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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedA new Recommended List by writersarchive, Surreal, experimental, psychological, weird, unusual, historical January 16, 2026
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Games
Add a game listingStrange House, by Anonymous LADS |
Mugger, by Anonymous LADS |
Castle Slab, by Tara McGrew LADS |
Castle Dracwulf, by benkid77 LADS |
Nyoperativsystem, by Nakade Custom |
it sucks to be us, by tofurocks Twine |
Reviews
BrettW reviews whoami: "Great command-line interface vibes with a sparse fiction."   |
BrettW reviews Hobbiton Recall: "Enthusiastic, colourful, but a little off-target" |
BrettW reviews you are an ancient chinese poet at the neo-orchid pavilion: "poets racing cups downstream / some unaware theirs have tipped" - See full review |
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IFDB Recommends
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky "Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near... |
| The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are... |
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that... |
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe... |
| Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman You are online. You are fire and order. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a... |
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