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kaemi reviews The Withering Gaze of the Earth: "Spring Thing 2023: The Withering Gaze of the Earth" May 7, 2023 "The Withering Gaze of the Earth wastes no time leaping for the gothic. You wander ashore a strange island as the ship the brought you..." - See full review

Lilirose reviews Perdition's Flames: "Concept affascinante, ma poco altro" May 6, 2023 "L'idea e l'ambientazione sono molto originali, tra il nonsense ed il dark humor; anche la longevità è buona ed apprezzo lo sforzo per..." - See full review

A new Recommended List by Reeah, Games with great NPCs May 6, 2023 3 items Exactly what it says on the tin. These games include some of my favourite NPCs. Games are in no particular order.

Rovarsson reviews Red Door Yellow Door: "Hypnosis gone agley." May 4, 2023 "(This review is based on the Spring Thing 2023 version.) But… but… I only wanted to play a game. A childish little spooky sleepover..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Insomnia: Twenty-Six Adventures After Dark: "What did the monk say to the sleepless man?" May 4, 2023 "(This review is based on the Spring Thing 2023 version.) What a welcome surprise! I expected this to be an elaborate joke game, where you..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Gone Out For Gruyère: "Worth going out for" May 4, 2023 "Gone Out For Gruyere is a fun puzzlefest. In this one, you're stuck in a room with a giant cheese mocking you every time you move. It's..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Secret of the Black Walrus: "Locked-door murder!" May 3, 2023 "(This review is based on the Spring Thing 2023 version.) Once again, Scotland Yard is baffled and comes knocking on your door for..." - See full review

A new listing for Questprobe Number 4: X-Men, by Scott Adams

Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Hanna, We're Going to School: "Time for school, time for school, time for school, time for-" May 3, 2023 "It’s time for school but you’re not feeling it right now. Or ever, really. But you and Hanna have no choice. School it is, then. Oh,..." - See full review

A new listing for Aspect Traveler, by Zerovirus, Benedict Ide

A new competition page: 13th IF Grand Prix 2023 created May 2, 2023 German language IF competition as announced on Nov 30, 2022 on if-de forum https://if-forum.org/topic.php?id=1288 https://ifwizz.de/grand-prix-2023.html https://ifwizz.de/grand-prix-2023-ergebnisse.html

A new Recommended List by egostat, Solid Favorites May 2, 2023 18 items I was going to make an "All-time Favorites" list, but that's quite a burdensome title, so I decided to make a "Solid Favorites" list instead. To be honest, I made this entirely for myself since I'm so bad at...

A new listing for Danger at Deathoak Manor, by Peter Aperlo

Rovarsson reviews I Am Prey: "A door slams shut..." May 1, 2023 "(This review is based on the Spring Thing 2023 version.) Well this is something else! I Am Prey is a tense pursuit thriller where the PC..." - See full review

A new listing for Mom Guilt, by Lindsay Slattery

A new Recommended List by Max Fog, Favourite games May 1, 2023 20 items I use this list to remind myself what are good games and what to replay. Also, you guys might agree!

kaemi reviews Lady Thalia and the Masterpiece of Moldavia: "Spring Thing 2023: Lady Thalia and the Masterpiece of Moldavia" April 30, 2023 "Lady Thalia thrives on the central but gentle hypocrisy of the heist, subverting wryly the high society classiness in which it so eagerly..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Marie Waits: "In a pit, tied to a chair." April 30, 2023 "(This review is based on the Spring Thing 2023 version.) In this tense and fast-moving thriller, Marie must escape her mysterious captors..." - See full review

Lance Cirone reviews Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires: "Another heist for the highlight reel" April 30, 2023 "Playing Lady Thalia is an all-around good time. I'll start off by saying that I love its style of writing; a lot of Lady Thalia's..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews Protocol: "Conservation of p is violated in the mirror..." April 29, 2023 ">"Weightlessness, wonder, a rare smile as the planet descended below you, a brilliant viridian marble swirled with soft white clouds."..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews Ich, Shub-Jagaroth: "Just a night out as an eldritch god of horror" April 29, 2023 "This is a fine Gruescript game, similar to Robin Johnson's own. Gruescript is a parser/choice hybrid, where all actions are done by..." - See full review

A new listing for Ich, Shub-Jagaroth, by Heiko Spies

MathBrush reviews Gen Norden: "Endless boredom in the sand" April 28, 2023 "Apparently this game is a kind of in-joke parody of a German game from years ago about going south. This game is about going north in the..." - See full review

