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"This game was a really good choice. I really thought i would beet the game in 1 try but no. It kept me thinking. I really think this game..." - See full review "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review This one feels like an IF poem more than anything else. Mechanically, it is mostly an exploration through..." - See full review "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2022's IFComp). Friends, I have by now been around..." - See full review "This game is NOT for kids. Page 1: This is Jo. Jo wants to go on an adventure! You are reading a storybook about a boy named Jo who..." - See full review "(This is an edited version of a review I posted in my blog during IFComp 2022) Nose Bleed is a clicking-choice-based story with graphic..." - See full review "Adapted from an IFCOMP22 Review You’re all familiar with Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, yes? Twenty+..." - 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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| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
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