do they not *want* people to play games?

My afternoon so far:

Think, "I have the day off! Maybe I should play one of those games I got from the itch.io Bundle for Racial Jusice and Equality!"

Decide to play Oxenfree, because I've heard it's good.

Attempt to download it from the web page. Am able to download it, but can't open it.

Google around. Discover that itch.io would quite like me to download its desktop app and play games on that instead.

Download app.

Am unable to play, download, or in some cases even find games from my purchased bundle in the app.

Google around until I figure out how to do that.

Install Oxenfree in the app, yay! It takes forever, but yay!

Click "launch." Get error message which says that 3D acceleration has failed, and I should check that I have the right version and drivers for the graphics thingy.

Google around until I figure out how to do that.

Do that. Everything is correct.

Google around some more. Discover that this is a known glitch, and the solution is to rename a particular system file.

Attempt to rename system file. Am not allowed to rename system file.

Check that I have administrator rights on my own damn laptop. I do.

In a state of frustrated rage ("why can't I make this thing WORK, why am I SO STUPID???") that is not good for my mental health, restart computer.

Play some Best Fiends on my phone while laptop restarts, because at least that works.

Re-attempt launch. Still does not work.

Make disgruntled post on DreamWidth.