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Vivienne Dunstan reviews All Hands: "Unsettling Texture piece set on a mysterious ship" December 17, 2023 "Next up for me, and this Texture piece, a horror/mystery set on the sea, in an unspecified time and place, but my mind imagined almost..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Help! I Can't Find My Glasses!: "Promising relatable interactive story that could be polished further" December 17, 2023 "This is a choice / Choicescript based game where you have lost your glasses and need to figure out who has taken them. This is a scenario..." - See full review

A new listing for Morgen wird Klausur geschrieben, by Lorenz Bulin

Mike Russo reviews Trail Stash: "There's no Spoonerism for "Spoonerism"" December 17, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I've played a lot of Andrew..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Magor Investigates...: "Perhaps too low-key" December 17, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I have by now played a reasonable..." - See full review

manonamora reviews A Thing of Wretchedness: "Unsatisfying ending(s)" December 16, 2023 "A Thing of Wretchedness is a horror “sandbox” parser, set in an empty farmstead in the middle of winter, away from any life, some..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Smart Theory: "Declaring that there are no new ideas feels simultaneously correct and tedious" December 16, 2023 "Smart Theory encounters a common problem in game design: How do you simulate an unpleasant experience without driving away your audience?..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Unfortunate: "An ambitious work with implementation issues" December 16, 2023 "I loved the premise of this game — it puts you in a short, repeatable scenario as an accretive PC (something similar was used for The..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews The Best Man: "Vivid and uncomfortable" December 16, 2023 "This work was phenomenally well-written, which made it a challenge to enjoy. The Best Man is initially told from the perspective of..." - See full review

A new listing for The Truth, by Robert Landin

manonamora reviews Barcarolle in Yellow: "Missed the mark with loads of potential" December 16, 2023 "Barcarolle in Yellow is a meta parser, working as an interactive movie script for a pulpy giallo, blurring the lines between reality and..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Assembly: "Cult decor" December 16, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). There are several ways to..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Ship: "Navel-gazing voyages" December 16, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). So here’s a deeply thought-out..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Dysfluent: "Communications breakdown" December 16, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Dysfluent is part of a subgenre of..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Have Orb, Will Travel: "And Travel you will... A LOT" December 15, 2023 "Have Orb, Will Travel is an old-school style parser, where you play a wizard tasked to find an elusive orb somewhere inside a quaint..." - See full review

OtisTDog reviews A Matter of Heist Urgency: "The only thing missing is an ad for breakfast cereal..." December 15, 2023 "[Full Disclosure: I know the author of this work personally, and I served as a beta tester for this game.] "I don't want to play in a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Fix Your Mother's Printer: "PC LOAD LETTER" December 15, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). For its first ten minutes, I was..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Lake Starlight: "Magic Summer Camp - The Extended Intro" December 14, 2023 "Lake Starlight is an incomplete young-adult fantasy game, where you play as a teenage girl on the day of her “coming-of-age”..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Last Vestiges: "Watch out! This will be on the test!" December 14, 2023 "Last Vestige is a fairly short parser, built as a mix of an escape room and mystery solving. You play some sort of detective, called up..." - See full review

xyzoe reviews A Day for Fresh Sushi: "Impressive world building for a one-room puzzle quickie." December 14, 2023 "The enjoyment of this silly little game comes not from solving the puzzle, but rather from the fact that even a silly little fish puzzle..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Tin Mug: "Good deeds always pay off" December 14, 2023 "The Tin Mug is a fairly short choice-game where you play as a tin mug, on its birthday. It is a fairly linear story, with the binary..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Shanidar, Safe Return: "A twist on the kinetic genre" December 14, 2023 "Shanidar, Safe Return is an interactive fiction piece where you follow a group of Neanderthal/Cro-Magnons first fleeing for safety, than..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Magor Investigates...: "But we investigate little..." December 14, 2023 "Magor Investigates… is a relatively short linear parser, where you play Magor, the court’s sorcerer. Though the game is part of a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Detective Osiris: "Divine investigation" December 14, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Adapting a piece of static fiction..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Barcarolle in Yellow: "Lights, camera..." December 14, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). My wife and I visited Venice a few..." - See full review

A new listing for Game of Runes, by Chris Hunneysett

A new poll by Tabitha, Microparsers created December 13, 2023 101 votes for 67 games The discussion in this thread, from which I've borrowed the term "microparser" (thanks Pinkunz!), led me to want to collect small parser games. I'm thinking of ones that fit what's described in the...