A new listing for Gen Norden, by Arno Nühm

MathBrush reviews Fischstäbchen: "A trip on a fishing ship runs into trouble" April 28, 2023 "This was a pretty entertaining German game. Due to my weak German skills, I relied heavily on the accompanying map for help, so someone..." - See full review

A new listing for Fischstäbchen, by Olaf Nowacki

MathBrush reviews Das Geheimnis von Beagle's Rock: "A German Gruescript drama based on WWII and England" April 28, 2023 "This was an entertaining story with some good puzzles. You play as a young German person who has received notice that your uncle, who had..." - See full review

A new listing for Das Geheimnis von Beagle's Rock, by Michael Baltes

Rachel Helps reviews Ether: "A floating fancy" April 28, 2023 "You play as a cloudlike entity who gradually forms into a creature and gains powers as it shows mastery of the world it is creating. You..." - See full review

Rachel Helps reviews The Absence of Law: "Noob-friendly parser game that hits on science fiction themes of embodiment." April 28, 2023 "I don't normally play parser-based games, but I wanted to play all the interactive fiction I could find by Mormons. Mathbrush suggested..." - See full review

Rachel Helps reviews Book of Mormon Adventures: "Simple choices, interesting perspectives on sacred text" April 27, 2023 "I am LDS and I've spent a lot of time with the Book of Mormon. I'm also a writer of interactive fiction and a researcher of Mormon..." - See full review

Rovarsson reviews The Familiar: "Flu? Walnut-and-puffball soup!" April 27, 2023 "(This review is based on the Spring Thing 2023 comp version.) Such a warm and homely starting situation! Your witch is feeling a bit..." - See full review

A new listing for INSOMNIA, by kaplanich

Sad and Wet Horse reviews A Long Way to the Nearest Star: "Heartwarming friendship with a memorable NPC" April 27, 2023 "Appears like a typical "outsmart the rogue AI" story in the beginning - and will continue to be that type of story if you let it - but if..." - See full review

dogdennings reviews Cat Burglar: "An interesting setup marred by technical problems" April 26, 2023 "I am a cat burglar, and I am currently standing outside a house. Eric is here, and he wants to talk to me. ..." - See full review

MathBrush reviews The Little Match Girl 3: The Escalus Manifold: "A combat RPG through multiple worlds" April 26, 2023 "This game is set in the Little Match Girl universe, which is very different than what it sounds like (to me it sounds like a drab and..." - See full review

egostat reviews Color the Truth: "Solid short fun" April 26, 2023 "I finished this game quite quickly. I love mystery games with mechanics like these, and was excited to see all the little details I could..." - See full review

A new listing for Der Zaubertrank, by Stephan Blum

A new listing for The Vault II, by Carsten Kißlat

A new listing for The Vault I, by Carsten Kißlat

A new Recommended List by David Welbourn, New walkthroughs for April 2023 April 25, 2023 11 items On Tuesday, April 25, 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...

TestTubeHuman reviews Exhibition: "Doesn't live up to the concept" April 25, 2023 "I loved this one when I was younger. The first time I played it, years ago, I think I cried. But playing it again, it's much worse than I..." - See full review

TestTubeHuman reviews Hidden Gems, Hidden Secrets: "Great UI, mixed feelings on story" April 25, 2023 "The UI in this game is fantastic. The effort to recreate Discord's interface, right down to the typing indicators, is incredible. Also..." - See full review

TestTubeHuman reviews prepare for return: "Post-apocalyptic AI game" April 25, 2023 "Disclaimer: the following review is heavily biased because I love AI and post-apocalyptic settings and especially when the two are..." - See full review

ohnocece reviews The Gilded: "Great start but..." April 25, 2023 "Quite a few bugs... got several coding errors. I did put it on my follow list so I can't wait so see where it will go in the future. :)"

A new listing for The Gilded, by Faedrian (Dry Cappuccino Games)

A new listing for Cat Burglar, by Sly Dog

MathBrush reviews Hanna, We're Going to School: "Ghosts, suicide and gender issues" April 24, 2023 "This is a Twine game with some well-done styling that runs for a little over 15 minutes for me. In this game, you are (I believe) a young..." - See full review

A new listing for Orchid Species of the Erastian, by Ryan Veeder

A new listing for Drift Mine Satellite, by Everest Pipkin

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