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Rovarsson reviews Heretic Dreams: "Wrath of a vengeful God" January 1, 2024 "In Heretic Dreams, the protagonist is a "Pathfinder", one who can, through meditative sifting through the void inside, find the luminous..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Birdland: "♫ Bird is the Word ♪" January 1, 2024 "I never knew that when birds speak English, they sound like the lovechild of HAL and Spock! Bridget's counting the days until the end of..." - See full review

A new competition page: Short Games Showcase 2023 created January 1, 2024 The Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made in the past year (Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023), regardless of whether they've been submitted to any previous jam...

Lance Cirone reviews NewGrant: "A 2001 time capsule" January 1, 2024 "This quick SpeedIF was written under command to include various random topics in a game, which include Hank Buzzcrack, Mother Theresa,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews All Hands Abandon Ship: "In-jokes and Easter eggs" January 1, 2024 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Interactive fiction, we’re told,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Escape your psychosis: "Choose your own psychotic break" January 1, 2024 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). In my Dysfluent review, I..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Pharaoh: "Implementation issues" December 31, 2023 "The implementation in this game was frustrating throughout and made it very rough to play. I was able to finish only by reading the..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Redux: "Fun but a bit bumpy" December 31, 2023 "This was a fun idea and I enjoyed the "switching between worlds" aspect. Unfortunately, that part became unfun by the end, as I was left..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Cargo Breach: "A deadly game with urgency: a ship in true emergency" December 31, 2023 "This game features you as a crew member on a ship that has undergone a catastrophe. You have to race against time to survive and to save..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Shaka!: "Funny game about making emergency clothes out of office supplies" December 31, 2023 "This game was very funny, and pretty short and simple. It's Hawaiian shirt day at work, but you've forgotten to wear one! And, in fact,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Gift of What You Notice More: "Abstract angst-em-up" December 31, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). My first year of college, I had a..." - See full review

Valentin reviews Allegory of Empires: "Awesome game, easy to jump into!" December 30, 2023 "One of the best text-based RPG's out there! It's set in an Italian trade city circa 1600, and you create a realistic character with..." - See full review

A new listing for Allegory of Empires, by Anonymous

A new listing for You're a Time Agent!, by Tabitha

A new listing for Childhood Homes (And why we hate them), by qrowscant

Mike Russo reviews Meritocracy: "Wordy and muddled" December 30, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). The major part of Meritocracy..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews GameCeption: "Mind = blown, but maybe not blown enough" December 30, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I think anybody who has a job or..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Pharaoh: "Short PunyInform game based on 80's miniseries." December 29, 2023 "This is a relatively brief PunyInform game inspired by the start of the TV series Otherworld, and 8-episode miniseries that takes a..." - See full review

Marco Innocenti reviews You Are Standing: "That "bonus game" that broke my Xmas Holidays." December 29, 2023 "It's been a while since I last wrote a review on ifdb. Like Bruce Lee in the movie in Rome, I swore I would never do it again. For many..." - See full review

A new listing for Stone Harbor (Spanish), by Liza Daly (author), Neido Translations (translator)

Mike Russo reviews Hawkstone: "A buggy, over-ambitious homebrew" December 29, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I had my issues with Hawkstone,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Paintball Wizard: "There has to be a twist" December 29, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). So this game leaves me in..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for December 2023 December 28, 2023 6 items On Thursday, December 28, 2023, I published new walkthroughs for the games and stories listed below! Some of these were paid for by my wonderful patrons at Patreon. Please consider supporting me to make even...

A new listing for Grocery Game, by GreenSkunk06

Tabitha reviews The Fluid of Life: "Made me laugh" December 28, 2023 "Having just played (and loved) The Gostak, I looked up other games by the author and found this one. It's a speed IF game, so it's quite..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews THE RUIN OF 0CEANUS PR1ME: "A complex underwater salvage mission in a larger universe" December 28, 2023 "This game, as its name suggests, is part of the same universe as A1RL0CK. It's set in an underwater wreck that is enormous and filled..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews All Hands: "Well-textured sea adventure" December 28, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). There’ve been a goodly number of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews My Pseudo-Dementia Exhibition: "Memory boxes" December 28, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I’ve found myself increasingly..." - See full review

A new listing for The Livid Emissary, by Grim Baccaris

Mike Russo reviews Last Vestiges: "Post-mortem exam" December 27, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Would it be braggy to say that I..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Artful Deceit: "In-artful throwback" December 27, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I keep turning the title over in..." - See full review

aluminumoxynitride reviews Never Gives Up Her Dead: "A big puzzler with a great story!" December 26, 2023 "As I played Never Gives Up Her Dead, I kept coming back to the same thought: "wait, there's MORE?" This game is BIG, featuring lots of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews All the Troubles Come My Way: "Cowboy lawnmower" December 26, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Is there a name for the genre of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Ribald Bat Lady Plunder Quest: "Zorklang unbound" December 26, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Joey Acrimonious has written some..." - See full review

Tabitha reviews Advent Mirror: "Fun sequel" December 25, 2023 "This is a fun follow-up to Advent Door. It's shorter and simpler than that game, but features a different twist on navigation that makes..." - See full review

A new listing for The Grumpy Cricket (And Other Enormous Creatures), by John Goerzen

A new listing for The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor, by Stefan Vogt

momo222 reviews LAKE Adventure: "Great game on memory" December 24, 2023 "Clever, thoughtful, moving game. The way it turns memory into a game format is awesome."

Mike Russo reviews Death on the Stormrider: "Ill communication" December 24, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). 2023's had a lot of boatiness, but..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Whisperers: "Start shouting" December 24, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I’ve read a fair bit of Russian..." - See full review

LayeringYellow reviews Violet: "Great game, annoying narrarator." December 23, 2023 "This game is wonderfully made. The reason I didn't give it five stars was due to me finding the narrative voice annoying. Some people..." - See full review

LayeringYellow reviews 9:05: "Four Stars" December 23, 2023 "This is a game I always recommend to people curious about the text adventure genre. It's short, simple, and the parser won't fight you...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Visit Skuga Lake - Masterpiece Edition: "One of the richest magic systems in IF games, packed into a compact map" December 23, 2023 "This large and multi-faceted game has you start off trapped in a closet in a motel room--not an auspicious beginning for a game of great..." - See full review

A new listing for Ronin, by David Alzofon, Cathryn Mataga

A new competition page: SpeedIF Without Number created December 23, 2023 Write a game where the PC is purple, at least to start with, for whatever reason. The subsequent tale must include a big white chef's hat, gravel, the triumphant return of somebody or something, and an evil...

Mike Russo reviews 20 Exchange Place: "Charge sheet" December 23, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). ARREST/CHARGE INFORMATION..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Who Iced Mayor McFreeze?: "An occasionally-wonky thin-mint-stery (am I doing this right?)" December 23, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I feel like there are a..." - See full review

A new listing for Never Gives Up Her Dead, by Mathbrush

MathBrush reviews Minimal Game: "A fun, short meta-game about beating a game by switching versions" December 22, 2023 "This game has a clever meta concept: you have to switch between different versions of the game, installing and uninstalling upgrades to..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Last Valentine's Day: "It's all over (and over)" December 22, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). The thing about Groundhog Day is..." - See full review

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