by magicdweedoo, and its tagline in the bundle reads:

shoe game

It is, indeed, a game about a shoe.

Scratching That Itch: Possession

By Waltorious

On January 21, 2026

In Uncategorized

This is the two hundred twenty-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 twenty-eighth random selection from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality has just taken over our physical body. It’s Possession, by Weirdfellows, and its tagline in the bundle reads:

No body, no problem.

But is the inverse also true? Mo bodies, mo problems?

The Great Console History Reorganization

By Waltorious

On January 12, 2026

In Uncategorized

This is Console History, a special sub-series of my more general History Lessons series, covering console role-playing games, action role-playing games, Metroidvanias, and action-adventure games in nominally chronological order starting in the late 1980s. The chronology is garbled in the beginning as the scope of the series expanded, but it gets more organized later on. As always, you may click on images to view larger versions.

Right. Longtime readers will know that my Console History series has been a little chaotic so far. It started with the simple goal of playing the early Final Fantasy games, but soon expanded to include other early Japanese-style role-playing games, then action role-playing games, then Metroidvanias and action-adventures. I’d intended to be chronological with all of it, but kept finding games I’d missed and going back to fill them in. So, I’ve decided some reorganization is in order, as I describe below.

Game-related ramblings.

Month: January 2026

Scratching That Itch: TICKET

Scratching That Itch: Possession

The Great Console History Reorganization