Tabitha reviews Advent Door: "A very fun little puzzler" December 13, 2023 "I don't have much more to say than what's in the title--this was a quick game with a clever mechanic that required mapping and doing some..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Am I My Brother's Keeper?: "Will you answer the call?" December 13, 2023 "~~ Updated Review from the 2022 IFComp bc I replayed it recently ~~ Am I My Brother's Keeper? is a short mystery Texture game focusing on..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Witch: "Old-school to a fault" December 13, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Points to The Witch for delivering..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews A Thing of Wretchedness: "Systems of oppression" December 13, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Thing of Wretchedness bills itself..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Fix Your Mother's Printer: "Refrain from Sarcasm..." December 12, 2023 "Sunday afternoon. Lie back in the sofa, get your book and a cup of tea. Aahhh… ----tingaling----tingaling---- Or take a call from your..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Bali B&B: "Juggle your responsibilities as an impromptu B&B host." December 12, 2023 "I mentioned the name of this game to my son and soon we were jamming and scatting to it. It lends itself well to improvised..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Dr Ludwig and the Devil: "Read the Fine Print" December 12, 2023 "MWAHUAHAHAAA !!! ----bzbzZzoOooOoomm----krkrRrkzZziiing-KRAK---- It’s alive! Aliv-… Well,… I saw its pinky twitch. And it sneezed...." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Little Glass Slipper: "Cinderella gone wrong" December 12, 2023 "This Twine game is a retrospective from an alternate ending of the original Cinderella story. In this version, the stepsister won out. By..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Killing Machine Loves Slime Prince: "A limited parser game about slowly gaining power" December 12, 2023 "This was a fun treat of a game to experience. You are a violent death machine, used as a pawn in an interplanetary war. And you love..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Thanatophobia: "Help me help you." December 12, 2023 "~~ Updated Review from the 2022 IFComp bc I replayed it recently ~~ Thanatophobia is a relatively short horror chat-like parser in which..." - See full review

manonamora reviews The Paper Magician: "Riddle me... some exact answers" December 12, 2023 "The Paper Magician is an interactive game centred around a singular puzzle. In it, you play an unnamed PC, a test subject, whose..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Creative Cooking: "Creative... but no cooking." December 12, 2023 "Creative Cooking is a relatively short parser, with minimal puzzles, set in a fantasy world. Your goal is to gather ingredients to..." - See full review

manonamora reviews Meritocracy: "Mary Sue-ing our way through philosophy" December 12, 2023 "Meritocracy is a fairly linear story, where you play as a first-year university student taking their first class in a Philosophy course,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Out of Scope: "Snipe hunting" December 12, 2023 "Out of Scope tells a story of twin siblings brought into deadly conflict. Reared by a prominent military family, their parents try to..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Antony & Cleopatra: Case IV: The Murder of Marlon Brando: "Consulting vice-president" December 12, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). A game with a title like this..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Gestures Towards Divinity: "The Fury and the Beaten." December 11, 2023 "A white gallery room. A Francis Bacon triptych. You, empty-handed, wearing only a linen robe. Another room, and yet another. Three..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Creative Cooking: "A glimpse into a world." December 11, 2023 "(This review is based on the IFComp version of the game.) Have a rummage through the fridge and get a can of something from the pantry...." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Barcarolle in Yellow: "Theatrical Reality (or vice versa?)" December 11, 2023 "(This review is based on the IFComp version of the game.) I already liked the sound of this title before I knew what it meant. It has an..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Bright Brave Knight Knave: "Might make light ... lake? (I am bad at this)" December 11, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Graham Nelson’s adage about a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Gestures Towards Divinity: "A brazen head" December 11, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp. Some spoilers in this one, though..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews The House on Highfield Lane: "Well implemented, but there were some player/character disconnects " December 10, 2023 "Players steer Mandy, the protagonist, into a creepy old house. The rest of the story involves trying to find a way out. I thought that..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews Brave Bear: ""Simple" isn't always easy to deliver." December 10, 2023 "Brave Bear is a child’s toy with a solemn duty to keep its owner safe. I liked the concept, I enjoyed playing with toys, and I liked..." - See full review

BitterlyIndifferent reviews At King Arthur's Christmas Feast: "It's like a Medieval Boy Scout Simulator" December 10, 2023 "This choice-based adaptation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a niche piece — almost a Medieval Boy Scout Simulator — and I love..." - See full review

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