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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

BitterlyIndifferent reviews The Corsham Witch Trial: "A courtroom drama with many shades of gray" December 10, 2023 "The thing about The Corsham Witch Trial is that it contains no actual witches — and that’s fine, there weren’t any at the Salem..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews We All Fall Together: "A reckless disregard for gravity" December 10, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I’ve never had a dream of..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Enigma of Solaris: "Short, talky golden-age sci-fi" December 10, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I grew up reading Golden Age..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews To Sea in a Sieve: "De-plunder " December 9, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I don’t know where a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Please Sign Here: "Single White Barista" December 9, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Please Sign Here is a deceptively..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Whale's Keeper: "No fluke" December 8, 2023 "I used to work with some environmental advocates, from whom I learned a mouthful of a Greco-Roman phrase: charismatic marine megafauna,..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews One Knight Stand: "For the real CoG heads" December 8, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). One Knight Stand reminds me of a..." - See full review

A new listing for Вожатство - сильная сторона, by анонимность

Mike Russo reviews DICK MCBUTTS GETS KICKED IN THE NUTS: "DICK MCBUTTS GETS REVIEWED IN THE NUTS" December 7, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). There are some stories that, when..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews The Little Match Girl 4: Crown of Pearls: "Matchless" December 7, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). As discussed in my Eat the..." - See full review

A new poll by Max Fog, Longer optimization games created December 6, 2023 9 votes for 5 games Im looking for some games of more like 30 minute length, that are optimization based. And succeed in pulling it off. If you have some thoughts on length of these games (as in, maximum length or other), leave...

Rovarsson reviews Assembly: "Dark Worship through DIY-furniture." December 6, 2023 "It’s been a long day, but you might as well assemble this last little table. Even though you don’t remember picking it from the racks..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Eat the Eldritch: "It's beginning to look a lot like fish men" December 6, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). Well, it’s finally happened...." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews In The Details: "Idle hands" December 6, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). I swear, the Comp randomizer has a..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews my heart, bared.: "Fallen London fan game with a single choice" December 5, 2023 "This game was written for the Single Choice jam. As such, it is designed more as a short story, adding interactivity only to punctuate..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Chinese Family Dinner Moment: "A constrained parser game with a family dinner" December 5, 2023 "This is a parser game entered in the single choice jam, which requires that games only allow a single choice throughout the game. This..." - See full review

oscar-78 reviews Tuuli: "One of the best written adventures in Spanish" December 5, 2023 "Though it is short, it is still one of the best written adventures in Spanish. It has a great literary level that brings to mind the..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews (do not) forget: "An illustrated trippy game about finding meaning" December 5, 2023 "This game always shows up on lists when I'm searching alphabetically, due to its use of parentheses, so I wanted to review it. It's a..." - See full review

Mike Russo reviews Help! I Can't Find My Glasses!: "A bit out of focus" December 5, 2023 "(This is a lightly-edited version of a review I posted to the IntFiction forums during 2023's IFComp). My freshman year of high school,..." - See full review

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