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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

Mike Russo reviews The Paper Magician: "A riddle wrapped in an enigma" December 22, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I really like riddles. What’s..." - See full review

A new listing for Your body is made of waves, by Matteo Pozzi and Annamaria Andrea

Rovarsson reviews With Those We Love Alive: "The Queen requires your services." December 21, 2023 "Wait. The Queen will notify you when there is work to do. You are an artificer of sorts, making things of glass and metal, and of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Into The Lion's Mouth: "Untamed" December 21, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). An awesome thing about..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews My Brother; The Parasite: "A dark revenant" December 21, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I think most people who’ve lost..." - See full review

Denk reviews The Enigma of Solaris: "Approached as a very short game" December 20, 2023 "Ok, I am obviously an outlier here, though five people gave this game 8 or 9 during IFComp. However, I did not play this game during..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Redux: "Excellent world-hopping concept with some rough edges" December 20, 2023 "I had a great time with this game, then a bad time, then a pretty good time. This is a PunyJam game, written using PunyInform, a variant..." - See full review

EJ reviews LUNIUM: "Lunium review" December 20, 2023 "In Lunium, you are a detective who awakes to find yourself chained up by the killer you have been pursuing. You must both discover the..." - See full review

EJ reviews Beat Witch: "Beat Witch review" December 20, 2023 "Beat Witch is a parser game that takes place in a world where some girls, at puberty, suddenly turn into Beat Witches, a sort of energy..." - See full review

EJ reviews Dr Ludwig and the Devil: "Dr. Ludwig review" December 20, 2023 "This game follows Dr. Ludwig, a Dr. Faust/Victor Frankenstein mashup, as he tries to make a deal with the Devil for godlike powers of..." - See full review

EJ reviews Who Iced Mayor McFreeze?: "Who Iced Mayor McFreeze review" December 20, 2023 "I wasn’t the biggest fan of Bubble Gumshoe’s first outing, Who Killed Gum E. Bear; it hinges entirely on noticing a single aspect of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Kaboom: "A haunting non-allegory" December 20, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). While I’ve generally read far..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Have Orb, Will Travel: "Sub orb-ital" December 20, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I’m not generally one for..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe: "Ambitious sequel to Infocom's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game" December 19, 2023 "(Note: this review was based on the mid competition version of the game. Some issues it refers to may have been since ironed out in the..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Dysfluent: "Powerful game about living with a speech impediment" December 19, 2023 "This is a really thought-provoking Twine piece about speech impediments and specifically stuttering. It puts you in the shoes of a..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Dr Ludwig and the Devil: "The feel of a Hammer horror film in comedy parser game form" December 19, 2023 "This is a comedy parser game of a pact with the Devil, written very much in the style of Hammer horror movies of the past. This was..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Assembly: "Saving the world with flat pack furniture" December 19, 2023 "(Note: this review was based on the mid competition version of the game. Some issues it refers to may have been since ironed out in the..." - See full review

Vivienne Dunstan reviews Last Valentine's Day: "Time looping around Valentine's Day" December 19, 2023 "This Twine piece sees you reliving the same Valentine’s Day over and over again, repeating the time you find your partner has left you,..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Bogeyman: "He likes the blue things in the broth..." December 19, 2023 " (A very effective horror Twine. Gruesome, sometimes disgusting on the surface, but the most scary was how it manipulated my mind into..." - See full review

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