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EJ reviews A Visit to the Human Resources Administration: "Visit to the HRA review" November 18, 2025 "I was on SNAP (colloquially known as “food stamps”) for a number of years. That I’m not anymore is a matter of luck and not..." - See full review

Wade Clarke reviews valley of glass: "More a folkloric stub than a folkloric game." November 18, 2025 "(This review is an edited version of one originally posted to my blog during IFComp 2025) valley of glass, a lyrical-leaning and..." - See full review

oscar-78 reviews Haunted House: "Original and fun mecanic with good narrative" November 17, 2025 "A simple an short game with a lot of charming details. The way the puzzles solve by themselves with the characters moving around the..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Endymion: "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" November 17, 2025 "A collision with an alien spaceship leaves you stuck on a planet, your ship destroyed, the alien ship still semi-functional. Explore it,..." - See full review

Nell (Lamp Post Projects) reviews Super Halloween Horror Show: "Face your fears" November 17, 2025 "Super Halloween Horror Show has an air of unabashed campy fun in its hybrid of superhero and horror motifs, and the game’s title and..." - See full review

japh reviews The Lurking Horror: "Fun game with eerie atmosphere" November 17, 2025 "This was one of the first text adventures I played as a kid, and it stuck with me. When I finally came back to finish it years later, it..." - See full review

japh reviews Anchorhead: "Engaging story with logical puzzles" November 17, 2025 "The story is very engaging from start to finish. Exploring and learning more about the world is its own reward, not just means to..." - See full review

jakomo reviews Ancient Treasure, Secret Spider: "The female of the species is more deadlier than the male" November 17, 2025 "One-room romp where you play a fairy, giving suggestions to a mysterious stranger to fix an ancient machine while two more NPCs fend off..." - See full review

A new listing for Window Washer, by Galvan

A new listing for Winter Light, by Julian Grant

A new listing for Biennio Rosso: An Alternate History, by AwesDes

viv reviews 9:05: "good twist" November 16, 2025 "short but sweet"

NegSec reviews Executive Suite: "Solid game all around, funny as all hell" November 15, 2025 "The best way to describe Executive Suite would be "competent." It isn't in your face flashy, but the presentation gets the job done. The..." - See full review

A new listing for When the Jackals Came, by Julian Grant

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Drift Mine Satellite: "your guide to meaningful community life, post-apocalypse" November 15, 2025 "standing on the porch in the morning… wake up Drift Mine Satellite is a custom choice-based “maintenance text adventure” about..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Kinophobia: "Exploration/logic puzzle game where exorcist casts out 24 movie ghosts" November 15, 2025 "I’m pretty disappointed in myself; I played this game for 3 days and 5-6 hours trying to beat it without hints and only got 18 out of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews you are an ancient chinese poet in exile: "Seeing through the eyes of a poet" November 15, 2025 "(I beta-tested this game). “Where do you get your ideas?” is surely the most vapid question you can ask a writer, but spare a thought..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews 3XXX: NAKED HUMAN BOMBS: "Social progress goes kablooey" November 15, 2025 "(I beta tested this game) 3XXX is not a subtle game. From the moment you enter its hyperrepressed world, where tough-as-nails cops clean..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Wise-Woman's Dog: "History so real you can smell it" November 15, 2025 "I beta-tested this game) I always question my objectivity when I’ve beta-tested a game – it’s hard to figure out an appropriate..." - See full review

A new competition page: Iron ChIF (Pilot Episode) created November 14, 2025 Iron ChIF is an intfiction.org "forum show" modeled after the Japanese television series Iron Chef. Over the course of five days, two authors compete to create a working game from the same "challenge...

A new listing for Endymion, by Daniel M. Stelzer

A new listing for Ancient Treasure, Secret Spider, by C.E.J. Pacian

Mike Russo reviews Fired: "The insults of capitalism" November 14, 2025 "(I beta-tested this game) As late-period capitalism slouches its way to the trash-heap of history, to be replaced by something that’s..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Phobos: A Galaxy Jones Story: "Ill communication" November 14, 2025 "(I beta tested this game) The first Galaxy Jones game was a highlight of Spring Thing 2023, a rip-roaring sci-fi adventure that saw you..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Litchfield Mystery: "Who/how/whydunnit" November 14, 2025 "The Litchfield Mystery is the latest in the author’s series of whodunnits distinguished by their fidelity to real-world forensics. The..." - See full review

Jgesq reviews Loop of Redemption: "Online Page Not Available" November 13, 2025 "Please fix link to online playing."

