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A new poll by Canalboy, Games Where Moving In The Dark Is Essential created March 16, 2025
To Whom It May Concern, by ParadoxRogue
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Expelled!, by Inkle
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Overbrook, by Ben Parrish
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Calixto Island, by Ron Krebs
Medieval Pits, by Janos Biro
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Et il fallut donc, by Louphole
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Canalboy reviews Stonequest: "Holy Overgrown Stone Maze Batman!" - See full review
Lance Cirone reviews Death By Monkey: "The ape of wrath" - See full review
MathBrush reviews 2/5: "Clever 3d interactive fiction game that references IF itself" - See full review
EJ reviews Astralily: "Astralily review" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Où est passé Mathieu Moreau ?: "A Google Calendar treasure hunt (in French)" - See full review
monsteradmirer reviews Astralily: "Want to see more" - See full review

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Nebula Awards 2024 created March 13, 2025
French Comp 2025 created March 11, 2025
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The 2024 IFDB Awards created February 18, 2025
News on ShuffleComp 2024: ShuffleComp 2024 Results February 11, 2025 Details
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Games Where The Shape Of The Map Is Relevant To Game Completion by Canalboy, 3 items
New walkthroughs for February 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
Annotated Interactive Fiction by Pinstripe, 8 items
Games I’ve Started by jupiterleah, 8 items
New walkthroughs for January 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
My favorites ones by Zeno Pillan, 3 items
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New walkthroughs for December 2024 by David Welbourn, 10 items
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Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short
The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne,...

80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around...

Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but...

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...

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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