#JakeReviewsItch by Rating

Every 4/5 review for #JakeReviewsItch, roughly sorted from best to worst. I'm not overthinking that, and you shouldn't, either. You can also sort by name or genre.

See this month's ranking, or check out other reviews by score: 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 5/5

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a new life. Aerannis Anarcute Angry Video Game Nerd I&II Deluxe Another Lost Phone: Laura’s Story All You Can Eat Alt-Frequencies A Normal Lost Phone Airships: Conquer the Skies Antecrypt⚡ Akuto: Showdown / Akuto: Mad World 10s 1993 Space Machine Alien Life Lab A Hole New World 10mg: SNAAAK A Short Hike About Love, Hate & the other ones A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build A Snake’s Tale 2000:1: A Space Felony Affinity The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition

#JakeReviewsItch by Name

Every review for #JakeReviewsItch, sorted alphabetically. You can also sort by rating or genre.

# A1 A2 B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

a completely normal dating simulation that is definitely sweet, innocent and normal A Dance of Fire and Ice A Day In the Woods A e r o c r a f t A Forgetful Loop A Game of Changes A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build A Hole New World A Kishoutenketsu in the countryside A Light Long Gone A Lullaby of Colors A Magical Tale: Cavern Crawler A Mortician's Tale a new life. A NIGHTMARE'S TRIP A Normal Lost Phone A Planet of Mine A Short Hike A Sketchbook About Her Sun A Snake's Tale A Wish Upon a Star

February 2023 Game Awards

#JakeReviewsItch Game of the Month Archives

Like a lion, March is here, and that means it's time to celebrate Itch.io games I reviewed in February using award categories stolen from another publication. As is tradition. This month, our template comes from the latest issue of Game Informer (Vol. XXXIII / No. 2 / Issue 353; Resident Evil 4 remake on the cover), mostly because I idly flipped open a copy last week and landed on the "Best Dork" category.

2/12/23 - Week In Review

#JakeReviewsItch Week In Review Archives

This week's reviews:

🧡🧡🧡🧡🤍 a new life. 🧡🤍🤍🤍🤍 A NIGHTMARE'S TRIP 🧡🧡🧡🧡🤍 A Normal Lost Phone 🧡🧡🧡🤍🤍 A Planet of Mine 🧡🧡🧡🧡🤍 A Short Hike 🧡🧡🧡🤍🤍 A Sketchbook About Her Sun 🧡🧡🧡🧡🤍 A Snake's Tale Later in this post, we're going deep Nintendo news and capitalism:

Game of the Week:

Without a doubt, this is the strongest week so far. There's a clear winner in this batch (as well as a clear loser), but the runners-up have been on my mind a lot over the last few days.

The Puzzle/Podcast Principle

First identified in A Snake's Tale, the Puzzle/Podcast Principle states that in the era of casual puzzle games designed primarily to be played on phones and tablets, distraction is an essential part of the intended experience. Giving such a game one's undivided attention, therefore, can be ruinous to enjoyment and engagement. PC and console games are more likely to ask for focus, which can be a big problem if you've unknowingly downloaded a mobile port. So next time you fire up a game (of any genre) that feels like it should tick all your boxes, but it's just not clicking, hit that mute button and listen to your imaginary friends talk to each other. And remember: The most important part of any para-social relationship is YOU.

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A Snake's Tale

by m12y

Genre: Puzzle

Pitch: Navigate snakes around obstacles and into holes. Snakes move along a grid and can't go backwards.

My expectations: I've played this. I remember liking it initially and then quickly losing interest.

#JakeReviewsItch by Genre

Every review from #JakeReviewsItch, sorted by genre and arranged alphabetically. Genres provided by developers/publishers on Itch.io. A lot of developers/publishers seem very confused about what kind of game they've made. You can also sort by name or rating.

[4/25: Phew! I've cleaned up the broken links and the clutter on the name and rating pages. Now to get genre sorting back in shape. Should be done by the end of the week.] Genres on this page, alphabetically: Action / Adventure / Card Game / Educational / Fighting / Interactive Fiction / Platformer / Puzzle / Rhythm

See Page 2 for: Role Playing / Shooter / Simulation / Strategy / Visual Novel / N/A (No genre tag)

Action

// Down to Earth // 10 Flights of Ballooning 10s A Lullaby of Colors Aerannis Akuto: Showdown / Akuto: Mad World Alfal's Grove Alien Life Lab Ambidangerous An American Werewolf In LA Anarcute Angry Video Game Nerd I&II Deluxe Antecrypt⚡ Antistatic The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

Adventure

// Down to Earth // 10mg: Sealed Estate 10mg: SNAAAK 1,000 Heads Among the Trees 2064: Read Only Memories 2000:1: A Space Felony A Magical Tale: Cavern Crawler A Normal Lost Phone A Short Hike Adventure for a Bit Adventures of a Radish After the first station Akurra Alien Life Lab All Haze Eve All You Can Eat Alone With You An Airport Game Anarcute Anodyne Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Card Game

9 Till Void

Educational

The Archives of Evil Dr BA

Fighting

Antistatic

Interactive Fiction

12 Labors a new life. A Normal Lost Phone A Sketchbook About Her Sun Adventure for a Bit The Alabaster Donut Farm Alt-Frequencies An Outcry, prologue

Platformer

8 Bit Space (ZX Spectrum Inspired Platformer) 1365 A Hole New World A Short Hike Abomination Tower Above: The Fallen Adventures of a Radish The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition Air Dasher And Yet It Moves Antistatic Arachnopunk

Puzzle

A Day In the Woods A Forgetful Loop A Game of Changes A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build A Kishoutenketsu in the countryside A Normal Lost Phone A Snake's Tale A Wish Upon a Star About Love, Hate & the other ones adjacency Affinity Akurra Alt-Frequencies An Airport Game The Archives of Evil Dr BA

Rhythm

A Dance of Fire and Ice