Mike Russo reviews Escape the Pale: "Shtetl games" November 13, 2025 "A story I am astonished to discover I haven’t yet related in an IF review is the time I married my twin sister – she was wearing my..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews A Rock's Tale: "Gathering moss" November 13, 2025 "I’ve gone to the Star Trek well several times through this year's Comp reviews, so now that we’re nearing the end of the Comp,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Murderworld: "Mutant power" November 13, 2025 "Earlier in one of the reviews in this thread – I confess I don’t remember which one, I’ve written like 75 of them over the last..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews baby:OFF: "Thoughtful and intriguing but ends too quickly." November 12, 2025 "baby:OFF is a short Ink game submitted to Bare-Bones Jam 2025. It follows a protagonist who is struggling with the aftermath of a failed..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews When the TV decides to Murder your Girlfriend - The Game: "No, really! The machines! They're talking to me!" November 12, 2025 "A title like this is meant to be catchy and a bit gonzo, and, well, it may be the best GrueScript game I've played that isn't by Robin..." - See full review

Andrew Schultz reviews Beneath the Weeping Willow: "(pedant voice) but but but it's (mostly) in a house!" November 12, 2025 "I missed the author's entries in IFComp because they felt like the sort of thing I wouldn't want to judge at the moment. On the strength..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Fantasy Opera: Mischief at the Masquerade: "[Insert opera pun here]" November 12, 2025 "Mischief at the Masquerade, per the tagline, is a game where music plays an absolutely central role: the crime you’re trying to prevent..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Breakup Game: "50 ways to leave your lover" November 12, 2025 "Last month my wife and I celebrated our ten-year wedding anniversary – it’s been an eventful decade, but still, it kinda snuck up on..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Retrograding: "Epicycles upon epicycles" November 12, 2025 "Friends, we are just a week out from the end of the second-biggest Comp in history, and while I’m on pace to complete my reviews just..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Marshmallow Nights: "Marshmallows. Stargazing. Pizza. Blankets." November 11, 2025 "What comes to mind when someone says that a game is "cozy?" There is no single answer to this question, but Marshmallow Nights certainly..." - See full review

A new listing for Lewd Mod: No Butts, by HHRichards

kqr reviews The Wise-Woman's Dog: "Well-polished, amazingly deep environment" November 11, 2025 "I only hand out five-star ratings when a game has truly blown me away. This one did. I don't know where to start. I am so impressed by..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Tabula Rasa: "“The Chosen (by A.I.) One”" November 11, 2025 "You are an A.I. of a maternity ward. You’ve calculated that humanity is on the verge of being wiped out by human-driven climate..." - See full review

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Masks: "More than a mask" November 11, 2025 "You were only a courier until you agreed to run deliveries for the resistance and even then, you had no further involvement. And yet,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Not so Happy Easter 2025: "Czech your assumptions about parser games" November 11, 2025 "This is maybe just an example of I-wouldn’t-want-to-belong-to-a-club-that-would-have-me-as-a-member preciousness, but despite playing a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Island Of Rhynin: "ColoniAIlism" November 11, 2025 "Exploring a mysterious island from whose bourn no traveler has returned is an appealing trope with deep roots in the pulps and Victorian..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Dead Sea: "At sea" November 11, 2025 "You never get a second chance to make a first impression, they say, before blushing in shame from having wasted their first impression on..." - See full review

A new listing for A Knight at the Opera, by Adam Hendine

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Individual Action Simulator: "Strong topic, weak implementation" November 10, 2025 "You are concerned about THE ENVIRONMENT, and want to do your part! Individual Action Simulator is a brief Ink game that considers the..." - See full review

Queeves reviews Forsaken Denizen: "Artwork/Story" November 10, 2025 "The artwork drew me in, and the story kept me engaged. Took me a bit longer than most, about 3 hours.. but that 3 hours was worth it for..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Mooncrash!: "Crash into you" November 10, 2025 "In the very first IF review I wrote after coming back from a 15-year hiatus, I talked about the alienating associations anime tends to..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan: "Inverted heists" November 10, 2025 "I’ve been in the tank for the Lady Thalia games pretty much from the minute I first encountered them: I love a heist and a period..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews My creation: "Babies and monsters" November 10, 2025 "Reviewing a chunk of games all at once through the course of the Comp can be a blessing and a curse. On the plus side, there can be..." - See full review

Canalboy reviews Castle Warlock: "How To Get More From PAW" November 9, 2025 "Castle Warlock was the third of five games written by the admirable Ken Bond; it is one of the best examples of the castle/dungeon romp..." - See full review

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