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IFDB site news February 1, 2022
MathBrush reviews The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen: "Quest through time and space, with a Hans Christian Andersen setting" February 6, 2022
"This game takes the classic, depressing/sacrifical tale of the little matchgirl and uses it as a setting for a larger story. In the..." - See full review
Jade68 reviews fin de sickleburg: "One of the shortest game ever." February 6, 2022
"This is a very short game: a ten minutes or so. It has three different endings, it's a easy game, well written, almost simulacionist,..." - See full review
Rovarsson reviews Eric the Unready: "Eric the ultimately unsatisfactory" February 6, 2022
"The Legend game Eric the Unready takes the damsel-in-distress trope and uses it as a framework for a grand tour of wacky silliness and..." - See full review
Cody Gaisser reviews The Secret of Nara: "A branching story about a deer" February 6, 2022
"The Secret Of Nara is a pretty little twine game about a day in the life of a deer, told from the deer's perspective. The story branches..." - See full review
Cody Gaisser reviews Don't Push The Mailbox 2 And Aisle: "Layers of parody and imitation" February 6, 2022
"Don't Push The Mailbox 2 And Aisle is an homage to a game called Pick Up The Phone Booth And Aisle (itself an homage to the joke game..." - See full review

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