Yeah, this is what annoys me about itch.io bundles. I want to just add everything to my library so I can just grab something random and try it out, but you have to manually add each game to your library individually (and it auto signs you up to individual newsletters for each dev too). So instead I have to go to my email, do a search and try to find any bundles I’ve bought, click the link, then manually go though pages looking for something to play, add it to my library, then go back to the itch.io application to install it. Then also wait for the developer to send out a newsletter so I can unsubscribe.
I understand it on the level of they do not think people actually want to play anything but the popular games so they let you manually add only the games you want, but it adds an effort barrier to just trying out random stuff.
the itch app is actually pretty great though i don’t know if they’re really still actively developing it. it’s got some quirks, but it’s nice.
anyway, thanks to almost 15 years of bundles and the fact that i don’t actually enjoy most videogames, i think i’ve played something like 5-8% of the games in my Steam library (i’ve finally made myself stop buying bundles lol)
Jamestown was also a very early non-valve, non-epic (remember when they were the first other company?) game on steam. It was at the center of a couple holiday sale themed challenges and whatnot.
If you ever played those Boku no Natsuyasumi games and thought “why the hell am I doing this” when catching bugs or fishing, you’ll be glad to know that doing this in Natsumon upgrades your BOTW-style stamina gauge.
Sometimes I think it’s a shame that I’m not only nostalgic for my own childhood, but for a childhood I’ve only experienced vicariously through anime. Like some kind of paranostalgia
