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"Night after night you sit awake, waiting for your superhero-boyfriend to come home so you can patch up his injuries. It's hurting you...." - See full review "This was the last game I played in this year’s main festival, and oh what a treat when things end with a bang, not a whimper. Fish and..." - See full review "I’ve noted in several of my other reviews that I prefer games that get specific, providing details to ground their narratives in a..." - See full review "This is a very basic pirate game where the objective is to steal treasures and bring them back home. I played it to practice reading..." - See full review "Picton Murder Whodunnit is a short and sparse random-perpetrator murder mystery. I played through it only once, so I can't really comment..." - See full reviewHelp other IFDB members find the games they're looking for by voting in their polls. Here are a few recent ones:
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| 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... |
| Violet, by Jeremy Freese Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it's already noon.... |
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon... |
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